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Welcome to the Revolution!

By admin, Section Other Sports
Posted on Sun May 23 2004 at 6:56 PM EST Printer Friendly Page
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Why am I calling this The Revolution?  Because Sportscolumn.com was built to tear down all the pre-established rules of what sports journalism should be.  As an avid (and rabid) sports fan, I just can't get enough.  I love the commentary. I love the highlights.  I love the debates on sports talk radio.  But what bothered me was that the people who deliver the commentary, who direct the talk on sports radio, who write all the columns we read, seldom know any more than die-hard knowledgeable fans.   In fact they're often just flat out wrong.

The Revolution doesn't want to hear anymore from "professional" columnists who seem intent on only tallying up word counts and writing columns so ludicrous as to beg to be emailed around in disbelief.  Sportscolumn knows that there are thousands of "amateur" sportswriters out there that could build a better following than any of these nationally known hacks.

Sportscolumn is a community driven site.  This means that only good, interesting, and entertaining articles rise to the top.  One of the best features of Scoop (the software SC is built on) is that it allows the community to vote on what articles get published and what articles get dumped.  No more professional writers coasting on reputation and contracts.  No more out of touch editors putting WNBA stories on the front page.  Only what the users of SC want to see actually gets published.

So, even if you have no aspirations of being a sports writer, sign up for an account.  Your vote on the submitted articles will help build a better website for everyone.

For those of you who just want to discuss sports in a traditional message board setting, forums.sportscolumn.com is available as well.  

Please note that the message boards and the main site are running on two different systems so the username and passwords are not shared between the two. I am working on merging them in the future but for now, make sure you sign up for both. The process is absolutely painless.

Sportscolumn.com is technically still in beta.  There is a story that you can add comments to if you find any bugs.  Also, I'm here to help if you have any questions.  You can always email me at vin at sportscolumn_dot_com or IM me (sportscolumnhelp on YIM or AIM).

Finally, SC is advertising driven but we promise never to overwhelm the site with so much advertising that it becomes one big billboard.  We'll do just enough to pay the bills.  Also, we respect your privacy so we will never give out your email or any other information to advertisers.  

Have fun.  

Viva La Revolution!

- Vin Diec

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Welcome to the Revolution! | 3 comments (3 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)
Women We love... (#1)
by BIGPHILLY on Wed May 26 2004 at 2:30 PM EST
Can we submit photos of women we love to add to the cycle?

women we love (#2)
by Vin on Wed May 26 2004 at 3:08 PM EST
Yes!  Email me at vin@sportscolumn.com with any photos you want. PG please.


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Great idea (#3)
by Liana on Fri Feb 29 2008 at 5:12 AM EST
I love the idea of having a community like this one. I agree with you about the sports journalist not having very much knowledge about sports so this is the perfect way to read about really interesting sport events. Thank you!
Liana, Web Developer currently working on the female hair loss treatment project.
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