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Thursday, March 01, 2007

Oh my f*cking god!!!!!

I have been rarely out of myself like I am right now. Some people should keep their day job and never try to improvise themselves as authors.

I recently joined a website called Sportingo.com thinking that this was a good way to publish some of my articles. I tought the website was operated by serious people and/or professionals because the site looked good and a lot of articles were published on the site about a wide range of sports. I submitted a few hours ago my story about Ryan Smyth's trade and press conference. An article that you can read just a bit below. I came back a few minutes ago to see if they published it.

What I saw horrified me completely. The editors modified my article, making it look like a 4 year old schoolboy essay. Here is what they published in it's entirety. Take a deep breath because this is nothing else but sabotage.

  • The Greed Game

    Headline

    Oil bring the Stanley Cup back to show you, cries traded Ryan Smyth

    Sub-Headline

    Ryan Smyth was shipped out to New York by the Edmonton Oilers when new contract negotiations broke down.

    Body

    The Edmonton Oilers have traded 31-year-old forward Ryan Smyth to the New York Islanders for Robert Nilsson, Ryan O'Marra and the Islanders' 2007 First Round pick in the NHL.

    On his arrival in New York, Smyth held a press conference at which he cried like a toddler almost all the way through and hardly endeared himself to his new club by saying he didn't want to leave the Oilers.

    He considered that after 12 seasons and 770 games for the Oilers, Edmonton was his home, he was happy there and he never thought he would be traded. But he added that he would take the Stanley Cup back to Alberta should he win it this year with his new club.

    It seems that Smyth and his agent, Don Medehan, were in negotiations for a new five-year deal at Edmonton, but there was a difference of $300,000 a year between the new offer and Meehan's asking price. The offer was $5.4million a year. Meehan wanted $5.7million a year. Smyth would have been free to negotiate with any team at the end of the current campaign. His contract was due to expire at the end of the season, at which point he would become an unrestricted free agent.

    Three days ago the two parties were still in disagreement and the Oilers found themselves in a no-win situation, with a risk of losing Smyth for nothing come June. So they decided to protect themselves, and general-manager Kevin Lowe made the wise decision to trade.

    So basically a difference of $300,000 a year out of the $5.7million a year (5.55%) was Smyth's gamble. And the gamble didn't pay off. His reaction? He sobbed in front of everyone just like something terrible had happened. What price happiness!

    Was Smyth right to hold out for his new contract, or was he too greedy? Tell us what you think at Sportingo.
  • Now you can compare with today's post in here called: When a greedy man cries....
  • I absolutely submitted the exact same text to Sportingo.com They even invented the location of the press conference saying that it was held in New-York. The press conference was held at the Edmonton airport BEFORE Smyth's departure for New-York. And to make matters worse there are Reuters journalists that work on that site...yikes! I tought they were hiring GOOD journalists!

  • Somebody slap me please.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Frank -

You should try BleacherReport - its similar to Sportingo but with more of an edge and a focus on unadulterated opinions.

Our editors won't rewrite your articles - we'll just fix any typos or grammatical errors and publish your work, where it will get syndicated on Google News, 9rules, and other aggregators.

BleacherReport's hockey section could definitely use a talented writer like yourself to add some color to the debate. We promise your work will be able to stand on its own, and we always let you include a link back to your blog.

We're currently working on improvements that will let help you promote your blog and add readers through Bleacher Report, as well as ways to give our writers even more control over the site and its content.

So take a look and give it a try. If you like it, register for an account and start submitting articles.

Looking forward to seeing you out there.

9:37 PM  
Blogger Steve said...

Wow, terrible use of a great article. Guess you won't be submitting articles there anymore lol.

Great blog btw, going to have to visit you more often for hockey news, hehe.

-Steve
The Beginnings of a Blog

12:21 AM  

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