It's not like it's a conspiracy, but I think it's that the reporters don't want to bother to speak into a microphone, especially as it undermines their value added a little, and the sports info at UNL like most places probably are happy to accommodate the reporters. They all work together every day - they're like work colleagues, so why would they put them out?And why exactly wouldn't they want us to hear the question?
Excellent point.It's not like it's a conspiracy, but I think it's that the reporters don't want to bother to speak into a microphone, especially as it undermines their value added a little, and the sports info at UNL like most places probably are happy to accommodate the reporters. They all work together every day - they're like work colleagues, so why would they put them out?
Remember these are press conferences for the press, not the public, or at least that's what they were traditonally, and still are in lots of places without legions of hyper-obsessed fans like us going online to hang on every word. The press traditionally added value by dragging their butts down there and asking questions and writing a story about it. Letting the public see it on the internet is a new thing, and it hurts the press. Why read the story in the newspaper when you can just watch the coach yourself?
So why should a writer bother to let you hear his question when he wants to get you to read a story about it later?
100 percent, i would rather hear it from the SF mouth, than some guy/girl that cost me $ for clicks. Sorry, the ice man was pissed when we got the refrigerator! Adapt or die! Soon there will be something better than Twitter.It's not like it's a conspiracy, but I think it's that the reporters don't want to bother to speak into a microphone, especially as it undermines their value added a little, and the sports info at UNL like most places probably are happy to accommodate the reporters. They all work together every day - they're like work colleagues, so why would they put them out?
Remember these are press conferences for the press, not the public, or at least that's what they were traditonally, and still are in lots of places without legions of hyper-obsessed fans like us going online to hang on every word. The press traditionally added value by dragging their butts down there and asking questions and writing a story about it. Letting the public see it on the internet is a new thing, and it hurts the press. Why read the story in the newspaper when you can just watch the coach yourself?
So why should a writer bother to let you hear his question when he wants to get you to read a story about it later?
It's not like it's a conspiracy, but I think it's that the reporters don't want to bother to speak into a microphone, especially as it undermines their value added a little, and the sports info at UNL like most places probably are happy to accommodate the reporters. They all work together every day - they're like work colleagues, so why would they put them out?
Remember these are press conferences for the press, not the public, or at least that's what they were traditonally, and still are in lots of places without legions of hyper-obsessed fans like us going online to hang on every word. The press traditionally added value by dragging their butts down there and asking questions and writing a story about it. Letting the public see it on the internet is a new thing, and it hurts the press. Why read the story in the newspaper when you can just watch the coach yourself?
So why should a writer bother to let you hear his question when he wants to get you to read a story about it later?
I'm not trying to turn back the clock. It's just my guess why there might be a little inertia stopping the reporters getting mic'ed up. But I agree with you the press has to adapt. My family has had to adapt to the economy and new technology. If not, I would be a farmer in Nebraska like my grandfather. Strike that, I would be a Irish/German peasant in a village and farming a plot outside of town. Strike that, I would be....not sure what before that.100 percent, i would rather hear it from the SF mouth, than some guy/girl that cost me $ for clicks. Sorry, the ice man was pissed when we got the refrigerator! Adapt or die! Soon there will be something better than Twitter.