While I do appreciate what USCHO does for our women and their/our sport, if you check today of the cover pages for both genders, you'll notice that the men have an article dating June 18, where the women's cover story is from March 29! Seriously! Like there's nothing going on since then?! Maybe cover the National team tryout camps...there's a thought. My annoyance with this issue goes back years and it never seems to be addressed. I enjoy and favour USCHO for my women's hockey coverage, but even ESPN took the hint with their upgrading to ESPNW!! C'mon USHCO, I'm sure you could find some retired parents with plenty of collegiate hockey insight to help your coverage....heck, just read your own threads! I'm just saying....
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Originally posted by zoofer View PostWhile I do appreciate what USCHO does for our women and their/our sport, if you check today of the cover pages for both genders, you'll notice that the men have an article dating June 18, where the women's cover story is from March 29! Seriously! Like there's nothing going on since then?! Maybe cover the National team tryout camps...there's a thought. My annoyance with this issue goes back years and it never seems to be addressed. I enjoy and favour USCHO for my women's hockey coverage, but even ESPN took the hint with their upgrading to ESPNW!! C'mon USHCO, I'm sure you could find some retired parents with plenty of collegiate hockey insight to help your coverage....heck, just read your own threads! I'm just saying....
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Originally posted by Hux View PostBlame it on ARM...he is a summer slacker. Seriously though, just what kind of coverage do you expect when nothing really happens in the world of women's COLLEGE hockey between the months of March and October?
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So it's now a couple of weeks before school begins....both Canada and USA are having their respective tryout weekends, and the cover page on USCHO Women's hockey is from March 29!! Seriously! Not one story out there to be written on the women's game in 5 months? Somehow I don't find the effort put forth at all....
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Originally posted by zoofer View PostSo it's now a couple of weeks before school begins....both Canada and USA are having their respective tryout weekends, and the cover page on USCHO Women's hockey is from March 29!! Seriously! Not one story out there to be written on the women's game in 5 months? Somehow I don't find the effort put forth at all....
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Originally posted by zoofer View PostSo it's now a couple of weeks before school begins....both Canada and USA are having their respective tryout weekends, and the cover page on USCHO Women's hockey is from March 29!! Seriously! Not one story out there to be written on the women's game in 5 months? Somehow I don't find the effort put forth at all....Fire Chiarelli!
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Not that it reaches the same level but should women accept .76 cents to a man's dollar earned? Why is it that movie trailers always show the male star's name but not the female lead? I'm sure that every woman can give more examples of inequalities....why accept that the coverage isn't what it might be? I thought the reason for a chat board was to bring up sh*t to talk about.....go back to sleep for another month....sorry to wake you!
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Originally posted by zoofer View PostNot that it reaches the same level but should women accept .76 cents to a man's dollar earned? Why is it that movie trailers always show the male star's name but not the female lead? I'm sure that every woman can give more examples of inequalities....why accept that the coverage isn't what it might be? I thought the reason for a chat board was to bring up sh*t to talk about.....go back to sleep for another month....sorry to wake you!
This is a FREE college hockey website staffed primarily if not entirely by volunteers. If you want new content in the summer then feel free to volunteer and help create some. USCHO doesn't owe you anything.
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Originally posted by WIrinkrat View PostYou're right. It doesn't reach the same level. It's not even in the same stratosphere.
This is a FREE college hockey website staffed primarily if not entirely by volunteers. If you want new content in the summer then feel free to volunteer and help create some. USCHO doesn't owe you anything.
My problems with their operation go back a long ways, pretty much to the founding of the website. Adam Wodon (back when he was a part of USCHO) and I got into some heated discussions about it. Several others people who are still a part of the operation objected to my comments without ever offering rebuttals that actually addressed what I was saying. The issues with the website's coverage of women's hockey are pretty much at the bottom of the list of ways that I think USCHO's self image bears no resemblance at all to the reality of what they produce. But it is emblematic of the problems.
Either they're a bunch of volunteers who owe us nothing or they are people we should take seriously as the leading source of coverage of NCAA hockey. They can't be both, at least not as they themselves have defined their role. (Though, admittedly, they could be neither. They could be, as I have argued elsewhere, people who desperately want to be journalists but have gotten way too close to those they are supposed to be covering.) But the defense you are offering is a cop out.
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Originally posted by Eeyore View PostThe problem as I see it is that USCHO wants to have it both ways. They want us to believe that they are serious journalists who cover college hockey. They want us to believe that their operation ought to be taken seriously as people who cover the sport, not just as a bunch of volunteers but as professionals.
My problems with their operation go back a long ways, pretty much to the founding of the website. Adam Wodon (back when he was a part of USCHO) and I got into some heated discussions about it. Several others people who are still a part of the operation objected to my comments without ever offering rebuttals that actually addressed what I was saying. The issues with the website's coverage of women's hockey are pretty much at the bottom of the list of ways that I think USCHO's self image bears no resemblance at all to the reality of what they produce. But it is emblematic of the problems.
Either they're a bunch of volunteers who owe us nothing or they are people we should take seriously as the leading source of coverage of NCAA hockey. They can't be both, at least not as they themselves have defined their role. (Though, admittedly, they could be neither. They could be, as I have argued elsewhere, people who desperately want to be journalists but have gotten way too close to those they are supposed to be covering.) But the defense you are offering is a cop out.
If you don't like the content, offer a way to help produce more content, or go find another free website where you can get more/better content for the price you're paying currently. Beeyatching about a lack of content, during the offseason, when you're not willing to contribute anything yourself is really pointless.
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We're in the off-season, and other than speculation and gossip there's not a lot happening or much real news to write about. Beyond this site, the amount of coverage (pub) devoted to men's vs. women's college hockey is roughly proportional to the average attendance of men's vs. women's hockey. Although I'm a big fan of the women's game, this seems fair to me.Minnesota Golden Gopher Hockey
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Originally posted by D2D View PostBeyond this site, the amount of coverage (pub) devoted to men's vs. women's college hockey is roughly proportional to the average attendance of men's vs. women's hockey. Although I'm a big fan of the women's game, this seems fair to me.
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Originally posted by LtPowers View PostThat entirely depends on which is driving which.
Powers &8^]Minnesota Golden Gopher Hockey
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Originally posted by WIrinkrat View PostYou're right. It doesn't reach the same level. It's not even in the same stratosphere.
This is a FREE college hockey website staffed primarily if not entirely by volunteers. If you want new content in the summer then feel free to volunteer and help create some. USCHO doesn't owe you anything.
These "volunteers" have no idea who players are and go by what SID's have to say.
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