Sports Illustrated's Richard Deitsch question's bleacher report's CEO over labor exploitation of

[ej510]

college students. I call bullshit.

SI.com: Old school media types would say there is an exploitative factor in using people to produce cheap content. You are not the only place that does this, but your writers are not paid, right?

Grey: We have evolved to where when we see contributors who perform and become experts in certain topics, that is another opportunity we want to make available, paid opportunities.

SI.com: Let me be direct. Why is this not exploiting a labor market?

Grey: We look at this as an opportunity for a lot of people that have never had a chance to get into where you sit. It is a chance to go on that path. And a lot of people want that. For us a great outcome would be our contributors to be hired by Sports Illustrated or ESPN.com or the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. We have had a handful of people who have become full-time writers at other outlets. That is something we really embrace and we think we are giving a platform for them to go down that path. But there are a lot of people that just do this because they love the game and love sports. It's at their discretion. They own their content and they are free to take it and go sell it to someone else.

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/richard_deitsch/06/16/bleacherreport.qa/index.html#ixzz1Pk052yUL

[muriel_volestrangler]

1. Title fix would help comprehension

So that people aren't wondering who Si is, and what 'the beacher of the question' could possibly be.

How about:

SI's Richard Deitsch questions Bleacher Report's CEO over labor exploitation of

[ej510]

2. Thanx I did not notice it.

[IndyPragmatist]

3. DU is exploiting my labor!

They are making money off of my hard work and intellectual property. How dare they make money without giving me my fair share!?

People want to share their ideas. I have considered doing some writing for some of these online blogs just for fun. I could start my own blog, but it would take some time to get traffic. If I start on Bleacher Report or another site like that, people will read my work. I don't care about getting paid, I just enjoy writing about certain topics, and would love to share that with others.

There is nobody forcing these writers to write for Bleacher Report. Most sports fans know what the site is, and realize that its unpaid writers who sometimes have no clue what they are talking about. I think the SI guy is just upset because with the internet and more sports channels, people can watch nearly any sporting event they want. There isn't the demand for sports writers who can detail a sporting event because most people saw it live, or can watch highlights online. I don't care for Sports Illustrated. They rarely offer anything worthwhile. ESPN and Foxsports (Fox Soccer as well) do a much better job. (Please don't attack Fox sports, for being part of the Fox network, they do a great job covering soccer, better than any other US outlet)