[Husker] Re: Pelini Making Calls to NFL for Watson

[Reggie]

But the gamblers.  Won't someone please think about the bettors?  How can they wager if they don't know the lineup?  Oh, that's right, I don't care.  I'd like to call a sports"writer" some time and demand to know what stories they are going to write (a.k.a make up) next week.  Geez.


On Feb 11, 2011, at 10:43 AM, Quinn Coldiron wrote:

> I gotta say I really don't think any coach owes anything to the media or the 
> public.  As a Husker fan, I have no specific right to know who is starting at 
> any position before kickoff.  It also does not bother me at all not knowing who 
> is starting at what positions.  I also do not have a right to know who is going 
> to be on the coaching staff next year and the media does not have a right to 
> timely press conferences where the coach tells all.
> 
> While I find it interesting to speculate who will be the new OC, and I have the 
> right and reserve the right to not like the current OC and wish him to not be on 
> the team, I do not have a right to know anything on the inside, and that 
> includes getting an answer from the coach on the question on if the current OC 
> is going to be replaced.
> 
> Fans and media simply do not have "rights" like this.  I understand some fans 
> are so "fanatical" that they feel they are part owners of the team, but I feel 
> the simple fact of the matter is we are not part owners, even of the Huskers, 
> who play football for a state, publicly funded University.  I'm no more of a 
> part owner of the UNL Huskers than I am of the UNK Lopers or the UNO Mavs or 
> Wayne State or Chadron State
> 
> Q
>