Like if you are dumb enough to pay $10 a month to get news 20 minutes before everyone else, and then you get upset when that 20 minutes turns into 5...that’s on you. Plus, look how many subscribers Rivals had that fed blatantly wrong recruiting info. Not just Rivals and Sturdy, but Piper is even worse now. Pipers predicts every recruit Illinois wants to pick Illinois at some point in the process. I remember Rivals claiming Eric Gordon spending time on IU’s campus was no big deal, when everyone with an ounce of common sense knew he was gone. So maybe Roughy’s thinking these people will pay to be told what they want to hear, so maybe he’ll do the same thing. Actually there’s not much of a bigger homer than him.
post it here or on the Ish.
first, i will disclaim that im no friend of roughy's and i no longer peruse his blog (though i did subscribe at one time out of support).
roughy doesnt have any unique insight or expertise that you or i couldnt get on our own if we did the leg work, but he does provide the service of taking a ton of information and kind of distilling it for the reader, who may not have the time or desire to do the research for themselves. in this respect, its kind of like paying a kid to mow your lawn for you- you could do it yourself, but its a nominal fee and it saves you a bit of time.
as a writer, he's ok. i did find his passion and support for the players to be kind of charming (even if a bit pathetic at times for a 45+ yo to be worshipping college athletes).
the one major knock is that he wants to write from the position of the fan... but he is really not going to speak out and question the university. so he comes off as a sycophant.
Its the same old site, but since Roughy quit his job, he needs subscribers to pay his bills. Am I missing anything?
Also, what type of "premium" content is he going to have? He specifically said that he wasn't going to focus on recruiting. That is really the only premium content that anyone will pay for.
hope not!
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