Comments on: Are You Kidding me Cincinnati!?! http://juicedsportsblog.com/2008/05/are-you-kidding-me-cincinnati.html Writing Enhanced by Flaxseed Oil Sun, 20 Jul 2008 07:42:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: David (stripehype blogger in question) http://juicedsportsblog.com/2008/05/are-you-kidding-me-cincinnati.html#comment-1244 David (stripehype blogger in question) Thu, 08 May 2008 18:40:54 +0000 http://juicedsportsblog.com/2008/05/are-you-kidding-me-cincinnati.html#comment-1244 I'd like to say thanks to those who have kept the word out on the Bengals. Whether you agree or disagree, it's good to see fans active. As for our use of copyrighted material, the worst offense we truly had was that I posed the NFL Draft Logo on one of my blog postings Otherwise, we used commercially available photos, and on the site we gave all copyright credit where due. I had been in touch with the Bengals PR Director over the last months showing him articles, interviews with players and readership of over 10k per month to attempt to gain some small level of access to the team. I wasn't even looking for full media credentials, just a shot to come to training/mini camp one day and talk to players without having to go through their agents. They claimed we weren't big enough, lol, so I started a campaign of Bengals Bloggers to ramp it up on them. Now, we have this letter. No call from the Bengals (they had my phone, email and postal addy) they simply sicked the NFL lawyers on us to tone us down. Well instead, I quit writing anything postive and I'm going to be on the Jim Rome show, and a few other places in the media to really spin the Bengals bad. They thought I was some in the basement in my undies moron who didn't understand how media works. Now they see that I have a pretty good understanding, and yes, some of my responses have been juvenile and somewhat punk-ish to them, but that was orchestrated to get under their skin about other reasons and rile them up. It was worked. I’d like to say thanks to those who have kept the word out on the Bengals. Whether you agree or disagree, it’s good to see fans active. As for our use of copyrighted material, the worst offense we truly had was that I posed the NFL Draft Logo on one of my blog postings Otherwise, we used commercially available photos, and on the site we gave all copyright credit where due. I had been in touch with the Bengals PR Director over the last months showing him articles, interviews with players and readership of over 10k per month to attempt to gain some small level of access to the team. I wasn’t even looking for full media credentials, just a shot to come to training/mini camp one day and talk to players without having to go through their agents. They claimed we weren’t big enough, lol, so I started a campaign of Bengals Bloggers to ramp it up on them. Now, we have this letter. No call from the Bengals (they had my phone, email and postal addy) they simply sicked the NFL lawyers on us to tone us down. Well instead, I quit writing anything postive and I’m going to be on the Jim Rome show, and a few other places in the media to really spin the Bengals bad. They thought I was some in the basement in my undies moron who didn’t understand how media works. Now they see that I have a pretty good understanding, and yes, some of my responses have been juvenile and somewhat punk-ish to them, but that was orchestrated to get under their skin about other reasons and rile them up. It was worked.

]]> By: mitch http://juicedsportsblog.com/2008/05/are-you-kidding-me-cincinnati.html#comment-1238 mitch Wed, 07 May 2008 21:51:41 +0000 http://juicedsportsblog.com/2008/05/are-you-kidding-me-cincinnati.html#comment-1238 It's the legal team that's behind this. Said blogger says that the PR team has been very nice about it. btw, I'm interviewing the blogger on Friday for JSB It’s the legal team that’s behind this. Said blogger says that the PR team has been very nice about it.

btw, I’m interviewing the blogger on Friday for JSB

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