↑ Grab this Headline Animator

Sports Editors Missing the Boat

TC Shannon--Sports editors from around the globe continue to cry foul when it comes to reporting the news related to gambling and poker. Some editors simply refuse to add any poker news to their coveted sports sections saying the "game" should not be considered a sport at all but rather a pastime or recreation. Recreational activities such as boating and hunting already fall under the sports sections of most newspapers, so why not poker If we consider climbing into a tree to shoot a whitetail a sport then what's the difference between that and climbing into a chair to shoot down a fish! ( A "fish" in the poker world is an amateur player w/little poker experience)



The explosion of poker not only has millions of players flocking to the tables but it has also spurred a lot of controversy over whether its a sport or not. The internet community seems overwhelmingly divided on the subject, with good arguments on both sides of the fence. One journalist said he would never consider a bunch of men with 300 + cholesterol levels playing a game of cards to be a sport, so the question remains.Who should report the poker news



The world as a whole is fascinated with poker and many people want to know what's going on. The blogger community as usual is not afraid to report the latest news regarding gambling but the "world" simply has not tuned in to the blogging thing.YET. Sure blogging is growing by huge amounts every day but there is still a void that needs to be filled outside of the poker blog. People are begging for information and our sports editors are standing their ground. Recently, the NY Times has sprinkled a few poker articles into their sports section but it's still up in the air as to whether the majority will follow or not



I did a search on Yahoo this morning for "poker news" just to see what came up and all the sites listed in the top 25 were poker related in one way or another. Either promoting affiliate programs leading to online poker or poker rooms themselves. Nothing from PR Web, NY Times, Seattle Times or ANY other major news reporting agency. This leads me to believe that the journalists are ignoring the public fascination with poker or they simply put it at the bottom of the list as far as priority goes.



With the billions (yes billions) of dollars being spent on the game of poker, one would think it would be worth a little effort to cover the story. One things for sure..this blogger will continue to cover the story , the boat is already cruising at 40 knots, better jump while you can. The saga goes on.



Contact:

TC Shannon

910-520-6387

e-mail protected from spam bots

↑ Grab this Headline Animator

---

This article has been robotically scanned and tagged by Prnewsnow with the following search tags. No human manipulation of these tags take place.
| Links | Link Validator | html link validator |

---

4918 readers online...

, Local News