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I heard Hugo Chavez is a consultant for Cuban's front office
Mark Cuban's policy bans blogger(s) from Dallas Mavericks locker room
by Tim MacMahon
Unless Mark Cuban changes his mind, I won't be posting any more nuggets from the Mavs' locker room on this here blog.
I'm told that the timing is a coincidence, but the Mavs decided to ban bloggers from the locker room Feb. 29, the day after Jason Kidd watched the final 34 seconds in San Antonio and hours after I wrote this post reacting to some fans' Fire Avery crusade. It took the Mavs another week to craft the following policy.
The Dallas Mavericks will not allow ANY writer into the locker room areas pre-game and post-game whose primary purpose is to blog no matter what affiliation. They may still represent their respective publication at games but will not be granted locker room access.
Furthermore, if a blog writer is coming to cover a game, the publication must inform the Mavericks PR staff they are sending a blogger. In order to enforce this policy, we must know this information.
We have gone this route because we did not want to give preferential treatment to any blogger, whether they are an individual or from a large media outlet. We just do not have enough room in the locker room, nor enough media passes to fairly accommodate everyone.
I've managed to cover dozens of Mavs games over the last few seasons without seeing/causing a major overcrowding issue in the team's spacious locker room. To my knowledge, this policy won't affect any other credentialed media member who regularly attends Mavs games.
The Bad Boy Pistons had the Jordan Rules. These Mavs have the MacMahon Rules. I guess I could consider that an honor, but I'd rather just keep doing my job and providing our readers as much interesting Mavs information as possible.
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So does this mean he is going to ban himself???
I heard Hugo Chavez is a consultant for Cuban's front office
MacMahon is a , but it's not worth the bad publicity. If I were him, I'd have banned Jennifer Engle.
I don't think "JCE" is that bad on the radio.
He should have said the fire marshal told him the bloggers were blocking the exits.
Odd that the owner of BLOGMAVERICK.com would do such a thing.
Oh yes she is, because that fingernails on a blackboard voice is attached to those re ed words. I can't even read her in that "I hate them but I want to make fun of their stupid takes" way. I just skip over her column in the FWST.
Jen Engel is pure radio anthrax.
Hate has some good arguments but she is a bit too apologetic when it comes to local teams. She needs to be more abrasive and stop lickin ass like everyone else on ESPN.
Really? Because I thought the whole "hate" schtick is that she's always ripping people, just for the sake of ripping them, whether it's deserved or not.
This is a little surprising considering how Cuban has embraced the internet and blogging culture in general.
America, eatin' my lunch from a single bowl in my parents basement, where I'm livin'. Happy Birthday, I'm forty-three.
Don't want to waste those precious calories...chewin'. Jesus come move my jaw for me, help me make this sloppy pile of food go DOWN.
Cuban is a god.
in his own mind, at least. And at most.
Cuban has his rough edges and some of the ways in which he conducts the Mavericks are not admirable, such as this. But he's still better than 90% of the sports owners that are out there.
I don't really care about Galloway's BS nicknames. All I know is its always a cowboys/mavs lick-fest on that station. Maybe thats why I only listen during ticket commercial breaks.
His only flaw is his perception. Maybe he does more good than bad for his team, but its the bad that stands out and this example is rediculous. This looks bad only in that he comes across like a deluded cry baby. He doesn't like the blog-style opinions yet he's quick to fire off one of his own when he doesn't agree with something. He needs to take the good with the bad instead of 1. This rediculous new policy. 2. Spending money on a consultant who monitors nothing but referee calls and 3. Always sending tape off to the league for review.
Plus, countless other antics he does. It may look "renegade" or "revolutionary" to his fans, but he is making himself look more like anthan anything.
Actually, in his shoes, I would deny a press credential to a member of the press that did nothing but constantly rip my team no matter what, but I wouldn't deny press credentials to ALL bloggers, so he's wrong here. He's not the only league figure to send tapes to the League Office, pretty much all teams do it. The stuff like making fun of the Riverwalk, he's just trying to stir up a rivalry with the Spurs. He's playing the role of a heel.His only flaw is his perception. Maybe he does more good than bad for his team, but its the bad that stands out and this example is rediculous. This looks bad only in that he comes across like a deluded cry baby. He doesn't like the blog-style opinions yet he's quick to fire off one of his own when he doesn't agree with something. He needs to take the good with the bad instead of 1. This rediculous new policy. 2. Spending money on a consultant who monitors nothing but referee calls and 3. Always sending tape off to the league for review.
Plus, countless other antics he does. It may look "renegade" or "revolutionary" to his fans, but he is making himself look more like an
I think the Mavs and their fans do an acceptable job of making themselves look like jack asses. Cuban is just icing on the cake.
America, eatin' my lunch from a single bowl in my parents basement, where I'm livin'. Happy Birthday, I'm forty-three.
Don't want to waste those precious calories...chewin'. Jesus come move my jaw for me, help me make this sloppy pile of food go DOWN.
1. Ok it's a stupid policyHis only flaw is his perception. Maybe he does more good than bad for his team, but its the bad that stands out and this example is rediculous. This looks bad only in that he comes across like a deluded cry baby. He doesn't like the blog-style opinions yet he's quick to fire off one of his own when he doesn't agree with something. He needs to take the good with the bad instead of 1. This rediculous new policy. 2. Spending money on a consultant who monitors nothing but referee calls and 3. Always sending tape off to the league for review.
Plus, countless other antics he does. It may look "renegade" or "revolutionary" to his fans, but he is making himself look more like an
2. When did he do this? I heard about him hiring people to gather their win/loss record for each referee.
3. Uhm, even the league office said Cuban rarely sends in tape, the announcers just always make a joke whenever there is a bad call that he will be sending in that tape.
For all the that Mav fans and Cuban himself talk they got NOTHING to show for it. ing embarrassing franchise IMHO and I really don't know how they can still have fans after their pathetic playoff performances the last two seasons.
America, eatin' my lunch from a single bowl in my parents basement, where I'm livin'. Happy Birthday, I'm forty-three.
Don't want to waste those precious calories...chewin'. Jesus come move my jaw for me, help me make this sloppy pile of food go DOWN.
Yes it's called bad luck. Something most teams in the league face.
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