Cuban Says Pros Before Joes, Brah

Mark Cuban let loose a expectedly jaundiced reaction to David Stern's mandate to allow bloggers into the Maverick's locker room, choosing the preferred broad brush of bloggers as the snarking "internet equivalent of Talk Soup or VH1's 'Best ..... ' series." It's problematic that he frames the separation as unpaid-hacks-versus-paid-professionals, since, of course, it was a paid newspaper writer/blogger who prompted the ban in the first place.

With Mark's open invitation to all bloggers regardless of age and experience, some are mulling whether they want to play into Cuban's ploy, which, as Hardwood Paroxysm notes could stands to potentially lower the credibility tide for all ships, while not really providing all that much of a benefit.

It's already playing into the hands of the usual (knuckleheaded!) enemies of the medium, as Mister Irrelevant digs up another wrong-headed BUT COMPLETELY LEGITIMIZED BECAUSE HE'S EMPLOYED BY WAPO AND ESPN rant from Michael Wilbon's clip file of uninformed ramblings.

12:25 PM on Sun Mar 30 2008
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futuremrsrickankiel at 12:36 PM on 03/30/08
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John Daly!
Greg Oden!
Bloggers!

God, this is the most confusing Carnac ever.
How do you spell retard? at 12:37 PM on 03/30/08
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Mark Cuban is the non-internet equivalent of an obese, slightly retarded Zach Braff.
Proverbial at 12:37 PM on 03/30/08
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We get it, a bloggers shit doesn't stink and they are the true pioneers of sports journalism.
BigTenObsession at 12:40 PM on 03/30/08
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a bloggers shit doesn't stink

Have you read Drew's towel story?
Munsoned at 12:40 PM on 03/30/08
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@How do you spell retard?: Or sloth from the goonies also slightly retarded brother
SlantedAndDisenchanted at 12:41 PM on 03/30/08
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[deadspin.com]

Speaking of stories only the media cares about...
Fuck Lion at 12:43 PM on 03/30/08
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@How do you spell retard?: But Braff is already slightly retarded.
Le Kangourou de... at 12:43 PM on 03/30/08
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Why don't all bloggers just ignore Mark Cuban and see how he likes his new form of obscurity?

Gasp!
Le Kangourou de... at 12:45 PM on 03/30/08
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@Fuck Lion: Sam: Hey, I recognize you.
Andrew Largeman: Oh, did you go to Columbia High?
Sam: No, not from high school, from TV. Didn't you play the retarded quarterback?
Andrew Largeman: Yeah.
Sam: Are you really retarded?
Andrew Largeman: No.
Sam: Ooh, great job man! I really thought you were retarded. I mean, you're better than that Corky kid and he's actually retarded. If there was a retarded Oscar you would win, hands down, kick his ass!
SensitiveThug at 12:45 PM on 03/30/08
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It's hard to take Wilbon serious when there's a "Tickle-Me Elmo" sitting next to him.
Brazil Thrill at 12:46 PM on 03/30/08
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"We have a showdown in Big D over... blohhhhhhhhhhhhhgging."
UkraineNotWeak at 12:50 PM on 03/30/08
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Can a profession that includes the like of Woody Paige, Wally Matthews and Jay Mariotti really be taken seriously?
Munsoned at 12:55 PM on 03/30/08
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Blogging killed the newspaper star... some emo band will make the big bucks off it.
Brazil Thrill at 12:55 PM on 03/30/08
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The problem lies with the word "blog". It just doesn't sound very official. If we called bloggers "independent electronic columnists" they'd be given access to the press conference buffets.
How do you spell retard? at 12:55 PM on 03/30/08
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Maybe Cuban doesn't want a blogger like Leitch to be in the locker room so he can be the only man with emo bangs. I could already see the confusion

Dirk: Hey Mr. Cuban, your face looks 40 lbs. lighter, did you get AIDS or something?
Leitch: No, it's me, world famous blogger Will Leitch.
Jason Kidd: Hey look everybody, Zach Braff showed up to the game tonight!
How do you spell retard? at 12:57 PM on 03/30/08
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@SensitiveThug: When did Tony Kornheiser change his name to tickle me elmo? Or is that Salisbury's code name for him?
Slothrop at 01:24 PM on 03/30/08
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@futuremrsrickankiel:

What is something old, something new, and a bunch of computer nerds sitting around in their underwear down in their parent's basements?
Jehovahs Witness... at 01:35 PM on 03/30/08
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back in the cut,,,

that tennis playin' northwestern grad is so street...
Len Bias Cocaine Surplus at 01:42 PM on 03/30/08
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@Brazil Thrill: How about glogging?
How do you spell retard? at 01:47 PM on 03/30/08
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@Len Bias Cocaine Surplus: What if we just call all of the bloggers/gloggers 'pamphleteers'[deadspin.com]
StuScott Booyahs at 01:52 PM on 03/30/08
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Wilbon doesn't buy into that blogging JUNK. Wilbon knows this internet fad is going to blow over.
being_sven at 01:59 PM on 03/30/08
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As always, there's a simple way to settle this (and any other) dispute... Violence.
Dan Serafini at 03:31 PM on 03/30/08
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Hell hath no fury like a blogger scorned.

I would say 'self-righteous blogger,' but it would be redundant.
preciousroy at 03:48 PM on 03/30/08
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Hey Mark, you've got so much fucking money that people around you have probably been kissing your ass and have long since stopped telling you the truth. So, in the interest of public service, let me help you out: You're a dickhead.
MENACEIISOBRIETY at 07:17 PM on 03/30/08
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this is only slightly more appealing than Kimbo Slice's invitation to bloggers.
approve
NovakAintNoJokovic at 07:51 PM on 03/30/08
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I actually appreciate Cuban's POV on this. Hell, if I had a bajillion dollars and owned a pro sports team I would be a ripe bastard about things like this too.

As for Wilbon, I actually liked PTI until I saw that clip on Friday, but now I'm torn.
CubsDynasty at 10:06 AM on 03/31/08
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Are there guidelines to have a media pass from a newspaper, can I print the newspaper from my basement?