Sports blogging is a tough gig. You work all the time to come up with fresh material that you think will be amusing or interesting to people. For this, you get paid about 5 cents every time someone clicks on a Google ad. So when ESPN’s Colin Cowherd rips off a blog without attribution… well, it’s on.
The M Zone came up with a M Zone Collegiate Wonderlic Test, where they came up with questions they thought were more appropriate for athletes going pro. “1. If the Ohio State tailback gets $42,000 from a Buckeye booster but the Escalade he wants is $57,000, he should:”…
Good stuff. So good in fact that Colin Cowherd decided to rip it off on his radio show. No mention of M Zone. No mention that it wasn’t written by him or his staff. When emailed about it, Coward responded with:
WE WERE SENT IT….WE HAD NO IDEA..BUT THE INCESSANT WHINING…MEANS I WON’T GIVE YOU CREDIT NOW..GET OVER IT
CC
First of all, I hate people who type in all caps. Second, why not just apologize and say, “oh, we’ll give you credit for it on the next show.” Instead, Cowherd, who is making a healthy paycheck from the worldwide leader in hype, decides to be an arrogant prick to a blogger who does it for the love of the game.
Keep up the good work, M Zone, and let’s hope Colin Cowherd gets anally raped for being such a bitch.
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