Finley Rant # 1
This past Monday night the Dallas Mavericks waived long-time Maverick Michael Finley.
To say the least, I am not happy about this move.But rather than tackle the reasons I think it was a terrible move by Mark Cuban, I first want to address another issue that I noticed that night. I was eagerly watching the news Monday night awaiting news on what the Mavs would do because the deadline imposed by the league for the so called 'amnesty rule' was about to arrive.
I ended up switching between two different newscasts. I watched both Newy Scruggs (yes, that is his name) and the always smug Dale Hansen tell their viewers that the Mavs had not yet announced what they were going to do and that the deadline was fast approaching. Then they both said that the deadline was at midnight and that the team had about an hour and a half to act.
Except, the deadline was at midnight Eastern Standard Time which is 11 PM Central. In fact, there was just barely half an hour until the deadline.
Obviously, for the average Joe, this discrepancy was meaningless. And given the nature of the story, it was hardly a reporting mistake that would cause stock markets to collapse and panic in the streets. But it was annoying to see the "big name" sports reporters mess up such a simple fact.
It is just another example of how lazy the sports reporters are in Dallas. Perhaps I am spoiled by all of the news and analysis that is available on the web for interested fans. But it is really dissapointing to me that the local newspapers, t.v. news and radio talk shows are so bad at doing their jobs.
Posted by on 08/17 at 03:37 PM