aubiefifty 16,660 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 they have a post out on facebook about ole miss. but they "loosely" claim the investigation leads to auburn and miss state. what the article really says is they are interviewing auburn and state players who were recruited by ole miss as well. man i hate this kind of crap. it is very misleading to get clicks i am sure. maybe these guys are better than i might know but i wonder how many people look at the headline and say."yep! auburn and msu in trouble again". in my senior and feeble mind does anyone get what i am saying? and i have copied and pasted the article heading below....... Auburn Tigers on 247Sports 32 mins · You never want the NCAA sniffing around your door, no matter the circumstances. Ole Miss investigation leads NCAA to Auburn auburn.247sports.com anyone see what i mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lutzcammed 469 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Well, it would make me click on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AU64 10,122 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 30 minutes ago, lutzcammed said: Well, it would make me click on it. You and 100,000 bammers click on the site....mission accomplished....doesn't matter that after reading about 2 paragraphs the suckers realize they've been hoodwinked again by al.com or 247 ...or ESPN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telling tiger 156 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Frustration with sports or political, so called, medias, is a waste of your time and energy. To get clicks and attention among their core demographic, IS THEIR BUSINESS, not the sports or politics......don't waste your time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFDTiger80 790 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 I read an article this AM by Pat Forde for Yahoo that talked about the Ole Miss situation. It basically said that the Ole Miss NCAA investigation is spreading out from just Tunsil. It said the NCAA has spoken to players from AU and MS ST about Ole Miss recruiting. Hopefully this is not good news for Ole Miss. The players have been told they get immunity to speak freely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellitor 33,062 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Well it is Brandon Marcello after all. He runs the AU 247 site now. He is a master @ click bate titles from his days being the AU beat writer for Al.com & has brought that same title style over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boisnumber1 2,817 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Sports media is no different than any other media. Mostly a bunch of bs hacks propagating a specfic agenda. It's honestly hard to read anything on the web and take it seriously. So I usually just don't. Not much is trustworthy anymore, but for some reason everyone seems to be ok with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUsince72 11,084 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 3 minutes ago, boisnumber1 said: Sports media is no different than any other media. Mostly a bunch of bs hacks propagating a specfic agenda. It's honestly hard to read anything on the web and take it seriously. So I usually just don't. Not much is trustworthy anymore, but for some reason everyone seems to be ok with it. I'm guessing that's why they no longer call themselves "the press" and go with "the media" now. "The press" brings to mind facts and reporting. "The media" brings to mind books, movies, tv shows, etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger 8,817 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Also there is no literal pressing of anything anymore....except keyboard buttons I guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMassie11 1,610 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 You do have to consider that their job is to get clicks on the site. I don't think it was a jab at auburn or moo st Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aujeff11 6,243 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Can we fix the title? Appearance in the title is everything and the OP would obviously agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUBourne 425 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 I canceled my membership when they officially admitted the 24/7 player (recruit) rankings are based on what school a prospect commits to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUTIGERinSC 69 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 1 hour ago, AUsince72 said: I'm guessing that's why they no longer call themselves "the press" and go with "the media" now. "The press" brings to mind facts and reporting. "The media" brings to mind books, movies, tv shows, etc... They also call themselves experts which is total bunk. Having access to information does not make you an expert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kd4au 1,145 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 I go to their site every now and then to see if they have some info this site does not,but they have so many pop-ups it just to slow.So I mostly get my news here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gman87 398 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 As I understand it, Shannon Terry (huge $puat fanboy/booster) started Rivals and sold it with a non-compete. Once that expired he started 24/7. There may be a little more to it but basically 2 sites started by a $puat homer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellitor 33,062 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 4 minutes ago, gman87 said: As I understand it, Shannon Terry (huge $puat fanboy/booster) started Rivals and sold it with a non-compete. Once that expired he started 24/7. There may be a little more to it but basically 2 sites started by a $puat homer. He sold 247 to CBS. He doesn't own it anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gman87 398 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Did not know that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowfin1345162858 0 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 I bailed on them 2 yrs ago. It seemed I was getting just about the same info from AL.com and I don't have to subscribe to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellitor 33,062 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 18 minutes ago, yellowfin1345162858 said: I bailed on them 2 yrs ago. It seemed I was getting just about the same info from AL.com and I don't have to subscribe to it. team info maybe. Keith kills everybody with recruiting coverage though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
im4au 44 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 I wonder who the "other SEC West" schools are? duh, Bama. We get headlines and they don't even get called out by name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WDavE 332 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 The other rumor concerning this investigation is that a NCAA investigator also talked to Treadwell and he talked. Since he is a pro now. He had nothing to be worried about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift 350 Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 I don't get it. Doesn't the article say that the NCAA is speaking with players from Auburn (and other schools) who were recruited by Ole Miss? Sounds like to me that this has nothing to do with Auburn and is simply a further investigation into recruiting at Ole Miss. What am I missing (sorry for the pun') ??. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShocksMyBrain 9,362 Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 2 minutes ago, Shift said: I don't get it. Doesn't the article say that the NCAA is speaking with players from Auburn (and other schools) who were recruited by Ole Miss? Sounds like to me that this has nothing to do with Auburn and is simply a further investigation into recruiting at Ole Miss. What am I missing (sorry for the pun') ??. That's the whole point. The article's title is misleading in that insinuates that they're investigating Auburn, yet they're not. Just more clickbait from 247. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift 350 Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 5 minutes ago, ShocksMyBrain said: That's the whole point. The article's title insinuates that they're investigating Auburn, yet they're not. Just more clickbait from 247. Well, aight then but the article says, " the regulatory body has contacted current players at Auburn and Mississippi State to interview them about their recruitment by the Rebels.". Sound like some folks are little too sensitive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShocksMyBrain 9,362 Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 3 minutes ago, Shift said: Well, aight then but the article says, " the regulatory body has contacted current players at Auburn and Mississippi State to interview them about their recruitment by the Rebels.". Sound like some folks are little too sensitive. Yes, I get that. But the problem is with the title of this and many other articles. They're purposefully being vague and/or misleading to get people to click. I just wish they'd save that for Buzzfeed and the other "you won't believe what happened next!" sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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