If anyone knows who Mark Cuban is you will appreciate this for both its direct reflection of the man himself and because it's as ridiculous as he is. Cuban has a blog entitled Blog Maverick. I read it occassionally for a good laugh. I love his strong personality and think, no matter how serious he is being, that he is hilarious. The more serious he tries to be, the funnier I find him.
Anyways, so Cuban is a mega business man who owns the Dallas Mavericks. He recently banned bloggers from the locker room because he doesn't think that bloggers need lockerroom access to be able to write about it. Cuban classifies ALL sports blogs as just being witty responses to articles, coaches, players and every happening. The NBA, however, told him that he couldn't ban bloggers.
Cuban's post, Bloggers in the locker Room. It's the Pros vs the Joes, he goes on to invite bloggers to post samples of their work as comments on that post. If they are good, regardless of whether they worked for ESPN or were in 8th grade, Cuban would give you credentials to cover the Mavs.
What I find hilarious is that because of his big ego, Cuban can't see that his blog is as pointless as those he critiques.
On a more serious note, I like that he is inviting anybody and will give anybody an opportunity to cover the Mavs, which is creating participation. Participation and convergence with sports, the internet, blogging and sporting events, will build interest in him, the team, games and coverage of the Mavs.
He is a smart business man, that's for sure.
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