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If you don't enjoy Mark Berman's work, don't read or follow him. There are plenty of other sources for comprehensive coverage of Virginia Tech athletics.

If you do enjoy his work, read everything the man writes.

Facts are always objective. Regardless I think there is a way to write in a subjective manner and still be professional. Bleacher Report thrives because of it's casual style.

If your job is covering college sports for print media, and a specific team at that...and you are immature and hated...then you are bad at your job.

No one needs him to kiss VT's ass. But creating false transgressions in your mind is inexcusable as well.

There's a distinction to be made in the types of writing we're talking about. Professional journalists are supposed to present facts in an objective manner to inform the public. And sure, they can write things in a way that may try to subtly steer perception, but overt subjectivity has no place in that business. That's what Bleacher Report and editorial pages are for.

I think it's more about the way he goes about his job and he seems to always take the angle that VT is doing things the wrong way or that VT is up to no good. He just seems to have a negative outlook and when you consider the likely audience of his reporting, he needs to be a reporter who collects all the facts before spouting off. Twitter is his worst enemy as it allows his true nature to shine through.

Andy used to post his articles daily over here, but at some point he tried to arrange an interview with a Purdue fan site only to find out TKP had already set something up with them. He fired off some things about if TKP was going to encroach on his territory he would have to treat it like a competitor and that's what he did. No more Bitter posts.

So I typically don't even check the snapchat outside of Mon/Wed/Fri but I just happened to check it today and saw that we got a surprise entry. It doesn't display content with a ton of substance but it's basically players taking the the videos themselves during what I'm guessing is voluntary, player led practice this morning. The videos don't really show them practicing too much but rather them really just giving some shoutouts...

At the very least it's interesting to note who all is there. I noticed several of the QB's got airtime and some other starters as well but I would love some help in identifying the other players.

I agree 100%. I get he's immature and not beloved, but at the end of the day the dudes just trying to do his job.

I was more focused on this comment than the action:

>Push the boundaries. Apologize later. The NCAA is toothless.

I agree in the grand scheme this is harmless

We have a future great one on campus today. Reminds me of Kam Chancellor. And he wears Mike Vick's #. #757represent pic.twitter.com/Kxjvj4POEb— Charlie Cantor (@ChuckCantor) February 27, 2016

As much as I love the enthusiasm for recruits, I think Chuck is pushing or crossing a line as far as NCAA compliance. goes We need to rein in the excitement. 757 recruit, wears #7, which likely qualifies as "personally identifiable information" and it's obvious that this is Devon Hunter. Per the NCAA:

NCAA Ed. Column from 7/18/15 covers that coaches/institutional staff members can't subtweet recruits using nicknames pic.twitter.com/OzGql3aK3E— RazorbackRules (@RazorbackRules) February 24, 2016

I first saw this as part of an article about coaches using nicknames/code to refer to recruits.

http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2016/2/24/11105312/ncaa-rule-co...

I mean, as far as these things go, this really is small and not an issue of "clean vs dirty" as I see it. But I know VT's compliance staff works very hard to make sure everyone understands what they can and can't do, so any misstep stands out.