ill get pounded for saying this, regarding disparity of coverage in recent basketball deaths

gtc08 · Mar 5, 2011

its sad about the kid dying after the game. its been all over espn and has been talked about at a pretty steady rate.

at the same time, a female player on mtsu was stabbed to death. all this got was a blip on espn one day. no further mention of it, no developing details etc.

im curious at why the disparity of coverage? i understand womens basketball is irrelevant and that men get the headlines, but it just kind of irks me how her death is minimized over the high school kids death.

Dante · Mar 5, 2011

gtc08 said:
its sad about the kid dying after the game. its been all over espn and has been talked about at a pretty steady rate.

at the same time, a female player on mtsu was stabbed to death. all this got was a blip on espn one day. no further mention of it, no developing details etc.

im curious at why the disparity of coverage? i understand womens basketball is irrelevant and that men get the headlines, but it just kind of irks me how her death is minimized over the high school kids death.

pound pound pound

Doug · Mar 5, 2011

Its a B&W thing...

billhill999 · Mar 5, 2011

Girl from MTSU got a lot of press.

eoghater · Mar 5, 2011

I see where you are coming from, but if the mtsu basketball player was male, there really wouldn't be much coverage of it either.

GoSooners · Mar 5, 2011

It's a little bit of a B&W deal. But the media will also eat up a story about somebody who experienced the highest high in his young life, only to see it snubbed out a moment later. If the kid hadn't hit the last second game winning layup, it wouldn't have got nearly the airtime that it did imo.