Thanks for nothing Edmonton Oilers organization.
On Sunday, I was following the Oilers blogging on Covered in Oil and Lowetide. During the intermission, the live-blog that Pleasure Motors had been doing disappeared. In other comments threads we joked about him getting in trouble for writing about the game from the press-box. We didn't know that was actually the truth.
If you haven't already, read his account of the evening.
This is disappointing on so many levels.
As a member of the media, I am not surprised by their actions because it happens all too often.
As an oilers blogger, I am hurt that the support the oilogosphere generates seems to be ignored.
As a huge fan of the team, I am angry that they would treat such an equally huge supporter so poorly.
And as a human being, I am saddened that they feel they need to censor us.
I mentioned it in the comments over at CIO, but I'm hoping for your suggestions here. How can we spread the word about this? Should we do a blog blackout? And turn the blogs off for a week? Should we ban Oilers Nation until they abide by the same rules? Should we spam the Oilers website?
Ideas please...
For those being linked here from other blogs, here is the newest post.
Comments
I was contributing to Oilfans before blogging was cool and I always suspected the brass would do things like this and now they've taken that step.
Great post.
A lot of guys -- and gals -- cut their teeth over there.
Following, every blog on the 'sphere should publish Dave's post. There's alot more attention to this medium than you think. Why do you think the Oiler MIB's were so insistent he stop writing something they couldn't control?
Oh wow. Not to accuse you of being a little over dramatic, but he was live blogging a hockey game. Let's try to keep this in perspective.
And how left coast of you to propose a boycott. Maybe you bleeding hearts can hold a hunger strike too.
So they weren't trying to censor what Dave was writing? Just because it's not the government burning books, doesn't mean he wasn't being censored.
Why is it left coast of me to propose a boycott? How am I a bleeding heart? I just want to show that this isn't cool.
Thanks for only showing up when you have something assholian to write. It's very typical of you.
Blogging is new enough to the media scene that no one really knows what the "rules" are. Doesn't mean that bloggers should be pushed around or bullied though, especially by big organizations like the Oilers.
I suggest everyone let the Oilers know that they enjoyed the live blog and that it added to the game experience. And if they wanted to throw in the name "pinhead" a few times that would be good too.
Take a freakn' pill. Its not that big of a deal.
And stop hacking on ON, you really aren't that different then they are.
That is all.
IMO the best thing we can do is to keep on bloging. One day they will wake up and realize that blogging isn't going to go away. David S is right, David leaving CinO is, really, what they wanted. Or rather, one less pesky blogger.
Let's keep our blogs, keep our devotion to the team. They'll come around.
I didn't mean to make my comments so long... sorry.