Spring Sports Coverage
I know this is the second consecutive time I've started a Buzz post with an apology, but I'm sorry that there weren't any new posts between Andrew's on Glen Miller and Krista's coverage of the Penn Relays today. With exams and final papers coming up, as well as Spring Fling and Hey Day, we've all been very busy. And with the Relays, it's also been a very busy week at the DP.
But I'd like to talk about the discussion that occurred in the comments section of Andrew's post, starting with this comment.
For those of you that might be unclear, this site is not the front page of the DP. This is. Specifically here is the sports page. If you're looking for stories on Penn sports, that's your first place to look (especially for sports that are in season i.e. spring sports, currently). The Buzz is here to supplement that coverage. And I can promise you that there is no specific attempt to under cover spring sports.
As for the four stories that were mentioned, all of them relate to Penn sports. True two of them were about winter sports, but they both were big news items that needed to be covered in a timely manner. The "Phillies" story was about group of Penn athletes who had a symposium that included notable local athletes.
Going on what Andrew said, our marketing does show that basketball is the sport readers care most about. But on a simpler level, basketball is the most well-known sport. If I were to ask the readers of this blog to name as many members of the men's basketball team as they could, I'm sure all of you could get at least a handful. Somehow I doubt there'd be similar results if I asked you to name women's lacrosse players (the most high-profile sport in our coverage this spring), let alone players on a less-covered sport like women's tennis.
And to be honest, "Curious" nailed this on the head. (For those that were asking, "Curious" is not anyone affiliated with The Daily Pennsylvanian, the athletic department, or any group that would have an agenda concerning Penn sports.) Admittedly I'm biased, but I thought I wrote a solid post analyzing a spring sport's game. Yet there was zero comments on it. Why? My guess would be readers either a) don't care about women's lacrosse or b) don't feel they can make an informed opinion on it.
Then again, I could be wrong. So as always, any comments are welcomed.
Please note All comments are eligible for publication in The Daily Pennsylvanian.