JFJ

Formerly of sports media, now work on the business side of sports media. This account is used to comment on conflict of interest items

[JFJ @JoeFridayJr]

Nick Wright has the best take in sports media right now,

calling out NBA punditry for claiming a player/team will 'dominate the next 5-10 years'

Bucks, Celtics, Nuggets, Thunder, now, before they win anything, Spurs

[JFJ @JoeFridayJr]

the sports twitter --> ad agency pipeline is no longer a talent source for agencies

creators are he next logical step but they come with a much higher pricetag than dudes from Twitter in 2017

(that pricetag: 'any paycheck + benefits')

[JFJ @JoeFridayJr]

This is quickly becoming the popular opinion

That said, if you're going to pay to eat/drink at an airport when traveling, it makes sense to hit the lounge

[Kenny Webster @KennethRWebster]

Unpopular opinion:

Having access to an airport lounge is overrated. The food sucks, WiFi is slow and a free cocktail doesn’t save you much money.

Convince me I’m wrong.

[JFJ @JoeFridayJr]

loose definition of 'answered'...but the real reason is bc of the money

same reason others left

[Mark @lebatardshowfan]

.@LeBatardShow answered some Stugotz questions

[JFJ @JoeFridayJr]

Kuzma had folks guessing for a sec, but his social guy couldn't help himself and went way over the top

[JFJ @JoeFridayJr]

Becky Hammon's take was the conventional wisdom at the time

If Perk or some generic pundit had said it, it wouldn't be remembered at all

Talking heads get stuff wrong, but her take was fine!

[Bleacher Report @BleacherReport]

JALEN BRUNSON DID IT

FIRST KNICKS FINALS APPEARANCE IN 27 YEARS 🗽

[JFJ @JoeFridayJr]

@Ikeyo_ NBA fans love the hypothetical transaction more than fans of other NA sports (which is saying alot)

[JFJ @JoeFridayJr]

since the Cavs got Mitchell, they've gone deeper in the playoffs each year

this is the closest to a championship of any non-Bron team in their history

look at the new lottery rules

saying they should blow it up is foolish

[Carson Breber @Carsobi]

It’s over for this Cavs core. The Harden trade failed. Mitchell’s playmaking is unreliable. Their defense is unserious. Their habits as a team are appalling. Atkinson may be gone. Mitchell may demand out. This is an extremely embarrassing showing. Major change will follow.

[JFJ @JoeFridayJr]

In major metros there are still good rec leagues that help with building blocks

But to play varisty in HS or beyond, you gotta accept club/travel is the path

It's ok to just play rec through middle school - even in the 90s/00s, this was where most kids stopped playing!

[Adam Mares @Adam_Mares]

With my two daughters, I’m navigating a youth sports ecosystem that couldn’t be more different than the one I grew up in.

Very little unstructured sports among neighborhood kids

Rec leagues that are poorly run and offer little to no development

Club teams that are light years ahead of everything else but carry absurd costs

How did we get here? Is there a way out?

[JFJ @JoeFridayJr]

The articles on Nike's fall from relevance are very millennial/Gen-X coded, leaving out how younger generations see Nike:

- shoes that parents and older colleagues wear to work

- shoes that parents and older colleagues think are cool/fashionable

[JFJ @JoeFridayJr]

a handful of media writers have tried to crack all the dissention at meadowlark over the last couple of years, and have come up empty

that crew is stone silent. ringer was pretty good but had some leaks. most media is a sieve

[JFJ @JoeFridayJr]

yup. scrolling twitter for a few mins daily you'll see all these outlets

"its harder to make $ writing" does NOT mean "journalism is dead"

[Ryan Glasspiegel @sportsrapport]

@JoeFridayJr Athletic, FOS, the ex wapo bureau ESPN is building out, Pablo pod, Outkick has more sports journalism than they are given credit for too

[JFJ @JoeFridayJr]

Glass is right - the Athletic regularly publishes good journalism

[Ryan Glasspiegel @sportsrapport]

Sports journalism isn’t dead but you have to be adept at finding it. It’s not getting beamed to you on Outside the Lines when you already had the channel on

[JFJ @JoeFridayJr]

Telling you...the Dundon zag take is coming

[Underdog NBA @UnderdogNBA]

Blazers owner Tom Dundon on not traveling two-way players to start the playoffs:

"I just made a mistake. I just don't understand the league. In hockey, we don't travel extra people because we're not on vacation. We're here to win. I don't want the distraction. The NBA seems to live with those distractions."

(via the "Game Over" podcast)

[JFJ @JoeFridayJr]

when nba free agency hit july 4 one year, i remember ppl in media saying it was dumb FA was on july 4, bc "nobody would be paying attention"

meanwhile, hanging out with normie friends that day, all the guys talking ab NBA free agency

[JFJ @JoeFridayJr]

Big gap b/t media discourse and fans:

Fans love this more primetime games - something to watch and enjoy when they are with fam + friends

Media views it as work that encroaches on time with fam + friends, so try and paint it as "too much," "greedy," when ratings say otherwise

[Raheem Palmer @iamrahstradamus]

I'm not a fan of this at all. Thanksgiving Eve is one of the best party days of the year. It's also a travel day for many people as they go home to see their family. I love the NFL but it doesn't need to completely monopolize our lives plus with so many games Wednesday, Thursday & Friday, that Sunday after Thanksgiving isn't as good.

[JFJ @JoeFridayJr]

contrast that with Van Lathan simply tweeting 'lol'

Same general point as Buford, but in content and tone that still flies on twitter

[JFJ @JoeFridayJr]

On content, not politics:

That Jayson Buford Clark/Wallen article was unanimously mocked bc many 2018 SBNation-level writers, and followers, migrated to Bluesky

Which in turn made that article feel like a relic from the past, with little defense for that type of simple thinking

[JFJ @JoeFridayJr]

I get the Caitlin Clark lunatic take faucet is back on

But look at the full list of everyone that's walked out w Wallen

It's about celebrity and selection

[JB @jaysonbuford]

I wrote about Caitlin Clark, who only ever had to be a little bit cool, and by walking with Morgan Wallen, reminding everybody that she is kind of uncool and one of them: https://t.co/hUZP40fVWY

[JFJ @JoeFridayJr]

Media will kill the Pacers, but very few called out the risk in their post-deadline analysis

It felt so undercovered, I assumed I was missing something

Effectively two unprotecteds for Zu