Wanna put your money where your mouth is while talking about the Wizards? Cyber Soccer Associates is looking for a couple of good people interested in covering their team for the upcoming MLS season. Drop a line if you're interested and I'll give you the details. Ed Buzahn@aol.com www.cybersoccernews.com
Don't mean to crash your party, Buzahn, but people can send me a PM if they want to cover the Wizards for another web site as well (in case cybersoccer position is no longer open). Cheers, Andrew
I knew that, I was just trying to get them to say it. And, Ed, your reading comprehension is down. It's obvious that subbuteo is leveraging your fishing trip by looking for writers for his competing site.
There are some advantages to doing this. Many of you know that I wrote for them last season. Despite direct monetary compensation, there are a few monetary perks. For example, you get free parking for every game (approx. $75/season), free admission for every game (approx. $150) and free food and drinks in the press box. I enjoyed most aspects of the experience, but I don't plan on signing up again this year for two reasons. First, the amount of time I had to devote to it was more than I could handle. I usually needed a minimum of two hours to write a story on top of the almost-six-hour round trip (drive time only, doesn't include game time or interviewing afterwards) getting to and from Kansas City. With a one-year-old scampering around now, that's just too much time each weekend to give up. Second, the fact that MLS extended the regular season through the end of October means that it will now completely overlap the 2003 high school soccer season. And because I coach the team where I teach, I will have even less time to cover the Wizards. For any of you who live in Kansas City who have a little journalistic training, however, it's not a bad deal at all. I would sign up again in a heartbeat if I lived close enough to the stadium.
They've asked me to do it, and I'd be willing to split the job with somebody. I have absolutely no desire to watch the game from anywhere but The Cauldron, and even less desire to change into respectable clothing to do post-match interviews. I am, however, willing to go to practice once a week and do interviews and a midweek feature. So, if anyone would be interested in splitting the job, let me know.
Hangin' w/Sam If you follow KC around here then you probably know that Sam is a SeRiouS Wizards fan. There's still time to apply if you're interested so please spread the word. Thanks, Ed www.cybersoccernews.com