Sure, but Rome wants to talk to the trainer
Chandler Rome does a pretty decent job of covering the team despite the “lack of access.” And I recall some media members in the past complaining that the Astros prevented player/clubhouse access in a way that violated the team’s obligations under the CBA. So maybe some of his gripes are warranted. And maybe some of his gripes are just that his job is hard (join the club!) and the team doesn’t go out of its way to make Chandler’s job easier.
But yeah, the petulance is what turns me off. I don’t like journalists making themselves part of the story. I don’t read Rome’s articles or tweets to get his take on how accommodating the team is to the media. I simply don’t care about that. And his attitude just smells Drellich-y.
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It’s not just trainer access. The organization also instructs the players not to talk about their health status except in limited approved terms. I don’t totally understand it but a few years ago they clearly made it more of a priority to keep a tight lid on injury info (hence the “discomfort” stuff we all joke about). The team must see some value in it and I’m not sure why any of us is entitled to know how a player’s shoulder is healing. At the same time I get why a reporter—especially one who’s constantly getting peppered with questions from readers about said player’s shoulder—would find it frustrating.
Which is exactly why I suggested the fed law could be an issue.
Isn’t “discomfort” a league-wide used term?
It 100% is now
Addressed what? I have no clue what it says.
I’m genuinely asking. I thought that the CBA had provisions to allow teams to discuss player health information without HIPAA concerns
Oh, I do not know. The player always can waive HIPAA rights, I think. I did not work with that statute much at all so I do not know.
I’ve worked around reporters and college student reporters. Petulance comes with the territory.
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Paranoia and seeing conspiracies everywhere do also, in my somewhat limited experience working with print and broadcast journalists.
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Interestingly, my favorite Editor of The Daily Texan during my time there went on to win a Pulitzer in his
post collegiate career.
Who was that?
Dan Malone. Won Pulitizer while with Dallas Morning News.
During my entire time at UT the only Daily Texan articles I remember were the annual UT/OU insult columns and an article positing that it was more stylish for women to have a big butt instead of big boobs. Hard-hitting journalism.
I was more of a Texas Travesty man.
Another example of valuing size over quality.
Sir Mix A Lot would beg to differ.
I remember one of those from OU. The headline was: “Austin Filled with Hippies, Pot”. I always thought that was funny.
OU has caught up on all fronts
We’ll, the intense suck pulls it all northward.
We envy Austin in all things, but are afraid to admit it
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