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Post by hcpride on Dec 1, 2023 7:27:39 GMT -5
Head coach of the 4-8 Buffaloes.
Kind of an odd choice this year, IMHO, but it is SI and I’m too busy to read the qualifications for the award.
Last year was Steph Curry, year before was Tom Brady.
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Post by newfieguy74 on Dec 1, 2023 7:52:08 GMT -5
Very odd. I guess I won't know without reading the article, but I stopped reading SI years ago as its quality (once incomparable) waned. Perhaps Deion was selected as fully embracing the new NCAA landscape--NIL, transfer portal, big money. I think he essentially fired last year's Colorado football team and re-stocked with transfers (as Pitino did at St. John's). Doesn't Shadeur Sanders drive a Rolls Royce? I find a lot of this distasteful, but Sanders didn't start it.
And while I'm at it, while many bash the PL, it still embraces the idea of the student-athlete. Just look at Jacob Dobbs, he personifies this idea. I love it.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Dec 1, 2023 8:08:25 GMT -5
Didn't SI just get outed for creating make believe writers and having AI write "their" articles?
Sad what's become of this publication.
Novak Djokovic would have been a better Sportsperson of the Year.
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Post by gks on Dec 1, 2023 8:14:46 GMT -5
Interesting choice.
Deion had the eyes of the sports world on him for a good chunk of the year. He pretty much exposed for all the free agency that is now college football. Deion's influence, good or bad, on college football is yet to be determined. He is definitely a marketing genius.
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Post by WCHC Sports on Dec 1, 2023 9:08:25 GMT -5
Don't hate the playa, hate the game.
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Post by hcpride on Dec 1, 2023 10:14:31 GMT -5
Don't hate the playa, hate the game. The 4-8 playa? I was thinking SI made the choice back when a few folks were impressed with the splashy roster moves and some early wins. Neon Deion has dimmed quite a bit as of later. |
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Post by WCHC Sports on Dec 1, 2023 11:49:01 GMT -5
How many games did the team did last year? I think as stated above, it's as much about the Xs and Os as it is his acceptance of the current college football landscape. Loyalty is not important. Dollars are important. Perform and stay, make money and even better. If you don't put good performance on tape, you'll be replaced with somebody-- anyone-- across the country, that can come in and start playing in a heartbeat.
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Dec 1, 2023 11:55:05 GMT -5
Didn't SI just get outed for creating make believe writers and having AI write "their" articles? Sad what's become of this publication. Novak Djokovic would have been a better Sportsperson of the Year. Or Jokic |
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Dec 1, 2023 12:06:02 GMT -5
One can make a case for Shohei Ohtani as well
Also-isn't this a bit early to announce a winner for 2023?
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Post by alum on Dec 1, 2023 12:31:08 GMT -5
I grew up reading SI religiously, cover to cover every single week. The writers were great, the features were superb, the photography was outstanding. It started going down hill years ago and, like Time and Newsweek, its place in American journalism faded away. I saw someone claim that work on this issue had to begin in September and that is why we are stuck with Sanders. I don't get that. Several baseball players have won for their post season heroics, including as recently as Altuve in 2017.
KY is right about this being early. I think that the winner used to be announced in the year end two week issue.
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Post by purplenurple on Dec 1, 2023 13:29:15 GMT -5
Didn't SI just get outed for creating make believe writers and having AI write "their" articles? Sad what's become of this publication. Novak Djokovic would have been a better Sportsperson of the Year. Or Jokic I agree. Same country, wrong athlete. |
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Post by Tom on Dec 1, 2023 13:43:33 GMT -5
I think the whole embracing the money cesspool could be the yard stick. I don't think the honor has to be positive
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Dec 1, 2023 14:08:04 GMT -5
Didn't SI just get outed for creating make believe writers and having AI write "their" articles? Sad what's become of this publication. Novak Djokovic would have been a better Sportsperson of the Year. Yes, it was outed for creating fictitious bylines (and non-real authors with AI generated photos). The fake articles were written by a sub-contractor apparently. From the NY Time in 2019 "The intellectual property of Sports Illustrated, the magazine whose monumental covers and narrative voices have helped define American sports since its debut 65 years ago, has been sold for $110 million to Authentic Brands Group, in an unusual transaction that suggests the magazine’s most coveted asset is its brand. "The previous owner, Meredith, and the buyer, Authentic Brands Group, announced the completed sale Monday night. Under its terms, Meredith will continue to run Sports Illustrated’s biweekly magazine and website, paying Authentic Brands an undisclosed licensing fee for at least two years. "What Authentic Brands immediately bought was not the magazine itself but rather Sports Illustrated’s valuable intellectual property. The purchase covers the magazine’s trove of more than two million images, its swimsuit and Sportsperson of the Year brands, the instantly recognizable name itself and other assets." Meredith acquired SI in 2018, when it bought Time for $2.8 billion. |
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Post by sader1970 on Dec 1, 2023 15:46:51 GMT -5
Believe it was my Irish grandfather who passed this expression down to my mother and now down to me and seems appropriate to use now:
"The world's going to hell in a handbasket."
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Post by 78purple on Dec 1, 2023 22:33:27 GMT -5
Don't hate the playa, hate the game. Or hate the magazine...ouch |
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