Why does anyone read BleacherReport.com?
Let us repeat the headline: Why does anyone read BleacherReport.com? We understand why it was started, to give fans all over a chance to write about their favorite sports and sports teams. That’s great. Voice away.
But why would anyone actually read it? Sure, there are some decent people on there, but how long would it take to sift through all the nonsense? Nonsense like this article we just found on Allen Iverson. We are thinking about making this a regular item on OTR where we comb through a fine piece of literature from BleacherReport.com.
It’s not that the opinion of defending Iverson is so off base, but is there even an editor on the site? As a writer, you should hold yourself to higher standards grammatically. Errors happen, we understand that. We make plenty on this site. But, this writer should be embarrassed for how this came out. Let’s take a look:
Headline: Why Is Their So Much Hate On Allen Iverson?
He’s off to a great start. I’m wondering if he read that sentence five times if he would notice the mistake.
I honestly think Iverson is someone people should look up too. He isn’t afraid to share his own opinions, and he is 100% genuine and honest.
Ok, now we have a problem with the content. Is this kid in high school or something? Iverson is 100% genuine and honest? Does this writer have the internet?
He’ll stand up for what he believes in and that reminds me of a person who we celebrated fighting for people’s rights only a weekend ago.
Oh. My. God. He just compared Allen Iverson to Dr. Martin Luther King. ***head explodes***
In Phily, Iverson is averaging 10 shots per game.
Close.
Since his return to Phily he’s averaging a career low 10 shots per game.
Twice isn’t a typo. He really doesn’t know how to spell Philly.
When he was in Memphis, ready to play he played better than Conley in all three games that he played (coming off the bench / statistically)
The fact that there is no period at the end of this sentence is the least of his worries. Try to make sense of the rest of it.
Now the recent beef on Allen Iverson is that he doesn’t deserve to play in the “All-Star Game” and that he should’ve gave up his spot and declined to play.
Some of these don’t require comments. Who says “should’ve gave?” We aren’t nitpicking about semi-colons here. This is basic English.
Allen Iverson is a “star” in the NBA as his jersey is still selling in the NBA.
Sigh. At first, our big problem was with the English and grammar. But now it seems that it’s a combination of awful opinions and terrible writing. Dude, it’s admirable that you want to write, but take some pride in it and try to get good at it. I’m sure you are in high school or something, but this isn’t high-school level writing.
The Bleacher Report was never really on our radar, but now it is. We’ll be looking for some other fine works of journalism, so if you see something that we should pick apart, by all means send it along.
