Biased Reporting
Houston, Columbus, Kansas City, Chivas, Vancouver, and Salt Lake City, what do these cities have in common?
They all have matches scheduled with the LA Galaxy, and do you know how many of them have been hounded in their local media for not offering refunds to their scheduled matches? Only one, yup once again our local media is using a chance to bag on RSL, and they are beating it like several RCB members were beating the drums Wednesday night. Vancouver, a USL team did make a statement today on their website saying they are committed to making their match next month still take place.
Do you wonder why it is that is? Listen, I am sure the FO is thinking of something to do to make the Sept. 19th match a special event for fans, should they offer refunds? I personally do not think so, the Jazz would not offer a refund if Kobe, or Lebron was injured. Would our local media question their ethics if the Jazz were the ones who had a promotion get undermined by the opposing team having an injury? Hell No!
Earlier this week in a online article from Deseret News, they stated that our 3 recent signings were earning over $650,000 per year. I questioned that info, because I had heard the number was under $300,000. Well the MLS players union put out the actual salaries of the new players and the number is actually under $250,000 a year.
The actual numbers are:
Javier Morales, RSL: 120,000/120,000
Edgar Espindola, RSL: 72,000/72,000
Matias Mantilla, RSL: 48,000/48,000
Numbers are provided by
Steven Goff’s Soccer Insider
If you need further proof, we need only look again to the DN coverage of RSL, within 48 hours of a great upset win; they are back looking for negatives. They do an article about Robbie Findley, but the focus is on how he sat on the bench (hint he did have a minor injury) and how he has lacked consistency in his 8 matches with RSL. How about a new player who has come to a team that has a new coach, has struggled, and done a decent job of provided some offense (3 goals in 8 matches, from his 4 shots on goal and 11 overall shots), but that story would not create strife or shed positive light on the team, so nope we go for a story that we can twist into a negative. Read it for yourself
Inconsistency lands Findley on bench .
Now I will give the Tribune a little credit, within the last couple weeks their coverage has not been nearly as negative as the Deseret News coverage. Well at least one thing will hold true, now that College Football has started, the local media will pay a lot less attention to RSL, and based on their history, that is a good thing.
OFF MY SOAPBOX
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