Talk:Bloggers and Media Credentials/@comment-Awrigh01-2006050484752

Awesome article. I think over-time sports teams will have to open up their players and PR machine to a wider group of people. The era of mainstream media control and access to players and information is quickly eroding away. Sites like ArmchairGM, for example, are in a unique position to aggregate the power of bloggers. Some bloggers currently have a voice in the sports world--Deadspin being a prime example. However, most bloggers will never make it to the A-list. This isn&quot;t because of a lack of talent, it usually because of a lack of time/skill in marketing. That&quot;s why we founded ArmchairGM. We realized that this is an unjust situation. Why shouldn&quot;t sports writing be a meritocracy? Wouldn&quot;t it be better if there was a place for all sports fans to post up their stories, share them with other sports fans, and have the best information is sorted by your peers. Over time, as more and more users join our community, ArmchairGM will help legitimize sports blogging. Why? We will have power in numbers. That power in numbers will help us further democratize the way sports information is disseminated. We will help our community gain access to report critical information, while at the same time providing them an avenue to express this information. Plus, as our community grows, our numbers will also provide credibility and credentials. If a millions people read, vote, and comment on your article, I bet its pretty good.