I know for a fact that several parents of current players read this site regularly. Some of them post rarely; most don't post at all.

At least we don't post the kinds of things they do on some OSU boards. There was one post this week saying that their FG kicker purposely missed those FG tries early in the game and that he was "on the take." There was an f-bomb laced tweet from an OSU medical student that wished he would get cancer. I've never seen anything remotely resembling that on BA that I can recall.

Yup. That Trey Wiseman email to Tyler Durbin was a total joke. If you haven't seen it...

https://www.landof10.com/ohio-state/ohio-state-fan-email-...

This is a very interesting post especially as a first post. Here's my question - do you think if posters used their real names that the posts would change or would the board just die? From a quick review of this thread only 3 or 4 of the posters are identifiable by name. Just curious as to your thoughts.

When I joined BA in 2006 they asked for a "screen name" or something like that.

I never even knew you could use your own name.

No question anonymity can make a person "braver".
NJ.com has a "page" for every town in the state.
Virtually all the comments are negative,which is fine.
But,the some of the comments are downright libelous.

There's no way people would post what they do if they had to use their real names.

Sooooo, what exactly does that mean? That they are bullies because they can hide behind a handle? That they're "chicken" to stand up for what they type? That they're afraid what others might think of them? I'm not saying that they are but it does raise an interesting question. Again, this is all in relation to the original post on this thread.

Fans, players and parents all have different perspectives and mindsets and goals.

Fans are here for entertainment and connection. Parents are here to protect their child. Players are here to further themselves and the program.

Those are not shared goals. The latter two groups think the first group should do anything and everything to reach their goals and protect their child. The fans think the latter two groups exist like action figures merely for the first group's entertainment.

Have I mentioned I think the college sports system is broken?

Alan,so there's no confusion,the comment you quoted dealt with NJ.com,not BA.

And there are others that treat it as both - the modern day corner bar where we all have our regular seats and everyone knows what the other guy drinks and the corner soap box where the whole world passes by everyday, or so we think.

"There's no way people would post what they do if they had to use their real names."

It is possible many who post don't want to use their real names because they are employed by the university, have a family member or a close friend that works at Ohio University. If people are posting negative remarks it makes it easier to not use their real name.

I think what you have confused here is negative and critical or have we come to the place that any critical remark about anything is automatically considered negative? I sure hope not.

I'd much rather have our board with healthy discussion and engaged fans rather than half the other mac boards that don't seem to care at all. I would like to see you trystarting a new message board that only allows positive posts all the time. I highly doubt anybody would be interested, and it would basically be ohiobobcats.com.

Whats the point if we can't discuss things even if people disagree or aren't positive all the time. Ted has rules in place to protect personal attacks and false rumors or accusations, so to me everything else is fair game especially if you come with a well thought out post.

Good points here.

I respect more those who post with their real name evident.

The paid members of the program (coaches and such) are pretty much fair game for critique. It comes with the salary. From a legal point of, aren't they public figures?

Likewise, it could be argued that with acceptance of being on the team..well, at least acceptance of a scholarship...there should come realization that there will be some critique of public, on the field performance.

That said, I see little direct critique of players at all. Certainly very little personal criticism.

That recruits or players or staff or anyone else may visit this site is absolutely no reason for anyone to curb their thoughts here so long as they are expressed within the norm here, which, while spirited, is pretty much okay...and fun!



From a personal point of view, which many won't share apparently, I'm amazed at the factual, specific analysis--especially as it is consistent with the big picture won/loss record over the years-- that many put up (yes, mostly those who don't favor so much the current staff) but that is not recognized as sensible.

Blatant truths disregarded in a Trump way. (I'm sure all of us are ceasing online usage, for its susceptibility for hacking, and delivering all the good stuff by messenger!)
But I guess that's part of the fun.