The Definition of Delusional: Gatorsports now requires paid subscription

[stephenPE]

Coach, can you tell us if they’re giving you a refund?

I just get the paper. Didnt buy that.

 

[Zambo]

Interesting news. My only question is, how would anybody here find out this information? Do you actually still go back there an click around? I literally haven't clicked on GSMB in several years.

 

[g8r.tom]

Interesting news. My only question is, how would anybody here find out this information? Do you actually still go back there an click around? I literally haven't clicked on GSMB in several years.

I can't help myself. It is like watching a train wreck.

 

[Theologator]

I just looked at it on my pc. It popped up an invitation to log in or subscribe, but when I closed that window I had zero restrictions. App on my iPhone shows no changes.

I do subscribe to the Lakeland Ledger due to wanting local news. They used to be in the same group as the Sun but I’m not sure now.

 

[Theologator]

And I’m pissed at Robbie anyway. He perpetuated a lie in a pre-game column saying we dropped miami in 1988 “so we could have a more national schedule” and added Montana State.

The truth is the SEC added a 7th game which meant that we couldn’t keep a non-conference home & home AND have 6 home games every year AND keep UGA in Jax, which effectively was like a 7th home game revenue-wise. That decision was key to the financial stability we have today.

(Cue the facilities rants, but that’s the truth.)

 

[g8tr76]

The pay wall is back up! I am looking at other sites for my info, but I must admit I did check GS regularly despite its shortcomings and lousy message board. It was a shortcut.

I think I was close to being an original member on the board in the '90s and enjoyed some of the ol'time members including Batgirl, tampagator, ox and even FSUNole. Board members even got together from time to time.

Over the years GS changed the forums, made us signup again, and cancelled previous posts, but I stayed: maybe out of loyalty or maybe because there were no other similar ops to talk trash. Of course that has all changed.

I certainly don't mind the ox's shameless requests donations, but GS never told us about the pay wall and they keep a count of the articles you click on and can't read to force you to pay. IMHO, it is a complete lack of sportsmanship.

The Bleacher Report for general news and Gatorchatter for discussion are the aristocracy of the internet.

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[ThreatMatrix]

And I’m pissed at Robbie anyway. He perpetuated a lie in a pre-game column saying we dropped miami in 1988 “so we could have a more national schedule” and added Montana State.

The truth is the SEC added a 7th game which meant that we couldn’t keep a non-conference home & home AND have 6 home games every year AND keep UGA in Jax, which effectively was like a 7th home game revenue-wise. That decision was key to the financial stability we have today.

(Cue the facilities rants, but that’s the truth.)

One of those things that are true and false. Originally we were talking about dropping Miami to add national team to the schedule. However the SEC came along and expanded making the decision for us. I actually don't know if we dropped Miami before the SEC expanded tho'.

 

[Ocalaman]

The Gainesville Sun & Ocala Star-Banner are owned by the same conglomerate and share printing facilities. The papers are identical except for the way they lay out local news and sports. Both overcharge big time for what you get. I discontinued my subscription over a year ago and don't miss it a bit. GatorSports.com was a decent website, but you can get the same news from other sources. I won't pay a dime for web access.

 

[Theologator]

One of those things that are true and false. Originally we were talking about dropping Miami to add national team to the schedule. However the SEC came along and expanded making the decision for us. I actually don't know if we dropped Miami before the SEC expanded tho'.

It was definitely the same offseason. But I can’t recall for certain either. We jerked scUM around every renegotiation, working in 2:1 deals etc. They are the one team I dislike playing so I’m always “Good riddance” to them.

 

[oxrageous]

The Gainesville Sun & Ocala Star-Banner are owned by the same conglomerate and share printing facilities. The papers are identical except for the way they lay out local news and sports. Both overcharge big time for what you get. I discontinued my subscription over a year ago and don't miss it a bit. GatorSports.com was a decent website, but you can get the same news from other sources. I won't pay a dime for web access.

Become a supporting member or face a ban.

 

[PastyStoole]

With the possible exception of the paid members saloon on this forum, there is literally NO content on the entirety of the internet that is worthy of a paid subscription. If you're one of these unbearably self-important douchebags who's got a paid subscription to the New York Times or Washington Post, (or worse, the fkking New Yorker), you need to shoot yourself and put us all out of your snobby, Facebook-posting misery. And if you have a paid subscription to *anything* that you feel is an upgrade to the abundant pornacopia of free smut that now exists on the world wide web, you have serious erectile problems that need to be addressed immediately, either with boner pills or psychotherapy or nannyware. You'll never satisfy a woman with that flaccid excuse for a penis.

Where does the Gainesville Sun fall into all this? That embodiment of fat, poor and lazy is so bad that it's not even worth the obvious comedy it conjures in its shtty prose. Any readers can see that the sports page is possibly the worst in the country, without exaggeration. If the overpaid consultant who suggested this move didn't haul ass out of town before he actually read the content of the paper, he would have seen that as well. The Sun's problem isn't that they aren't charging enough for their shtty content. The Sun's problem is that free, in this case, is way over-priced.