Thank you Baca, although your comment didn't seem to make a dent in the person who posted right after you. I worked an incident last year in which a person was attacked with a paintball marker and shot in the head. It didn't make the paper or the tv. Typically when something of that sort does, it is an individual journalist trying to sell a little sensationalism, not because the event is significant. As has already been pointed out, we have a much more competitive market for stories of all sorts here in the USA and that competition drives up the useless story quota here. Our news people are never happier than when they are busy trying to make us all afraid of some new terror like vandals with paintball markers roaming the streets looking for people to terrorize. Quick, hide the kids. It's nonsense, of course, and most people see it for what it is. Bad publicity does go a long way though. Just look at the public's perception of police officers. Any time an ex or current officer has a bit of trouble, the fact that they were or are an officer is the story whether it had anything to do with it or not. A perfect example is our own Waco Tribune Herald. This year we have had two officer involved shootings in which suspects were shot to protect officers and innocent bystanders. They rated one story apiece and only one made the front page below the fold. Last year an officer had an auto accident in which there was a question as to whether the officer was operating his emergency lights and sirens at the time of the accident. That incident alone rated five stories. If you fail to see an agenda there, look again. Negativity sells copy and corrupts images. That's why it is so important that we use our personal interactions to be good ambassadors for the sport when we get the chance. One way to start would be to clean up the tremendous amount of filthy language that seems to be par for the course these days on the fields. It isn't professional or good manners.
) but i was jus wondering how big they are? i presume they on the news? i mean i jus read this on podbitch.com:
