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Sports Blog: “Daily Campus” Ignores SMU intramurals
October 19, 2009
Posted by Kimmy Ryan
You hear about SMU Division I sports all the time. Whether through word-of-mouth, the school newspaper, the SMU website, blogs, or the Daily Update, the SMU Division 1 athletic teams are highly publicized.
Football, soccer, swimming, volleyball—you name it, there is a story about it. But, what about SMU intramurals?
The SMU intramural teams are highly competitive, full of serious athletes. Most of the intramural athletes played sports competitively in high school or on club teams. If you have ever been to a Pike versus Fiji intramural basketball game, you would realize that not only do they draw a crowd almost the size of the SMU basketball games, but the level of play is top notch.
So, why are the games not publicized? Why are no articles written about the next big intramural game, the best players, or the top rivalries?
These games are fun; the atmosphere is laid back, but the play is still highly competitive. The “Daily Campus,” SMU’s student-run newspaper, refuses to run stories about intramural sports.
This seems totally out of line. Intramural sports and athletes may not deserve as much publicity as SMU Division 1 sports, but they do not deserve to be ignored.
So let me get this straight. Instead of actually writing an article about SMU intramurals, you chose to simply rip apart the Daily Campus because they refused to run an article about a subject that a very small percentage of the students body will be interested in reading? Obviously you are not overly concerned about writing on the subject of intramurals since you did not take this opportunity to do so. I do not doubt that these games are fun and exciting for those involved, however 95% of people on this campus have no interest in what last night’s Pike vs. Fiji intramural basketball score was. I can also guarantee that intramural basketball does not average an attendance of over 2000 people per game like the men’s basketball team does. Next time you want to write an article about something, you should actually write it instead of just ripping apart a group who did not let you do what you want.
P.S. The DC does not ignore intramurals. Please see “Intramural Season Begins” run in the DC on 9/2/09 for the most recent example.