Dave’s Football Blog

Buffalo Bills tight end Kevin Everett is now free to seek long-term disability benefits after being paralyzed in an NFL game last season. Expect "What about us?" cries from Mike Ditka any day now.

World Footy News proposes a 24-team Australian Football League with two 12-team divisions. Maybe we should see if the league can handle going to 18 first.

Ebbsfleet United, the Blue Square club purchased by MyFootballClub.co.uk, won the FA Trophy by beating Torquay United, 1-0, today in Wembley Stadium.

I can come to only one conclusion -- FIFA boss Sepp Blatter hates Africans. Erase racism! Fire Blatter!

EPL Talk publishes the photo, while the Guardian says it's the oldest national team photo in England.

The Guardian gives us more proof as to why leveraged takeovers are bad for English football -- and why disgruntled fans created FC United of Manchester.

Now on FanHouse: Video of Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Dhani Jones playing rugby union with Blackheath R.C. (Thanks for the tip, Simon!)

West Brom and Stoke City need only a draw on Sunday to clinch automatic promotion, while seven other clubs compete for four playoff spots. Winner gets to be next year's Derby County.

From Pitch Invasion: MLS clubs could have fantastic youth development programs if they would just get their heads out of their asses.

I know this whole mainstream media v. bloggers topic has been beaten to death in the last couple of days since Buzz Bissinger’s rant. Even Techdirt has chimed in, with Mike Masnick saying basically the same thing I did — MSM people don’t understand the Internet, nor do they want to. (And yes, Brian, he gives ol’ Bob Costas some stick, too.)

Still, this thought has been stuck in my head for the last day or two, and it’s time I got it out. It involves one of my favorite sports TV shows — ESPN’s Pardon the Interruption.

Here’s the thing: PTI co-host Michael Wilbon is afraid of sports bloggers.

“The notion of blogging scares the hell out of me… There’s no accountability….stuff isn’t edited. It just goes out there as gospel. What it is is opinion.”

Yes, that’s exactly what a worthwhile sports blog is. It’s one person or a group of people giving their opinions on the day’s sports stories. Sometimes it’s funny. Sometimes it’s thought-provoking. The good blogs, though, remain consistently entertaining and/or informative.

So how is PTI any different?
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