A note about Charles Robinson of Yahoo! Sports

[BlackSquirrels]

Charles Robinson earned nearly universal praise for his 2011 report about alleged NCAA violations at the University of Miami.

"Nearly universal" is key phrase in the above sentence.

While many commentators almost immediately praised his piece as deserving of a Pultizer prize, a guy who maintains a blog about the U looked into Robinson's reporting and found some serious problems. The blogger did an effective job dismantling the report and writing like that resulted in Grantland.com hiring him as a contributor.

 

[KingOtis]

Charles Robinson earned nearly universal praise for his 2011 report about alleged NCAA violations at the University of Miami.

"Nearly universal" is key phrase in the above sentence.

While many commentators almost immediately praised his piece as deserving of a Pultizer prize, a guy who maintains a blog about the U looked into Robinson's reporting and found some serious problems. The blogger did an effective job dismantling the report and writing like that resulted in Grantland.com hiring him as a contributor.

You had me right up until you said Grantland.

 

[SWC75]

If they have the names of SU players who should have been suspended but played, shouldn't they name them? When you don't it indicts everybody. Do players who violated rules have a right for people not to know that they did so?

 

[cusetown1]

they probably don't want to use the sources names because the story would lose credibility. Just a guess.

 

[br801]

If they have the names of SU players who should have been suspended but played, shouldn't they name them? When you don't it indicts everybody.

I sometimes think that's precisely the intention of stories like this.

 

[cuseattle]

they probably don't want to use the sources names because the story would lose credibility. Just a guess.

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[RoysRunts]

If they have the names of SU players who should have been suspended but played, shouldn't they name them? When you don't it indicts everybody. Do players who violated rules have a right for people not to know that they did so?

Drug Tests are CONFIDENTIAL How did He/They get a report.:bang: Their is some Law breaking going on if Drug Testing results of Individuals is made public.

 

[SWC75]

they probably don't want to use the sources names because the story would lose credibility. Just a guess.

But are the players they are accusing their sources? It's one thing to protect sources, another to protect the subjects of their article.

 

[cusetown1]

But are the players they are accusing their sources? It's one thing to protect sources, another to protect the subjects of their article.

They never said scholarship players they said players. Could be walk ons for all we know.

 

[PeteCalvin]

I smell the 'Wright Bros.'

 

[cusetown1]

I smell the 'Wright Bros.'

that would be a good thing. Dayshawn never saw the floor, and we sucked when Josh was on the team minus 05.

 

[Madbiker]

Since they had to go all the way back to 2001 -- eleven years ago-- I'm guessing whatever they found is quite a while ago. They could have said the players involved don't include anyone on this season's team. But that would make the story a lot less juicy rather than giving the impression that the current team has a roster of drug abusers. No? Dirtbags.

 

[Shrmdougluvr]

It'll be great when Robinson reports the players names. He will be violating HIPAA and FERPA simultaneously.

 

[SWC75]

It'll be great when Robinson reports the players names. He will be violating HIPAA and FERPA simultaneously.

Even if the players are 30 years old now? If there is any punishment, won't some names have to be named?

 

[cusetown1]

Damone Brown, maybe?

 

[DNABB5]

Even if the players are 30 years old now? If there is any punishment, won't some names have to be named?

No SOL on HIPAA.

Also, I am willing to be my house that Billy Edelin is one of the 10. That's like the 690 lock of the century.

 

[STEVEHOLT]

Drug Tests are CONFIDENTIAL How did He/They get a report.:bang: Their is some Law breaking going on if Drug Testing results of Individuals is made public.

Like journalists care? What about leaked grand jury testimony in the barry bonds case? we are talking about federal law being breached and nobody cared. it's not the job of journalists to respect confidentiality agreements or even the law apparently.

 

[jekelish]

Cowherd actually explicitly said the other day on his radio show that it's the job of a journalist to break confidentiality, because otherwise no big stories would ever see the light of day (or something to that effect). I don't like that one bit, but he's got a point.

 

[STEVEHOLT]

you dont have to break federal law to break a big story. if you leak sealed grand jury testimony this sends a message to people in the future who might be on such juries that even though they promise you the testimony is sealed, it's really not. So in effect, the "whistleblower" isnt being empowered with this type of journalism, they are being potentially hushed.

 

[Shermthegeneral]

So, could a former player who was clean sue for defamation of character? This could damage the reputation of perfectly innocent people for years to come if they don't have specifics on who failed. A report like this could cause someone to not get a job. I know if I was part of any of these teams in the past year I would be pretty p!ssed about the report.

 

[SWC75]

It'll be great when Robinson reports the players names. He will be violating HIPAA and FERPA simultaneously.

I've done some reading on those laws:

HIPAA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_Insurance_Portability_and_Accountability_Act#Privacy_Rule

FERPA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Educational_Rights_and_Privacy_Act

It seems to me they limit the insitutions providing the health care or insurance, not journalists reporting a story, unless I missed something.