PFT at the top of the list...

..of FOX Sports' Gregg Rosenthal's "favorite daily resources", or "required reading".


Profootballtalk.com – A former ESPN Insider employee, Mike Florio dishes up the latest news and league scuttlebutt in a hilarious blog-style website that's updated multiple times every day. He's nearly as well-connected as the Worldwide Leader, and can say everything Bristol wouldn't dare. This isn't mindless sports talk radio type-blather. It's informed and cutting opinion.

Florio, a lawyer by trade, specializes in breaking down legal and contractual matters. The coverage during the league's labor strife was the best of it's kind. Critics dismiss the site because it doesn't mind spreading "rumors," but in reality pftalk is very accurate and has improved dramatically over the last four years. They have broken countless stories recently, including the first Daunte Culpepper trade rumors. Personnel evaluations or roster breakdowns (like some recent fantasy tidbits) are much weaker content, but rare on the site anyway. A 30-40 minute podcast brings the same great sense of humor to an audio format.

http://msn.foxsports.com/fantasy/story/5802298

 

Yeah, baby. Florio R0XXr3!

If people who hate it, would not take it so seriously, they might enjoy it more. It is rumors that turn out to be true more often than not. Only that. Really, not that big of a deal.

 

It's garbage. There's tons of shit they hint at that isn't the least bit true so to say they are accurate is funny.

 

Ok genius, of the top 5 stories on display now (7/22/06) which ones are shit?

 

I take it with a grain of salt. At least they usually admit when they are wrong. It is good and interesting writing though (and usually fairly humorous), true stories or not.

 

uhhh...you'll find out soon

hint....look at what they reported in the past to see which were shit, genius

 

Please give a couple of examples from the past.

 

if it's not already being reported elsewhere and sourced, it's as likely not true.

 

In other words, it is your position that PFT has not broken stories? That is simply not true.

But the issue here is really the emotional response toward the site. It is a rumor site. Nothing more. It doesn't have the pretensions of an ESPN or SI, yet it consistently hits the 85-90% accuracy range.

There are lots of leaks willing to divulge inside information when they feel something is going wrong. Every organization has these elements. The MainStream Media cannot afford 10% inaccuracies, so they report late.

Not too difficult to understand, certainly not garbage. Take it with a grain of salt, relax, and enjoy.

 

For someone willing to come in and correct us on supposition of "truth", you're awfully quick to put words into a person's mouth. At what point did I say anything about him not breaking any stories at all?

yep, it's a rumor site. It's not anything special. 90% accuracy's pretty generous for their own rumors, but sure, they're pretty accurate when posting someone else's story.

They sure do. And I'm not doubting that Florio has people who will talk to him, just like everybody else.

this isn't true, either. ESPN, Fox Sports, and the others break things as soon as they legitimately can, but they move on them if they believe them true.

I believe it's garbage. It's an amount of information surrounded by a larger amount of crap. I do take it with a grain of salt, and I'd say I'm relaxed enough not to get in somebody's face about some website.