He said APSE members would learn from Web sites. I think we can throw out ideas from the Internet that are useful to newspapers and vice versa. We have access to massive amounts of data that would be helpful to newspapers. We'll wait and see how things turn out, then take it from there. We don't want to appear to be antagonistic.
Rivals has Web sites for all major college and pro teams, and some extreme sports.
They cover games, practices and other news on a daily basis much like a newspaper beat reporter. It was a Rivals site that broke the news that free agent running back Robert Smith was considering retiring. One reason for joining APSE, obviously, is to increase chances of getting credentials for those reporters. The same goes for major events. Parrish can't get Final Four credentials, but did get one for the Orange Bowl.