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January 30, 2006
Blog-Free Olympics
It looks like the Japanese Olympic Committee is stepping up and banning any athletes from blogging while participating in any Olympic events.
Kyodo: Blogs by Olympics participants to be banned
Personally I think this is pretty stupid. It reeks of a boneheaded management decision In an attempt to control all the information that concerns the Olympic team, they are cutting out a great new channel for PR. Rather than using a tool that appeals to die-hard fans looking for the latest insight, they will cut the wires and push athletes away from thier fans.
Yeah, pretty dumb.
Posted by Kakyou at January 30, 2006 02:38 PM
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On the other hand, at least it will keep their head in the game, rather than having them wander around trying to figure out how to describe their sense of abject failure in a way both sincere and amusing.
Posted by: Matt at February 4, 2006 11:23 AM