Mass 247 Cancellation Movement

[ACamp1900]

He's Scottish. We're Irish.

 

[IrishBlood81]

Last night Justin Hopkins got into arguments with anonymous users on Twitter following the Barnett news and let his emotions get the best of him last night. It was unprofessional and unacceptable and that's not how we conduct ourselves here at 247Sports or who we are trying to be as a media organization. It was dealt with this morning and Justin was reprimanded by us. We take these situations very seriously. I ask those members who are upset at Justin, please do not take it out on Lou, Dan, Tom, Andrew and Steve, the people who I know work very hard every day to bring you the very best Notre Dame team and recruiting news.

- Pat Tholey (STAFF)

Trying to be?...so you're not but you're trying to be? Uh?
Reprimanded ain't good enough Pat. Sorry, that won't satisfy the angry Irish.

 

[ab2cmiller]

GBDomer and anyone else who's doing this.

PLEASE stop tweeting nasty shit at Hopkins. We've been heard.

I'm not saying don't tweet relevant stuff, but let's take the high road and at least not act like ass holes.

agreed, but I'm not sure if they still get a big part of the concern is. All responses from 247 appear to be only focused on how he responded on twitter last night. Someone needs to explain it to them in very clear terms.

 

[koonja]

agreed, but I'm not sure if they still get a big part of the concern is. All responses from 247 appear to be only focused on how he responded on twitter last night. Someone needs to explain it to them in very clear terms.

Yeah, but 'you're a piece of shit' and 'you got trolled bro' just makes us look like asses IMO.

 

[IrishBlood81]

Yeah, this, yo.

 

[ab2cmiller]

Yeah, but 'you're a piece of shit' and 'you got trolled bro' just makes us look like asses IMO.

I said I agreed with you. I guess I should've separated my thoughts a bit better. I was just making a remark that 247 doesn't seem to get the bigger part of the concerns. Still no justification for the comments that you quoted.

 

[STLDomer]

“@JHopkins247: I apologize for my actions on Twitter last night. I let a few anonymous users get to me and my replies were unprofessional and unacceptable.”

“@JHopkins247: That’s not who I am as a person.”

He also got rid of that douche profile picture in favor of the 247 Sports logo

 

[IrishInFl]

I'm not sure if I'd want an apology from Hopkins. It's just going to be some fake ass bullshit apology that a celebrity or politician would make. He's not sorry for what he did, he's sorry that this may affect his career.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

Last night Justin Hopkins got into arguments with anonymous users on Twitter following the Barnett news and let his emotions get the best of him last night. It was unprofessional and unacceptable and that's not how we conduct ourselves here at 247Sports or who we are trying to be as a media organization. It was dealt with this morning and Justin was reprimanded by us. We take these situations very seriously. I ask those members who are upset at Justin, please do not take it out on Lou, Dan, Tom, Andrew and Steve, the people who I know work very hard every day to bring you the very best Notre Dame team and recruiting news.

- Pat Tholey (STAFF)

Great! Once Barnett recommits to the Irish, we can all laugh this off as a big understanding. Until then, fuck you.

agreed, but I'm not sure if they still get a big part of the concern is. All responses from 247 appear to be only focused on how he responded on twitter last night. Someone needs to explain it to them in very clear terms.

They're simply engaging in routine PR damage control. It's cheap, meaningless, and will undoubtedly assuage some who don't understand what really happened here. But they're never going to cop to involvement in recruiting violations, because that could have a major negative impact on their bottom line.

 

[IrishLax]

Last night Justin Hopkins got into arguments with anonymous users on Twitter following the Barnett news and let his emotions get the best of him last night. It was unprofessional and unacceptable and that's not how we conduct ourselves here at 247Sports or who we are trying to be as a media organization. It was dealt with this morning and Justin was reprimanded by us. We take these situations very seriously. I ask those members who are upset at Justin, please do not take it out on Lou, Dan, Tom, Andrew and Steve, the people who I know work very hard every day to bring you the very best Notre Dame team and recruiting news.

- Pat Tholey (STAFF)

That's as close to a victory as we're probably going to get.

 

[ACamp1900]

I'm not sure if I'd want an apology from Hopkins. It's just going to be some fake ass bullshit apology that a celebrity or politician would make. He's not sorry for what he did, he's sorry that this may affect his career.

.

 

[ab2cmiller]

“@JHopkins247: I apologize for my actions on Twitter last night. I let a few anonymous users get to me and my replies were unprofessional and unacceptable.”

“@JHopkins247: That’s not who I am as a person.”

He also got rid of that douche profile picture in favor of the 247 Sports logo

Someone tweet at him:

I noticed someone asked you last night if you were an Oregon fan, but no answer. Are you?

 

[gkIrish]

That's as close to a victory as we're probably going to get.

It doesn't seem like they are aware/acknowledging any of Hopkins' actions related to Barnett's recruitment itself.

 

[IrishLion]

Ha, the good ol' lip (err keyboard) service.

We addressed the issue, blah blah blah, he will act more professional, blah blah blah, we're ignoring the real, larger issue. And here's the part where we tap into your emotions as a human and ask you not to punish 247 by taking your money elsewhere because the ND guys are swell!

Thanks for you mon- I mean time.

 

[IrishBlood81]

“@JHopkins247: I apologize for my actions on Twitter last night. I let a few anonymous users get to me and my replies were unprofessional and unacceptable.”

“@JHopkins247: That’s not who I am as a person.”

He also got rid of that douche profile picture in favor of the 247 Sports logo

Yes, clearly, it is.

 

[koonja]

It doesn't seem like they are aware/acknowledging any of Hopkins' actions related to Barnett's recruitment itself.

That's cause that'd be admitting guilt to what would be a NCAA violation of some sorts, and no one's aired any real evidence that he's done it, so they're not going to acknowledge that.

At least I really doubt they do.

 

[IrishSteelhead]

Think it's pretty obvious he's an Oregon fan. There is a picture of him in a UO hat, and his kids in UO jerseys. Not exactly shrouded in mystery, and weird he won't just admit it.....

 

[ab2cmiller]

Great! Once Barnett recommits to the Irish, we can all laugh this off as a big understanding. Until then, fuck you.



They're simply engaging in routine PR damage control. It's cheap, meaningless, and will undoubtedly assuage some who don't understand what really happened here. But they're never going to cop to involvement in recruiting violations, because that could have a major negative impact on their bottom line.

You are correct, they wouldn't admit it. But someone from 247 needs to at least address the concern by saying they will look into it. With no acknowledgement of the concern, then you have no clue if they understand the main issue.

 

[rocket66]

Yeah if ISD throws any decals out there I'm all in.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

I noticed someone asked you last night if you were an Oregon fan, but no answer. Are you?

As a "best practices" sort of thing, all of the national recruiting services should probably assign non-fans to team-specific beats in order to avoid the appearance of impropriety (or outright tampering, as in Hopkins' case). The professional temptation to influence recruits in order to have an inside scoop is bad enough as it is, but once you combine that with a strong tribal affiliation with the program you're supporting... let's just say that's not a recipe for objective reporting or ethical journalism.

 

[koonja]

Think it's pretty obvious he's an Oregon fan. There is a picture of him in a UO hat, and his kids in UO jerseys. Not exactly shrouded in mystery, and weird he won't just admit it.....

.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

You are correct, they wouldn't admit it. But someone from 247 needs to at least address the concern by saying they will look into it. With no acknowledgement of the concern, then you have no clue if they understand the main issue.

When someone's paycheck depends on them not understanding something, you can count on willful blindness almost every time.

 

[ShakeDown]

Wanna see my cancellation email?

 

[dublinirish]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/JHopkins247">@JHopkins247</a> no you don't. It's been going on for a while. You just got an ear full probably. You have been trolled to the Max</p>— Michael Sullivan (@Sully1921) <a href="https://twitter.com/Sully1921/statuses/474580246105423872">June 5, 2014</a></blockquote>
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[gkIrish]

As a "best practices" sort of thing, all of the national recruiting services should probably assign non-fans to team-specific beats in order to avoid the appearance of impropriety (or outright tampering, as in Hopkins' case). The professional temptation to influence recruits in order to have an inside scoop is bad enough as it is, but once you combine that with a strong tribal affiliation with the program you're supporting... let's just say that's not a recipe for objective reporting or ethical journalism.

In theory that would be great, but in practice, these guys have made relationships with their sources in large part because of their fandom.

 

[IrishLion]

Wanna see my cancellation email?

I cannot rep but oh my gawd. I'm crying in my cubicle, I've been asked if I'm okay three times.

 

[IrishLax]

It doesn't seem like they are aware/acknowledging any of Hopkins' actions related to Barnett's recruitment itself.

No, that's never going to go anywhere. Deny til you die. And they'd certainly never acknowledge anything about it publicly, as it would shred their credibility as an organization.

 

[Irish Insanity]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/JHopkins247">@JHopkins247</a> no you don't. It's been going on for a while. You just got an ear full probably. You have been trolled to the Max</p>— Michael Sullivan (@Sully1921) <a href="https://twitter.com/Sully1921/statuses/474580246105423872">June 5, 2014</a></blockquote>
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That be GBDomer

 

[IrishLax]

Wanna see my cancellation email?

Post of the Year?

 

[Veritate Duce Progredi]

It would make more sense to steer clear of Justin and make this about 24/7's employment record. We've now had two anti-ND events sponsored by 24/7. Sure, they made them apologize but tOSU's old president had to apologize after his anti-Catholic remarks as well, I doubt it means they've given up the hate.

Don't give them a single click. I'd be happy to work on engineering a browser that filters all 24/7 site related news for those who don't want to mistakenly give them any business.

Make no mistake, we vote with our pocket books. Putting your money in ISD makes far more sense. Avoiding 24/7 at all costs makes a lot of sense(cents). Why patronize any business that has had anti-ND employees? Bind together and keep the money (and the clicks) in the family of fans and true supporters.


This is the only action that gets attention and it shouldn't be pacified with an apology email. Stay strong, keep this thread bumped and remember that they'll spew all sorts of shit until you make it apparent there is a unified front. Otherwise, the whores will take your money and smile.