JonDMiller
Publisher/Founder
normally I let this stuff go by the wayside, as when you are in the line of work I am in and you give opinions for a living, people are going to feel as though they know you and your motives and that will result in some blowback...that's fine and I understand that.
However, I have seen a few threads around the web the last day or so that are making some assumptions that I just want to clarify.
Many of you have seen me writing some columns for Iowa's OSR since football season. I am compensated for that. Some are saying elsewhere that I had better be careful otherwise Iowa will 'fire me'.
They are free to do what they want. I have submitted some articles this winter that were not published, which I knew they had the right to do. No big deal. I also emailed them this week to let them know that I will no longer be submitting any articles related to Iowa basketball under the current coaching regime, because it would be disingenuous of me to do so..because in order for those items to get published, I would have to write about things in a way that I truly don't feel or believe. I also said that if they felt they wanted to cut ties on this project, that I would understand and there would be no hard feelings on my end.
I enjoy writing the articles for them, as I get to talk more about Hawkeye sports with close to 100,000 Iowa fans. I appreciate that they asked me to do it and hope we can keep doing this in the future. But if it comes down to having to write a certain way to keep doing it, I am not comfortable doing that..but let me say they have not asked me to write anything a certain way, or say this, or say that. Not at all. I respect the people that I work with on this project at Iowa, and because of that, I felt like i needed to be up front with them...and also with you.
However, I have seen a few threads around the web the last day or so that are making some assumptions that I just want to clarify.
Many of you have seen me writing some columns for Iowa's OSR since football season. I am compensated for that. Some are saying elsewhere that I had better be careful otherwise Iowa will 'fire me'.
They are free to do what they want. I have submitted some articles this winter that were not published, which I knew they had the right to do. No big deal. I also emailed them this week to let them know that I will no longer be submitting any articles related to Iowa basketball under the current coaching regime, because it would be disingenuous of me to do so..because in order for those items to get published, I would have to write about things in a way that I truly don't feel or believe. I also said that if they felt they wanted to cut ties on this project, that I would understand and there would be no hard feelings on my end.
I enjoy writing the articles for them, as I get to talk more about Hawkeye sports with close to 100,000 Iowa fans. I appreciate that they asked me to do it and hope we can keep doing this in the future. But if it comes down to having to write a certain way to keep doing it, I am not comfortable doing that..but let me say they have not asked me to write anything a certain way, or say this, or say that. Not at all. I respect the people that I work with on this project at Iowa, and because of that, I felt like i needed to be up front with them...and also with you.
