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Well, well, well.
It took about 18 months, but it finally has happened.
A “real” publication has swiped our idea for tracking player arrests and conviction and whatnot.
The Washington Post has launched an “NFL Crime Watch,” based directly on our “Turd Watch.”
We’ve got no problem with other people doing it. It just strikes us as kind of cheesy, especially since we expect that the Post will never acknowledge that they’ve essentially pilfered our idea.
“ProFootballTalk.com? What’s that? I’ve never heard of that. Is that about soccer?”
September 2nd, 2008 at 1:46 pm
Those Total Medal Counts!
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September 2nd, 2008 at 1:46 pm
Lets burn the Washington Post to the ground! Long live Florio! Long live PFT!
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September 2nd, 2008 at 1:47 pm
edit: As a genius lawyer, couldnt you have copywrited the Turd Watch?
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September 2nd, 2008 at 1:48 pm
It’s lame anyway…kind of like trying to take credit for inventing urinal cakes…
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September 2nd, 2008 at 1:50 pm
How anybody is interested in player arrests is beyond me.
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September 2nd, 2008 at 1:54 pm
we should get pacman’s, tank’s, travis and chris henry’s, and brandon marshall’s opinion on this topic
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September 2nd, 2008 at 1:56 pm
I see your point, but could the paper really cite something called the “Turd Watch” I think calling it something juvenile probably cost you some credit.
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September 2nd, 2008 at 1:59 pm
If I didn’t despise the word ‘turd’–and it’s even difficult for me to type the word–I would have been first in line to fire off a series of hostile, and completely useless e-mails/letters.
However, my psychotic hatred for that word trumps an otherwise very worthy cause.
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September 2nd, 2008 at 1:59 pm
based directly? as in putting together all the arrests. thats it. they don’t have a point system to try to turn it into a game or anything. they’re also probably not adding opinion pieces with judgments about teams and organizations based on said arrests. the idea of a ‘crime watch’ in a newspaper is as old as al davis’s grandfather. don’t see why both can’t live in harmony
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September 2nd, 2008 at 2:00 pm
FlyingElvis, he can copyright the term “Turd Watch.” But not the idea or the information. Perhaps the scoring system can be copyrighted, or maybe even patented, but keeping track of the arrests — no, that cannot be copyrighted.
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September 2nd, 2008 at 2:00 pm
They also pilfered Doug Farrar from Football Outsiders, and then promptly published part of an article that ran in the Dallas Morning News without a nod. The editorial staff there is getting worse and worse.
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September 2nd, 2008 at 2:06 pm
Pro Football America- “How anybody is interested in player arrests is beyond me.”
There’s this really cool new game called Fantasy Football.
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September 2nd, 2008 at 2:08 pm
Well Pro Football America, I always check to see how the teams I care about are hiring criminals. Always nice to let your kid know who to root for and emulate and who not too. Plus its one of the few times the Eagles win anything.
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September 2nd, 2008 at 2:08 pm
It’s like when Elaine stole a Ziggy and printed it in the New Yorker
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September 2nd, 2008 at 2:09 pm
Oh great, so now does that mean since the Washington Post is doing turd watch (stolen from you) you are now going to do more political coverage, like them?
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September 2nd, 2008 at 2:10 pm
Instead of only tracking the turds of the NFL,how about also reporting which players consistently give back to the communitites they live in ? not just token gifts either
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September 2nd, 2008 at 2:18 pm
Get’em Florio! Your genius cannot be plagiarized!!
Start a section on PFT called The Sloshington Post, that will show them…holy crap that was stupid…..nevermind.
Florio for President…
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September 2nd, 2008 at 2:18 pm
So you are the latest victim of the Washington Compost, Well they have not had a original thought in 50 years so what else is new. Plus their Editorial page is faxed to them everyday from the DNC.
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September 2nd, 2008 at 2:26 pm
Cincyeaglefan (talk about a two time loser! J/K)
“Always nice to let your kid know who to root for and emulate and who not too.”
Like Tom Brady? Great QB an impregnator of supermodels out of Wedlock? You do not know what any NFL player or pro athlete does on his own time. Before the whole dog fighting fiasco, Mike Vick aka Ron Mexico was supposed to be a role model. You never know about people…conservative preachers are closet homo’s and meth users and spoiled flight attendant abusers…priests are molesters…Presidential candidates are lying ass philanders…Michael Jordan cheats on his wife…
How about you kid emulate you or a teacher or grandparent war hero or someone worthy of being emulated.
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September 2nd, 2008 at 2:27 pm
Don’t worry Mike. Many of us have been here since before you started “Turd Watch”. We’ll vouch for you.
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September 2nd, 2008 at 2:29 pm
Well said, Rookie. We’re all too obsessed with the worst of people. There are some players out there doing good things, and I don’t mean a cheesy charity golf tournament or a free clinic for the kids, which reeks of self promotion to me.
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September 2nd, 2008 at 2:31 pm
Haha, well played, mate.
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September 2nd, 2008 at 2:32 pm
@seatofmypants
Zing!
Do we need to start an e-mail campaign?
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September 2nd, 2008 at 2:35 pm
Next: “Coming soon to a store near you!”
NFL Thug Trading Cards. Complete with arrest record stats, favorite hang-outs, and weapon choices. You even get their person pick-up lines, to impress the ladies. Each pack of cards comes with an authentic 3×2 mug shot and one stick of gum.
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September 2nd, 2008 at 2:42 pm
You should have patented it.. oh wait, it’s just a spreadsheet. You’re not the first, get over it.
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