In case you need a refresher, it’s 2017. Sports media looks a lot different than it did several years ago. I started writing in 2013. This idea that the days of newspapers and printed box scores were long since over fascinated me. People could walk blindfolded into stats and analysis…the trend certainly seemed to be entertainment value over information. Information is available everywhere now, after all.
I wanted to be a part of the entertainment movie…so, I wrote a piece for Outkick the Coverage, it got approved, and here we are. Over three years later, and I’ve decided to start my own shitty comedy blog. I’ve gone next to nowhere. I still have to work a day job to pay the bills, but I still work myself to the fucking bone to maybe one day make a little magic happen.
I found Barstool Sports in 2014. In short, it was everything I had ever fucking dreamt of. It was hilarious. It was dynamic. It was like reading a conversation between bros at a bar.
So, it’s pretty sweet to see guys who busted their asses for over a decade absolutely, unquestionably, steal the show during the NFL’s biggest week.
The Rundown on Comedy Central
Step one: the Barstool Rundown taking place on Comedy Central on a trial basis. Get Pres, KFC, and Big Cat in front of a national audience. Electric. The guys delivered each and every night. The content was strong, and audiences responded – tuning in in extraordinary numbers. Get the Barstool crew in Houston and see what happens!
The NFL Revoking Barstool’s Press Credentials
So, what happened? Roger Goodell and the swift hand of the NFL tried to smash Barstool and took away their press credentials. I don’t know if this was dumb luck or calculated attempt, but hot damn – did it work. The news was reported on by Pro Football Talk, The Big Lead, Vanity Fair, and a host of other major news outlets.
Landing Pat McAfee
I respect McAfee’s decision here. A lot of people are saying he’s a total idiot for this, but I can honestly see the sense in it. You have a bum knee. You have a desire to create and make people laugh. You go for it. All of the major news outlets picked this story up and ran with it. Undoubtedly the biggest story of Super Bowl Week.
Tip of the cap, gentlemen. All of this done was tactfully with the genius calculation of supreme visionaries.
It’s really inspirational when I stop to process it. I’m a proud Stoolie – I advocate for these guys in a market where they don’t have a massive footprint (Nashville, Tennessee). But, to see it come to fruition in this manner….man, this is the shit that dreams are made of.
Let this be a lesson for all of the aspiring comedy/smut bloggers out there.
Without discovering Barstool, I don’t start this web site. Plain and simple. So props to those guys for living the gotdamn dream. Props to those guys for giving me the inspiration I needed to start writing.
Now, look what we’ve built here in the year this site’s been running – we have a whole fucking 2,000 people that read us each month. I know, that’s staggering. We have at least 10 people that listen to our podcasts each week.
Okay, reality check – those numbers are fucking awful. But, you get it. And, hey – it’s better than 0 monthly readers and 0 podcast listens. So, fuck you. Sorry – that got out of hand.
Barstool chased a dream and is achieving it. I hope one day we can follow suit. Or, if not, maybe Barstool will just hire me. I’ve been randomly sending them articles for months.
Not that I want to leave the SoBros Network, of course. Just saying. Anything can happen. But, seriously, if any of you Barstool guys happen to stumble upon this piece, here’s a list of some of my finest journalism:
Denis Leary Just Got a Whole Hell of a Lot More Attractive
ATTN: Teachers of Swaziland – Your Cleavage Is Making Kids Fail School
Wild Moose Passing Out Tongue Tickles to Vehicles in Alberta
Signed,
Big Natural, Avid Fan
Viva La Stool
#StepOnThroats
Stoney Keeley is the editor of the SoBros Network, Tennessee Titans Featured Analyst for Pro Football Spot, Contributor to FanSided’s Bama Hammer, and covers the WWE for WrestlingNews.co. Follow on Twitter @StoneyKeeley, @PFSpot, @WrestlingNewsCo, @Bama_Hammer
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