At the start of wrestling season i submitted a request to our local media station clarksvillenow.com. to cover the take down jamboree at northwest high since all the clarksville area schools would be there. when I got no response and no coverage i thought ok its preseason i am sure there was a more pressing championship golf match somewhere in town.
So after trying to get coverage for our second annual team tournament i still get no response or coverage so I send another request to find out not only why we cant get any love but why they currently have eight articles on the site about basketball and have not posted a thing about wrestling since Feb 2014. That finally got a response:
Richard
Thank you for your email. I am a one-man sports staff and we concentrate on basketball because were broadcast a pair of high school basketball games each week on 100.7 FM/540 AM ESPN Clarksville, so naturally we are going to have more basketball coverage. More people in this town follow basketball and we place a premium on basketball, similar to what we did during football season. And guess what? That's likely not to change. I am also coming off a four day stretch where I was off, so I wasn't in the office to cover anything. And I don't see any wrestling results in my email from this tournament. It's hard to write about something if no one submits results. Just saying.
Jimmy Trodglen
Sports Director
ESPN Clarksville/ESPNClarksville.com