Bleacher and Correspondents: Time to Kiss and Make Up!

A couple of days ago, bleacher report sent out an e-mail concerning the CBSSports correspondents selection.  Many of us, myself included, were beyond bent out of shape about the process.

CBS decided to select professional writers for 16 of the positions, leaving 16 of us out in the cold.

I honestly believe that every one of us had every right to be upset.  We just need to be sure to be upset with the right people.  CBS, not Bleacher Report.

Looking at the big picture, how can we seriously be upset with BR because of a decision that CBS made?  And how can we be upset with CBS for selecting people that already know how to do what it is we all wanted to do?

In all honesty, we applied for a job, and were not selected.  Now we all have two choices.

1 - Keep being mad, quit writing, and let this be the end of our journalism careers.

2 - Stand up, dust ourselves off, and get back to it.

I am putting out a challenge to every single person that applied and did not get it.  Be better than the guys that were selected.

Training camp starts in two to three weeks.  Start doing your research now, and when the season starts, get to it.

Everyone is going to be able to read what the winners are writing.  And if you are syndicated, they will be able to read yours as well.

Make CBS see how good we really are, and let them see that they made a mistake.

This is really our chance to shine.  Lets get them fellow Bleacher creatures!