In what has been billed as an obvious oversight, several national media outlets, including ESPN, Fox Sports and Sports Illustrated, have failed to contact former Laramie, Wyo., sportswriter and current part-time blogger Richard Anderson on the Ohio State scandal and resignation of ex coach Jim Tressel.
Anderson, who is currently a news copy editor for the Wyoming Tribune Eagle in Cheyenne, Wyo., has remained relatively quiet on the scandal, but has been overheard talking about the situation in the newsroom of the Tribune Eagle and to the physical therapist for his wife, Teresa, who is currently in the hospital in Denver.
Anderson admits he is a little perplexed about not being contacted by national media on the situation, but understands that almost every expert in the sports field has to give his/her opinion nationally before they get to him.
"I understand how the game is played," Anderson said in a news release on Sunday. "I've heard my exact opinion several times on the radio, on television and in the print media. It does bother me a little that no one has contacted me about Jim Tressel, but Laramie isn't Columbus (Ohio), so it is understandable."
When asked about his views on Tressel, Anderson only shrugged his shoulders and said he has to prepare for work and putting together the obituary page for the Tribune Eagle.
Anderson indicated that he would comment no further on the situation ... "unless Scott Van Pelt calls me about it."
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