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Old 06-28-2004, 06:09 PM   #1
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SG refutes rumors

One other thing: Some readers are convinced that this site will fall under the ESPN Insider umbrella at some point. That's simply not happening. You will NEVER have to pay for a new column. If I wanted to charge people for columns, it would have happened three summers ago. The whole concept makes me uncomfortable. Let's say I have a bad week, and people are reading me and thinking, "Wait a second, I'm paying for this?" I can't imagine anything worse. Short of seeing another giant caricture of myself where I look like Damien Omen.


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Old 06-28-2004, 06:39 PM   #2
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Rock on. Bill Simmons rules.
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Old 06-28-2004, 06:49 PM   #3
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That he does!
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Old 06-28-2004, 06:57 PM   #4
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I bet he was wearing a Sex Pistols shirt as he wrote that
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Old 06-28-2004, 07:10 PM   #5
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Let's say I have a bad week, and people are reading me and thinking, "Wait a second, I'm paying for this?"
Apparently it's OK as long as the "people" are just his editors.
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Old 06-28-2004, 08:13 PM   #6
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bill simmons is my idol.
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Old 06-28-2004, 08:19 PM   #7
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Either he's got some leverage that Rob Neyer didn't, or he's got bigger balls than Neyer.
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Old 06-29-2004, 12:01 PM   #8
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Either he's got some leverage that Rob Neyer didn't, or he's got bigger balls than Neyer.

Probably both.

Simmons is probably the most widely-read columnist on espn.com by far, and that gives him a ton of leverage. He could very easily take his gig elsewhere or go solo if he wanted to.
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