Daily Dose: Jan. 23 - lesson learned (again)

from this blog entry on SI.com - (which is funny because the mess started with blogs)

As we approach Feb. 4 - signing day for football players going to Division I, II or NAIA programs - this is a reminder that internet recruiting sites and recruiting based blogs aren't always the best ways to get your information.

this, about a made-up youth soccer player being named one of London's top young players....despite not existing:
The hoaxer, it seemed, had exploited the trickle-up nature of online information flow. The blog comments fooled the blogs, the blogs fooled the news sites, and the news sites fooled the magazines.

now, it is The Times of London's fault for just believing what was put out there and running with it - but to me this just proves the ridiculousness of projecting ahead and really, caring too much about how good young athletes could be.

It's why I refuse to badger area high school players for their daily thoughts on what college they may want to attend. It simply doesn't matter in the end.