Noticed the mod there has starting locking threads that get too feisty.
I switched from the Insiders Forum to this....what a disappointment
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At least you aren't overpaying for your dissatisfaction. Try to take gratification from that.
This is a sports board. The information disseminated pertains to something trivial and not worth an intelligent person's money.
I have occasionally posted on there but, not often because it seems like some people there want to have food fights. On3 seems to have more adults.
That’s what I’m doing this year.
I must have cancelled close to 15 subscriptions.
I must have cancelled close to 15 subscriptions.
Priorities. If you are already paying $500 in annual subscriptions, maybe you don't want to add another $100 subscription you don't need. In response to, "why can't you afford a $99/year subscription?"
Well if you really want to know, I pay for several. I didn’t ask why can’t someone pay for a $100 subscription, I just stated if you think in terms of a daily payment, it’s very affordable.
Don’t say it’s too expensive, say I have chosen to prioritize other things, because it’s not expensive in terms of what it is in comparison with other similar media outlets.
You are spot on with this analysis. These are the reasons I did not renew the subscription. There are more in-depth discussions over there but also too much petty bickering at times. Just not a "reasonable return on my investment."
Not @bayrooster but I imagine other unrelated annual subscriptions could include The Athletic, the WSJ, Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, YouTube TV (I realize most, if not all, of my examples are not technically "annual subscriptions" but ARE drains on a household budget.).
My reason for not subscribing to the premium site is I am content with learning info within the free board's timeframe.
fair enough. I never even said anything or shamed people for not purchasing, I just said it's very affordable. I think saying it's too expensive insinuates that they are charging too much. I think the price is right for what it is, it's just a matter if someone wants to pay for it.
It's the principle of the thing. "There's principalities involved, Smokey."And it's been 27 cents a day since 2004.
My card just got charged this morning for the $99, so I did decide to bite the bullet and keep the service after a year at the dollar rate.
However, I do think the cost of Gamecock Central compared to other sports media outlets is on the steep side. I subscribe to The Athletic for $60 a year. The Athletic has far more than Gamecock Central could ever hope to have, with national sports news, analysis, and reporting. Many top of the line sports writers cover every sport, from NASCAR to college football to the Premier League. However, GCC covers all things Carolina, which receives very little coverage from The Athletic, so there's not much overlap between the two services.
But if you weigh the value of what you receive from The Athletic against what you receive from GCC, then it's pretty clear which is the better deal.
Apples / oranges dude.
National Sports News = General Dr.
GCC = Specialized Neurologist - so of course you're going to pay more.
It's not really apples/oranges, and I understand the difference between national sports news and Gamecock Central. The Athletic is both national and local. It's not ESPN where everything is the national view. They have an excellent beat writer for the Braves. They have a great beat writer for Georgia and other SEC programs, so if I were a fan of the dawgs I could pay that subscription and have everything I needed to know.
Unfortunately they don't cover Carolina closely, so Gamecock Central fills that hole in my sports fandom. I'm not denigrating GCC, there's a reason I'm paying for it. I was responding to the poster who said it wasn't expensive when compared to similar media outlets.
If it's simply more traffic you guys want, we could quickly hit multiple page threads just by dangling the "Satterfield sucked" carrot out there for the typical drama filled response.
If its decent topics you want though, just wait till spring ball, or August. This is a dead period for a lot of fans.
If its decent topics you want though, just wait till spring ball, or August. This is a dead period for a lot of fans.
Not sure how it is here, but my previous experience with insider/premium forums is that you're paying for content (articles, etc). I never found any inside info what wasn't already, or wasn't soon-to-be, public knowledge. Information moves too fast these days.
It's too bad. First forum I ever started using was GoGamecocks, then transitioned to CockyTalk and then the Rivals site. There's been a robust free forum somewhere online for quite sometime. Until now. For whatever reason, the transition from the Rivals site to here absolutely gutted and killed the free forum. Maybe that was the goal? Which is fine, if it was. As I noted above, it's the owner's prerogative how they want to run the site and what they want to charge and if they want to offer a free forum or not. Looking around, none of the free forums have anymore traffic than we do here.
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I used to think the same, but now I look at it like I used to buy the newspaper strictly for the sports section, and now I don’t. So that money basically gets re-routed for Gamecocks info
Main reason I don't is that information travels so quickly these days. Inside info become public knowledge within hours in most cases.
From my brief foray into the Insiders Forum on the Rivals site, you're mostly paying for content...articles and such...which it's certainly appropriate for the site owners to charge for access to that. As far as info in the forum itself, though, I never came across any super top secret info or anything.
I don't begrudge the site owners for charging for anything...I'm just a freeloader here for the free forum. I just wish there was more traffic like in the old days on CockyTalk or earlier. Probably just a dying thing though.
You made this a "Free Insiders Forum" this morning and a happy bunch of freeloaders with the posting of Dylan Steward's commitment!
Kudos to you
I don't understand the disappointment. We've had posts about trips, underrated bands, baseball cards, auto repairs, etc.
It's been awhile since we've had meaningful sports news to talk about.
Once the season starts, we'll go back to firing coaches.
Not sure what you could be missing. Reading all the background on an 18yr kid waiting to make up their minds and a ton of names who never sign
I’ve found listening to the free YouTube updates are just as good. The guys filter out the noise and give out only what really matters. Uva’s Tuesday does the same.
Last year once the season started they did a daily show on the season goings on. I really haven’t missed anything. About the only thing would have liked to have read were the latest Lawing stories
I’ve found listening to the free YouTube updates are just as good. The guys filter out the noise and give out only what really matters. Uva’s Tuesday does the same.
Last year once the season started they did a daily show on the season goings on. I really haven’t missed anything. About the only thing would have liked to have read were the latest Lawing stories
