Got mine yesterday. What page is the Golden Ticket on again? A couple of "Random Thoughts" after going through the first half of the mag..
1) Reggie Bush, in a Saints uniform, with the number 5? Okay, I can see the Saints uni as we now know he's a Saint. But you missed the boat on the number. I realize its a photo cropped USC pic and changing the number might not have been possible. If that was the case, you shouldn't have used Bush. Go with someone else like Tiki from last year. Someone that you know who they will be and what number they will have. Its like saying to a prospective buyer: "This info is from MAY (or earlier). For more up to date, you have to go to our website." If that’s the message you want to send, then great. I don't think that’s the case though.
2) Joe's Random Thoughts. Did you really need to have this in the magazine? Granted, they are humorous when they are timely during the year, but now nine months later, they are kinda stale.
3) Apparently msg board members can be banned for posting scantily clad women on the board. Apparently, if you are paying for an ad in the magazine though, this is not a problem. Can’t really ban a paying sponsor now can we?
4) The whole concept of a magazine is leaving me wanting more. I don’t think I will get it next year because of this. First, when looking through the ranking, I realize that they are very dated. For example, Dom Davis is ranked fairly high. But we know that his knee was giving him problems at the last OTA. So does this justify his high ranking or did the Staff assume that he would have been fine at the latest OTA, and seeing as he is not, then shouldn’t he be lowered? If he is lowered, who moves up? I enjoy the website and use the tools there. I just don’t see a value in the magazine for one of your website subscribers.
That being said, I am enjoying the magazine. After all, where I read it doesn’t have an internet connection. But I just don’t think it has that much ‘value’ for a site member. That’s just me.