Interesting Cam Ward article

pezsez1 · Post by **pezsez1** » Fri Dec 01, 2023 11:35 am

Cam Ward to Oregon?

That's what Duckswire's Zachary Neel reported earlier today. The story was republished (apparently without verification) by Yahoo Sports, but then the original article was removed. On Twitter, Neel said to disregard the article as it was not meant to be published.

https://twitter.com/zacharycneel/status ... 8254400879

I know these guys are more bloggers than journalists, but I've got to say -- during all my time in journalism, I only ever wrote stories early when I knew all they needed were a few key details plugged in. And we're talking just a handful of times over 10+ years in the business.

So, unless this guy's sources are terrible, this makes me think Ward to Oregon is a done deal and perhaps the story wasn't supposed to be published until after today. Hard to imagine going through the trouble of writing an article for something that you're not certain is happening.

Will be interesting to see what happens.

Post by **UOducksTK1** » Fri Dec 01, 2023 11:41 am

Ward in our offense should be deadly.

squintsdd · Post by **squintsdd** » Fri Dec 01, 2023 12:21 pm

I'm a little leery of ward. There were rumors of him having several NIL deals on the table prior to hitting the portal. If those are true, that would considered tampering, and I'd prefer Oregon stay away from a mess like that if the ncaa were to get involved

droop10 · Post by **droop10** » Fri Dec 01, 2023 12:31 pm

pezsez1 wrote:Cam Ward to Oregon?

That's what Duckswire's Zachary Neel reported earlier today. The story was republished (apparently without verification) by Yahoo Sports, but then the original article was removed. On Twitter, Neel said to disregard the article as it was not meant to be published.

https://twitter.com/zacharycneel/status ... 8254400879

I know these guys are more bloggers than journalists, but I've got to say -- during all my time in journalism, I only ever wrote stories early when I knew all they needed were a few key details plugged in. And we're talking just a handful of times over 10+ years in the business.

So, unless this guy's sources are terrible, this makes me think Ward to Oregon is a done deal and perhaps the story wasn't supposed to be published until after today. Hard to imagine going through the trouble of writing an article for something that you're not certain is happening.

Will be interesting to see what happens.

If true, would definitely be a bad look. Transfer portal isn’t officially open until 12/4. Guys are just now announcing they intend to go in there, so it would be obvious tampering if he’s already announcing going to Oregon.

OregonDucks · Post by **OregonDucks** » Fri Dec 01, 2023 12:43 pm

squintsdd wrote:I'm a little leery of ward. There were rumors of him having several NIL deals on the table prior to hitting the portal. If those are true, that would considered tampering, and I'd prefer Oregon stay away from a mess like that if the ncaa were to get involved

As long as it wasn't representatives for the University of Oregon, I think we'll be fine. There are always back channel communications between agents, friends, etc.

DmoneyDuck · Post by **DmoneyDuck** » Fri Dec 01, 2023 12:48 pm

He's a Grad Transfer at this point, yeah? If so, the Portal should already be open for GT's.

StevensTechU · Post by **StevensTechU** » Fri Dec 01, 2023 12:49 pm

I know Zac personally. He does not have special Intel. Good "kid" (quite a bit younger than me but does have a wife and kid). He's not the world's best journalist, but mostly just a product of the system. The social-media-faux-journalism awards begin first with the most engagement, so these guys write things in advance and wait to hit publish. Definitely going to happen they guys click the wrong box and publish the wrong story every now and then.

droop10 · Post by **droop10** » Fri Dec 01, 2023 12:57 pm

DmoneyDuck wrote:He's a Grad Transfer at this point, yeah? If so, the Portal should already be open for GT's.

You are correct. I wasn't aware that Grad Transfers weren't held to the transfer window before. Good call.

Post by **greenyellow** » Fri Dec 01, 2023 1:31 pm

StevensTechU wrote:I know Zac personally. He does not have special Intel. Good "kid" (quite a bit younger than me but does have a wife and kid). He's not the world's best journalist, but mostly just a product of the system. The social-media-faux-journalism awards begin first with the most engagement, so these guys write things in advance and wait to hit publish. Definitely going to happen they guys click the wrong box and publish the wrong story every now and then.

I don't fault him for accidentally posting it as I bet he's written articles saying Moore, DJU, and other players are transferring to Oregon. It's not just sports and social media that have articles ready to go as many websites/newspapers have writers keep updated obits on many celebrities, politicians, and other notable people.

Duck07 · Post by **Duck07** » Fri Dec 01, 2023 1:34 pm

greenyellow wrote:
StevensTechU wrote:I know Zac personally. He does not have special Intel. Good "kid" (quite a bit younger than me but does have a wife and kid). He's not the world's best journalist, but mostly just a product of the system. The social-media-faux-journalism awards begin first with the most engagement, so these guys write things in advance and wait to hit publish. Definitely going to happen they guys click the wrong box and publish the wrong story every now and then.
I don't fault him for accidentally posting it as I bet he's written articles saying Moore, DJU, and other players are transferring to Oregon. It's not just sports and social media that have articles ready to go as many websites/newspapers have writers keep updated obits on many celebrities, politicians, and other notable people.

Let's just say I enjoyed a nice Scotch this week

StevensTechU · Post by **StevensTechU** » Fri Dec 01, 2023 1:35 pm

greenyellow wrote:
StevensTechU wrote:I know Zac personally. He does not have special Intel. Good "kid" (quite a bit younger than me but does have a wife and kid). He's not the world's best journalist, but mostly just a product of the system. The social-media-faux-journalism awards begin first with the most engagement, so these guys write things in advance and wait to hit publish. Definitely going to happen they guys click the wrong box and publish the wrong story every now and then.
I don't fault him for accidentally posting it as I bet he's written articles saying Moore, DJU, and other players are transferring to Oregon. It's not just sports and social media that have articles ready to go as many websites/newspapers have writers keep updated obits on many celebrities, politicians, and other notable people.

The ill-timed obituaries are my favorite.

whosyourwally · Post by **whosyourwally** » Fri Dec 01, 2023 11:01 pm

Man, I just don’t love this mercenary QB spin cycle we’re seeing across college football. I get that we can’t sit idly while all the other big boys land pro-ready super-seniors, but I will very much miss the days when you grew your own stars… stars that chose Oregon bc they wanted to be Ducks, not because we pay the best….

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DuckMastaFunk · Post by **DuckMastaFunk** » Sat Dec 02, 2023 11:31 am

Screw the playoff. Let’s win the offseason! Bring on Ward!!

DmoneyDuck · Post by **DmoneyDuck** » Sat Dec 02, 2023 11:33 am

When is Ward set to announce or are there just rumblings he could be leaning Oregon's way?

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Sat Dec 02, 2023 12:15 pm

whosyourwally wrote:Man, I just don’t love this mercenary QB spin cycle we’re seeing across college football. I get that we can’t sit idly while all the other big boys land pro-ready super-seniors, but I will very much miss the days when you grew your own stars… stars that chose Oregon bc they wanted to be Ducks, not because we pay the best….

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I couldn't agree more, it is most of the reason i am on the TT bandwagon, but this is the new era of college ball and we as fans have to adjust and accept it to be able to continue loving the sport..... i do hope they can fix "the team with the most money wins" thing though.