TalkSports
Encyclopedia
TalkSports is a user-generated sports site run by Rapid Spiral Development that has attracted controversy because of gossip and photos contributed by users about the private lives of professional athletes. The web site contains forums for every major sport athlete where fans can discuss, post pictures and links. "We get a lot of comments about players cheating or whether he has a big or small you-know-what," site publisher Randy Charles Morin
told The Globe and Mail
. The website was featured in the Washington Post and Canoe.ca websites.
There is absolutely no moderation as to what gets posted. People claiming that players are alcoholics and pill poppers, gay, sleeping with other players wives and the like, and then attacking fans that go to watch their team practice.
What is going on within pages of the talksports website is not a joke. No sign up is required and people can post anything they wish, anonymously. This site needs to be shut down, not sold.
Randy Charles Morin
Randy Charles Morin is a professional RVer and blogger. He runs the infamous TalkSports website. He was chairman of the RSS Advisory Board, a group that assists developers in using the RSS 2.0 specification...
told The Globe and Mail
The Globe and Mail
The Globe and Mail is a nationally distributed Canadian newspaper, based in Toronto and printed in six cities across the country. With a weekly readership of approximately 1 million, it is Canada's largest-circulation national newspaper and second-largest daily newspaper after the Toronto Star...
. The website was featured in the Washington Post and Canoe.ca websites.
Legal issues
TalkSports is often the target of legal challenges by sports athletes and their agents. Known legal challenges follow.- CAA, the agent of Warrick DunnWarrick DunnWarrick De'Mon Dunn is a former American football running back, and current minority owner of the Atlanta Falcons. He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 12th overall in the 1997 NFL Draft, after playing college football at Florida State...
has sent TalkSports several cease and desist orders claiming that TalkSports does not have the right to use Warrick Dunn's name or image without permission. They claim it infringes on common law trademark rights. - EAG, the agent of Shaun PhillipsShaun Phillips- San Diego Chargers :As a rookie, Shaun Phillips played in all 16 games and was second on the team with four sacks. He continued to improve in his second season as he recorded seven sacks in 15 games, good for second on the team....
is organizing legal action against TalkSports and using their relationship with NBC to get the creator TalkSports fired from his contract with NBC. - McGuireWoods, the agent of Israel IdonijeIsrael IdonijeIsrael Idonije is a Nigerian-Canadian defensive end for the National Football League's Chicago Bears. He was signed as an undrafted free agent out of the University of Manitoba...
, is threatening legal action against TalkSports unless they stop publishing the Idonije webpage on TalkSports. - Landmark, the agent of Morris PetersonMorris PetersonMorris Peterson, Jr. is an American professional basketball player who is currently a free agent.- College career :...
, threatened legal action against TalkSports when someone posted Peterson's phone number on the website. - Younger, the agent of Steven JacksonSteven JacksonSteven Rashad Jackson is an American football running back for the St. Louis Rams of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Rams 24th overall in the 2004 NFL Draft. He played college football at Oregon State University....
, threatened legal action against TalkSports unless they deleted all webpages from the website that used Steven's name. - Eric CairnsEric CairnsEric Cairns is a retired ice hockey defenceman and current pro scout for the New York Islanders. His last season was with the Pittsburgh Penguins of the NHL...
' lawyers Robinson, McCallum, McKerracher, Graham have threatened to sue Rapid Spiral Development and Randy Charles MorinRandy Charles MorinRandy Charles Morin is a professional RVer and blogger. He runs the infamous TalkSports website. He was chairman of the RSS Advisory Board, a group that assists developers in using the RSS 2.0 specification...
over comments posted on Talk-Sports. - Justin Jenkins' lawyer, Katrina Gibbs sent TalkSports a fake subpoena. An obvious attempt to scare that failed and raises ethic concerns around his lawyer.
- Terrence WheatleyTerrence WheatleyTerrence Wheatley is an American football cornerback for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League. He was drafted by the New England Patriots in the second round of the 2008 NFL Draft...
' lawyers have sent TalkSports an email saying that the website violates his privacy rights and they may take legal action.
There is absolutely no moderation as to what gets posted. People claiming that players are alcoholics and pill poppers, gay, sleeping with other players wives and the like, and then attacking fans that go to watch their team practice.
What is going on within pages of the talksports website is not a joke. No sign up is required and people can post anything they wish, anonymously. This site needs to be shut down, not sold.