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 Post subject: George Ofman
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Since Hood was able to beg his way back to his old job I was thinking about George.

He could have gone back to the Score. Maybe they didn't want him. It was still open 4 or 5 weeks ago. But it looks like they gave the morning update job to Kerry Sayers. She's been doing it for 3 straight weeks. She's probably cheaper than what George was but I'll bet George would have taken a pay cut to get his old job back.


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 Post subject: Re: George Ofman
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what skill level does it take to be an update reader? read scores. update results by looking at computer. read updated scores. have the fucking hosts do the updates. i just saved the score 50k.

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 Post subject: Re: George Ofman
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have the fucking hosts do the updates. i just saved the score 50k.

that seems oversimplified. But I cant find a problem with it.
They should do that.


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 Post subject: Re: George Ofman
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I think Ofman was on the way out the door anyway.

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 Post subject: Re: George Ofman
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Since Hood was able to beg his way back to his old job I was thinking about George.

He could have gone back to the Score. Maybe they didn't want him. It was still open 4 or 5 weeks ago. But it looks like they gave the morning update job to Kerry Sayers. She's been doing it for 3 straight weeks. She's probably cheaper than what George was but I'll bet George would have taken a pay cut to get his old job back.


George, had he stayed, would have taken a large cut in pay.

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George, had he stayed, would have taken a large cut in pay.


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George, had he stayed, would have taken a large cut in pay.


Yep.


Yeah, this way he got to double his salary, stay in nice hotels and order jumbo shrimp cocktails from room service while watching the in-room porn on some old lady cancer victim's money for three months. Time of your life, eh, George?


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 Post subject: Re: George Ofman
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Amazing to me that offman still gets booked as a "reporter" on Tribune Live - he doesn't report anymore, he is an ex reporter and has no access or insight tan any other non reporter would have


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Seacrest wrote:
Beardown wrote:
Since Hood was able to beg his way back to his old job I was thinking about George.

He could have gone back to the Score. Maybe they didn't want him. It was still open 4 or 5 weeks ago. But it looks like they gave the morning update job to Kerry Sayers. She's been doing it for 3 straight weeks. She's probably cheaper than what George was but I'll bet George would have taken a pay cut to get his old job back.


George, had he stayed, would have taken a large cut in pay.



Somebody figured out he should really should be doing something to collect a check?

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 Post subject: Re: George Ofman
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Ofman, in his delusional world, still thinks Pappy is gonna set up Webio II. He said it was the "Perfect Model" even though webio only made $2,300 in 3 months.


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Amazing to me that offman still gets booked as a "reporter" on Tribune Live - he doesn't report anymore, he is an ex reporter and has no access or insight tan any other non reporter would have



He had no more insight into any damned thing than the average fan.

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Ofman, in his delusional world, still thinks Pappy is gonna set up Webio II. He said it was the "Perfect Model" even though webio only made $2,300 in 3 months.


This guy always carried himself on air like some sort of financial wizard...expert on the budgets of the Tribune Company and Jerry Reinsdorf....he won't be doing the books for North's next Hot Dog stand.

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Ofman, in his delusional world, still thinks Pappy is gonna set up Webio II. He said it was the "Perfect Model" even though webio only made $2,300 in 3 months.


This guy always carried himself on air like some sort of financial wizard...expert on the budgets of the Tribune Company and Jerry Reinsdorf....he won't be doing the books for North's next Hot Dog stand.


Good point. How many times would he say "It's not financially possible" when talking Cubs or Sox. He can't apply that finance logic to a business he's been in for 25 years. He doesn't know how his own industry works? He really is a dumb ass.


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didea wrote:
Amazing to me that offman still gets booked as a "reporter" on Tribune Live - he doesn't report anymore, he is an ex reporter and has no access or insight tan any other non reporter would have


Reporters can earn extra cash as a "stringer" for out of town teams in Chicago. Rather than send a reporter of their own, they will pay a guy like George, or Schuster 25-50 bucks per game to file a report for them. I don't know if George is doing this, but he may be.

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 Post subject: Re: George Ofman
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Amazing to me that offman still gets booked as a "reporter" on Tribune Live - he doesn't report anymore, he is an ex reporter and has no access or insight tan any other non reporter would have


Reporters can earn extra cash as a "stringer" for out of town teams in Chicago. Rather than send a reporter of their own, they will pay a guy like George, or Schuster 25-50 bucks per game to file a report for them. I don't know if George is doing this, but he may be.



No wonder North is viewed as the Donald Trump of Sportsradio to some of these guys.

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I always liked George and feel bad for the guy. I hope he finds work locally.

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Aggravated Sox Fan Bob wrote:
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Amazing to me that offman still gets booked as a "reporter" on Tribune Live - he doesn't report anymore, he is an ex reporter and has no access or insight tan any other non reporter would have


Reporters can earn extra cash as a "stringer" for out of town teams in Chicago. Rather than send a reporter of their own, they will pay a guy like George, or Schuster 25-50 bucks per game to file a report for them. I don't know if George is doing this, but he may be.



No wonder North is viewed as the Donald Trump of Sportsradio to some of these guys.


Bob, that money is over and above there salary from the Score.

This has been a great source of income for Grobber over the years.

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Ofman, in his delusional world, still thinks Pappy is gonna set up Webio II. He said it was the "Perfect Model" even though webio only made $2,300 in 3 months.


This guy always carried himself on air like some sort of financial wizard...expert on the budgets of the Tribune Company and Jerry Reinsdorf....he won't be doing the books for North's next Hot Dog stand.


Good point. How many times would he say "It's not financially possible" when talking Cubs or Sox. He can't apply that finance logic to a business he's been in for 25 years. He doesn't know how his own industry works? He really is a dumb ass.



He pissed me off totally when in his smug know it all way he was intimating that Konerko was gone to the Angels...this little know nothing Ofman couldn't carry Bruce Levine's tape recorder.
Levine is a reporter's reporter....Ofman is a Sportsphone Quickie Quiz refugee.

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Bob, that money is over and above there salary from the Score.

This has been a great source of income for Grobber over the years.
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I knew it was over and above salary...but it must be dog eat dog to line up the out of town stations.
If Grobber has the relationship with the 20 or so stations that want a live update...probably on the weekends more than during the week, then there can't be much left for the other guys.

I can see the resentment building.

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what skill level does it take to be an update reader? read scores. update results by looking at computer. read updated scores. have the fucking hosts do the updates. i just saved the score 50k.




even better idea, how bout just get rid of updates altogether? In this day and age of readily accessible information are 3x an hour updates even necessary anymore? I would say just do them 2x an hour during the morning because that is when people are most likely to not have heard the news yet and then stop doing them altogether after about 11am.

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what skill level does it take to be an update reader? read scores. update results by looking at computer. read updated scores. have the fucking hosts do the updates. i just saved the score 50k.




even better idea, how bout just get rid of updates altogether? In this day and age of readily accessible information are 3x an hour updates even necessary anymore? I would say just do them 2x an hour during the morning because that is when people are most likely to not have heard the news yet and then stop doing them altogether after about 11am.


they do updates purely to sell a sponsership of the update

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Deacon Blues wrote:
they do updates purely to sell a sponsership of the update

But are they paying the person doing the update more than what the sponsorship is worth?

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what skill level does it take to be an update reader? read scores. update results by looking at computer. read updated scores. have the fucking hosts do the updates. i just saved the score 50k.




even better idea, how bout just get rid of updates altogether? In this day and age of readily accessible information are 3x an hour updates even necessary anymore? I would say just do them 2x an hour during the morning because that is when people are most likely to not have heard the news yet and then stop doing them altogether after about 11am.


they do updates purely to sell a sponsership of the update



I was wondering why they kept changing the name of the update studio. :)

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I think some folks like to hear the scores also. Mostly older folks

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I think some folks like to hear the scores also. Mostly older folks


Yes,I do & here they are: 3-2,5-1 & a real "katie,bar the door" 12-11

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george should just go away, he's been awful since sportsphone. His career in chicago is over along with most that followed the mike. Hopefully, North's career ends soon also.


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Ofman, in his delusional world, still thinks Pappy is gonna set up Webio II. He said it was the "Perfect Model" even though webio only made $2,300 in 3 months.


This guy always carried himself on air like some sort of financial wizard...expert on the budgets of the Tribune Company and Jerry Reinsdorf....he won't be doing the books for North's next Hot Dog stand.


Good point. How many times would he say "It's not financially possible" when talking Cubs or Sox. He can't apply that finance logic to a business he's been in for 25 years. He doesn't know how his own industry works? He really is a dumb ass.


You have to figure North knew every penny his show was taking in....and I'm sure he wined and dined salespeople...North is a hustler....A hot dog stand is a business.....North made it his business to know the station's business.
Ofman is a mope who has probably been on a lunch money allowance from his wife since Day 1.

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Good point. How many times would he say "It's not financially possible" when talking Cubs or Sox. He can't apply that finance logic to a business he's been in for 25 years. He doesn't know how his own industry works? He really is a dumb ass.

He pissed me off totally when in his smug know it all way he was intimating that Konerko was gone to the Angels...this little know nothing Ofman couldn't carry Bruce Levine's tape recorder.
Levine is a reporter's reporter....Ofman is a Sportsphone Quickie Quiz refugee.


You got that right. How many times did he say this person or that person was traded or aquired when they weren't. He always wanted to take credit on the story and jumped the gun many times. I thought he was ok when he stuck to doing his job, but when he wanted to be mr. big story breaker is when he came off as really unprofessional. And so did the score.


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It always baffled me that Ofman could have so many flagrant gaffes. He's not some nervous stiff fresh out of broadcasting school who can barely hold his copy because his hands are quivering. He's been a professional broadcaster for like twenty years and he's still lobbing up false headlines and malaprops. It makes no sense. You'd think he would've figured out how to properly report things, or write copy without death-related misplaced modifiers.

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