I’ll just harp on this again because I find it so hilarious. A couple of sportswriters, Musong Castillo of the Inquirer and Arman Carandang of the Daily Tribune, wrote stories whining about their NBA Asian challenge experience, and how they were treated “shabbily” by the organizers, because they were allocated upper box seats instead of courtside. Castillo’s report was brief, because it was the type of report that didn’t really deserve any space, while Carandang’s report was longer because, well, the Tribune rarely has anything worthwhile to publish anyway.

I love how the articles drip of bitterness, and I am enjoying it because of their inflated sense of entitlement. Also, their stories read like they copied each other’s homework. Also see Nelson Beltran’s report in the Philippine Star focusing on the bad job the organizers did rather than the actual game, although he stopped short of writing about his shabby treatment.

But what’s clear here is that these sports writers are determined to write overwhelmingly negative stories about an event that, from most accounts, was an enjoyable experience for the fans, for the simple reason that they weren’t given nicer seats. This was their own little power trip.

When you consider the fact that ours is a country that alarms the international community because journalists in the provinces always face the threat of murder, supposed “journalists” getting miffed over not getting nicer seats to a basketball game seems really silly, no? Especially from people who are privileged enough to write about basketball for a living.