This past weekend at Blogs With Balls I sat on a panel about legal and ethical issues in sports blogging. Panelists included Josh Zerkle (With Leather), Jonah Keri (writer for multiple papers, magazines, and sites), Dr. Nicole LaVoi (blogger and academic), and moderator Jason McIntyre (The Big Lead). You can watch most of the panel in the video below. Josh wrote up his thoughts on our panel and I co-sign with most of what he wrote. I didn't get a chance to read the Twitter reaction to our panel until after the conference was over and I'm disappointed that no one approached me or tweeted me directly about the points they took issue with. I'll try to address some of them here instead, in this FAQ.1. Why wasn't there a 'f*cking lawyer' on the panel?2. Why do my eyes hurt so much?3. Why didn't you cover actual legal topics?4. Isn't 'Rapelisberger' offensive and illegal?5. Don't you need 'more than one anonymous source' to break news on...
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