A Right to Stand in the Room

I have argued for years that in message boards and now more mainstream social media, institutions have a right to speak their mind. My point is we have an obligahttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.giftion to step into the arena, to stand in the room, and we must be willing to correct the record.

I will open by saying I know Ronnie Ramos and have presented with him both at CoSIDA and the NCAA convention.

Let us begin the discussion by reading The Chronicle's assessment of the current participatory media exchange between the New York Times and the NCAA.

I'll be back later in the week after you've all had a moment to digest.