Ask Sports Shooter: ‘Why should newspapers cover local events?’:
In fact, due to the advertising downturn and the Chiefs 2-14 season last year, our paper reluctantly decided to skip sending me on the road to the final two road games of the 2008 season, marking the first time in over 20 years the Star had not covered a Chiefs road game. Combining the often blowout, non-competitive games with the reality of needing to save as many jobs in our department as possible made that an easy decision.