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Misperceptions!
A lot of misinformation/misperceptions in this thread.
First, noone mentioned the Oscar De La Hoya incident... seems to me that was the key here, the plagiarism had been caught and punished and was over. But when Borges, still on suspension, wrote for De La Hoya's website and excused it as OK because he was writing for free, it became too blatently ethically questionable for the Globe to ignore and they probably hinted he should retire.
Secondly, Borges does not automatically lose his Hall of Fame elector status. As long as he lands somewhere else and continues to cover the NFL he retains his HOF vote. That includes writing nationally, e.g. for MSNBC (though I thought I heard that due to all this MSNBC might cut their ties with him too). If you don't believe me, look at this list of Hall of fame electors. Each NFL team gets an elector. Seattle? John Clayton, ESPN. Atlanta? Len Pasquarelli, ESPN. NY Jets? Paul Zimmerman, Sports Illustrated. Oaklans? Frank Cooney, The Sports Xchange (whatever that is). S.F.? Ira Miller, The Sports Xchange. And there are eight at-large appointments, too.
So unless Ronnie wants to give up the NFL, he may well stay as Boston's representative. But since it seems like football is a job to him but boxing is his passion, he might just give up covering the NFL. Or maybe the pro football writers will feel he is tainted and will pressure him. But it's not at all certain.
A lot of misinformation/misperceptions in this thread.
First, noone mentioned the Oscar De La Hoya incident... seems to me that was the key here, the plagiarism had been caught and punished and was over. But when Borges, still on suspension, wrote for De La Hoya's website and excused it as OK because he was writing for free, it became too blatently ethically questionable for the Globe to ignore and they probably hinted he should retire.
Secondly, Borges does not automatically lose his Hall of Fame elector status. As long as he lands somewhere else and continues to cover the NFL he retains his HOF vote. That includes writing nationally, e.g. for MSNBC (though I thought I heard that due to all this MSNBC might cut their ties with him too). If you don't believe me, look at this list of Hall of fame electors. Each NFL team gets an elector. Seattle? John Clayton, ESPN. Atlanta? Len Pasquarelli, ESPN. NY Jets? Paul Zimmerman, Sports Illustrated. Oaklans? Frank Cooney, The Sports Xchange (whatever that is). S.F.? Ira Miller, The Sports Xchange. And there are eight at-large appointments, too.
So unless Ronnie wants to give up the NFL, he may well stay as Boston's representative. But since it seems like football is a job to him but boxing is his passion, he might just give up covering the NFL. Or maybe the pro football writers will feel he is tainted and will pressure him. But it's not at all certain.