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Media calls out Ole Miss for timing of NCAA announcement
By Andrew Olson
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Ole Miss announced self-imposed penalties for its football program and publicly released the NCAA’s Notice of Allegations and a responding statement on Friday. Members of the college football media were not shy in criticizing what many saw as a Friday news dump, a public relations practice of releasing bad news when many people have already started their weekends. The fact that it came one day after Baylor’s dismissal of Art Briles and on the start of a major holiday weekend only added to the criticism.
Tweets from various media members show a mixture of finger wagging, outrage, humor and backhanded compliments while acknowledging the PR strategy at play:
https://twitter.com/DanWetzel/status/736207788154757121
Friday new dump, huh, @RossBjorkAD?
Before a holiday weekend? One day after Baylor blockbuster news?
Be better. #Ihaveaclue
— Geoff Ketchum (@gkketch) May 27, 2016
Ole Miss just finally released its Notice of Allegations. Dumping it a day after Baylor report — perfect.
— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) May 27, 2016
Ole Miss' response to the 52-page NOA report is 154 pages?! C'mon, y'all, it's a Friday.
— Ñic Gulas (@Nic_Gulas) May 27, 2016
Well not quite yet the Friday afternoon of a holiday weekend but at long last, the Ole Miss notice of allegations https://t.co/PaBBBb8MiR
— Mike Sands (@Mike_Sands) May 27, 2016
Ole Miss shows great crisis management strategy. The school has released its response to the NCAA NOA. Check it out: https://t.co/EZReEjOEjF
— Brent Dougherty (@brentdougherty) May 27, 2016
Take notes everyone, Ole Miss just showed how to news dump. Sportswriters spent all their venom on Baylor yesterday. https://t.co/eMBSFVk4EA
— Jason Arkley (@JasonRRArkley) May 27, 2016
https://twitter.com/derekruscin/status/736216494028136448
Ole Miss shows great crisis management strategy. The school has released its response to the NCAA NOA. Check it out: https://t.co/EZReEjOEjF
— Brent Dougherty (@brentdougherty) May 27, 2016
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