An apology from Martin Waymire

DavidWaymire · 08-21-2007, 03:19 PM

To: Trevor Barnes and the posters at SpartanTailgate.com:

Please accept my apologies for the post by one of my company’s employees regarding the Big 10 Network’s insistence that the new channel be forced on all cable customers, not just those interested in sports. You were right to “out” that posting, as it did not clearly point out our company does work for Comcast (which did not pre-approve the message posted).

Our staffer is indeed a MSU student, and did attend Commissioner Delaney’s kickoff in East Lansing. And he is a big Spartan fan. Given a chance to buy the network as part of a sports tier, he probably would!

That doesn’t excuse our failure to identify that the posting was done by our company advocating for a particular position.

Again, my apologies. Go Spartans…at least until they play my Northwestern Wildcats!

David Waymire
Martin Waymire Advocacy Communications

08-21-2007, 03:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
DavidWaymire Walk-On New Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 2	An apology from Martin Waymire To: Trevor Barnes and the posters at SpartanTailgate.com: Please accept my apologies for the post by one of my company’s employees regarding the Big 10 Network’s insistence that the new channel be forced on all cable customers, not just those interested in sports. You were right to “out” that posting, as it did not clearly point out our company does work for Comcast (which did not pre-approve the message posted). Our staffer is indeed a MSU student, and did attend Commissioner Delaney’s kickoff in East Lansing. And he is a big Spartan fan. Given a chance to buy the network as part of a sports tier, he probably would! That doesn’t excuse our failure to identify that the posting was done by our company advocating for a particular position. Again, my apologies. Go Spartans…at least until they play my Northwestern Wildcats! David Waymire Martin Waymire Advocacy Communications