Today in my sports marketing class we discussed the always controversial topic of if college level athletes should be paid. Don't worry; I'm not going to bore you with the details of that never ending debate. However, my teacher did bring up a case where an athlete was "busted" at a department store where he was receiving extremely discounted shoes. Turns out a reporter was in line behind him and exposed the athlete.

This was brought up with a lot of annoyance. How dare the reporter expose this athlete violating the rules of the league/college he decided to play for.

This is just ridiculous, why does the media and reporters receive such backlash from people for giving them the information they deserve?

After studying communication I have a real problem with people always blaming the media. Maybe if this athlete was not violating the regulations than this whole situation would have never happened. Hard concept, huh?

Why do reporters take the consequences for people's mistakes? They are simply exposing things to the public. The fact that people mess up should be blamed on no one other than the perpetrator. We should thank reporters for uncovering both the wrongdoings and exposing praises of people.