[bigzilla]

tmp44- my advice is based on my real job, not reffing. We have a saying, which is, "you can't win a pissin' match with a skunk". It is used to describe the fact that the newspaper buys their ink by the barrel and their paper by the ton. They control what is and is not printed. Their business is to sell newspapers, not report the truth. So, you send in a response, and what will they do? They will probably print it, so they can again run all the facts which show you were wrong, etc., etc.

About 15 years ago, a co-prosecutor of mine took offense to the defendant's allegations of something the prosecutor allegedly did. The defendant made some very, very scandalous accusations about the prosecutor in a federal lawsuit. The newspaper published them. The co-prosecutor, against our advice, responded to the newspaper and had federal charges of perjury filed against the defendant for the allegations in the federal lawsuit. They printed the prosecutors response, and REPRINTED THE SCANDALOUS ACCUSATION. After that, everytime even the smallest of hearings was held in the federal case, the newspaper would reprint all the scanalous accusations.

Much like the skunk vs. you in a pissin match, they have all the resources, power, and control. You will not win. They are not going to print an article saying, gee, what we published was wrong, the refs were right. Don't write them!!