TinMan 0 #1 July 29, 2009 SI.com used to have a feature dedicated to campus life - Sports Illustrated On Campus, or SIOC. After last year's college football season, it was shrunk to insignificance, assimilated into Extra Mustard (another SI.com feature), and handed over to Jimmy Traina (Jimmy's regular gig is Hot Clicks). SIOC's one enduring feature is Cheerleader of The Week (COTW) - a featurette with Q&A and a photo gallery for college cheerleaders nominated throughout the year. If you peruse the archive, you'll note that an astonishing percentage of COTWs want to skydive. Over the years, I've tried many ways to get skydiving coverage on SI.com. When SIOC was edited by Mallory Rueben and a larger feature, I tried the college skydiving club angle (After all, they had some guy going around to campuses checking out tailgating - largely an alumni activity). After the downsizing and tucking under Extra Mustard, I've been writing to Jimmy T with suggestions on getting COTWs to drop zones w. SI.com stringers for features with pics and even imbedded videos. I've mentioned how affordable it would be and how visually stimulating skydiving footage is, especially if the principle subjects are hard-bodied college cheerleaders (Jimmy's stock in trade is cherry cheesecake pics). If you are inclined to help me in the quest to get skydiving on SI.com, please write to Jimmy Traina about the COTW idea or links to pics of beautiful skydivers. An input is available at the bottom of Hot Clicks column. If you know of any other editors at SI.com, please, write to them as well. If so inclined, you may post word of your efforts to this thread. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
