Hey all,

I just wanted to jump on, join the conversation and share a little bit of news that I think could be good for some of Charles’ longtime readers.

For those who do not know me, I am Scott Reed. I was a longtime writer and then publisher for Duck Sports Authority. When Rivals was purchased by On3, I was offered the opportunity to continue writing for them, but after a lot of thought, including the possibility that I might simply back away from the industry altogether, I decided to decline their offer and do my own thing.

That is how Duck Sports Central came about. I created it as an independent place for people who still wanted to read whatever thoughts I might have on Oregon athletics.

At first, I was happy with that being fairly simple. But when it came time for the Polynesian Bowl, I reached out to a few other sites to see if they wanted exclusive content from Hawai‘i. They passed, so I decided to create a separate Substack site where I could host premium content for people who wanted a little more depth. Up to this point, though, I have done all of the writing on my own.

About a month ago, Charles reached out to let me know that the old FishDuck domain had been sold and that he had rebranded this message board as Our Beloved Ducks. He also let me know that, as part of that transition, some really good writers no longer had the same outlet for their work. He asked if I might be interested in giving some of them a place to write.

To me, that was an easy yes.

I thought it was a great way for Duck Sports Central to add some new voices, bring in a little more perspective and help keep good Oregon writing in front of the fans who appreciate it. So the good news is that I think some of those former FishDuck writers are going to continue writing through the free site at Duck Sports Central.

I am also going to work on cross-linking directly to this forum when it makes sense, with the hope that it helps bring more people into the conversations Charles has built here.

I have not been the best over the last year at being active on message boards, mostly because the day job has kept me pretty busy. I will do my best to be better here. But I wanted to at least stop by, introduce myself properly and let you all know that I have already talked with a couple of the former writers and hope to have more of them join the work DSC is doing to continue giving Oregon athletics coverage a unique and independent voice.

Go Ducks.

Scott, I am so delighted that former FishDuck writers will publish articles and have their links posted here this next season at your site. Everybody wins in this scenario, and am happy that it could happen.

Former FishDuck writers will still have access to the original FishDuck Photo Archive, and the photo editing software that I acquired for their use. Glad to see that their work will still be here, and that your work will continue be posted here as before.

What a season it will be!

Hi Scott,

So glad! Under our News section we have your link to “Ducks Sport Central” to bring in articles from your site, which is available to all! Love this endeavor.

Always enjoy your insight!

10 hours ago, Scott Reed said:

I have not been the best over the last year at being active on message boards, mostly because the day job has kept me pretty busy. I will do my best to be better here. But I wanted to at least stop by, introduce myself properly and let you all know that I have already talked with a couple of the former writers and hope to have more of them join the work DSC is doing to continue giving Oregon athletics coverage a unique and independent voice.

15 hours ago, NJDuck said:

Hi Scott,

So glad! Under our News section we have your link to “Ducks Sport Central” to bring in articles from your site, which is available to all! Love this endeavor.

Always enjoy your insight!

Much appreciated!

This is indeed welcome news!

Welcome to the family, Scott.

I'll look forward to reading your point ofview!