I'll tell you from experience that everyone in the media that covers North Texas athletics reads this message board, that includes the athletic department. No matter if it is the NT Daily or Brett Vito, they know that they have to follow this message board or they are not doing their jobs right. For the media this message board provides story ideas, tips, and feedback for the work they are doing. As for the athletic department, they follow this site as much as anybody, so don't let Mr. Capper's blog post fool you. I've been to practices and games where I have seen people who work for the athletic department reading posts on here during breaks. I've also had people who work in the athletic department ask me if I'm "Keith7" on this site. Heck the athletic director has his own gmg.com account, so you can't tell me they don't care what the people on this site think. Personally, I think a lot of you took Capper's blog post the wrong way, it wasn't an attack on the message board or its posters, but an attempt to help those of you who have complaints find a better outlet to fix your problems. You can complain on here all day long and it might get read by the athletic department, it might not, but if you go directly to the source, you will know for sure that they get your complaints and most of the time give you an answer to your problems, that is all he was saying. The fact that he offers up his e-mail address and office number is proof of that.