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By: Andrea

Andrea — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 02:26:05 +0000

*Sarcasm alert* anybody?

By: Kris Willis

Kris Willis — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 21:43:35 +0000

In my opinion this is the biggest example of an overreaction I have ever seen. It isn’t like he copy and pasted an article. It was his bio. Steve’s work stands for itself as does his integrity.

By: Oracle

Oracle — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 19:54:05 +0000

Describing yourself the same way you’ve heard others describe themselves (even if it’s “published” online) is not plagiarism. The copying of someone else’s thoughts in your work without credit… this wasn’t even on his work, but a description of himself. I.E. How many democrats describe themselves as “pragmatic progressives” since Obama coined the term? How many of them cite him for it? Complete non-issue.

By: Jakob Eich

Jakob Eich — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 18:25:32 +0000

The German Secretary of Defense plagiarized in over 62 instances on his dissertation. He didn’t cheat anyone, he used a line in his bio, I forgive him!

By: Mike Payne

Mike Payne — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 18:07:28 +0000

I’m kind of sorry this got as much focus as it did, but I’m glad that Steve’s work in article form and commentary has been found to be in good standing. He’ll be a solid addition to PistonPowered in the summer and the season ahead, assuming he sticks around.

I said this on DetroitBadBoys, which sums up my feelings on the matter:

It’s one thing if a guy takes a line or a unique idea and replicates it in the form of an article without credit, but s–t, it’s a lot easier to talk about basketball than it is to talk about ourselves. I imagine he was looking for inspiration when he was writing his own bio and lifted the line. Yeah, it sucks, it was a bad decision, but in a way its more flattering than hurtful.

It was big of Steve to admit to the lifting and apologize, and I’m confident the mistake doesn’t reflect on his value as a writer about sports. I am with @DetroitBuckets that this isn’t deserving of the chatter it’s receiving, although I do respect PistonPowered for being up front with its readers. The sooner this item is off the front page, the better for Steve, myself, PistonPowered etc. In fact, I’m going to remove the content over at DetroitBadBoys now. I’m not asking you to do the same here, but only to say that I’ll do my part to put the issue to bed and move forward.

By: @DetroitBuckets

@DetroitBuckets — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:26:38 +0000

Mountains out of molehills.
This is/should be, a non-issue. He repeated a witty line. Like we all do on a daily basis. It was for his bio, not an article or story. Clearly not an offense that deserves the plagiarism label.
I can appreciate all party’s involved being up front and owning things, but this non-issue isn’t deserving all the chatter it’s receiving.