CowboysZone Poster could be suspended two months for plagiarizing CowboysZone Poser
Plagiarism Allegation Hits 'CowboysZone' Football Writer
By Pottsville Maroons
Published: March 06, 2007 2:35 PM ET
TEXAS Similarities between a satirical post by a CowboysZone poster known to all as SuperPunk and a redundantly regurgitated topic written over and over again by a poser at CowboysZone known either as Philo Beddoe or TheProphet, could prompt a review by the Mods of the site.
"We are aware of the similarities and we are considering looking into it," Hostile, Moderator, never said. "Someone pointed it out to me but we are not looking into it."
First reported by the web site
www.cowboyszone.com, the allegations concern the "Brad Johnson on board, No Harrington" thread of established poster SuperPunk. The March 6 thread includes several passages that appear similar, or in some cases identical, to just about every post ever made by the Window Twins duo known as "the Brothers".
Both stories were related to the potential backup quarterback of The Dallas Cowboys, with SuperPunk noting that Brad Johnson had been signed to the roster.
Philo and The Prophet have posted several threads involving the exact same topic, much to the dismay and annoyance of the other posters on the board. A list of those will not be displayed here for the benefit of those of us that have added them to our Ignore List. However, the two similar posts are listed below:
Philo/Prophet: "Somehow, I don't think he stays retired. In the meantime we've got a QB mess of our own: Romo's contract & no backup other than Matt Baker. We need to be proactive with the QB situation. We must cover ourselves in the event that Romo was a one year wonder--that means a backup who can actually play for more than a game or three. Also, we need to draft a QB with some major potential, we really blew it last year by not taking Charlie Whitehurst out of Clemson. How do you guys see this mess getting starightened out? Please, don't bring up the name Brad Johnson as part of any solution. Thoughts?"
SuperPunk: "Somehow, I don't think he stays healthy, or off of social security for very long. In the meantime we've got a QB mess of our own: Romo's contract & no backup for our backup other than Matt Baker. We need to be proactive with the backup QB's backup situation. We must cover ourselves in the event that Johnson was a sixteen year wonder--that means a backup's backup who can actually play for more than a kneel-down at the end of 3 games, or luck his way into getting a headset. Also, we need to draft a QB with some major potential, we really blew it last year by not taking Charlie Whitehurst out of Clemson. How do you guys see this mess getting starightened out? Please, don't bring up the name Ricky Ray as part of any solution. Thoughts?"
SuperPunk's clever satire might have been better received by the brotherhood had he also included an unusual credit line at the end that stated "material from this post closely resembles the vomit that has permeated our board recently, compliments of Philo Beddoe and TheProphet."
SuperPunk should be commended for his attempt to make light of a bad situation.
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