Oh the Slaughter
This Saturday marked the first and only lengthy road trip with the Chicago Slaughter pro indoor football team. I intern with the team, and on April 18, we took the team bus to play in Fort Wayne, Ind.
I’m not sure how long the road trip actually was. The bus driver first took the wrong way to pick up players from Hammond, Ind., so we had to backtrack a few miles. Then, there is that pesky one hour time change. We also stopped at a “Golden Corral” buffet for lunch, and stayed for around 45 minutes.
Upon finally arriving at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, we had watched two full movies, Step Brothers and Grandma’s Boy. That gauges the trip somewhat.
Inside, I was the only Slaughter media to attend the game. I spent the pregame getting notes together and interviewing Slaughter players. During the game, I sat up in the press box with the coaches and players who didn’t dress for the game.
Post game, I had to scramble to write the game summary, send it out to the media, and make the necessary phone calls to get our scores read on the nightly news. It was kind of overwhelming!
The ride back was fun as well. The team won so they were loud and rowdy, which made for a seemingly quicker ride home. Movies played but few watched them. We got home around 2:30 a.m.
I noticed the story I wrote was posted, unedited, on the team website. That made me feel good. I am trusted enough to not only be sent as the only media to an away game, but that they posted my story.
I feel as though I’m on my way!
