Longtime Colts writer details ‘soul-sucking’ experience at The Athletic: ‘They don’t give a f— about me’

A veteran sportswriter is talking out towards his former employer, who he says didn’t “give a f—” about him.

Bob Kravitz has been in sports activities media for 41 years, working for Sports activities Illustrated, IndyStar, and most just lately, The Athletic as an Indianapolis Colts reporter.

Kravitz was let go by The Athletic early final month as a part of large layoffs, with the outlet persevering with its wave to deal with nationwide media fairly than native beats after being purchased by The New York Instances.

That’s the unlucky enterprise, and Kravitz continues to be “pissed” about it, however Kravitz has some private beef with The Athletic.

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Kravitz revealed he “wasn’t comfortable” at The Athletic as he “by no means felt wished” and “felt barely tolerated.” His sentiments appeared to come back to life in 2020 when he was “put…on probation just some months after a quadruple bypass.”

“I assume my numbers weren’t what they wished, however hell, I used to be recovering from a life-changing medical occasion,” Kravitz wrote in his new Substack he debuted on Thursday. “You’d assume which may have some impression on their considering, however no. I needed to produce 395 subscriptions in three months – or else. That’s absurd, unfair and outrageous, particularly given my well being scenario. Effectively, I survived, producing greater than 400 subs by working myself half to demise, an awesome thought after open-heart surgical procedure. However that soured me on the place without end. I felt it in my bones.

“They don’t give a f— about me as a human being.”

Kravitz gave credit score to the outlet for taking psychological well being significantly, however not hitting metrics, which Kravitz says “had been completely central to the best way we had been judged” and had a “deleterious impression on our collective psychological well being as a workers.”

“There was nothing extra dispiriting than working your a– off on a narrative, solely to have a look at the metrics and see one subscription and a couple of,000 distinctive views. It was soul-sucking, truthfully,” Kravitz wrote.

The 63-year-old additionally highlighted two items he was proud to have written, however he was “screwed” on each of them.

A common view of Lucas Oil Stadium is seen in sport motion throughout an NFL sport between the Indianapolis Colts and the Cincinnati Bengals on Oct. 18, 2020, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. (MSA/Icon Sportswire through Getty Photographs)

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A narrative on Peyton Manning and Ryan Leaf that he wrote in “sooner or later after spending time within the hospital after yet one more cardiac occasion” was speculated to be launched the day of the NFL Draft. Kravitz mentioned it ought to have been thought-about for the top-spot on the positioning, however it was buried.

One other was a narrative on Jay Mariotti, the previous speaking head who has been ousted from media after a home violence cost. The Athletic advised him the story could have been “too harmful” and “the juice wasn’t well worth the squeeze.”

Kravitz mentioned that was simply the second time in his profession he had a narrative “spiked” – the opposite was again within the Eighties with Sports activities Illustrated.

“I truthfully imagine they chickened out. The Athletic had simply been bought by The New York Instances, and our new homeowners had been beneath the gun with a variety of lawsuits. I feel they had been afraid of extra litigation, or one thing. They performed it secure,” Kravitz mentioned.

A common view of an Indianapolis Colts helmet seen throughout the sport towards the Jacksonville Jaguars at Lucas Oil Stadium on Nov. 11, 2018 in Indianapolis. (Michael Hickey/Getty Photographs)

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“I’ve all the time taken the excessive street, or at the very least tried to take action, however I’m not going to bulls— you and let you know all the things was honky-dory and my recollections of working there have been universally comfortable.”

Kravitz now shall be contributing to the Indianapolis Month-to-month journal and “dive head-first into making this Substack column an enormous success.”

“We’re rising this factor from the ground-up, and if I didn’t concede that it scares me half to demise, I’m additionally wildly excited in regards to the prospect of creating this a go-to spot for Indy-centric sports activities followers,” he mentioned.