If you are a competent journalist there is LOTS of demand for you at trade publications. This guy felt like he was too good for anything but “the SI” which is why ESPN, Bleacher Report, Barstool Sports and tons of other outlets made their snide publication irrelevant in the first place.
He's a SPORTS WRITER, the only 'TRADE' he knows about is between baseball and football teams....................
When unpaid bloggers are doing a better job of covering the news than professional journalists, it sort of explains everything.