# Can't post a link to a Bleacher Report article? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 28, 2013, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-post-a-link-to-a-bleacher-report-article/651587 "2013-02-28T03:09:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-post-a-link-to-a-bleacher-report-article/651587/1 "2013-02-28T03:09:00Z")
I just tried to post a link to the Bleacher Report article on Nick Saban kicking four recently arrested players off the team to [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=682230). I tried to use the “Insert Link” function like I normally would, and the link does not appear. I tried to just paste the actual url in the body of my post, and it does not appear. What evil is this? Here I try again to post the link with the Insert Link function: [http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1546481-nick-saban-dismisses-4-alabama-players-from-team-after-criminal-charges?utm\_source=cnn.com&utm\_medium=referral&utm\_campaign=cnn-sports-bin&hpt=hp\_bn15](http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1546481-nick-saban-dismisses-4-alabama-players-from-team-after-criminal-charges?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=cnn-sports-bin&hpt=hp_bn15) And here I try to just paste the url into the end of this sentence: [Nick Saban Dismisses 4 Alabama Players from Team After Criminal Charges | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors | Bleacher Report](http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1546481-nick-saban-dismisses-4-alabama-players-from-team-after-criminal-charges?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=cnn-sports-bin&hpt=hp_bn15) ---
**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-post-a-link-to-a-bleacher-report-article/651587/2 "2013-02-28T08:58:00Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > I just tried to post a link to the Bleacher Report article on Nick Saban kicking four recently arrested players off the team to [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=682230). > > I tried to use the “Insert Link” function like I normally would, and the link does not appear. > > I tried to just paste the actual url in the body of my post, and it does not appear. > > What evil is this? > > Here I try again to post the link with the Insert Link function: [http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1546481-nick-saban-dismisses-4-alabama-players-from-team-after-criminal-charges?utm\_source=cnn.com&utm\_medium=referral&utm\_campaign=cnn-sports-bin&hpt=hp\_bn15](http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1546481-nick-saban-dismisses-4-alabama-players-from-team-after-criminal-charges?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=cnn-sports-bin&hpt=hp_bn15) > And here I try to just paste the url into the end of this sentence: [Nick Saban Dismisses 4 Alabama Players from Team After Criminal Charges](http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1546481-nick-saban-dismisses-4-alabama-players-from-team-after-criminal-charges?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=cnn-sports-bin&hpt=hp_bn15) it is working far as I can see ---
**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-post-a-link-to-a-bleacher-report-article/651587/3 "2013-02-28T08:59:10Z")
[http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1…in&hpt=hp\_bn15](http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1...in&hpt=hp_bn15) ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-post-a-link-to-a-bleacher-report-article/651587/4 "2013-02-28T12:26:10Z")
[QUOTE=The site you tried to link to] Swing and a miss! It seems like this page does not exist or is no longer available. We’ll be redirecting you to the Bleacher Report homepage in a few seconds. [/QUOTE] You _should_ be _more_ ashamed over trying to link to something that ain’t actually _there_. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-post-a-link-to-a-bleacher-report-article/651587/5 "2013-02-28T14:22:07Z")
My guess is that an article about Nick Saban disciplining players for violations of the law must have slipped over from a different universe. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-post-a-link-to-a-bleacher-report-article/651587/6 "2013-02-28T16:16:55Z")
It’s working fine for me, too. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-post-a-link-to-a-bleacher-report-article/651587/7 "2013-02-28T17:12:03Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > My guess is that an article about Nick Saban disciplining players for violations of the law must have slipped over from a different universe. Naw - it was all his idea in the first place. They were just backups - this opens up four slots for new scholarships. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-post-a-link-to-a-bleacher-report-article/651587/8 "2013-02-28T17:34:04Z")
OK…this is weird. The links absolutely did not appear when I posted in the other thread or in this thread. And now they are clearly present. plain as day. I dunno what happened.