Hey everyone my name is Jordan Martin and this is my 1st time ever doing a blog. So I am interested to see how this is going to go but if we get to talk about sports I think I will make it through. This hopefully is one of my last semesters here at BG I have been here for 4 years now.
My sports interests are all over the board. I watch everything however hockey,football,baseball,basketball are my favorites. I am from Columbus so naturally my teams of interests are the buckeyes and the Columbus blue jackets I also like the Columbus Clippers and enjoy catching some of their games at the new ball park they have. Im also a big fan of the Columbus Crew mainly because I had an internship with them and was able to see alot of new things and behind the scenes duties of what it takes to run an event in sport.
As far as globalization and the basis of this class, I am interested to gain a little more insight on the international aspect of how we are perceived in sport as sports teams and businesses. I think the globalization of sport is absolutely beneficial because it opens up revenue for all sports and gives not only businesses an sport teams an opportunity but, allows athletes from other countries opportunities as well that they may have not had before.
All in all I am excited for this class and the discussions were going to get into..
Hi Jordan,
ReplyDeleteIt looks like you are off to a good start on doing a blog, even if you never did one before. I was interested to see that you had done an internship with the Columbus Crew. From an international perspective, about how many of the players are from other countries? What size crowds do they get at their games? From what I have heard, that is a pretty nice stadium. Wasn't it built when the World Cup was played in the U.S? I have not been there, but after seeing this past summer's World Cup, I would definitely be interested in going to a game.
Did your experience make you want to work in soccer, or is there another sport environment in which you would especially like to work?
Good start on your blog and I look forward to reading more of your entries.
Dr. Spencer
Dr. Spencer,
ReplyDeleteA lot of their players were from other countries but surprisingly there were still a lot of US born players. As for the crowds they get some really big ones and there's still sometimes where they don't really fill out the stadium i.e. weather, success of the other team etc. The stadium was the first professional soccer specific stadium built in the US and was funded by Lamar Hunt who owned the team and now I think his brother owns the team.
The experience didn't necessarily make me want to stay in soccer I am still open to just finding a job in any sport really.