Serious injury in sport is always at risk however it seems in recent years there have been many head injuries and season ending surgeries. This past weekend Eric Legrand of Rutgers made a tackle on special teams and injured himself leaving him paralyzed from the neck down. Below is the link for the Legrand hit and you can see immediately that he is either knocked out or seriously injured.
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxSQ5QGNytY&feature=related)
Also there were 2 big hits delivered by James Harrison in the Steelers vs. Browns game where there were some questionable calls of whether Harrison's hits were helmet to helmet but he injured Josh Cribbs and Mohammed Massaquoi. There are rules in place to prevent these kind of hits i.e. penalties and possible suspensions but, both Browns players left the game. Here is another interesting link which came out just a few hours ago today addressing the issue of all of these violent hits mentioning the Browns game as well as the Eagles and Falcons game the interview is from Ray Anderson VP of Football operations.
(http://ap.cjonline.com/pstories/20101018/722279687.shtml)
All in all there isnt too much to do in order to stop these violent hits and the severity of these injuries seem to continue to get worse with almost every instance despite the implementation of penalties and equipment which is supposed to help reduce concussions and serious head trauma.
Monday, October 18, 2010
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods talk
I wanted to elaborate a little more on the conversation we had in class the other day pertaining to Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods and their personal troubles. I was unaware of some of Jordan's troubles but come to find out he had allegedly paid off a former "lover" $250,000 to keep the former relationship a secret. He also divorced his former wife Juanita two times and she received a $168million dollar settlement.
He also has admitted to his gambling addiction or what used to be a problem. In an article I read Jordan proclaimed that his gambling stemmed from his will an desire to always win and in was quoting a 60minutes interview as saying " he admits his weakness arises from a sportsman's desire to always win." Obviously Jordan is incredibly sucessful and always has been so to say his life has ever been normal would be a big stretch. This is probably why he has made some of the decisions he has and being a celebrity of his stature can only play into some of the events which have transpired in his life.
Almost on as equal of a playing field of celebrity status is Tiger Woods and it turns out his life isnt too normal either. Turns out last time I had checked Tiger Woods is allegedly been with 15mistresses while he was with his wife. Woods had been doing this for some time now and the way the world is today an athlete of this magnitude a small mistake will only be blown out of proportion.
This is why I feel like Jordan's miscues as celebrity weren't as publicized because it didn't happen in today's world. We have too many jobs available in today's world like TMZ and the media outlets across America which run stories if there is even a hint of drama. While Woods' behavior may be seen as none of everyone else's business it still happened to athlete/celebrity which is only going to make the story that much more big. Having it be about a guy who is one of the few billion dollar athletes will also put that story on the front page of every news paper. To me that is what it comes down too is it happened now in this day an era and not early in this decade or in the 90's. Regardless of how successful someone is today if there is drama or a scandal with a famous person it will be blown out of proportion because theres no personal life if you're a celebrity.
He also has admitted to his gambling addiction or what used to be a problem. In an article I read Jordan proclaimed that his gambling stemmed from his will an desire to always win and in was quoting a 60minutes interview as saying " he admits his weakness arises from a sportsman's desire to always win." Obviously Jordan is incredibly sucessful and always has been so to say his life has ever been normal would be a big stretch. This is probably why he has made some of the decisions he has and being a celebrity of his stature can only play into some of the events which have transpired in his life.
Almost on as equal of a playing field of celebrity status is Tiger Woods and it turns out his life isnt too normal either. Turns out last time I had checked Tiger Woods is allegedly been with 15mistresses while he was with his wife. Woods had been doing this for some time now and the way the world is today an athlete of this magnitude a small mistake will only be blown out of proportion.
This is why I feel like Jordan's miscues as celebrity weren't as publicized because it didn't happen in today's world. We have too many jobs available in today's world like TMZ and the media outlets across America which run stories if there is even a hint of drama. While Woods' behavior may be seen as none of everyone else's business it still happened to athlete/celebrity which is only going to make the story that much more big. Having it be about a guy who is one of the few billion dollar athletes will also put that story on the front page of every news paper. To me that is what it comes down too is it happened now in this day an era and not early in this decade or in the 90's. Regardless of how successful someone is today if there is drama or a scandal with a famous person it will be blown out of proportion because theres no personal life if you're a celebrity.
Inconvenient Truth
I really liked this article because it covered alot of topics that exist in sport and speaks to us a sport management majors. For instance when it speaks about how we as sport management majors should be sensitized to several different aspects of multi culturalism etc. in order to help ease into the process and help develop the sport as well. Also the author realizes that sport has grown and notes the spread and growth of sport and its diversity of athletes compared to how it used to be.
In addition there is a break down in the increase of nations who are represented in sports as well as the increase of women in sport and the increasing opportunities for countries in tropical climates to partake in some winter sports which I thought was interesting and was unaware of some of these facts.
However I do not necessarily agree with all of the points made in the article about the 4 elements of Thibault's argument. I think the element of using other countries labor force and paying them cheaply and outsourcing sport related jobs i.e. clothing, sports equipment etc is an issue and a downfall of sport. A lot of sports clothes and gear we wear are coming from a poor country where the workers are mistreated and things like what we had talked about relating to Nike occur on a daily basis all so we can represent our teams.
In addition there is a break down in the increase of nations who are represented in sports as well as the increase of women in sport and the increasing opportunities for countries in tropical climates to partake in some winter sports which I thought was interesting and was unaware of some of these facts.
However I do not necessarily agree with all of the points made in the article about the 4 elements of Thibault's argument. I think the element of using other countries labor force and paying them cheaply and outsourcing sport related jobs i.e. clothing, sports equipment etc is an issue and a downfall of sport. A lot of sports clothes and gear we wear are coming from a poor country where the workers are mistreated and things like what we had talked about relating to Nike occur on a daily basis all so we can represent our teams.
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