To think of a world without sports is unreal to me. However the first two downfalls that came to my mind if this were to ever happen were the lack of students who would attend college, and there would be no Olympics.
Sports in colleges are a huge reason kids go to school. For many students sports is a source of income to even go to college. Without scholarship money some of the best athletes wouldn't be able to go to their dream school, or maybe not even go to college at all. And for those who would still would go to college there would be less to be involved in. No matter the season, when you're at college you can always attend a sporting event with your friends.
If we didn't have sports, my current major wouldn't even exist. Sports play a huge role in colleges, along with high school. For many student athletes it's the reason they want to wake up and go to school or classes each day. What would be the motivation if we didn't have sports?
The Olympics are something people are always looking forward too, but think of the nation's that wouldn't be recognized if they hadn't hosted the Olympics. To host the Olympics different areas will spend billions of dollars getting ready for the games. The 2008 Olympic games in Beijing hosted about 3,000 athletes, 1,900 team officials, 2,000 technical officials, 200,000 spectators, 5,000 VIPS, and 6,500 journalists. Imagine finding a place to put these people each day. A city needs to practically be rebuilt to be the site of the Olympic games. However, without the Olympics many places would be unnoticed. I am visiting Vancouver in less then a month and the first thing I related Vancouver to were the 2010 Winter Olympic games.
The thought of a world with out the Olympics is sad, but to think about how many children wouldn't experience college or get a college education is even worse.
Friday, April 22, 2011
Saturday, April 16, 2011
The Web at 20
The line that I found to be the most striking is:
"Governments—totalitarian and democratic alike—are monitoring people’s online habits, endangering important human rights."
My thoughts on this are if the government is going to invade our rights they should atleast do a good job at it. There is so much illegal activity going on through the internet with child pornography, identity theft, and scamming that the government should be doing more to end these issues.
People may be a little okay with the government tracking our internet activity if these issues are coming to an end. However, with the boom of social networking and more and more people using the internet these problems only seem to get worse.
So what's the sense in taking advantage of our human rights if you're not doing anything with the capability you have?
"Governments—totalitarian and democratic alike—are monitoring people’s online habits, endangering important human rights."
My thoughts on this are if the government is going to invade our rights they should atleast do a good job at it. There is so much illegal activity going on through the internet with child pornography, identity theft, and scamming that the government should be doing more to end these issues.
People may be a little okay with the government tracking our internet activity if these issues are coming to an end. However, with the boom of social networking and more and more people using the internet these problems only seem to get worse.
So what's the sense in taking advantage of our human rights if you're not doing anything with the capability you have?
Monday, April 4, 2011
Blog 5
For me, the most interesting thing in Comm 203 has also been the most beneficial. I enjoyed working on looking up different career paths that relate to my field. I have no desire to work with any type of design or media throughout my career other then the basic requirements since I am a Recreation and Leisure major. So, sitting down and reading about different sports programs also helped me look into a possible internship.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Career in Sports Communications
This week I spent a lot of time just trying to figure out the technical name of my dream job. Throughout my research I got into contact with the only person who could help me, but still haven't heard back. I researched many of the top schools to see if they had the position I was looking for, however I didn't find anything.
The HYPERS Department requires all students to become a member of different professional organizations. I am most interested in CoSIDA or North American Society for Sport Management, because of all the benefits to students.
I struggled with the book assignment, because I don't know the title where I would research a job when I don't know the name of it. However, I did find a find a few thing interesting in the public relations sections.
http://www.nassm.com/InfoFor/Students/Careers
http://cosida.com/
https://sjobs.brassring.com/1033/ASP/TG/cim_jobdetail.asp?jobId=401372&partnerid=25017&siteid=5172&type=search&JobReqLang=1&recordstart=1&codes=IND
http://www.hr.duke.edu/jobs/job_descriptions/campus/select.php?ID=2151
The HYPERS Department requires all students to become a member of different professional organizations. I am most interested in CoSIDA or North American Society for Sport Management, because of all the benefits to students.
I struggled with the book assignment, because I don't know the title where I would research a job when I don't know the name of it. However, I did find a find a few thing interesting in the public relations sections.
http://www.nassm.com/InfoFor/Students/Careers
http://cosida.com/
https://sjobs.brassring.com/1033/ASP/TG/cim_jobdetail.asp?jobId=401372&partnerid=25017&siteid=5172&type=search&JobReqLang=1&recordstart=1&codes=IND
http://www.hr.duke.edu/jobs/job_descriptions/campus/select.php?ID=2151
Thursday, February 10, 2011
A Girls Love for Sports
Growing up I was a "tom-boy". (I didn't mind until I started looking back at old pictures.) I was always the girl with baseball cards, the one on the blacktop playing basketball with the guys, or asking for jerseys for Christmas instead of dresses.
I guess I never really understood my love and appreciation for sports until I got a little bit older. Throughout middle school I played basketball, softball, and even tried cheerleading. Sure, I knew I was athletic and coordinated enough that I could do anything, but cheerleading? I was good, but the girly-girl stuff wasn't my scene yet.
Going into high school I decided to go back to basketball. As much as I liked having a reason to make myself look cute, I didn't want to cheer even though all of my friends were going to continue.
When I started "dating" is when I really found out how sports would play such a huge role in my life. Since I enjoyed sports there was always something to do or something to talk about with my boyfriend. Perfect?
I was lucky enough to find a guy who a) plays baseball and b) is really cute. Throughout high school I found myself attending more sporting events. I was always going to school games, professional games, or even his games. Since I decided to quit playing basketball I had a lot of extra free time, but I wanted to fill that free time with sports.
Some of my greatest memories throughout our relationship involve sports. We've had the chance to sit front row at a Yankees/Orioles game, take a road-trip to sit with the Cameron Crazies at Cameron Indoor Stadium for a Duke game, see JJ Redick play for the magic, see his college team play, and even skip school to spend Valentine's Day weekend in Florida for the Daytona 500.
From my experience and those around me, it seems sports can truly better a relationship. There's something to talk about and experience other then work, school, or drama. I may not have a Valentine if it weren't for sports, would you?
I guess I never really understood my love and appreciation for sports until I got a little bit older. Throughout middle school I played basketball, softball, and even tried cheerleading. Sure, I knew I was athletic and coordinated enough that I could do anything, but cheerleading? I was good, but the girly-girl stuff wasn't my scene yet.
Going into high school I decided to go back to basketball. As much as I liked having a reason to make myself look cute, I didn't want to cheer even though all of my friends were going to continue.
When I started "dating" is when I really found out how sports would play such a huge role in my life. Since I enjoyed sports there was always something to do or something to talk about with my boyfriend. Perfect?
I was lucky enough to find a guy who a) plays baseball and b) is really cute. Throughout high school I found myself attending more sporting events. I was always going to school games, professional games, or even his games. Since I decided to quit playing basketball I had a lot of extra free time, but I wanted to fill that free time with sports.
Some of my greatest memories throughout our relationship involve sports. We've had the chance to sit front row at a Yankees/Orioles game, take a road-trip to sit with the Cameron Crazies at Cameron Indoor Stadium for a Duke game, see JJ Redick play for the magic, see his college team play, and even skip school to spend Valentine's Day weekend in Florida for the Daytona 500.
From my experience and those around me, it seems sports can truly better a relationship. There's something to talk about and experience other then work, school, or drama. I may not have a Valentine if it weren't for sports, would you?
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