Question # 1: Does who you are have anything to do with what you choose to watch on TV? Explain your answer using specific examples. Yes, because your personality will reflect on what you choose to watch. Question # 2: Think about the demographics of the show you watched—the age group, race, and gender of the people who are most likely to watch the show. Often, the commercials during a show correspond to the demographics for the TV show itself. Was this true for anything you observed on…
22 of them being fully paid for by the public (Elaine S. Povich). Instead of having the franchise owner fund these stadiums, which seems very reasonable considering they own the team, the public spends their money on these enormous stadiums. Football stadiums can take years to build and the local communities will pay these taxes even after the team leaves that city in some cases. In another article from fox sports it tells us that in the last 2 decades, the public was responsible for 46%…
Soccer is starting to become a very popular sport in the United States, but it still cannot compete with its very own stadium like many of the successful teams in the city such as the Dodgers, Angels, Lakers, Clippers and the Kings. The LA Galaxy had to move through out three stadiums as a franchise, The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, The Rose Bowl, and Finally the StubHub Center (formally The Home Depot Center) which seems as this is their Home. The Stadium is located on CSU Dominguez Hills…
I was in second grade when the great day happened. I was born in Indiana but not an Indianapolis Colts fan. I was and still am an Eagles fan. My mom signed up for an email alert so that she would get email notices from their kids’ club. One day I came home and my mom said that she got an email about a drawing contest for the kids’ club. The email said that the winner of this drawing contest would win 2 tickets to watch the Eagles play against the Broncos on December 27. Also we had to send the…
teams must pay for a stadium.” The Shame of College Sports (CR308) ^^2010^^ “Big Ten commissioner Jim Delaney estimates a 25% increase in revenue off of an industry grossing well over 1 billion dollars per year, if the NCAA adjusts the college football national championship system to a four team playoff.” This adjustment of course, occurred. Why should universities continue to use regent dollars to improve state of the art stadiums when some students are still unable to afford to even attend…
Is standing for the National-Anthem right or wrong? Well last Sunday over 102 different football players , from different teams in the NFL knelt or sat down for National-Anthem. Many are doing this because they feel like colors are getting treated badly in the United States. President Trump gave a speech about it and said, “ The players should be fired for kneeling.” No matter if it's right or wrong there doing it for a reason, and the reason is to get equality for American Africans.…
The AT&T Stadium home to the Dallas Cowboys. The largest stadium in the world. Hosting events like: NFL games, concerts, basketball games, boxing matches, professional bull riding, monster truck and motocross, and so much more! Before the AT&T Stadium was around, the Cowboys played in the 77 million dollar stadium which was called Texas Stadium. Though today the Cowboys play in a much more immense facility.The person who owns the AT&T stadium is Jerry Jones; when the Texas Stadium was the…
The Chiefs and the Colts have both been good teams in the last three years both teams have had just about the same record. The Colts have made the playoffs 2 of the last 3 years and the Chiefs have made it 2 of the last 3 years. The Chiefs have had a better record, a better quarterback, and a better defense when the Chiefs are compared to the Colts in the last two year. The Chiefs record is 13 and 6 since the beginning of last year. The Chiefs had a good enough record last season to be able to…
Tim McManus of ESPN believes that the hiring of Doug Pederson for the Eagles will help the players in the locker room and boost the overall morale of the team. Doug Pederson, a former temporary Quarterback for the Eagles and former assistant coach under Andy Reid, understands that a positive environment is a great first step for leading a team to success. Pederson is not a motivator unlike many other coaches, as he prefers to read from a script and chooses to be straightforward with his…
Draft Mishap It was Thursday 5pm 2024, only 2 hours until the draft would officially begin. The red carpet walk was just beginning to take place with the biggest stars starting to walk out. That's when the commissioner, Roger Goodell came on the speaker. “We are sorry, but we can’t find Carter,”he declared. Then the Roger Goodell called the Cowboys owner Jerry Jones “Hey I am sure you have all heard over there but Carter Hahn has gone missing!” exclaimed the Roger Goodell. “Yeah, well,…