Australian Football League

Blinded to Stereotypes Stereotyping has become an almost societal norm. Everything we see when we go somewhere has advertising involved in it somehow. Advertising companies have made a lot of money off of stereotyping in their ads. Many ads today are focused on certain categories, a big category being gender. They create stereotypes to make their product seem better to a certain gender. We see advertising everyday in our lives. One of the biggest ad venues is during the NFL Super Bowl.…

The Cleveland Browns have been searching for a quarterback for what seems like forever. The Browns have won double-digit games just once since returning to the NFL in 1999, as Derek Anderson went 10-5 as Cleveland’s starter in 2007. To fix their issues behind center, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that the Browns will try to trade for New England Patriots quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo, depending on how their draft evaluations go over the next several weeks. But before we get into whether the…

They had viewed another research study which studied high school football games at different altitudes compared to the number of concussions athletes had received. 3. What was the research question? The authors wanted to look at the connection between altitude and concussion rate in the NFL. They hypothesized that games…

Football, the most profitable and popular professional sport in America, is an economic powerhouse for cities, television networks, restaurants, and fans. In 2014, the National Football League (NFL) had a total revenue of $7.24 billion and strives to reach $25 billion by 2027. While a portion of the revenue is earned through television network partnerships and advertisements, ticket sales revenue still accounts for a large sum of NFL revenue. These ticket revenues assist in paying numerous team…

Everyone wants to be successful, who would not want to be acknowledged? A lot of people do not want to put in the very hard work it takes to be successful, and some people are just lucky enough to be born into success. My definition of success is someone who works hard all day every day and actually earns their fame and fortune. Someone who gets up early in the morning to train and work hard for what it is that they want, whether it is ambitions, or riches, or recognition, or to just be able…

Dereck Boyd Professor Dave Copeland COMM 229 October 2, 2016 Throughout the country racism seems to be a reoccurring debate within communities. Recently some NFL players have decided not to stand for the National Anthem due to this unfortunate issue. Wherever you seem to go, shirts and signs that state black lives matter are being displayed. Several communities are protesting and rioting in different cities due to the police shootings that are happening among the black community.…

The National Football League has had its number of lockouts, the most recent and historically longest being in 2011. It lasted 132 days until an agreement was made between the players and owners. There are many aspects involved in reaching their agreement, however at the end of the day it comes down to money, $9 billion dollars annually to be exact. Back in 2006 the current agreement was set to expire but was extended by both the players and owners. In 2008 owners chose to opt out of the…

Russell Westbrook is one of the top players in the league at the moment and is only going to get better. His name has been in the news recently because of Kevin Durant’s decision to sign with the Golden State Warriors. This is important because this upcoming year is the last season on Westbrook’s contract with OKC, after that he is a free agent. There has been reports that Westbrook has made it evident that he will not be resigning with OKC, so it’s OKC’s best interest to trade him. There are…

These investments have come from partnerships with professional sports teams throughout the country, as well as sponsorships with professional sports leagues themselves (Feinstien). In the same survey, 55 percent of Daily Fantasy Sport players have been found to consume more sports content because of their competition in their Daily Fantasy Sports leagues (Feinstien). This increase in consumption can lead to major television networks, like the NFL Network, to make more money from increasing…

Horse Mask - A Reminder of the World You Live In Most of you saw pictures or watched viral videos on the internet with an individual horsing around with a horse mask but, little is known about this majestic mask and its provenience. The trend started in 2012, Japan (surprising..eh?), after the introduction of a character in the 'Full Metal Panic' anime series that resembled a man with a head of a mad horse. After that, kids in Japan started to wear the horse mask because, why not? Really.…