The Football League

On April 14th, 2017, proclaimed artist, Kendrick Lamar, released his fourth studio album, titled Damn. This fourteen track album was possibly Lamar’s most personal and most in-depth project yet. However, no song on this album, perhaps, reaches the personal level of the fifth track titled “FEEL.” In this song Lamar gives a super in-depth look at what he believes his biggest issues are and allows the listener to realize your own by confessing his. The purpose of this essay is to conduct a…

Purpose: Our partnership is contacting you in order to address the effectiveness of the new Buick, “Not So Pee Wee Football” Super Bowl advertisement.. The commercial in picture features NFL quarterback Cam Newton and supermodel Miranda Kerr. By following the family, fans, and players of two young football teams, the viewers of the ad are introduced to the new line of Buick vehicles. Coaches and fans are alike are shocked to see the luxurious appearance of our new Buick’s. We believe that this…

Every day we are exposed to hundreds upon thousands of advertisements from the brawny, mouthwatering man on a Nike commercial to the gorgeous, aesthetic women in a Dove commercial, and we look upon the televisions, billboards, posters, etcetera with awe as we wish to one day be and look like them. Yet, how many of us notice the sexist undertones that advertisers effectively camouflage underneath the glamor and beauty? Sexism has become a strategy that sleazy marketers have become complacent and…

NFL football is one of America’s favorite past times. Every Sunday in the fall millions of fans pile into stadiums across the country to with hope that their team has a successful season, and can hopefully go all the way and reach the Super Bowl. Cleveland Browns fans hope for this every year, but are let down again and again. At the time of writing this essay the Cleveland Browns are 0-12 and are well on their way to being winless. If they can’t manage to win a game they will be only the…

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…

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.…

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.…