When the women's world cup was held in America in 1999 there was a lot of hype going on. I wasn't really into the whole soccer scene but I still remember how big of a deal it was that the women's soccer team made it to the championship game. I don't remember watching the game but I do remember the big ordeal when Brandi Chastain scored the final PK shot and took her shirt off. No one had ever seen a woman do such a thing during a sporting event. Her doing this led to many controversies, but overall I think it had a positive impact.
Women's sports had never really been a big deal in America until this point. Title IX was passed in the 70's but even then it wasn't really enforced. However, after the US team won the women's world cup in 1999, women's sports in America started to rise. When Chastain took her shirt off on the field, it sent a message saying that they are no different from men, it showed women to be proud of who they are and not to allow anyone to keep them down anymore.
Chastain and many other female athletes began to pose naked, but cover up the important parts, for magazines to show that they are strong women. They didn't think of it as showing that they were vulnerable, but that they were strong and proud of who they are. The women that were posing had such good bodies because of the sports they play and just want to show that. I do not have an issue with them posing like this. Also, the sex appeal that they are giving off is going to attract more people to watch their sports. So much of America and sports today is on sex appeal that it should not be a problem to those ladies to pose naked.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Dr. Cho's Presentation
Dr. Cho coming in had a great impact on me, and I learned a lot from his presentation. I learned about how sports were integrated in to the Korean culture, which seems to be similar to the the US.
One thing that i found funny and interesting was when he said that the teenage kids there are the same as they are here. He said that they go off drinking and are rambunctious like most teenage kids here. After that, he was talking about how they don't take football that serious in Korea, unlike here in the states.
Another thing that I found interesting was when Dr. Cho told us about street cheering. Street cheering is like a family friendly version of England's soccer hooligans. Thousands, maybe even millions would gather in the streets and watch the FIFA World Cup games in what seemed to be like a Time Square.
The last big thing that I found interesting about Dr. Cho's presentation was when he talked about glocalization leading to globalization. Because Korea had a good team in the World Cup, more people became interested in the sport, which helped to lead to globalize Korea.
One thing that i found funny and interesting was when he said that the teenage kids there are the same as they are here. He said that they go off drinking and are rambunctious like most teenage kids here. After that, he was talking about how they don't take football that serious in Korea, unlike here in the states.
Another thing that I found interesting was when Dr. Cho told us about street cheering. Street cheering is like a family friendly version of England's soccer hooligans. Thousands, maybe even millions would gather in the streets and watch the FIFA World Cup games in what seemed to be like a Time Square.
The last big thing that I found interesting about Dr. Cho's presentation was when he talked about glocalization leading to globalization. Because Korea had a good team in the World Cup, more people became interested in the sport, which helped to lead to globalize Korea.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
WBC
I did these questions with the help of Abbey Bean.
1. Growing the means making the game of baseball more popular around the world. The WBC is beneficial for growing the game because it shows the world the competition that youths have. THe WBC has had a positive impact on baseball across the globe, but it still isn't as big as it should be. For instance, FIFA is one of the most popular sports in the world so soccer is naturally getting more attention.
2. Because baseball is popular in many sports around the world, each country should try to market baseball a little more and then collectively baseball would grow around the world.
Pros- With international play always comes with more money. With the money that the international play would bring in, each country could use that money to help market the games in the future, which would therefore help to raise awareness of the baseball and make the game more of a popular global sport. Also, rivalries among countries would help to make certain games bigger and more popular.
Cons- Political indifferences between countries could cause for rowdyness and fights in the stand. For instance, when Dr. Spencer showed the class the pictures of the two groups of people fighting at the Australian open because they were from different countries.
3. Some suggestions to help globalize baseball would to try and market the game more. Show the highlights of baseball games and the abilities that the players have which will help interest grow for the sport. However, it is still very hard for a sport that is only popular in few countries to grow and become a global sport. If baseball were to be brought to Europe, the people would be confused as to what is going on because they most likely haven't ever seen a game.
1. Growing the means making the game of baseball more popular around the world. The WBC is beneficial for growing the game because it shows the world the competition that youths have. THe WBC has had a positive impact on baseball across the globe, but it still isn't as big as it should be. For instance, FIFA is one of the most popular sports in the world so soccer is naturally getting more attention.
2. Because baseball is popular in many sports around the world, each country should try to market baseball a little more and then collectively baseball would grow around the world.
Pros- With international play always comes with more money. With the money that the international play would bring in, each country could use that money to help market the games in the future, which would therefore help to raise awareness of the baseball and make the game more of a popular global sport. Also, rivalries among countries would help to make certain games bigger and more popular.
Cons- Political indifferences between countries could cause for rowdyness and fights in the stand. For instance, when Dr. Spencer showed the class the pictures of the two groups of people fighting at the Australian open because they were from different countries.
3. Some suggestions to help globalize baseball would to try and market the game more. Show the highlights of baseball games and the abilities that the players have which will help interest grow for the sport. However, it is still very hard for a sport that is only popular in few countries to grow and become a global sport. If baseball were to be brought to Europe, the people would be confused as to what is going on because they most likely haven't ever seen a game.
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Introduction
My name is Corey Ruth and this is the first blog that i have done. I am a senior at Bowling Green State University and I am majoring in Sports Management. I play rugby here at school and we are currently ranked number three in the nation. I love to play rugby but I also used to play hockey and lacrosse and both those sports still hold my interest.
I love to play sports but for some sports I am not such a big fan of watching all sports. I try and play basketball and baseball on occasion but basketball doesn't allow physical contact which is the one thing I love about playing sports. Also, baseball is to slow moving and their isn't enough action. I can't play sports that don't allow me to hit someone else because when playing sports, that is the one thing that I like to do most in sports.
I am writing this blog for my sports management class which is sports and globalization. I took this class because I like to learn how the world is affected by different sports that are played in different places all over the world. Rugby is such a big sport is most of the world except for in America and I hope that taking this class will help to explain the reason for that.
I love to play sports but for some sports I am not such a big fan of watching all sports. I try and play basketball and baseball on occasion but basketball doesn't allow physical contact which is the one thing I love about playing sports. Also, baseball is to slow moving and their isn't enough action. I can't play sports that don't allow me to hit someone else because when playing sports, that is the one thing that I like to do most in sports.
I am writing this blog for my sports management class which is sports and globalization. I took this class because I like to learn how the world is affected by different sports that are played in different places all over the world. Rugby is such a big sport is most of the world except for in America and I hope that taking this class will help to explain the reason for that.
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