On November
21 2013 we talked about Sports in
the Future- Changes and Implications
Coakleys text states “We play an
important role in making them what they are today and what they will be in the
future (Pg. 571).” A lot of people may not realize it but, this is true. Sport
is something we as humans cannot live without. For some of us sport is the air
we breathe. On average humans send about 7-10 hours a day watching TV and about
a half of that is sports related. Christine Brennan posts an article on USA
Today titled “It’s time I stop calling team Redskins”. She wrote this article
because she realized that the name Redskins wasn't a good name for anyone even though she lives in washington and used the term"RedSkin" all the time. Brennan
writes “This is a personal decision, as it was for some of my colleagues in the
sports media, led by Sports
Illustrated Peter King. I'm
guessing others will eventually make this call. Why? It's the right thing to
do...."
She also said "Or, consider this: Could an
expansion team enter any league in any sport today with the nickname
"Redskins?" Of course not."
I think Brennan and her colleagues
made the right choice by not saying Redskins in the future. Even president Obama
wanted to change the name of the NFL team. In the notes from class it says that
technology will change in the future and sport will grow as the population does.On
So not only is technology going to expand but as stated in this article so will
phrases, team names, nick names and logos will also change. Brennan says that “Someday, hopefully very soon, the team will get a new
nickname. Things are changing. How do I know? Here I am writing this column”.
This is exactly the mindset I had when writing this blog.
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