The role of media play in sport?
402078
Huge. It's probably the most dominate part of sports outside of the players. The media broadcast games, write about games, go into detail about games. Without the media, how could one be interested in sports. You wouldn't know the scores of any games. And to go to every game to see what happens, is way too time consuming. The media and sports work hand in hand. Both need each other to make money.
11015
Money is a motivator for many professional athlete's. National Recognition would be another. How many people growing up thought of a way to get on TV? A third motivation that I can think of would be to perform and compete at something you are good at.
233366
Good question since most sports are played live.  I guess this refers to the broadcast.  If it's a delayed broadcast then the sport isn't watched by viewers as it happens as opposed to a live broadcast wherein no one knows the outcome of the game as of yet.
327670
Professional sports have always been businesses and the other sports not far behind.  Winning is very good for business.  The two are inseparable.  Every time you attend a game, buy a team shirt, or whatever, you are buying a product provided by that business.  The more a team wins, he more of those products you buy, the better the people responsible for you buying that product (the players and execs.), get paid.  Supply and demand are the very simple explanation for this.  We want it, and very few have the physical or financial ability to provide it.
316591
i can remember seeing flyovers in 95. why not, sports bring out emotions that you don't feel everyday, they are played by the best in the the world. and they would be nothing without the sacrifice of the countless men who gave their lives to give us the opportunity to be entertained at the highest level, + its its killer marketing
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Media Advantage: More Fans, More Money\nMedia Disadvantage: The media is evil\n\nSponsorship Advanatge: More Money, Better Gear\nSponsorship Disadvantage: Those poor soccer players might not like drinking powerade at the end of each match
807597
I'd just like to point out that football matches have these bid flashy ad boards round the side and each team has seceral sponsors. Then theres rugby and other english sports
135513
Actually, what sports do is provide a general discration.  Take the superbowl.  Looks like alot of wasted resources BUT this single game provides entertainment for hundreds of millions of people.  And what would life be without entertainment?
842137
1) u can say how the sport personalities are spoiling their image and concentration by running after the easy money tht they get frm advertisements, their game becomes worse, their name goes down, they get a lot of critisizing.\n2) how the younger generation is getting spoilt because of the leniences tht they get in everything. spare the ro and spoil the child has been proved to be true. todays generation has a lot af advantages and tecnology tht they can take the help frm.
79770
whoa! It's not just men that like sports! Some of us women do too! If you question that, look at all the female athletes our daughters are admiring. I'm fully expecting to have another Mia Hamm in my household. But besides that........we still love watching Hockey, Football, Basketball, Swimming, Lacrosse, Volleyball. It's the thrill of competition. It's watching the determination of the players to achieve that goal! And most of us enjoy watching this, because we understand the feeling from playing as well. It's about watching the strategies put into place. It's about problem solving on the field. It's NOT just about running with a ball and knocking people down. Study the game! Understand it..........THEN you will see why people (not just men) find sports so interesting!
969221
I think sports has bad and good quality outcomes.  You can have kids who participate and become violent, competitive and agressive.  On the other hand you can get kids who learn how to work well in groups, encourage others and learn how to fail, as well as learn how to work hard to achieve.
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Children's Sports--The New Epidemic of Violence \nhttp://www.watchtower.org/library/g/2002/12/8a/article_01.htm
981909
well the advancement in television technology has assured that many more people watch cricket. People who are thousands of miles away from the venue of the match can watch the match, with all the tiny details. New features like the hawkeye have proved to be very useful. Cricket has certainly been made more enjoyable.
367315
the media runs the show.
386931
I think what you said has some validity.  It's hard to televise anything with only one break.  Many networks will probably not air soccer games for this reason.  Especially because games are for 90+ minutes.  It's also because it's not considered an American past-time.  Baseball and football are considered part of "growing up".  Soccer is probably the fastest growing sport (other than Nascar) in the U.S., but it still has a very long way to go.
549733
What for? Football? Rugby? ETc..
158164
There's still more good than bad.\n\nI think sports helps kids improve their physical skills, helps them understand teamwork and competition, and being dependable and responsible to your peers.  Additionally, the academic obligations of maintaining a minimum grade standard is powerful motivator.\n\nOn the downside, the almost opressive influence of professional athletes can contribute to a lot of similar behaviors.  There can be far too much emphasis on personal achivement.  Not suprisingly to me, most of that originates from parents.