Gender Differences In Sports Communication

It all started with an email seeking freshman male in his coaching and administration program. The 2012 graduate of UConn’s Sport Administration and coaching program, William Aloia, says this future success as the Associate Athletic Director for The College of St. Rose started out by almost” falling into his lap”. The New Jersey native began his undergraduate experience with two Division-I parents, and like an abundance of people he knew that working in sport was something he wanted to do. Previously a part of the Kinesiology department under the late Joe Marrone, Will jumped on the opportunity posted through an email and started his freshman year as a basketball manager for the very successful UConn’s basketball program. He explains how this experience “opened his door up”. Will states; “once I started at UConn working with the women’s basketball program and being around collegiate athletics at such a high level it’s really something in itself, and unbelievable experience. I knew it was for me, I didn’t know which part for sure, but I knew this was something I wanted to do.” What Will realized very quickly realized about working in sport is that often times it is a thankless job. However, that did not stop him from finishing his undergraduate career as a four-year manager for the basketball team. The motivation for Will early in his career has been a two-dimensional illustration of success.

I was asked to conduct an interview with someone who had knowledge about my research topic, to help provide me with information. My research topic is whether college athletes should receive pay, therefore, I conducted an interview, over email, with one of my high school coaches Mike Zarger. Not only is Mike a coach, he was also a student athlete at Penn State University. Zarger was a phenomenal athlete himself, striving in both cross country and track. He is also a father of two girls that went to West Virginia University and the other went to Virginia Tech University to run cross country. I decided to conduct my interview with Zarger because he was a college athlete, a coach, and not to mention a parent of two college athletes himself.

I want to be an extremely active coach concerning recruiting. As a coach, I would like to eventually coach at the collegiate level and having the ability to both network as well as produce players that are scholarship worthy is a way to portray my ability as a coach. As a coach, I want what is best for my players and I want them to truly love the sport. If they come to love the sport and would like to play on in college, I want them to be able to have that opportunity. I did not have any coaches that were active in helping me to know how to recruit myself. I think that if I would have had more information about recruiting then it would have benefitted me as an athlete. I will make sure that every freshman that comes into my program is aware of the NCAA Eligibility Center and how the recruiting process works regardless of whether I think they could play collegiately. As a coach, I will not know until

College sports have been the heart and soul of America for quite some time. But, what lies underneath this extravagant organization? Are they able to get a good education while playing sports? Well, college athletes have to travel a lot. For example, the Indiana Hoosiers basketball team recently went to Hawaii for the Maui Invitational. Although they didn 't do the best, they still had to miss several days of class because the tournament was held during the week. Were they able to make up the missed class time? Unfortunately we won 't be able to find out, but according to CNN, most of the student athletes that go to college aren 't there for an education...they are there for the sport. In an interview, Rashad McCants—a former North Carolina basketball player— told CNN 's

This Connecticut team has always been known for doing great things. The amount of dominance they have shown for the past years is nothing new for their Hall of Fame coach, Geno Auriemma. In spite of everything they have accomplished, people try to bash Uconn. Recently, Uconn has been in the middle of a huge controversy. Some have said their dominance is so thorough that it hurts women's college basketball, and makes “unwatchable” (Sherman). The height of this came when a Boston Globe columnist composed a questionable tweet.

The sounds of yelling and playful banter resonate throughout the locker room after practice. While the locker room has always exhibited a rowdy climate, today’s locker room is a little different than in the past. Across almost every college and university campus in the United States, students suffer from the effects of “gendering” both in their private realm and within the school’s institutions. In the case of Oxy, the concept of gender as a set of solidified roles has been largely eradicated. However, while the freedom of gender choice remains at the core of Occidental’s values, we continue to see some rigid gender differences and boundaries in realm of athletics, which in itself is an institution. Athletics does not perpetuate differences

High school athletes who want to get recruited by a college need to get noticed by the right coach. Although in some cities, athletes in Class and football, basketball and baseball may have scouts come to their games, and in metropolitan areas, many sports are frequently covered in widely distributed newspapers or newscasts, every year, thousands of other outstanding athletes are overlooked for one simple reason: the coaches didn’t know they were out there student athlete.

Between my tour guide and the scenery, I was intoxicated. I felt like I wanted to be part of it any way I possibly could. For a year I held in this enthusiasm for Syracuse as I watched their Final Four conquest and saw fans in Houston in seats that I aspired to sit in perhaps in the next few years. In high school, I actively participated in one-fourth of the sports teams in my school; whether I was a manager or a player. I did this not because I love sports but because I loved my school. Here again, I find myself in love with a school and in the same position. I want to focus my dedication to this great school and combine my love and support for Syracuse athletics by taking on this position. Another great benefit out of the abundant amount that comes from this position, is that it forces you to meet with new people and share collective experiences with them. Normally, a history major from Maine would not have anything in common with an architecture major from Texas, but for a few hours a week, they can sit together and bond over a basketball game. I look forward to those future

A sporting event in today's culture is a business. It's all focused on getting as many spectators as possible. Now the question comes, what makes these spectators so interested in elite sports such as American Football, Basketball, or Rugby? What makes the average spectator want to spend money and watch? It's this perspective of male aggression that lures these spectators. Physicality, athleticism, and even size are all factors that, attract the eyes of the public. To an extent, a sporting event of any kind is a show to entertain and enhance profit. This desire for aggression, speed, size, and physical features are all what define the role of behavioral factors that influence the gender sporting difference.

Ever since young age, boys and girls have been separated for sports teams. This is usually done because of strength, and skill level. However, many boys and girls share skill levels and aggressiveness, causing some sports teams to change the rule of the separation of genders. Despite some opinions about boys and girls being separated on sports teams, having them on the same team can make them learn from one another, it encourages respect between genders, and it increases competition.

He was a very gracious, but more importantly, humble interviewee. I wanted to know the road that got the coach that I admire so much to the position he is in today. I started by asking him what made him want to become a coach. He said decided to start coaching because he was fortunate enough to play for two very influential coaches, Lloyd Simmons and David Denny. He told me that he learned more about competing from them than anyone else, and developed the desire to be able to do the same thing for young players as they did for him. He told me that like most coaches, he started as a player. During the summer, he played for the Texas Heat under David Denny. He played for him for two years, and they went on to win the 1997 17u National Championship. He was a 4-year Varsity Starter at Liberty High School in Liberty, TX. He received the awards of All-State Shortstop in both his Junior and Senior year. He then went on to play at Seminole State College in Seminole Oklahoma. In his freshman season there, the team went 58-8 and placed 5th in the National Junior College World Series. Following that season, he underwent arm surgery and transferred to Tyler Junior College as a sophomore. He soon became the starting team captain and second baseman there. A recurring arm injury forced him to hang up his cleats after that season. After his playing days were over, he decided to attend Texas State University and received his Bachelor’s of Science in Exercise and Sports Science. Upon receiving this degree, Coach acquired the position of Assistant football and baseball coach at Hardin High School in Hardin, Texas under Mike Morgan, our present Secondary football coach at Carthage High School. He worked at Hardin for three years, and then received the position of the hitting and infield coach at Texas A&M University at Kingsville while he worked on his Master’s. After two years, he had earned his

Zimmerman’s articulation of how gender is rooted in the institutionalization of functions in society can be seen as a viable explanation of how the concept of “doing gender “ comes about in sports. This being evidenced by cases such as that of Lana lawless, a transgender athlete in the Ladies Professional Golfing Association (LPGA).Although she had a sex reassignment surgery that qualifies her both sexually and genderly as a female, the association bypassed a law that required the participants to have been “born female to compete”.A marginalizing rule for transgender athletes that forced her to take legal actions since the rule violated her civil rights in the state of California. She ultimately won against the golfing league.Its Cases like this that get to show us how sporting institutions overtime have worked to monitor the performance of gender through sanctions.

I vividly remember my recruiting visit to the University of Connecticut. I had just led my team to a high school state and national championship. Among others, I had offers to play basketball at Stanford, Duke, and North Carolina but my true passion was to play at UConn. The recruiting visit turned out to be a memorable one. Our room at the Nathan Hale flooded due to a leaking toilet above, we had a flat tire on our rental car after the basketball game (that UConn lost), and on our ride back to Storrs, we ran over a large dead skunk in the road. However, I did not let these things deter me because what I remember most (other than Geno offering me a full scholarship) was Dr. Scott Brown and how he discussed the sport management curriculum.

Last year would be my final season playing minor house hockey for the Vancouver Thunderbirds. Fortunately, I had the chance to share my experience with an awesome group of guys where I was chosen to lead our team towards being one of the best in the league. Throughout the season, I encountered new responsibilities and challenges I had not dealt with before. The two things I learned most was the power of communication and how to work with what you’ve got.

Men Vs. Women in Professional Sports      Ever since the ancient Greece, men have held athletic competitions or sports. It is only in modern times that women have had an opportunity to compete. Most sports still don’t have men and women directly competing against one another. In the past athletic instructors adapted the rules to make sports less physically taxing for women. For instance in basketball, to ensure that girls maintain proper decorum, they were forbidden from snatching the ball and dribbling it more than three times in row. Females would not be considered strong enough to play a full-court basketball game until 1971. Women have struggled to be taken seriously as athletes for more than two centuries.