Just A Normal Football Fan

The Cleveland Indians fans have earned the reputation of being extremely dedicated and loyal to their team. According to Rosko (2016), Cleveland Indians’ fan base was ranked in the top 250 in the world. It is no secret that the baseball team has a devoted following, but it does beg the question who are these fans? The followers of the Cleveland Indians’ brand will be segmented into groups based on their demographics and geo-demographics. For the Cleveland Indians, this will entail categorizing consumers into groups based on age, gender, family size, and region.

For the past years the media has had a big effect on society. Many people rely on the media for news or sports coverage but they don’t realize that the media may influence people’s beliefs or way of behaving. The media covers sports in order to provide information to the fans but they also can create fake news to spark controversy in sports. The world of sports is largely affected by the media as they are a big topic to talk about throughout all kinds of media. Although the media can provide information of sports to fans, it can also create positive and negative conditions for the athletes. The media’s portrayal of sports creates rivalries between teams and players which increases competitiveness, damages professional relationships, and

Football is a very popular sport. For a lot of football fans, football is their whole weekend. College football on Saturday and the NFL on Sunday. Most football lovers have a day that they prefer, some choosing college football, while others choose the NFL. People choose favorites for a variety of reasons. This essay will point out the similarities and differences of college football and the NFL.

Sports of old were merely competitive activities rooted in heroism and romanticism. Sports activities today, however, have no such innocence or simplicity. Currently in America, the activities that make up our sports culture is not only the competitive events themselves but the processes and issues that underlie and surround them. Entwined in our sports culture is the giant business of mass broadcasting. Indeed, sports and the media go hand in hand like peanut butter and jelly, like Mickey and Minnie, Darth Vader and Luke. They are intertwined and depend on each other to continue to grow. Sports media includes television, radio, magazines, newspapers, books, films, and, now, most importantly, social media devices provided by the

In this analysis I will cover the different aspects of sport subculture and what it means to be a recognizable member within a group. I will give examples of what it means to be a part of such subcultures. For example, shared ways of dressing, group status and credibility, as well as some of the groups norms and rituals. The specific group I will discuss will be my basketball team and the role I play within it. Because my team is at highly competitive level, our norms may be unlike to other teams’ especially those of less competitive teams. Each and every team has their own culture and practices, and it is through these that they identify themselves as being different from other teams along with giving them an identity and a

One of the greatest obstacles that the NFL has had in introducing football globally is that many people outside of the United States and Canada find the rules complex and confusing. To help teach people more about football, the NFL designed an interactive website platform which teaches fans the fundamentals of American football (Hardcastle, 2012). The website seeks to directly address the queries, making it highly interactive. This website also serves as a foundation for advertising and promotional decisions; it can show executives which areas of the world are visiting the site, and showing interest in football which helps for deciding which venues to select for future NFL International games. The website also assists in identifying individuals with similar characteristics that have significant implications for the determination of marketing strategies; market segmentation (Market Segmentation, 2002-2010).

“Go team, run, whoo hoo, touchdown,” are often heard when cheering for a favorite football team! American football is a commonly watched sport of two teams rivaling for touchdowns and field goals. Football is an activity that can start for a child at a young age and continue to be played as a professional for the National Football League (NFL). At football games, whether it be at the high school, college, or professional level, there is so much excitement traveling on the field and through the stadium. As some could have guessed, “In our list of top 10 most popular sports in America, American Football is the most popular and most watched sport of all the other sports” (www.sportyghost.com). Some of the enthusiasm comes from the team’s cheerleaders, marching band, and the motivation to win the game!

With my research paper, I want to inform everybody including non-hockey fans and even hockey fans of all the characteristics that define a hockey fan. Hockey fans may not realize these characteristics, so I think it is important to inform them as well. I used the internet to find information about the hockey fans and the characteristics that define them. Then to gain more detailed information, I interviewed six family members on my brother’s youth hockey team. My study can reveal that most family members thought of the same

This paper will explore how people within the National Football League (NFL) interact with each other to reach their goals as a team, and an organization as a whole. Sports teams are defined as two or more individuals who possess a common identity, have common goals and objectives, share a common fate, exhibit structured patterns of interaction and modes of communication, hold common perceptions about group structure, are personally and instrumentally interdependent, reciprocate interpersonal attraction and consider themselves to be a group (Group Dynamics, 2004). There are many people

Barash parallel the action of animals to that of fans in order to show the absurdity of the sports world. He continues on to question people’s fascination by highlighting mindless and useless time consumption of sports. Barash may not state he dislikes sports, but his tone and rhetoric reveals his disproval. He belittles the concept and the entire culture of sports by dehumanizing the sports world-creates the animal and fan parallel. In addition, he describes the sports fans as members of a cult, stating how they all conform to each other and lose their individuality. He does not stop their, he again, belittle the fans by making their fascination with sport seem as nothing more than an impulse, excuses their behavior because they seek nurture or protection- some simple need that they only believe sports gives them. He paints a picture to make fans seems as if they live in ignorance and they only support sports due to an impulse. Barash acerbic tone conveys his dislike as well as displeasure for the sport culture.

In this essay I will discuss my opinion of the attitudes of sports fans. I believe that (they don't care too much). I feel this way because ( it keeps them busy and and they will have stuff to start to have stuff to talk about and it also keeps them healthy /so in these three paragraphs i will tell you how sports are really healthy for people body and their social life ..here we go)

To begin with, I would like to the definition of “fan” and “fandom” in general. After defining the term ‘fan” and ‘fandom”, I would like to narrow down into specific fan and fandom of sports. There are three questions to define the identity of sports fan: How Sports fans identify themselves? What is their passion? How do they differentiate themselves from other fans? Then I my second aim of this paper is to combine behaviors of fan and sports business aspects to look at the future style of sports fans. The last summer, I had an opportunity to work at sports business related company and read the article named “The Future of Sports 2015” published by Delaware North Companies Inc. This reading provided future analysis of 11 different sports related business to look at the future of sports business. This experience intrigued me to combine the knowledge that I explore from my first half of this paper and analyze the future of sports from the perspective of ‘fan.” Looking into these two questions help me to connect the relationship between sports fan at spaces and sports

As there are many important variables in this decision process that are not under the direct control of the sports marketer such as the players performance or lack of competition in match, it is vital to ensure that fans enjoy a positive experience. It is necessary in an increasingly competitive and cluttered sporting landscape to strategically manage the variables that are under the control of sports marketers. It is essential to the sports marketer to understand which dimensions spectators perceive as important (Michael D. Clemes, 2011).

The bandwagon, the person that sells into the hype of a club. Every sport holds its fair share of bandwagons. Bandwagons only know the popular players on the roster and only watch their team when it is a popular game. Their squad usually never has a losing season and tend to win the championship each year. If a player they like switches to a different organization in the postseason, the bandwagon suddenly supports that organization. When the bandwagon’s team wins, they refer to their side as “we” and calls their side “them” when they lose. Furthermore, if the bandwagon goes to a game and their team loses, the bandwagon leaves before the game ends and does not talk about the game.

The term bandwagon comes from Dan Rice, an entertainer from the late 1800’s. Rice one many talents, was commonly known for his gig of being a clown. A bandwagon is a wagon that carries a band through a parade. However during 1948, Rice traveled the country on a bandwagon in coalition with Zachary Taylor’s presidential campaign tour. Using bandwagon as a slang word came about during the campaign because Rice would encourage people to “join the bandwagon” and vote Taylor