Professional Sports Controversy

Bounty Gate, Bully Gate, Incontinency In Punishments, Thursday Night Football every week, Ray Rice, Adrian Peterson, Greg Hardy, the fake controversy that was Deflate Gate, Appealing Judge Berman’s decision, and now this.

Almost immediately there may be some question to the reliability of this source because Harvard University is in Boston which is the hometown of the New England Patriots. One has to assume that living in such close proximity to the team may have caused both the author and Carfagna may to develop some sort of bias either for or against the Patriots. Carfagna points out that the NFL's case is not ridiculous and that the NFL rules allow them to make abstruse decisions when he says, "So I think from a contractual standpoint, in the final award, Commissioner Goodell makes a very strong case that there’s no surprise here, that every player knows that when he signs the individual contract that he’s bound by these provisions (Pazanesse)." This source is quite reliable in the sense that Carfagna certainly has the credentials to present these facts and has a vast amount of knowledge on the subject of suspensions in sports, but it may be hard to look past the Boston-based professor's possible

OJ Simpson, one of football’s most legendary players, was admired and extolled by many sports-lovers from across the nation. From being selected as the number one player in the 1969 draft to being named NFL’s Player of the Year three times, he led a life of success and fame (CNN.com). Yet behind this renowned MVP, there stood a dark side. In June of 1994, Simpson was arrested for allegedly murdering his wife, Nicole Simpson, and family friend, Ronald Goldman. Simpson pleaded not guilty and eventually won his trial, but his reputation and status were far from recovery. In September of 2007, Simpson was once again arrested, this time on grounds of robbery and kidnapping sports memorabilia. Simpson is a fine example to the age old

"Who?" the police asked. " O.J." she cried. The officer asked, "Do you mean O.J. Simpson, the football player?" With that episode and his arrest on wife-beating charges, detailed in a police report made public late last week, Simpson's violent secret was revealed. Yet few of his friends, fans or members of the news media seem to believe it or particularly care, let alone see it as a foreshadowing of the bizarre events that unfolded last week.”

These are billion dollar industries in the NFL,NHL, MLB and NBA. To m:wy Americans, sports are part of everyday life, part of pastime for adults. Athletes more than ever are in the microscope because of social media and advertisements and interviews. Sports are looked as teaching values of life and bring in so much revenue.

Recently, there has been much debate regarding the national anthem at professional football games. Players, most of them African-Americans, have been kneeling during the national anthem in protest of the police brutality and discrimination against people of color that has been rising in the United States. Some believe that this gesture is disrespectful to the United States entirely. Eugene Volokh, a law professor from UCLA School of Law, addresses this belief as well as the players’ argument. His audience for his article is white Americans with an income of about $50,000- $70,000. These people may also have been military personnel or have been in position that does a service for the country. The current service men and women are targeted as well. This audience may not fully understand the reasons behind the protest, since they are not the primary encounters of the issue. In this essay, I will be addressing this audience in order to explain that it not in the NFL players’ intentions to disrespect the service men and women.

Unfortunately, celebrities and athletes are accused of rape or sexual assault, when rarely are the accusations true. According to powersthatbeat.wordpress.com, “The social phenomenon known as public perception can be seen as the difference between an absolute truth based on facts and a virtual truth shaped by popular opinion, media coverage and/or reputation. Celebrities, politicians and corporations all face the same scrutiny by the public they serve, and it can be very difficult to overcome a negative public perception.” The public perceived Kobe Bryant as a rapist when he was accused of sexual assault in 2003 at a Colorado resort. Ultimately, Bryant was found to be innocent of the charges while his reputation was tarnished

In popular society, our world’s revolve around sports. About 144 million Americans (forty-five percent) keep up with college sports. Last year, around 29 million people attended a college sporting event.

Sports enthusiasts provide the target market for ESPN within the sports entertainment industry. The specific target market segment we will target for ESPN’s streaming service is busy individuals who want to keep up with sports but are unable to do so because of time constraints. The entire target market may include individuals who lack adequate access to ESPN outlets, such as “cord-cutters”. However, we will be focusing exclusively on young male individuals who are unable to fulfill their sports entertainment viewing needs due to busy schedules and a lack of time. This target market segment

Whether it be baseball, football, soccer, or basketball, sports are appreciated not only in America, but all over the world. One of these sports that is particularly popular in America is Football. The immense crowds of people who sit at a stadium or on the couch to watch a game never fail to recognize every single play on the field; however, many fans pay little to no attention to one of the most important components of the game, the player-association relationship. When signing a contract with an NFL team an NFL player is effectively dedicating his life to his new organization. His duty is to play for his team in order to make the organization money, and money they make. In the NFL last year “each team received $226.4 million” (Brady 1).

Domestic violence is one of the most common crime among male athletes. The statistics are staggering. Ray Rice, Greg Hardy, Ray McDonald – three standout NFL players who have been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons over the last 12 months. The acts of the men, particularly Rice, who was caught on camera punching his then fiancée and now wife, Janay in the elevator of an Atlantic City casino, brought domestic violence and sexual assault into sharp focus, in particular how the NFL handles players who commit such dreadful acts (and yes, we can all agree that the justice systems responsible for these cases failed terribly).

In today’s world of big time professional sports there are the two major players and they are football represented by the National Football League (NFL) and baseball represented by Major League Baseball (MLB). Now there are other sports that the American public enjoys watching, however the argument generally boils down to which sport is the true favorite of the American people: baseball or football. In this paper I will attempt to examine both sports from several different angles to include attendance, television revenue, ticket costs, venues, salaries, entertainment value, and athlete perception. The goal of this exercise will be to determine, once and for all, which sport is the American

The value of entertainment in our society is arguable. We as a society constantly search for new ways to entertain ourselves; professional sports are a major contribution to our source of entertainment. If those who support athletes and their sports have no problem paying to see them,

In modern society, sports fandom is one of the preeminent leisure activities. However, the sport marketplace has grown substantially since the turn of the millennium in which sport fans now have multiple outlets and sources in which to spend their limited amounts of time and money. As a result of this growth, Dwyer and Drayer, (2010) state current sport consumption outlets such as television viewership, event attendance and publication transcripts online and in-print of sporting events has evolved over time. Furthermore, among these means of sport consumption is fantasy participation.

Despite all of this people still love football and watch it almost religiously. According to a 2014 study done by The Richest professional football is still the most popular sport in America accumulating 32% of all sports watchers, double the next highest sport (Baseball at 16%), this number is up from 24% in 1985. There is one problem with this statistic however, and that is that 68% of NFL viewers are 35 years of age or older according to Brandon Gaille (2013). This is an epidemic that spreads beyond just football with 70% and 72% of viewers in that age range for the NHL and MLB respectively. This disconnection with younger generations will eventually damage these leagues in the future, unless they can get in touch with those generations and make changes. Iconic sports stars have always been what draws people’s interest in sports, but we are now seeing less and less of those types of athletes. Some professional sports, such as baseball, have suppressed individuality and replaced it with uniformity. Players