By: Aaron Mehling
In our class today we discussed Kobe Bryant vs. Michael Jordan and the 2012 USA Basketball team vs. the 1992 Dream Team. This brought up the discussion of the new video game NBA2k13, which allows you to play the matchup. So i rushed home from class and set up a game with 5 minute quarters (standard game play for online) with the heated matchup that is only possible to witness in this virtual world.
(I did not play this game it was CPU vs CPU)
Roster:
Team USA- Lebron James, Kevin Durant, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Love, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul, Russel Westbrook, Tyson Chandler, Deron Williams, James Harden, Andre Iguodala, and Anthony Davis
Dream Team- Michael Jordan, Clyde Drexler, David Robinson, Larry Bird, Karl Malone, Pat Ewing, Chris Mullin, Magic Johnson, Charles Barkley, Scottie Pippen, John Stockton, and Christian Laettner
The game was actually extremely fun to watch for the match-ups. I saw Durant vs Bird, Lebron vs Malone, and of course Kobe vs Jordan. After the first quarter team USA took an early lead of 11-10. The Dream Team started off slow but would soon find the gas pedal.
After the second quarter The Dream Team took a lead of 27-16 and not giving up the lead the remainder of the game finishing with a final score of 57-44. Michael Jordan finished as player of the game posting a stat line of 17 points, 2 rebounds, and 3 assists on 8-12 shooting. Other key contributors were Drexler with 12 points (5-5 fg), and Robinson and Bird both with 8 points.
Team USA was led by Lebron James with 11 points, 2 rebounds, and 4 assists. Durant had 11 points and Kobe had 9.
Even though this was a virtual world and there would be no possible way to actually test this matchup are you surprised by the blowout? Or do you think if we played this game 10 times it would be a split series?
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Disabled Athletes Excel
By: Kristi Kopaniasz
Over 56 million people in our country have disabilities. Thats approx. 20 percent of our population. Unfortunately over half of those people are not partaking in physical activity. With the Paralympics, it gives people with disabilities the opportunity to excel in a sport on an equal playing field. Although it is not recognized by the NCAA.
This summer we had the summer Olympics, yet the London Paralympics were not televised nearly as much as the "normal" Olympics. As a member of the BGSU Women's Club Volleyball Team, we went to Nationals in Dallas last year. My team had the opportunity to play sitting volleyball after day two of matches. We were so excited to play, not realizing how hard it would be. Because that was not what we were used to it was really challenging.
This disproves the stereotype that disabled athletes can't play and excel. If I were to become disabled, I would try sitting volleyball I would be terrible until I learned how to do it just like it took me several years to get good at regular volleyball. I give these athletes all the credit in the world to not let their disability hold them back. It empowers them to excel.
Over 56 million people in our country have disabilities. Thats approx. 20 percent of our population. Unfortunately over half of those people are not partaking in physical activity. With the Paralympics, it gives people with disabilities the opportunity to excel in a sport on an equal playing field. Although it is not recognized by the NCAA.
This summer we had the summer Olympics, yet the London Paralympics were not televised nearly as much as the "normal" Olympics. As a member of the BGSU Women's Club Volleyball Team, we went to Nationals in Dallas last year. My team had the opportunity to play sitting volleyball after day two of matches. We were so excited to play, not realizing how hard it would be. Because that was not what we were used to it was really challenging.
This disproves the stereotype that disabled athletes can't play and excel. If I were to become disabled, I would try sitting volleyball I would be terrible until I learned how to do it just like it took me several years to get good at regular volleyball. I give these athletes all the credit in the world to not let their disability hold them back. It empowers them to excel.
Lack of female "Cool Pose"-Gene Csakany
This past week in class we discussed the “Cool Pose”. It is a very interesting topic as well as a
great reading. We learned about all the
money Michael Jordan has generated, not only for the Chicago Bulls, or for
himself, but as a whole, the economic impact Michael Jordan had on the
economy. We than began to discuss the “Cool
Pose” itself. I think we reached the point
in the class where we agreed that the Cool Pose is a type of “swagger” or style
carried by the player. Everyone knows
about how cocky Michael Jordan was, so we were then asked to name a few other
athletes that had that “swagger” and confidence. Immediately Allen Iverson was brought
up. We then spoke about The Miami
Hurricanes, Terrell Owens, Chad Johnson, Muhammad Ali and many others. All of these great athletes, or group of
athletes, exemplified “Cool Pose” and they all carried themselves with that
certain cocky/confidence and swagger.
What I am curious about is why was it so easy to think of all of the
male athletes that exemplify this characteristic but not a single person named
a female athlete? Is it because female
athletes are not confident in their ability so they do not make it blatantly
obvious with how good they are? I personally do not know the answer, even in
the Olympics, the United States clearly had the best women’s basketball team in
the world, and had every right to be cocky/confident heading in to every game,
yet you never really heard any of that.
Could female athletes just not be as arrogant as males? I am not quite sure, although I am positive there are females out there who are confident it their
ability, and are very cocky, there is certainly a much higher number of males
who are notoriously exemplifying the “Cool Pose”.
Monday, October 8, 2012
Cool Pose: Allen Iverson and Michael Jordan
By: Kody Burlingame
In the last class we discussed the cool
pose, which talked about black masculinity in sports. According to
Major (1986 and 1987), the whole concept of the cool pose is to
provide a means to show the dominant culture that the black male is
strong and proud and can survive. So like we discussed in class, the
cool pose is a survival strategy.
An example of cool pose that we used in
class was Allen Iverson, my favorite basketball player. I thought it
was interesting how we kind of compared Allen Iverson to Michael
Jordan. Both these athletes are different in many ways, but I think
both of their competitiveness was similar. Some of the differences
between these two are Allen Iverson's attitude and style to Michael
Jordans. Allen Iverson displayed a lot of the cool pose. He had his
corn rose, tattoos, baggy clothes, chains, flat bill hats, and some
say he had a selfish attitude. Michael Jordan on the other hand
didn't display any cool pose, he displayed classiness instead. He
didn't have any visible tattoos, never dressed in baggy clothes, and
he had a polite attitude with the passion to win. Even though these
two athletes had two different attitudes and styles, I think it's
important to see what environment the athletes grew up in. Most the
time the environment will tell what an athletes attitude and style is
going to be like. For example, Allen Iverson grew up in Hampton,
Virginia with his single mother in which he had to help take care of
siblings growing up. So right there displays survival mode because
that's the mode he had to be in growing up. Michael Jordan was born
in Brooklyn, New York but then moved to North Carolina shortly
afterwards. Jordan had a good childhood and didn't have to worry
about much, so he didn't have to be in survival mode and so he
wasn't, and it showed in his attitude and style.
The case might not always turn out to
be what type of environment an athlete is from to have cool pose, but
I think it does make a difference most of the time. Usually when an
athlete grows up in a good neighborhood, they won't exactly have the
cool pose that an athlete that grows up in the bad part of the
neighborhood will have. Like the article said, it is a survival
strategy and the athletes that show off cool pose are showing how
manly and tough they are and how no one should mess with them.
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
One-Legged Soccer Player
Last week on Sports Center, I saw one of the most impressive sporting feats that I have witnessed. Nico Calabria from Concord, MA scored off a corner kick in a high school soccer game. The impressive thing, however, is that Nico has one leg. One of the most amazing parts about the story is that he plays on his high school team with two legged athletes. Nico was born with one leg and he did not let this disability stop him from living his dreams. It is also worth noting that Nico plays for the U.S. Amputee National Team. In my opinion, this is unbelievably respectable and truly honorable. I also like how ESPN made a point to show the following clip of him scoring the goal.
I'm sure that I don't stand alone when I say that I appreciate ESPN sharing clips like this. They have done this in the past with other young athletes overcoming disabilities or hardships to compete in competitive athletics. However, I cannot recall seeing a clip of a female athlete doing such a thing. The instances I have seen on TV all are male athletes. I'm not sure if this doesn't happen to female athletes or companies just decide to show the male instances. All in all, this clip is uplifting and puts my athletic career in perspective. I'm not sure if I would have played competitive athletics had this happened to me. At the same time, I don't think the same opportunities would have come along in my life. It is truly a good story and I wish more similar stories would be publicized.
I'm sure that I don't stand alone when I say that I appreciate ESPN sharing clips like this. They have done this in the past with other young athletes overcoming disabilities or hardships to compete in competitive athletics. However, I cannot recall seeing a clip of a female athlete doing such a thing. The instances I have seen on TV all are male athletes. I'm not sure if this doesn't happen to female athletes or companies just decide to show the male instances. All in all, this clip is uplifting and puts my athletic career in perspective. I'm not sure if I would have played competitive athletics had this happened to me. At the same time, I don't think the same opportunities would have come along in my life. It is truly a good story and I wish more similar stories would be publicized.
Is Title IX a Quota?
These are the responses our group came up with in class.
Q1)-What is responsible for the elimination of most men's teams instead of Title IX?
A1)-A lack of interest in the cut sports.
Q2)-What percentage of schools sought to comply with Title IX by each of 3 prongs? What does this tell us about proportionality/quotas?
A2)-49 out of 74 schools complied with the two prongs that did not involve proportionality. This tell us that Title IX isn't really a quota system.
Q3)-What does Zimbalist say about the NWCA's lawsuit that alleged Title IX installed quotas?
A3)-Zimbalist says the lawsuit is misguided. No quota system is really in tact (p. 55).
Q4)-Do you know the result of the lawsuit?
A4)-It was dismissed (Hawes, 2003).
-Kevin Meyers
Q1)-What is responsible for the elimination of most men's teams instead of Title IX?
A1)-A lack of interest in the cut sports.
Q2)-What percentage of schools sought to comply with Title IX by each of 3 prongs? What does this tell us about proportionality/quotas?
A2)-49 out of 74 schools complied with the two prongs that did not involve proportionality. This tell us that Title IX isn't really a quota system.
Q3)-What does Zimbalist say about the NWCA's lawsuit that alleged Title IX installed quotas?
A3)-Zimbalist says the lawsuit is misguided. No quota system is really in tact (p. 55).
Q4)-Do you know the result of the lawsuit?
A4)-It was dismissed (Hawes, 2003).
-Kevin Meyers
Decline of Female Head Coaches
By: Kristi Kopaniasz
Group members: Jenny, Jenn and Jackie
To say Title IX is quota for coaching is false. Women coaches and head coaches for that matter have decreased since the formation of Title IX until now.
Currently 42.9% of women's teams are coaches by females, however, that number was over 90% in 1972. For men's teams there is only 2-3% females coaching which to me seems understandable. My group said to counter the female head coaching barrier that at least one female coach should be on staff in an assistant role.
Our group talked about having a modified Rooney Rule like they have in the NFL. Having at least one female in the candidate pool. We questioned how many females were actually applying in comparison to the male applicant numbers.
Sports Information Directors had the lowest percent of females at 9.8%. That number to me was shocking. I work for the SID department at BGSU and although I am the only female student assistant and basically the only female period, I thought that it couldn't be like this everywhere.
As more women get into sports and our generation grows I would hope these numbers improve.
Group members: Jenny, Jenn and Jackie
To say Title IX is quota for coaching is false. Women coaches and head coaches for that matter have decreased since the formation of Title IX until now.
Currently 42.9% of women's teams are coaches by females, however, that number was over 90% in 1972. For men's teams there is only 2-3% females coaching which to me seems understandable. My group said to counter the female head coaching barrier that at least one female coach should be on staff in an assistant role.
Our group talked about having a modified Rooney Rule like they have in the NFL. Having at least one female in the candidate pool. We questioned how many females were actually applying in comparison to the male applicant numbers.
Sports Information Directors had the lowest percent of females at 9.8%. That number to me was shocking. I work for the SID department at BGSU and although I am the only female student assistant and basically the only female period, I thought that it couldn't be like this everywhere.
As more women get into sports and our generation grows I would hope these numbers improve.
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