Dr. Cho comes to class

I enjoyed Dr. Cho coming to class very much. I like to listen and learn from others experiences. He came from a very different country and culture than what I am use to. He had a great insight on how sport has become globalized.

I found it interesting how Dr. Cho found his career path. He got to watch professional football on television as a kid and ended up idolizing the athletes. I found it fascinating that he got to watch the military channel without commercials. I wish I didn't have to watch commercials. When he got to pick his major he chose physical education which was the closest thing he had to a type of sports management. I can relate to Dr. Cho in this aspect because at first I didn't exactly know what type of career I wanted but I knew I wanted to be involved in the sports industry.

Another thing that I did not know happened was street cheering. This was really cool. I've never seen so many people crowd the streets like that and come together to support one thing. He said it was about three times larger than Times Square on New Years Eve. People in the United States don't come together for one thing like that ever. Not even for our national teams. If something like that were to happen I would love to be apart of it.

The globalization of the WBC

These questions were answered by Kelsey Meridieth and I.

1. We determined Klein meant that "growing the game" means trying to develop the sport in Nations where it is weak. The WBC gives every nation an equal opportuinty to play and get involved in baseball on a huge international stage. It also gives exposure to countries that host the event and raises their economy during the event. FIFA is a few steps above the WBC still and has had so much sucess while it has been around much longer. FIFA has an outstanding reputation and is known has the best league in the world.

2.Some of the Pros of the WBC are traveling to other countries during the offseason and bringing exposure to those countries. Also showing different talented players that aren't in the MLB.  It could bring tourists to places that they wouldn't normally go.  A con would be the MLB season is so long that many of the best players wouldn't want to compete in the WBC.

3.Based upon other sports efforts in globalization we would suggest that baseball stars go into countries and promote youth baseball.

Super Memories

I can remember having Super Bowl memories from as far back as ten years old. Growing up I would always watch the game with my brother at my grandmothers. My parents would go out to parties and have fun without kids. The game I remember most was the 1999 game when the Titans took on the Rams. Eddie George was from Ohio State so my family wanted the Titans to win and they ended up coming one yard short at the very end of the game. When I was about 16 I started watching the game with my friends. My freshman year in college was a very memorable game because of who I watched it with and we had really great party in the dorms. I can usually remember the commercials for about a month after the Super Bowl but then the memory fades away, even the really good ones. I feel like the commercials are only a big deal because the media makes them that way.

I also have memories of watching international soccer. I mostly like to watch the World Cup and The Olympics. My fondest memory of soccer is the 2006 World Cup final between Italy and France. I was with a group of friends and we went to Frickers to watch it. We had worked for our friends parents that morning so they said they would pick up the bill. It ended up being over $250 and we didn't even drink alcohol back then, so we thought it was a lot. It ended up being an amazing game and the team I wanted to win(Italy) had in overtime.