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Sports Issues

The Fan’s Double Standard

Over the last few days, two starting quarterbacks in the NFL suffered serious injuries, leaving one out for the season and the other inactive for at least the first half of the year.  While most people have been expressing sympathy for Teddy Bridgewater and wishing him a speedy recovery from his…

MLS

Treat the MLS Like a Top League

Can Major League Soccer ever become one of the best soccer leagues in the world?  It’s a question that year after year is constantly repeated to seemingly no end.  Most players and analysts seem to think (and are likely correct) that the MLS has taken huge strides in its first…

Olympics

5 Olympic Sport Oddities

Every Olympic sport is unique, with its own rules, divisions, and skills required to be successful.  However, as I watched the competitions taking place over the past two weeks and change, I couldn’t help but realize some interesting aspects of a few sports that I can’t really understand.  I’ve picked out…

Gripes with Sports Media

Issues with Olympic Coverage

Sunday marks the closing ceremony of the Rio Olympics, and while the games themselves have run pretty smoothly (besides being overshadowed by the Ryan Lochte scandal), television ratings haven’t been near as successful.  Overall, ratings for NBC’s coverage have dropped by 17%, with a 25% decrease in the ages 18-49…

Golf

Is Olympic Golf Here to Stay?

Reigning Olympic golf champion George Lyon won’t be back to defend his title in Rio.  The reasoning is simple: if Lyon were still alive, he’d be 158 years old.  It’s safe to say golf has changed greatly since the 1904 Summer Games, where 74 golfers from the United States and…

Philosophy

What Defines a Sport?

In the summer of 2014, ESPN made a radical change to its programming with the goal of revolutionizing the way society views sports: they began broadcasting Esports.  ESPN hasn’t slowed down on its gambit, based on research showing tens of millions of worldwide Esports players, and instead has increased their…