Doping Rules Are Tougher Only If Applied
Nov. 16, 1:00 p.m. The Old Capitol Building, Frankfort
The Kentucky Book Fair and The Kentucky Historical Society present “Desegregating Baseball: The Kentucky Connection” featuring “PeeWee” Reese as performed by Dick Usher (Kentucky Chautauqua – Kentucky Humanities Council)
Panel Moderator: Mike Embry, sportswriter
Panelists: Dr. Chris Lamb, professor, Indiana University and author of Conspiracy of Silence: Sportswriters and the Long Journey to Desegregation of Baseball; Ben Chandler, former Congressman and Executive Director of the Kentucky Humanities Council; and Bill Marshall, retired director of Special Collections, UK Libraries and author of Baseball’s Pivotal Era.
10Nov13 NYTimes Magazine
The Coach Who Exploded (The Rutgers Coach who was fired last year for all kinds of terrible treatment of his players. . . but of course there is more to the story....)
7Nov13
NCAA Punishes Chadron State College for Infractions by Ex-Football Coach - The Ticker - The Chronicle of Higher Education
http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/ncaa-punishes-chadron-state-college-for-infractions-by-ex-football-coach/68889?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
Winter Olympics & Anti-gay protests
I disagree with the Russian law that doesn't allow gays to be openly gay in public but I agree with the US Olympic policy. I do not think that it would be smart to boycott the games or to be openly gay while in Sochi because we must respect the laws of Russia and we also do not want to undermine the Olympics with a political fiasco of someone being arrested for this law.
ReplyDeleteI don't disagree or agree with the law in Russia because I feel the legality of homosexuality is more a culture dilemma than a political one. It would seem apparent that Russia as a majority is not accepting of gays so it is fair to an extent that their laws should represent the masses. However, the Olympics is an international event where all cultures should represent so I don't believe any repression should take place.
ReplyDeleteWith that said I also don't believe their should be any movement or boycotts in respect to the location. We must respect Russia's decisions to ban "gayness" as much as people "choose*" to be gay
*Not trying to start an argument about with that word choice
It is not apparent that Russia as a majority is not accepting of gays because this law came about after Vladimir Putin was re-elected president and since he has been accused of fixing the election this could be a direct correlation his or the governments feelings towards homosexuals not necessarily the overall feeling of the Russian people. Although I do agree that no repression should take place at the Olympics and nor should any protests take place while the Olympics are going on.
DeleteThis is an article about a junior high football team that made the extra effort to include their special needs teammate in a big play. I think this is a prime example of how sports enhance the lives of everyone in the community. This not only impacted that child, but also the team as a whole and his parents.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.upworthy.com/watch-an-entire-team-of-teenage-football-players-do-something-very-unexpected
Wow...That's such an amazing story. In a world today it's hard to find Jr High students that can care for other students instead of making fun of them. Also, the boys on the team learned from that experience and from Keith.Like that one boy said he learned that it's not all about himself and that this experience opened his eyes about helping others and caring for them. It's nice to know that there is still people in this world that will care for others.
DeleteThis was a real uplifting story especially in the midst of hearing things such as severe bullying in locker rooms. I agree with you completely Nicole when you say that this is how sports can have a positive impact on a community. These kids recognized the value of their special needs teammate and they came together to give him the glory he deserved so that he would know without a doubt that he was a valued member of the team. In the process of giving Keith his moment of glory the team also gave his parents a memory they won’t forget and they also reminded everyone who hears this story of what a team is supposed to be, a unit that looks out for one another.
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ReplyDeleteGallaudet University is for the hard of hearing and deaf communities and their football team is on track to make school history by winning its first conference championship. I found this to be interesting because these players are all either deaf or hard of hearing. Their journey is quite inspirational.
This is an inspiring story. To be either deaf or hard of hearing while playing college football is amazing. I hope that this is a trend of having teams similar to this one in college football.
DeleteIn response to the NFL bullying: I believe that Jonathan Martin was in the right for reporting what Richard Incognito said to him because it is a work place issue. Martin is acting like an adult and if being an adult means that you act with your brain and your conscious and not your brawn, then the more power to you. The NFL is a business, both on and off of the field. If you are being harassed by a coworker then you have the responsibility of either ignoring it or reporting it instead of taking it into your own hands that could had serious consequences if something goes wrong. Martin is being a good role model to young kids because he is showing them that it is ok to speak out against your bully to the authorities and to stand up for yourself in a nonviolent way. Who cares if he is or was receiving slack for being a professional about this and breaking the "jock code"? Good for him.
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ReplyDeleteFormer NFL players are being diagnosed with CTE.
After watching that front-line video I am not surprised that researchers have found CTE in Tony Dorsett. Its sad that there is no cure and that there is no solution, as we have discussed in class all these new regulations on hits are not really helping. Perhaps the solution lies in anti-doping. Years ago when football players were smaller there were fewer concussions, true that is probably mostly due to the fact that they didn't really look for concussions or document them. But still, one would think that it would be easier on the body if football players were smaller, and not steroid enhanced players.
DeleteThe scale of the Olympics is huge and it encompasses the entire world. Going through the long and expensive process of getting the Olympics in your country and finally solidifying the location is an honor to the host country. Russia knew exactly what it was taking on and I think if the Olympic committee knew that they wanted to implement a law against gay athletes it might of skewed their decision to hold the games in Russia. Russia needs to respect the fact that the Olympics is a world event and is bigger than just one country. The Olympics has its own standards and has allowed gay athletes so just because Russia is hosting it doesn't mean they can change how it is run. That being said, they most likely won't budge on the issue and it would only cause greater problems if we boycotted or actively protested it during the games.
ReplyDeleteIn response to Doping Rules Are Tougher Only If Applied:
ReplyDeleteIt’s good that they are at least endeavoring to fix the doping problem by passing rules that give a more severe punishment for doping than just a slap on the wrist. But it’s sad that this new rule will probably only affect athletes from developed countries such as the U.S. or Britain rather than countries like Jamaica all because we have testing facilities that test athletes during the training months before a competition, while countries like Jamaica don’t or don’t want to have that ability to test athletes during training. So it seems unfair to impose rules that could get U.S. athletes banned from the next Olympics while countries like Jamaica can continue to dope without fear of repercussions because their country is not looking for dopers. Before they implement such a severe punishment, the Doping Committee should try, at least to some extent, to enforce these rules equally across countries so that all countries are as likely to receive a punishment for damaging the integrity of the Olympics.