Behind the Bleachers: Trifecta - 4 views
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freakish
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taylorcornelson on 20 Apr 10Maybe a word with less negative associations would be more suitable?
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Business is just one aspect of the complex sports world that has kept me so obsessed. I also feel that ethical issues in sports are very intriguing topics because ethics are constantly being challenged and violated - sometimes with little media attention, sometimes with too much.
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The steroid age will be over when you’re gone, Bud.
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Although I enjoy a good demolition named after cheese as much as any other person
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He doesn’t always write about popular, media-friendly sports. He is not scared to go down all the way to the high school level. In his post titled
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am hopeful that I can emulate Mark’s professionalism in my blog.
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wait…a college basketball player?! As Joe notes, it must have gone down like this:
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Ah, doesn't everyone love a good Star Wars reference? Joe’s use of imagery here is outstanding.
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Joe’s writing is great because he can
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slam dunk home run knock out…you get the idea.
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I want to talk about the impact of sports that stretches beyond the box score. Basically, I will dive into the magical world behind the bleachers – the one we usually don’t hear about.
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To some, success isn’t measured in wins and losses. It’s all business, right?
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I researched the intricacies of the Collective Bargaining Agreements, and I was hooked.
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An example of the type of issues I hope to discuss
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I will try my best to make sure that this blog
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I do not know if Technorati has filtered out inactive blogs
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he presents topics from both the collegiate and professional level
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The blogger, whose name is posted simply as “Mark”, is an attorney working in private practice. He spends most of his time dealing with sports related matters. Mark began work on this blog on January 11th 2005 and has posted about 3-4 times per week since then. His style involves using mostly short, but very information-heavy posts. Some of his posts are simply links to articles related to sports business that he found interesting, but didn’t have time to discuss.
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Mark discusses the recent agreement that the city of Irving, Texas made with Kraft Foods.
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One thing that I really appreciate about this blog is that it does not try to be anything other than what it is. Mark knows that there probably isn’t an overwhelming population that is interested in sports business, but he sticks to his content.
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Joe, a former writer for Sports Illustrated, updates his blog nearly every day and enjoys quite a large following.
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His use of all capital letters at the end of the quoted section also demonstrates the passion and aggression that this post was crafted with.