...There are three types of sports fans — which one are you? THE CASUAL FAN: Casual-Fans are fans who aren't particularly into their fandom. They enjoy it, know some trivia, see some movies, have some stuff. Casual-Fans are more laid back. This is probably most of my friends. They have their favorite sports teams but they don’t make the effort to watch every game. They know the name of the key players on the roster but that’s it. When the game is on, they’ll watch it but if something else is interesting on TV, they’ll go to that channel instead. These kinds of fans won’t know every single rule for the game but they understand how the sport is played. These fans aren’t bandwagoners because they actually know things about the team and go to games. Sports is great to them, but there are other things that occupy their free times most often. THE REAL FAN I would say this fits me perfectly. I am all of the above except I do make an effort to watch all the games and I do know what’s going on around the league. I have an extensive knowledge of the team roster and standings. The team and league history can be filed in my memory bank without any problem. I spend money on merchandise, tickets often and when friends want to talk sports, they usually come to me. There is a part of my life that is about the sport and when given the option to do something, sports usually is my first choice. THE CRAZY FAN This is the fan that I don’t think I can ever be. They go to almost every game...
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...Blake Feldmann Orlet English 101-OL01D 16 June 2010 Types of Sports Fans Professional sports has become one of the most popular industries in the world today. The media spends billions of dollars on advertisements and teams spend millions of dollars on professional athletes all for one reason, the fans. The fans ticket sales and merchandise purchases are what keeps all the sport teams around and prevents professional athletes from losing their jobs. There are three types of fans in the sports world, average fans, fanatics, and fair-weather fans. Fans that are fanatics are the ones who are diehard and will put their favorite team before almost all other priorities. Their lives revolve around their favorite team and they will do anything for their team. Fans who are like this go to every sporting event possible that their favorite team is in and many are season ticket holders. Fanatics are usually not much fun to sit by at games because they get easily irritated or believe they know more about the game than everyone else. If they are not at the game, you can usually find them watching the game somewhere else on TV. People who are fanatics also spend much of their free time researching their team and will know almost every aspect of every player on their team as well as their opponents so they know how they match up with the other teams. No matter how bad the season is going for their favorite team, fanatics will always stick with them and will continue to go to the games...
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...In “Are Sports Fans Happier?” by Sid Kirchheimer it states how being a sports fan has many benefits but it has a few drawbacks. I believe that the benefits of being a sports fan far outweigh the minor setbacks that there may be. Sports give people a way to escape from the pains of everyday life and provide them a social outlet. Being a sports fan has helped bring me closer to friends and family alike by giving us reasons to come together and create new memories that we will be able to cherish forever. Kirchheimer begins ”Are Sports Fans Happier?” by stating how being a fan of sports brings people together by giving them something to share and bond with others which I believe is an essential part of human existence. Psychologist, Daniel Wann says that “for the vast majority of people, it’s psychologically healthier when you can increase social connections with others”...
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...Avid sports fans are some of the craziest, funniest, and weirdest people out there, But are they going too far? Sports fans are some of the weirdest people out there and they just like their team so much that sometimes they get crazy. But do they get too crazy? Scholastic Scope said so in the October of the year 2014. Sports fans may be crazy but honestly they really don’t go too far most of the time, They just enjoy their favorite team that’s not such a bad thing. Ok, so sports fans are really big about their teams but is that really a good thing? So many people are huge avid sports fans, and many people frown upon that fact. Honestly being a sports fan is just like any other hobby. How is it a hobby? Well hobbies like playing video games,...
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...12/11/13 Sports, Media, and the Fans: The Business of Selling Sports The relationship between sports and the media has evolved drastically thanks in part to the proliferation of electricity and its resulting technology. This relationship has now become the “defining commercial and cultural connection for both industries at the beginning of the 21st century. The media has transformed sports from an amateur pursuit into a hyper-commercialized industry, while sports have delivered massive audiences and advertising revenues to the media.”1 This symbiotic relationship has taken many shapes throughout the years, and each evolution in sports broadcasting has the intent of constructing larger audiences and markets to create higher revenues no matter the medium. In the long run, the only real loser in the sports broadcasting realm is the obsolete medium. As technology has evolved, the way in which sports have been presented has followed suit. “Over the course of the twentieth-century sport was transformed from a typically ad hoc unregulated amateur activity to one driven by professional standards and accountability at all levels.”2 This change came slowly at first, and has advanced rapidly over the past few decades. Now, due in part to advanced broadcasting techniques, watching live events and highlights of the day’s games can be brought to our fingertips with relative ease. Sports Coverage Before the Radio Before the broadcasting of sports on radio and television...
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...1. Introduction Today, the commercialisation of sports is developing gradually in a way that not only is importance given to manage sportsmen, but the preferences of consumers are being closely looked into before any decisions are made as well. Organisations, as a whole, face implications when it comes to fulfilling both of their needs evenly in order to be certain that the respective sports industry will continue to be stable and sustainable. Therefore, it is crucial for these organisations to explore the characteristics of their target market and acquire a deeper knowledge of their interests and preferences. As such, this report will explore and highlight the unique characteristics of sports fans as consumers, discuss the implications of sports marketing that may be faced by organisations and lastly be finished off with a personal reflection. 2. Sports fans as consumers People are known to be fans when they are seen to develop a diehard interest in a particular subject. It could involve sports, authors, musicians, celebrities and so on. According to Reysen and Branscombe (2010), a person can be considered a fan when they become passionate and enthusiastic about their particular interest and show loyalty to it. Both sports fans and normal spectators may share similar characteristics however, there are various factors which would clearly differentiate fans from spectators. For example, their degree of loyalty, commitment, emotional significance and value to the supporting...
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...As of 2013, Danielle Eby organized the sports demographics in her article, “2013 Sports Fan Demographics”, Major League Baseball has the second oldest crowd associated with it, right behind the Professional Golfers Association. 50 percent of baseball fans are 55 or older, only about 24 percent are under the age of 34. Which is a much lower percentage than the National Hockey League, with 37 percent of their fans being less than 34 years old. Major League Soccer has almost double the amount of fan viewers under 34, with 40 percent of the demographic being fans of the MLS. The National Football League is one sport that was actually surprising, anticipating that it would have a majority of its fans being under the age of 34, it actually only has 29 percent of the population identifying as viewers, which is still 5 percent more than Major League Baseball. Finally, the sport with the most viewers under the age of 34 is the National Basketball Association. The NBA has about 45 percent of its fans below the age of 34 (Eby). What does this mean for the future of baseball?...
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...Student’s Name: | Level: | Group No.: | Teacher’s Name: | Teacher’s email: | PLEASE COMPLETE THIS FORM ON COMPUTER. WHEN YOUR TEACHER WANTS THIS, PLEASE PRINT OUT AND SUBMIT THE IDEA FOR THIS IS TO ESTABLISH A LEARNING JOURNAL PLEASE ADD AS MANY DETAILS AS POSSIBLE! My ELT Online http://myelt.heinle.com – Level 4 / Units 2; 6; 10; 11; 12 (World English 3) | Unit / Lesson | World English 3 / Materials | Week - Date complete | SubjectWhat do you want to achieve? | Student commentsHow did you find the exercise? What have you achieved? | Instructor’s comments | Unit 2 / Lesson A | A.1Conversation: Audio | | | | | | A.2 Vocabulary Practice 1 | | | | | | A.3 Vocabulary Practice 2 | | | | | | A.4 Vocabulary Practice | | | | | | A.5 Vocabulary: Audio | | | | | Unit 2 / Lesson B | B.1 Listening Comprehension | | | | | | B.2 Listening Audio | | | | | | B.3 Pronunciation: Practice | | | | | Unit 2 / Lesson C | C.1 Conversation: Audio | | | | | | C.2 Grammar Practice 1 | | | | | | C.2 Grammar Practice 2 | | | | | | C.4 Vocabulary Practice | | | | | | C.5 Vocabulary: Audio | | | | | Unit 2 / Lesson D | D.1 Reading Comprehension | | | | | | D.2 Reading Passage: Audio | | | | | Unit 2/ Memory Man | Video Clip | | | | | | Video Comprehension | | | | | Grammar Café 5 | Unit 7 /Cont. Forms of Modals | | | | | Grammar Café | Unit 13/ Gerunds with prep. | |...
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...could be less prestigious basketball leagues, national leagues, and other professional sports leagues that try to take away their customers like the NHL or MLB. As for substitute products other professional sports would also fall under this category as well along with amateur content uploaded onto other streaming sites that would lure consumers away from the NBA main website like Youtube for instance. As for customers, their bargaining power is very high in this business because they have several alternatives from television, to live games, and radio. One of the advantages that NBA.com has is its additional content when it comes to statistics and scores of other teams as well as insights and commentaries on matches. Akamai helps the NBA compete in the world market by allowing basketball fans throughout the world to access as fast as possible NBA’s virtual assets. It also allows the NBA to focus on specialized niche. 2. Using Porter’s generic strategies model, what do you think is the NBA’s overall strategy or strategies? The NBA’s overall strategy is differentiation. This is because they already have a focused fan base and they need to ensure that the NBA appeals directly to those fans. This can be done by improving their performance by using website like Akamai to deliver steaming videos to their consumers. The NBA can also create new and unique products that will satisfy their fans and add value to their experience with the NBA. Not to mention advanced technological...
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...propose a viral marketing plan to attract more female NASCAR fans. Brand Management Starting in the early 1990s and continuing for the next 15 years NASCAR did an exceptional job of managing their brand. NASCAR understood the loyalty of their fan base and the depths to which their fans supported the sport in the marketplace. According to NASCAR’s own licensing study, 72% of their fans were more likely to buy a product if it had the NASCAR logo on it; as evidenced by the sales of NASCAR branded goods increasing more than 250% in just 10 years. NASCAR leveraged that loyalty to secure lucrative sponsorship contracts. They also promoted fan loyalty with two-day tailgate events taking place before the races. These events were engineered to provide fans with the unique experience of actively participating in the sport they loved through interactions with NASCAR sponsors. NASCAR’s downfall in managing their brand comes from not considering if their growth rate was sustainable. Intent on chasing after ever-increasing revenues through sponsorship and trying to capture value from the elusive casual fan, NASCAR seemed to disregard the potentially harmful consequences this could have for their brand. Astronomical sponsorship fees made it impossible for anyone other than huge corporations to support NASCAR; leading to fewer owners managing more teams, a configuration that does not promote fan loyalty. In trying to expand their fan base, NASCAR changed the points system of the races, increased...
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...Football fans The person who thinks, talks about and is oriented towards sports even when [the fan] is not actually observing, or reading, or listening to an account of a specific sports event.(Spinrad ,1981) A fan is a person who is passionately devoted to something such as a sports-team, band or entertainer. Fans of a sport or thing constitute a fan-base or fandom (Wiki-Answers). Most of us enjoys going to sporting events and no matter what the event is, there are excitements associated with these events and more so thinking that our team will win and if they win we go home happily and if it loses we get somehow upset or sad. Despite all this, we have different categories of sports fan in our societies and everyone who follows sports falls in one of these categories. The categories include: Diehard fans - no matter how the team that they are supporting does, they will always support it and won’t miss any game or news at all about their team. They knows every player on the roster, position they play, and uniform number. Casual fans – these are averaged or below average followers of their team. They stick and follow their teams, but not to the extent of following every game. Mostly they know a few star players. Fair-weather fans – these are the one that follow and cheer for their teams only when they become successful. They have no loyalty to their teams when they are in down period experience. The Pessimist - They talk only during commercial breaks. Pessimist might...
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...over hobbies. It sounds silly but there is only a slight difference in degree. Here are some examples. Look at a sports arena, just about any sport and you’ll find diehard fans dressed in their teams’ colors or as their mascot. Many will chuckle and move on with the game. However take this same scene to, say, a sci-fi convention and you’ll find the same diehard fans dressed as Storm Troopers and Starfleet Officers. The difference? Ridicule. The Sports fan is merely “showing his spirit” whereas the sci-fi fan is “some loser who needs a life”. [ (Garmon) ] “And all I could think of was how grotesquely unfair it is that science fiction and comics fans are tagged as nerds and dweebs and treated in a condescending manner when sports fans are just as ‘bad’ if not ‘worse.’ … Maybe the only way science fiction and comic book conventions will gain genuine respectability is if they become designed, not for socialization or debate, but about being as aggressive as possible about separating fans from their money. You know; Like pro sports.” This is because we’re a minority. We are considered outsiders. But there is no difference between the two. Both are fans of a hobby they love and enjoy, occasionally to an extreme degree, but still a similar passion as others who may share their interest to any degree. However, as it is socially acceptable to be a sports fanatic, you may get some good natured jeers from your friends. But you’re supporting you favorite team, right? But...
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...Imagine a stadium or gym with no fans. Most everybody has a team that they favor over another. Whether it is because of the coaches, the players, the cheerleaders, or whatever it may be, there is a sports fan in every household. Fans can be categorized into three categories, the polite and quiet ones, the unexpected crazies, and then the absolutely crazy ones. The polite fans only come because their child is playing or their spouse is coaching. They would much rather sit at home in their lazy boy and watch the Food Network, a show that...
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...Bray UNIV 200 10/31/2013 The Relationship Between Sports Fanship and Social Psychological Well-Being As a lifelong sports fan, I’ve experienced just about all of the emotional highs and lows that go with it, from my football team winning the Super Bowl twice, to my favorite baseball team going through 14 consecutive losing seasons. People love sports no matter how good or bad their favorite teams may be and they have become a large part of many people’s lives. And like many sports fans, my day to day mood can be greatly affected by how my favorite teams performed the previous night. Being a sports fan has positive benefits for your psychological and social well-being. In order to fully understand how being a sports fan can affect your life, we must first fully understand the different aspects of fanship. First the basics, fan. Walter Gantz, et al. define a fan as “a keen and regular spectator of a (professional) sport, originally of baseball,” but the term can also pertain to athletes and teams themselves (Gantz 96). Next is team identification. Team identification is defined as the extent to which an individual feels a psychological connection with a team and to passionate fans it is “‘a central component of their self-identity’” (Vallerand 1281). The relationship between team identification and well-being is the main topic of research for many psychologists and has shown to be a positive relationship. Being a sports fan provides countless possibilities for social interactions...
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...Tracing Papon’s Fandom- An Autobiographical Sketch -Amlan J. Das M2015MC008 School of Media and Cultural Studies Wikipedia describes him as the founder and the lead singer of the folk fusion band Papon and the East India Company. He has around 37,500 followers on Twitter and 536,434 likes on his Facebook page. Born to legendary Assamese folk singer couple Khagen and Archana Mahanta, the world knows him as Papon while parents named him Angaraag Mahanta. Born on 24th November 1975, Papon crafted himself as one of the finest Assamese singers not just in the state but also across the country. His distinct voice and his selection of alternative Electronic fusion and folk fusion genre made his one of the popular names in the Indian music industry today. Assam has been a land of singer. From the likes of Dr. Bhupen Hazarika to Zubeen Garg, singers from the state have made a very distinct mark in the Indian music industry. But Papon managed to do is differently is that apart from conditioning him to industry conditions, he managed to bring out the Assamese folk culture out of the state. Call it the new age information order, boom of the internet or just chance, but other singers from the state haven’t been successful in doing what this Papon did. Before going deep into the bibliography of Papon, let move tangentially to my first association or my first introduction to this singer. Must have been the summer vacations of 2005, as a fifth grader student ...
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