In john Fortunato’s “The relationship of fantasy football
participation with NFL television rating,” seeks to examine motivational
factors and the relationship between fantasy football and television ratings as
suggested by the title. While it should be safe to assume that NFL teams with
high winning percentages would equal players in a high percentage of fantasy leagues,
in actuality there doesn’t seem to be enough of a statistical difference to
prove that it is a dominate factor. There are a multitude of factors that
contribute to the television ratings of sporting events, and since this is clearly
a way of gaining ratings, revenue, to would be in the interest of networks to
better promote both in order to continue economic growth for the league.
The second article by Brian
Carroll, “A Perfect Baseball Day,”
address many of the advantages previously discussed in class about the coverage
of black sporting events and the black sports journalist that covered them. As
exclaimed by Pittsburg Courier editor William G. Nunn, the events of the
East-West Classic were “a success from every possible point.” 20,000 black fans
accompanied by 5,000 white fans made this event not only the pride of
African-American culture here, but also a place of interracial good will.
Carroll’s article goes on to explain how the coverage of the East-West by black
journalist helped it to grow culturally and economically in a way that was
likely unforeseen in the 1940’s amidst segregation. However, its success in eventually
pushing for the integration of baseball was the very things that lead to the
downfall of this culture hotspot for the African-American community. By the
1950’s, the Negro league was all but as disappointment and nothing more than a
side-note in the Defender as noted by
Carroll.
Shawn Napier
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