illustrate the emotion-based ritual experiences of fans of a US football team. She chose fans of the Pittsburgh Steelers. IR theory provides and way to understand emotion and ritual behaviors of fans and the meaning behind it. Cottingham goes on to use Collin’s theory and modified it to fit how it can be applied to sports fans settings and situations. She analyzes fans from Heinz Field and in Pittsburgh sports bars. She wanted to see how the fans rituals and symbols differed in locations and situations
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Sports are full of competition‚ but this heavy amount of competition may not be so good for a person’s body; plus‚ injuries are a common thing in sports. It wouldn’t be a sport without an injury occurring. Injuries‚ like concussions‚ are very common in sports like soccer and football. Those are caused by continuous action to the head. Concussions can have long-term effects on the brain‚ like memory loss and diseases like Parkinson’s(Nordqvist). Also‚ the violent plays in today’s sports‚ are not things
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trainers for the NFL. An athletic trainer is a health care specialist that focuses on prevention of injury and rehab to recuperate athletes (Summary). Currently there are no women employed in the NFL although one woman used to work for the Pittsburgh Steelers (Mihoces). There are many people that agree that women should be able to work in the NFL‚ but there are also many people that do not believe women belong in the NFL. Pros The first argument from the people for women working with the NFL is
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“Iron Mike” Webster labored in football like a possessed man‚ he had great work ethic on the field. He always showed great power during games for his fans who all saw him as a local superhero. He played as a center on the Steelers for fifteen seasons from the 1970’s to the 1980’s. He helped his team through four super bowls and his exploits made him a candidate for a football hall of famer. That’s exactly what he became after showing multiple examples of courage like his own personal hero John Wayne
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Eagles’ Unique Franchise “The problem with Philadelphia fans is that they want you to play every game like it’s your last” (Swartz‚ Bryn). The Philadelphia Eagles franchise has many interesting facts about its past. At one time Philadelphia even represented the whole state of Pennsylvania for football. During many of the changes the team has experienced‚ the franchise has improved tremendously in its cultural aspect and the environmental relevance. Not only does this franchise have one of the most
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yards but Darren Sproles and Ryan Mathews only contributed 87 yards on 16 carries. While that equals to 5.4 yards per carry‚ which is good. The Eagles did not use the same running back by committee‚ which worked against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 3. Against the Steelers‚ the Eagles’ offense amassed 125 rushing yards with rookie Wendell Smallwood and Kenjon Barner leading the way. While those two running backs were having productive games‚ Sproles made an impact in the receiving game‚ and Mathews
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Growing up in Steubenville‚ Ohio‚ we lived much closer to Pittsburgh than Cleveland‚ and the majority of my family was from Western PA. This meant I grew up as a Pittsburgh sports fan. Some of my earliest sports memories were watching the Steelers win the Super Bowl and the Penguins hoist the Stanley Cup. The two sports I didn’t follow much was baseball (what was the point when the local team was the Pirates) and the NBA‚ since Pittsburgh didn’t have one. This changed in the 3rd grade when I won
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Sociology of Sports Charles Howard Colorado Technical University Online SOCL215 03/16/2012 I believe the most useful way to look at sports is to look at it from a Functionalist View and an Interactionist View. I grew up playing sports my whole life. I played organized sports since I was in 6th grade all the way through my senior year of high school. I believe that sports bring young people together in competition which is also a value lesson in life. The lesson
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The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). They are based in the Dallas suburb of Irving‚ Texas. The team currently plays their home games at Texas Stadium in Irving‚ but they are scheduled to move to a new stadium in nearby Arlington in 2009.[1] The Cowboys joined the NFL as a 1960 expansion team.[2] The team’s national following might best be represented by its NFL record of
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Michael Vick is an extraordinary example of a tragic hero. Although Vick doesn’t come from some great monarchy‚he was still a person held in admiration by fans. Vick is currently the quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers‚ but getting there was very difficult after a series of downfalls that almost led to his demise. His mother worked two jobs to support him but still required public financial aid. They lived in a crime filled neighborhood in public housing. Starting at infancy‚ his life was surrounded
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