Week 4 - Can the AFL in Australia Go Feminist?

As gender plays a big role in today's world, regardless of what role we play, there are many things that stand out as a great theory in what lies ahead in the sports climate.

Today, however, it seems that the discussion of women in the same sports league as men is starting to get bigger by the minute. According to a writer on the Herald Sun, there has been many ways to say that the gender gap have been declining in the time of the need for a little bit of diversity that looks as if they are taking one step at a time towards the league becoming an iconic part of the media.

Women in the AFL (NOT the Arena Football League, the Australian Football League) have seemed to have argue that the rules are very light compared to the big guys and there has been discussion that it may be too feminist because of how so-so the rules look to be very costly and controversial among the biggest critics in all of sports. There have been some complaints that they haven't been getting enough money for their efforts compared to the men that have dominated the sport and have had a higher longevity than the women.

The numbers are great at seeing how this version of the AFL can and will do some favors in an effort to get some more fans involved in the process so the media would officially get into the whole drama that has to do with genders looking to become equal with one another. This would mean a big increase in viewers if they can do something that the women and men can play equally and fairly in those ways.

Plus, this big gender gap is starting to close to a smaller level because of how the world became more attentive to what they want in their thanks to their views on their own choices. That has perhaps led to them pushing for a bigger saying in the sport along with their other types of needs.

The theory of a week can be a critical one regarding the fact that we can argue about gender and the role it plays in the sports world. My weekly angle on this takes a whole new turn at something called women and feminities, or simply known as the qualities of being a female and why the demand is at a new high, according to writer Toni Bruce.

She has written a lot of stuff about how the feminist qualities on the sport has played a key role on the media and how it can help play a great role in giving the popularity it needs in order to succeed and get money. The demand can bring them to a closer look at new grounds.

When she was discussing at how her focus on how the media coverage represents a whole body of research and how it can depict any gender.

With Title IX involved too, its meaning has linked to those findings in the research with the AFL demanding more female-orientated rules to be made in the process of making it a more diverse league and a better future.

All of the theories have made this story very comparable to what has unfolded during the Battle of the Sexes era that has made the people demanding more.

Week 3 - Raiders Gambling on Vegas

For the second time in just about a week, an NFL team is making a move outside of their city. This time, it's the team that is going into my hometown of Las Vegas.

The Raiders have just recently announced that they have filed for relocation to Sin City regarding the fact that there is some kind of commercial promotion that is making them want to go there. Unlike the Chargers, who stayed in San Diego until this year, the Raiders have been all over the map in the West Coast. An example of that is when the team relocated to LA and played there from 1982 to 1994 before moving back to Oakland.

The owner of the franchise has shown interest in moving the team there in the spring/fall of just last year. But although many praise that idea, I am thinking that this might be a heavy-duty risk because of how Las Vegas is considered a city that would never own a team in a million years because of these following reasons. This includes gambling, and that is why there are bigger shoes to filled than presumed.

Some of my family and friends are excited for that move, especially when it was just announced when an expansion NHL team in the valley will start play at the T-Mobile Arena in the fall. This first step forward might sound fair mostly because of the likelihood of all of that coming together and they may very well be a huge turning point in getting more teams into my hometown of Las Vegas.

My guess for the weekly theory would need to be that the motives beyond the sports/media complex and that all decisions are made to make money and maximize profit for the future. Their promotion of all of this has proved to be very important in today's society because of how much teams need to evolve in order to make money, thanks to the guy said that sports are needed to make some money.

The commodification assumption stands strong among this once it becomes a popular thing in the future. For the main focus on this topic, it would need to be the corporate interest that is needed at the point where cultural groups are objects for consumption in the sports world.

And as another example of how this explanation plays out, author Jason Boyd's corresponding theories mean there is something that involves a stadium thing that happens to occur within the franchise that can be compared to all the other things in the past. This is what these possibilities can lead to a new identity in a brand-new stadium at Vegas.

I would like to apply this theory by adding the fact that people love to talk about how the sports businesses decide how they want to reinvent themselves as an organization, and that is a great thing to discuss for many years to come.

As a conclusion, both of these theories stand out the most when it comes to the Raiders' bold move to Sin City.

Week 2 - Bye San Diego, Whazzup LA. Fans React Coldly.

It's official, the San Diego Chargers are no more. The team has just announced that they will be moving to Los Angeles to start next season, and the fans from the city that is called "America's Finest City" are definitely not happy with anything about it.

After reacting to the news that the Chargers were leaving, fans burned their memorabilia in a fiery pit in similar fashion to something Cleveland did in 1995 when Art Modell announced that he was starting a new franchise in Baltimore. They expressed their disappointment and frustration over Dean Spanos' decision through tears, which are normal in the grieving process that stands tall among even the most iconic sports teams.

Their culture has changed dramatically because of those news. The once-proud fanbase has turned into a devastated group of people that won't be looking forward to the NFL for a little while.

Ever since coming to San Diego in 1961 (they spent their first season back at LA), the Chargers have won one AFL championship (in 1963, where they clobbered the then-Boston Patriots, 51 to 10) and went to one Super Bowl (in 1995, where they lost to Steve Young and the Niners by the final score of 49 to 26). They have been a heavy fan favorite in the Golden State because of their famous traditions, including the San Diego Super Chargers song that was written during head coach Don Coryell's high-flying offense in the late 70's and early 80's.

That will now sadly be a thing in the past and also to be a total afterthought because of what has unfolded in the general manager's office.

Last year, the Rams fled St. Louis in favor of the City of Angels, thus starting their new life in that city for their first season there since 1994.

This would be a great example of a theory that demonstrates on how fans' cultures can play a huge role in whatever mood they are in when their team has made such unthinkable decisions to leave their cities. Dedicated ones can no longer be committed to their teams once the shoe has dropped. Plus, nobody, not even their rivals in the league, likes their new logo and it was easily trolled on Twitter and other social media sites in the past couple days.

My guess for the theory behind all of this would need to be that even the biggest die-hard/vested fans, according to Sutton and other psychologists, have shown so much disdain over that. They believe in a huge fact that they are being abandoned and hurt by the team that they have loved for a long time. The dedication they have once had for, let alone their whole lives, may dwindle to the point where they don't really want to watch the NFL at all.

Their psychological conditions may have some unrest for a little bit as the outcome proved to be much against their favor and recommendation to stay in San Diego for another season, or maybe the rest of the NFL's existence thanks to how much they meant a lot to their fans. They have loved them for so long but after this month, not really. Thanks for the memories.

Week 1 - Let's Get This Party Started

(From my camera)What is up, blogging world, I'm Dan Lauper, currently a sophomore at Southern Utah University pursuing a degree in communications with a focus in media studies.

This blog will primarily focus on what is hot in the sports world. I have some experience in high school sports by running a little bit of cross country in junior year, did some track and field, some swimming over the summer of before senior year and many other recreational activities in my spare time which include some volleyball and a few water sports too.

Unfortunately, I was unable to make teams due to some various reasons, ranging from "I didn't practice enough" to "I don't have enough time to take part in this sport because I have this test to study for" with both being the best reason to not be there. On the brighter side, I have enjoyed workouts because they keep me in shape and improve my social life too. I have made friends that have shared the same interest in sports as me.

The reason why I am taking this 4600 class is to help me get closer to my degree and expand my knowledge in sports blogging theories. Plus, I have loved sports since I was a kid and wanted to go somewhere with it in the near future.

Sports is the number one tool for survival because of how much competition is needed for this world, yet, this is also a remarkable example of how there will always be good or bad regardless of when the term rivals pops into mind.

This is a useful course when it comes to talking about what kind of critical discussion on ESPN is important at times. I used to watch this just for fun but as I got older and more mature, especially right after graduating from high school, I understood this whole point of the media being so obsessed with LeBron James, Steph Curry, Tom Brady, A-Rod, Kevin Durant and many, many more that are worth the time to cover.

There are some things that ties them into these athletes and I know for sure that this is the place to go to for more info on these all-star names that have been circling around the world for such a long time now.

I'm not sure which ones (The theories that may possibly be featured in the course) are there exactly, but they must be the real reason why we all love sports. There are usually times where I stop watching sports after I get annoyed with my least favorite teams doing so well and some of my least favorite teams doing great and continuing to excel in the season, in which they have been for a long time now.

Plus, you should expect to read about my opinions on sports trends and the theories that surround them.

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