THURSDAY 9/13

SR201
Today: Overall, solid discussion today. Keep it up and we will have a fun semester. We discussed how sports are used in our culture as a way to escape. We talked about how as players (participants) and as fans (spectators) we use sports to escape small & large hardships that life brings us. This conversation stemmed from our viewing of the documentary 9 Innings From Ground Zero about how NY was able to escape the tragedy at Ground Zero through the Yankees playoff run. We also discussed Chapter 1. Main points from the chapter that we discussed and that you should revisit are:
1) The concept of leisure as free time.
2) Neulinger's Paradigm of Leisure: 2 Categories...1) Leisure & 2) Nonleisure
3) Views of Leisure: Focus on these 4
a) Classical View of Leisure
b) Antiutilitarian View of Leisure
c) Social Instrument View of Leisure
d) Leisure as a Symbol of Social Class

Homework: Read and be ready to discuss Chapter 2. Email me if you want to be on the Sport Management major email distribution list. Buy and begin reading Into The Wild. Quiz #1 next Thursday will be based on our discussions this week, next week, and Chapters 1 & 2 of Into The Wild. I will post a study outline on my Tuesday post next week.

SR368
Today: We took Quiz #1 this morning. We finished discussing the second half of Chapter 1. Our discussion focused on Policies & Procedures Manual and Sponsorship. We discussed why these manuals are important, what effective manuals should contain, and the process for establishing one. We also discussed the benefits from sponsorship to facility/event management, and vice versa.

Homework: Read the first half of Chapter 2 and be ready to discuss.