MONDAY 09/17

MK201
TODAY:
-No new discussion questions were due.
-We continued our discussion of Chapter 1.  Our discussion focused on the concept of macro marketing & economies of scale.

HOMEWORK:
-Lukas Cramer will bring in a current event for us to discuss.
-The Chapter 2 discussion questions that were assigned last Friday are due on Wednesday.

GLE101
TODAY:
-Your cell phone policy if you were a professor was due.
-We discussed course expectations.

HOMEWORK:
-Henry will bring in a current event for us to discuss.
-Read the following articles & answer the Discussion Questions:
A) What Makes Fans Tick
1) Explain the 8 basic motives that drive people to be sports fans.
2) How does the "social identity theory" explain our attraction to spectator sports?
3) Explain the concepts of "BIRGing" and "CORFing."
4) What is a "Deep Fan?"
5) What are the differences between blue collar and white collar fans?
B) What Makes Fans Crazy About Sports?
1) What is the #1 "passion driver" of most NFL fans?
2) What is the #1 "passion driver" of most MLB fans?
3) Explain the following 3 groups of baseball fans:
A) Field of Dreamers
B) Team Obsessors
C) Family Connectors
4) What sports property had the largest U.S. fan base in 2009?
5) What sports property had the largest U.S. fan base in 2001?

IC212
TODAY:
-No new discussion questions were due.
-We continued our discussion of Drucker Chapter 1.  Our discussion focused on the the various US events that have caused a paradigm change in management.

HOMEWORK:
-Ashlyn Bourgeois will bring in a current event for us to discuss.
-The Drucker Chapter 2 discussion questions that I assigned on Friday are due on Wednesday.

SR201
TODAY:
-Article discussion questions were due today.
-You took Quiz #1.
-We began a discussion of sports figures/events that impacted the sports world as well as society.

HOMEWORK:
-Emily Bliss will bring in a current event for us to discuss.
-Answer the following Chapter 18 Discussion Questions for Friday:
1) Define "sport sociology."
2) How much money was spent on licensed sport merchandise in 2005?
3) Explain how sport is a socializing agent.
4) Explain how sport is a unifer.