Response to Videos over Sport and Socitey

The Pitch, The Scrimmages, and The Fakes
Sport and Society
4/9/11

The Pitch:
The Pitch was about George Bush throwing the first pitch in the World Series after 9/11 at the first game at the Yankee Stadium. It video was shown at the 2004 Republican convention. It was showing how Bush was standing up for the country and saying he was not afraid and that he would keep going. He went out to throw the pitch in a large bullet proof vest, from the top of the mound and still threw a strike. This hit home to people and made them feel easier in a sense.

The Scrimmage:
The Scrimmage was about President Obama. It was when he was trying to win primaries over Hillary Clinton and he need his final to states to vote his way. He had been in a loosing streak to Clinton so he decided to go and play basketball with UNC and the University of Indiana. These were shown on TV and he actually played and eventually won the votes that he needed from those states. He showed that by going to play with these teams that he was an average, everyday person that loves sports too just like most of the country.

The Fakes:
The Fakes were of things that other people in politics have tried but they failed. One was Jimmy Carter where he claimed to be an avid jogger but when his picture was taken on a jog it look like he was about to collapse on the street. John Kerry had a few sports blunders. One was him trying to catch a football and hitting him in the face, in Green Bay he said the name of the wrong field, and on a trip through Ohio and Michigan he said that Buckeye football was the best in both states instead of a school from each state.

These fakes were mostly to do people trying to be something that they are not and saying they can do things that the can't. It wold be better to say that you don't watch to much football than to have the fans of an entire team against you.