Mascot Discusssion

Over the years there has always been a great amount of discussion over the use of Native American figures for mascots in sports. I myself am part Cheyenne Indian and to me I don't a problem with the use in the sports world. I understand that there is proper way of using these symbols and sometimes the proper way isn’t always followed. Most of the representations are ok but there are some situations where they can be wrong such as the Indians that do the dances with the face paint that which are not historically accurate. For most of these cases the teams are not trying to make fun or bash these tribes, but because they do not consult anyone who is affiliated with these tribes, they end up doing harm. Teams such as the Cleveland Indians and the Florida St. Seminoles are on the edge of being offensive, but they their name and mascots are more generalized. When the teams choose these nicknames, they try to get the passion and emotion that mascots posses such as tigers and patriots. The various indian tribe were fierce warriors and that is the exact passion that these teams are looking for to describe their teams.

A blog is a way for people to be able to tell other people what they really feel about various things. I have never read too many blogs, but I always felt that it would be a fun thing to do. Well as you can tell from the title of this blog, I’m Joel Foos. I am a junior at BGSU, and I major in Sport Management with a specialization in enterprise. I have always been a fan of sports from the time I touched a soccer ball in the third grade. Since I first played soccer I have either played or watched sports during all of my free time. I went to a small school where I was able to be a three sport athlete in soccer, basketball and baseball. Soccer was the first sport that I played as kid and is the sport that I excelled the best in. When you are a three sport athlete in high school, you don’t get too many breaks throughout the year, because there is always something that you could do to prepare for the next season.So as you can tell sports is definately a big part of my life.
When we had to pick an event in history that we would love to see live, my choice was when Tiger Woods won the PGA Championship last year with only one good knee. The reason why I choose this event was not because this event was his best finish, (because that is how he always finishes tournaments), but because of the amount of strain that Tiger had to put on his knee. Although everyone will always love Michael Jordan because of how amazing of an athlete he was, Tiger Woods could possibly be the best athlete in any sport ever and will be the greatest of this generation. He has broken a lot of records already and is on pace to break many more. Even though he missed half of last season, according to reports on his progress, Tiger will more then likely return to golf better then he ever was. If this is true then we have only just begun to see his dominance.