Thursday, October 1, 2009

Where in the World are the Olympics going to be?

I chose an article written by Jim Caple, a senior writer for ESPN.com, about how ridiculous the process of selecting cities to host the olympics has become. He argues that the olympics might be better off just staying in the same place each time rather than moving. As a part of ESPN webpage, it is mainly informing sports fans about current issues in the sports world. Sports players and fans alike look at this website regularly. The topic is interesting, and he makes great points, I'm just not sure who he's trying to convince. He uses language and humor to relate to the everyday sports fan. And even uses an informal tone and first person to make it personal. All of this is great and entertaining, but can the normal sports fan really do anything to convince the international committee to stop moving the olympics around? So unless he is actually trying to influence coaches and athletes (though it doesn't sound/feel that way), I think it will be mostly informational. It shows how costly and wasteful the process is.
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  1. UnknownOctober 1, 2009 at 11:59 PM

    Is there a way for readers to share their thoughts about the location of the Olympics? It would be cool if the webpage had a little survey or something like that, don't you think?

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  2. ScottOctober 2, 2009 at 12:17 AM

    It would greatly help the reader to understand Caple's assertion if members of the audience could actually voice their opinions of the Olympics on the website in some way.

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  3. Melissa EOctober 2, 2009 at 12:24 AM

    I agree with Jessie, if we're able to voice our opinion about the Olympics, maybe it will make the decision easier.

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  4. Emily HuffakerOctober 2, 2009 at 1:28 AM

    He makes it very personal to the audience - A good use of pathos. I think if he really wanted to connect to the audience though, he would get a way for readers to voice their opinions. i think his page would be more popular and he would get some good thoughts about his subject. I totally agree with you guys!

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  5. JoshOctober 6, 2009 at 12:59 AM

    Actually guys, most articles on ESPN have a comments section at the bottom of the webpage. I actually go through the comments from time to time to see what people think of the articles. Most of the time people who are also just as educated as the writers provide a new insight and point of view to the article.

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