According to Webster’s dictionary (1), a bias is “a tendency to believe that some people, ideas, etc., are better than others that usually results in treating some people unfairly”. Many have argued as to whether the major sports conglomerate, Entertainment and Sports Network, places a higher value on the South Eastern Conference over all other National Collegiate Athletic Association conferences. ESPN prides itself on being ‘the worldwide leader in sports’, but could a network that prides itself on representing all of North America’s favorite sports be compelled to push one college conference over all others? The argument is often made that ESPN has an SEC bias, most notably in college football. Facts and passion provide compelling data from …show more content…
How can a major media outlet not have a bias while running a network exclusively for the South Eastern Conference? Well, it’s quite simple. It is not as if this type of scenario is unprecedented in sports media. SEC Network is a source of much outrage among people who claim an SEC bias. SEC Network is nothing more than a way for fans of SEC schools to watch news on their favorite schools, and sports that aren’t usually televised. What’s interesting is that the SEC Network is not alone in the ESPN family. Longhorns Network is an ESPN run network that deals strictly with the University of Texas Longhorns. It is very rare that you hear a complaint about ESPN being bias towards the University of Texas. ESPN is not the only offender. Fox Sports 1 appears to have the rights to the of the BIG XII and PAC XII conferences. Even so, nobody claims that Fox Sports 1 is biased. SEC network and Longhorn Network aren’t the only specialized college networks. The Big Ten and PAC XII each have their own network, as well as single schools such as BYU having their own networks. As big as ESPN is it’s expected that they would have relationships with all kinds of sports and leagues. According to Kevin Scarbinsky of al.com, ESPN has agreements with many major sports. Scarbinsky says, “ESPN has business relationships with every other Power 5 conference, too, as well as the NFL, the NBA, Major League Baseball, etc., etc., etc. The network …show more content…
They are many things, but bias isn’t one of them. Covering great teams is their job. ESPN does not decide what teams are going to be successful any given year. Covering great players is their job. The SEC has won more national championships and more Heisman trophies than any other conference in college football. The SEC network is not a sign of bias. The SEC Network is a tremendous business opportunity. Why would ESPN turn down the possibility of representing the most profitable conference in college football? ESPN has no reason to be bias. ESPN does not employ many SEC alumni. They have no reason to prefer the SEC over the rest of the college football landscape. In order to be bias wouldn’t one have to have an existing relationship for what they are going out of their way to support? Saying ESPN has an SEC bias is like saying any sports media company has an SEC bias. ESPN doesn’t decide who plays in the national championship. ESPN doesn’t decide who wins the Heisman trophy every year. ESPN doesn’t decide who is ranked in the top twenty-five each week. ESPN has no power on the college football landscape. All they do is report what they see and do their jobs. The SEC is covered because they win more often and more spectacularly than any other conference in college football. It is difficult to persecute the worldwide leader in sports for calling it how it is. ESPN is not biased toward SEC college
Bias is everywhere in the mainstream media whether it is political, celebrity, or worldwide news. Bias can misinform the public and most of the time leaves the whole story to suit their belief. Bias is when someone is presenting information or talking about a topic but being unfair and not showing the whole side of the story. Media keeps certain information to themselves to not make their belief seem bad but as a good thing. In everyday media there is some form of bias that can be small or big depending on the topic. Of course in today's society it seems that bias is okay and acceptable in the media. However people doing their job are bias and present the information to their beliefs. The public thinks they are getting the truth but media is
In 1986, it was hinted that people were giving money to Southern Methodist University to bolster the football program. After this was confirmed, the NCAA began taking action and started its own investigation into the program. Upon completing their investigation, they found that all prior allegations were true and began sanctioning the program. On February 25, 1987, the SMU football program, already the most penalized program in history, received the harshest sanctions ever hande...
Imagine a business that brings in $60 million each year ,and the people fueling that industry receive none of the revenue(Wieberg). These same people work 40 hours in their sport every week, these “people” are college athletes. The NCAA, the governing body for major college sports, is the industry doing this to college athletes(Edelman). This is an issue of exploitation and control by large institutions over primarily poor people, the NCAA is guiding them in directions to make money for everybody while doing everything possible to keep the players out of the money. College Athletes deserve profit because they bring in large revenue into their program, the NCAA, and they invest tons of time into their sport.
Racism in Sports and the African American College Athlete The role of college athletics in the American home is known to all. The traditional football games on Thanksgiving and New Year's Day. March Madness for NCAA men's basketball as well as the year's end Rose Bowl for college football leaves fans glued to their televisions for hours.
There has been a lot of athletic scandals in colleges in most parts of the world. These scandals have been as a result of the coaches and the directors of athletics in the colleges failing to take the full force of the law and giving their players freedom to do everything even if it is against the law. One of this fatal scandals is the Baylor university basketball scandal that occurred in the year 2003. This scandal involved the players and the coaches of the team. The scandal left one player dead and the other imprisoned for thirty five years. The team was subjected to a lot of punishment by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The NCAA is a non-profit organization comprised of 1281 institutions, organizations, individuals and conferences and that organizes the athletic programs of most of the colleges and universities in the United States and Canada (The New York Times, 2003).
...liam J. "Even Playing Field? Winning Athletic Program Can Bring Millions of Dollars and Instant Notoriety to a School. but Some Say College Athletes Are Getting Played in the Process." Diverse Issues in Higher Education 28 Apr. 2011: 11+.Questia School. Web. 3 Feb. 2014.
Robe’s first appeals to logic. Logic impresses a business audience like readers of Forbes magazine. He examines the notion that college athletics help create exposure for colleges and that itself being a benefit. Robe makes the concession this does create exposure based on his own personal experience, himself unaware of some smaller universities until he saw them competing. He questions, however, the real world value this exposure provides, asking “to what end is all this exposure?” This appeal, however, could offend readers that agree with him but also value college sports, affecting the credibility of Robe’s argument for his intended audience. While the title of Robe’s article will attract both readers who agree and disagree with his thesis, the article itself targets those that agree with his thesis. This appeal to logic and potential humor appeals to rea...
It is clear that the NCAA has lost sight of their mission statement. In the last few years, the NCAA has gone from questionable to despicable. The best interest of the student-athlete is not a priority.
The Atlantic Coastal Conference is considered an underdog to other conferences in college football. When people think of the ACC their first thought is usually an unscrupulous thought, or that their team would beat anyone in the conference. For example, many people thought that Georgia Tech against Florida State would be a blow out. After watching the game it was completely the opposite. Throughout this past season there has been many excitingly finished games. Compared to other conferences the ACC is very underrated; it includes three top twenty-four teams, thirty-seven national championships throughout fourteen teams, and hundreds impressive wins over highly ranked teams.
The NCAA and its student-athletes deal with much more than are seen by the general public. The coaches and players always have hidden agendas. Scandals or infractions are committed every year in collegiate sports and are left unnoticed. The NCAA does its best in trying to keep this under control but have difficulty doing so. Student-Athletes receiving improper benefits and breaking NCAA rules are a common group and information on these atrocities must be brought to light.
The NCAA is a global, and well-known company that regulates collegiate sports with thousands of universities across the country. The NCAA organizational assessment shows its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats relative to all competitors. In this current market environment, I assessed and prioritize what strengths and weaknesses were most important and which strengths have to continue to grow and what weaknesses needed to be mitigated. It is tough for the NCAA to have great competition due to the fact that it is far beyond any competitions and doesn’t seem to show any sign of slowing down soon. Issues, whether political or ethical, or whatever the case may be, as long as the NCAA continues to analyze its “SWOT” then they will always be the leader in the current market
Abstract: Collegiate athletes participating in the two revenue sports (football, men's basketball) sacrifice their time, education, and risk physical harm for their respected programs. The players are controlled by a governing body (NCAA) that dictates when they can show up to work, and when they cannot show up for work. They are restricted from making any substantial financial gains outside of their sports arena. These athletes receive no compensation for their efforts, while others prosper from their abilities. The athletes participating in the two revenue sports of college athletics, football and men's basketball should be compensated for their time, dedication, and work put forth in their respected sports.
ESPN has been accused of having a bias towards sports teams. Some people believe that it is rating-driven. They believe that they favor certain teams such as the Boston Red Sox and the New York teams in particular.
ESPN also likes to give the viewer a little bit of knowledge about the players of a particular game. Most of these interviews or stories are extremely short and really, a viewer gains no real amount of knowledge. The viewer must sit back and hear what the producers of the show want them to hear. There is no choice of whether the viewer watches highlights of baseball or gets the story about Sarah Hughes and how she injured her leg muscle. The website www.msn.espn.go.com gives viewers another look at a lot of the same stories as the television show, but it offers something more.... ...
Media bias is the tendency for the media to represent different people in a particular way based on their own views, the views of their sponsors, and possibly the views of society. Media bias could be blatant, but usually it is subtle. It can be expressed in the content of television shows. It can be expressed in the choices of types of stories that they show on the news. It can be expressed in the language used on shows, and that is written in the newspaper and magazines.