BYU Basketball player is suspended

Most of the world that watches NCAA sports knows of this story. This story hit home, because I am a huge fan of Brigham Young University, and will be a student there next fall. There has been alot of controversy about his suspension and if it was fair or not. I think it was completely fair, one hundred percent. The story was Brandon Davies had broken the BYU honor code, by having premarital sex with his long term girlfriend. Part of the BYU honor code, is the law of chastity, meaning no pre-marital sex or anything relatively leading to it. I do not feel bad for the athlete at all. I completely agree with the way the school handled the situation, regardless of the track the men's basketball team was on. It shows the world that if you play for the school, and are on a great path to a professional career, it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter who you are, who you play for, and what the reasons for breaking the rules, you are still a student of the university, and all students follow the same rules. Cam Newton from Auburn was involved in a pay for play scheme and the NCAA looked the other way, because of their title in the NCAA league of football. It is a disgusting thing that sports have come to, because in the end, it's all for money and reputation, and forgetting the fun and entertainment of the sport. BYU continued on to the playoffs, playing until the elite eight, re cooperating from a major loss, but they still accomplished a sense of team work. Brandon Davies didn't miss a game after his suspension, and continued to support his team mates. He is the one who turned himself in when the honor code was broken, it was no one else but himself. That shows character and respect and it proudly represents the students at Brigham Young University.  BYU maintained their core values, and refused to sink to the current media's level. I'm so greatful to be apart of such an amazing community amoungst this money hungry world. I mean, who does that anymore? The standards that the students of Brigham Young University upheld are becoming extinct in this horrible spiraling world, and nation. I think people, not only in the NCAA community but around the country should recognize BYU's bold move by not budging  on what everyone else wanted them to do. Pre-marital sex is so common now-a-days it's a no big deal to the average american. Being a mormon myself i am completly against pre-marital sex, and waited till my wedding night, like the traditional values. I completly uphold and represent the school, and church by upholding the same standards that are supposed to be followed in Provo, UT. It is an amazing place and i look forward to participating even more so in the community. I hope that BYU proved and up held a standard that needs to be reached by every other university in the country. It needs to happen and BYU is only taking the first step that shouldve been taken a long time ago.http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/30138/byu-brandon-davies-is-still-welcome-here

NFL Superbowl 45

http://dallas.about.com/od/professionalsports/qt/Nfl-And-North-Texas-Super-Bowl-Xlv-Offer-Game-Day-Experience.htm
I wrote the position paper on the North Texas Super Bowl. I have quite alot to say about it. I looked and looked online and for newspapers to have some backup information for my essays about the view of the Super Bowl from the North Texan perspective, and I couldn't find anything! It's almost like the North Texans, were either at the game, or sleeping, or went out of town, it's quite disturbing. It makes me angry because you have us spend all this money, put up with traffic, the extra amount of people, not to mention the horrible ice storm, and then...nothing. It's highly disrespectful in my opinion. During the ice storm, the only freeways that were sanded were the ones that led either to Dallas, or of course, Arlington. It was sick, because even I couldn't get into work, that whole week, because the streets were layered in ice, and the freeways getting out of Denton to Fort Worth, were also iced. It was highly frustrating. Why do you think the press didn't mention ANYTHING about the citizens for the after effect? Maybe because it was a disaster? Maybe because it shouldn't have been here in the first place? North Texas isn't meant to have a super bowl, especially not Arlington! Why in Arlington anyway? What is so special about Arlington? Why not Fort Worth? Oh, wait, here's a thought, how about since it's the Dallas cowboys, why not, dare i say it, in Dallas!? It's humorous really, this whole thing. I hope the citizens that voted yes, and Jerry Jones all learned a valuable lesson that weekend. I also hope that the 'foreigners' learned that just because it's Texas, doesn't mean it never snows, or gets cold for that matter. I've never really been into football until I was dating my husband. I was in the band for seven years, marching band for four, went to every single football game for my High school, due to obligation of course, and never got into football. My husband is a HUGE football fan, it drives me crazy just thinking about it. Ugh. Anyways, Football is a good sport, i think it may be too publicized by now, but what isn't nowadays? After a while, i lessened up on my aggression towards football, but too much of anything can drive anyone crazy, especially since they don't like it all that much to begin with! I had good things to say about the Super Bowl as well. It brought money to our economy. Hotels sky rocketed, restaurants booked, college being visited just because they're in town, which may turn out to be a different case in the future. A lot of good things happened. It brought families closer together, brought out the old rivalry, and dusted off good old competition. That's always a good thing every now and then. Celebrities came from all over, including President Obama, Adam Sandler, etc. There were good things, it just really didn't out number the bad, like it always should. I hope Jerry Jones learned a lesson here, first of all, we didn't need a new stadium, the old one was fine, and if NFL didn't want a Super Bowl there, then so what! If you got so much money, hire the best coach in the world, and go to the Super Bowl yourself! Or another idea is, just buy a ticket.

Old Spice Commercial

I picked the Old Spice commercial "Does your man look like this? Sadly no." The audience to this ad is not only men but women. Why else would they pose a highly attractive man as the model for the old spice products? For men to want to look like him? Maybe, but we all know that a product can't make you look like any other person. It was also aimed for women to attract them to the man, and to make them want their men smell and be just like the attractive man on the commercial. The piece functions rhetorically by sending a message through an illusion, rather than words themselves. They are trying to sell their product by placing a handsome athletically fit man, swarming him in riches, and a life of luxury, giving the impression to the audience, that if they buy the Old Spice product they will too, be just like the man on the ad. It's a common strategy in the commercial industry to make your product seem like it can provide more than it is capable of. It's genius really. Definitely the Old Spice producers have the power, they've got the audience in the palm of their hands! Giving the option for any man, no matter how old, young, slim, large, no matter the skin color, it wouldn't matter. They have power because they have room to go in any direction they want, attracting a large span of consumers. That, I believe is the ultimate power possible when the product has plenty of room to grow, in any direction possible. The argument being presented in this ad is whether or not the advertisement being shown can actually make the consumer similar to the man selling the product. Can he look as attractive as he does? Can he ride that white horse he is on? Can smell as good as he said it's going to be? A lot of unanswered questions in the ad. The ad displays a sort of 'power' over the ladies it's 'aimed' at. If the women actually listen to what he is saying when he says, "Look at your man, now back at me." It shows a sense of control and power. Obviously the ad is successful. But the question is, can her husband/boyfriend have that same power once the Old Spice is purchased. Probably not. That's the real argument here, is whether the 'powers' the man on the ad has spills over to the man who will use the same exact product as him, and be just like the ad. This ad works effectively every time it's aired. People rave about this ad, because of it's great humor, and very handsome actor, and ironically, the bonus is Old Spice. That's ironic because the whole point of the ad is to make Old Spice front and center, but everyone is raving about the man front and center instead. It works everywhere. Probably more effective to men in relationships, that want to be more attractive to their women, and single men, trying to attract women. It works pretty much in every scenario. Why does this ad work? Because it attacks the human hormones. It aims at what attract women to men, and aims at men wanting to attract women. It's genius. Everyone has those hormones, so its aimed at everyone, and can apply to everyone. That's the key to advertisement, and this commercial should be the God of all Advertisements!
Yes, there are places where some of the moves in the ad are questionable. The horse, the excessive women, the way the man looks. Where it fails is that body wash can't make a man look or sound or act like that. Its impossible, but humorous.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owGykVbfgUE