Titans QB Vince Young is apologizing for those famous photos of him having a good time posted at TMZ. Is it the fact that he wasn't wearing a shirt or that he was drinking alcohol because those are the two things that keep getting mentioned every time the photos come up? There doesn't seem to be any problem with either in these Super Bowl commercials posted at the NFL's site.
Children are impressionable, after all. If they see a hazy, amateur camera phone photo of a player actually enjoying himself, then they will surely forget all the slick, expensive ads full of flesh and alcohol produced by marketing professionals directly targeting football fans of all ages.
Vince Young's night of blowing off a little steam has been crashed by the strange politics of alcohol and "What about the children?" in this country.
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Thursday, May 22, 2008
Friday, April 11, 2008
Bridging the gap: sports and GLBT fans
http://www.southernvoice.com/2008/4-11/locallife/sports/8389.cfm
The Atlanta Dream women's basketball team were doing some face-to-face marketing among Lady Vols fans covered in orange at a midtown Atlanta lesbian hangout. It's refreshing to see in the South. Can you imagine the Titans or the Predators showing up at Tribe or Play? Hey, maybe it's already happened. It's great to see the recognition of a GLBT fan base in sports. With former pros like John Amaechi coming out, maybe we're getting closer to bridging the gap between men's sports and gay male fans.
The GLBT community has to keep a large part of our focus on the political process so long as we experience legal discrimination. But we'd be foolish to deny that the cultural arena shapes our political possibilities. Until it's no longer an issue to be out in sports, ministry, country music, the military, or whatever area of life, we will be playing catch up politically.
The Atlanta Dream women's basketball team were doing some face-to-face marketing among Lady Vols fans covered in orange at a midtown Atlanta lesbian hangout. It's refreshing to see in the South. Can you imagine the Titans or the Predators showing up at Tribe or Play? Hey, maybe it's already happened. It's great to see the recognition of a GLBT fan base in sports. With former pros like John Amaechi coming out, maybe we're getting closer to bridging the gap between men's sports and gay male fans.
The GLBT community has to keep a large part of our focus on the political process so long as we experience legal discrimination. But we'd be foolish to deny that the cultural arena shapes our political possibilities. Until it's no longer an issue to be out in sports, ministry, country music, the military, or whatever area of life, we will be playing catch up politically.
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