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Sports News Blog posts insightful comments on the latest international news that render us taken-aback in the domain of the sports facet of life. Sports-News Blog: Sports-Scandals News Why Sports Scandals Don't Hurt Sports: November 6, 2007 by Tom Van Riper
Welcome to modern professional sports, home of sexual harassment, dog fighting, brawling, gambling, steroid use and blood doping. Yawn. Fans profess outrage, but wallets remain open and there's no sign anyone's turning off the tube. The bottom line on sports scandals? Zero impact on the bottom line. In Pictures: Big Scandals With Little Impact "Fans know that leagues and teams can only do so much to restrict individual behavior," says Shawn McBride, vice president of sports marketing at Ketchum, a public relations firm. "None of this is having an impact on fans' overall affinity for their favorite teams and players." Even as New York Knicks head coach Isiah Thomas lost a sexual harassment lawsuit against a former front office member, the basketball team renewed 91% of season ticket subscriptions for 2007-2008, better than last year. Likewise, the Indiana Pacers filled the arena after a vicious brawl in Detroit cost them star player Ron Artest. The Los Angeles Lakers continued selling out their Staples Center after a rape allegation against franchise stalwart Kobe Bryant. Sports News Blog Comment: Public memory is very short. People forget sports scandals as fast as they forget the political scandals that are much more serious in nature and effect. In fact we have got habitual of living our life with all kinds of scandals in each and every field of life so much so that we don't even feel something really serious has happened. We have lost our sensitivities to everything abnormal on earth. Can such insensitive minds ever enjoy even playing sports, forget enjoying watching them as spectators? I invite you to subscribe to my E-zine titled Life Coach, free of charge. This E-zine publishes insightful comments on the latest international news that render us taken-aback in the domains of various facets of life. A not-to-be-missed opportunity! Subscribe to it here: I also invite you to subscribe to my Life Blog - no need to provide your e-mail address here. This RSS feed keeps you informed about new developments taking place on this site. It also harbors 25 journal bloglets posting insightful comments on the latest international news that render us taken-aback in the domains of various facets of life. In order to subscribe to the blog, right-click on the orange RSS button (see buttons up to the left) and then paste the URL into your RSS reader. Or click on add to My Yahoo! button or My MSN or Add To Google button if you keep a personalized home page there. If you are not sure what RSS or blogging is all about, click on What's an RSS Feed? here:
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