Although I am not entirely sure as to what I want my blog to be about, you, Professor Haller, mentioned an idea in class that I found very interesting. The idea was about New York City basketball courts. I believe this topic for a blog would be interesting and needed because NYC has hundreds of outdoor basketball courts spread throughout the 5 boroughs but most of them are always empty. The void it may fill is the lack of coverage of local recreational activities for free that nobody uses, while more time is spent on promoted activities for kids like the NFL’s “Play 60.” When I was growing up playing basketball in the Bronx and Harlem, you could always find kids in the courts, but now that is simply not the case. I can try to find out why kids are playing less, if kids are more obese than before, is there a relation to crime? This seems a bit ambitious and my idea isn’t set in stone, however, I am open to other ideas within the basketball court idea on which angle to go with it.
Another option would be to do a blog on underground boxing. I have a friend who either shares links to YouTube videos, or short clips of these events, even participating himself. From what I have seen from the outside looking in is that these are clearly not your typical sporting events. From some footage I have seen, a few Boxers drink alcohol in-between rounds, and just dance or act silly with the crowd instead of really preparing for the next round. To me it’s almost like a “fight club” that is not necessarily widely known. Some of the fights do look competitive and the events draw at least a couple hundred people. The problem with this topic is that I am unsure as to how often these fighting events actually occur. However, I think it has potential to give insight on an underground world I’m not sure many people know much about, myself included.
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VHaller // Sep 17th 2014 at 10:26 am
I like both ideas. The boxing topic is intriguing because a blog would really shed light on a topic that people don’t know about and it would have great opportunities for photos/video and to introduce personalities. I think you need to research the idea more. If it’s underground, would people even want to be interviewed about it? The basketball court idea is good, too. It might need a bit more focus and let’s talk about what happens later in the semester when weather gets colder and people move inside.