Saving the Sports World
What if we had all access to high school athletes from all around the world and would report them and only them for 24 hours a day!? They will all be going fame craze right? A lot of sports channels neglect high school athletes mainly because they might not be as well known as professional athletes are and they aren’t playing for anything special. Sportscenter reports all sports and when they find a well known athlete in high school they’ll report them. But creating a sports channel for high school students allows for more publicity to younger athletes and gives them a chance to shine in bigger lights throughout their season. Most games are reported during playoff season, but some games might have more significance during the regular season as well. The set up can be the same as Sportscenter such that there will be big games hosted in the main channel and other big games in other local channels.
Sports fans can see what’s going on in the sports levels below the professional ones and can have something to look for when these athletes get older. Recruiting will be so much easier because more athletes will be able to showcase their special abilities. There won’t be one big athlete that will take over everybody’s chance in joining a good college team. Scouts from New York can check out a kid from California, live and without any speculations from other scouts. This company can exist because college teams and sports around the world are always trying to find how they can make their programs better. The better they recruit, the better it is for them to build a stronger team. Some people might think that making a high school sports channel won’t exist, but I believe that making this will help small schools around the world make a name for them. Communities around the world will also feel a sense of pride. It gives kids that can’t a afford to go to a showcase a chance to show that they are better than the rich kids who parents have paid for professional trainers to improve their skills.
People around the world will see how a typical high school athlete lives and the stresses that come along with it. In the show there will be interviews with high school athletes and controversial arguments to compare teams and players. Social media will be a big part of the channel because I would want everybody to get involved and shout their opinions. The name of the show will be named “Sports High.” This name is simple and automatically gives the impression that people can be “high” on sports and it also explains exactly what it is, which is: high school sports. Also the initials spell out SH which can be used as a slogan mechanism because we don’t think of high school athletes as big athletes so by using the expression SHHHH to describe them will make sense because we’ve exposed everybody to this well known secret.
- Daniel Nuñez
High school sports get varying amounts of attention based on where they are located and the type of sports. What type of programming would the station offer when the sports were not being played live? I think if the station started with the top schools regionally, there could be a good following. I could also see this branching out to potentially being an online based station where a lot of high school sports get attention from direct family members, and perhaps if they are in different locations and the station does localized broadcasting, an online stream of the game would allow remote family members to tune in. This might also produce additional revenue streams for the business.
ReplyDeleteDaniel:
ReplyDeleteI must agree with the IST195GA, high school sports does get a lot of attention in various places, yes I agree that in some big areas, like cities or really old towns could have better coverage and better opportunity, but I also think that it would require an upgrade or a centralized online system to be created for all high school recruiters to go and look at athletes from high school, to compare and contrast exactly what they are looking for. Have you ever heard of the site www.highschoolsportsscene.com ? In Baltimore, all public schools teams are required to post and keep updated each player on any varsity team so that recruiters can go and look up people with specific qualifications and find their contact information. This allows for easier access and for players to be showcased on a national level. I like your idea a lot, but I would highly recommend you look at this site and maybe incorporate your 'Sports High' show to the internet.