Week 3 Learning Entry

The Internet is changing! it is now Web 2.0. The new phase of the Internet is very helpful and extremely more entertaining. Users can now not only read material, they are able to participate in just about any thing. From wikis and blogs to social networking sites. Web technology is growing and should be accepted as opposed to rejected in every business, corporation, or field.

In sport management, enabling a more participation based user would be very useful. Since everything is changing so quickly, from technology to the standards in an industry, my idea is to create some sort of web 2.0 application specifically for sport managers and others in this field of study. People could update information that has worked for them and their company and the ideas and information that has failed. It would be very helpful to know what is the "new standard" or does or does not work. Sport companies are always trying to expand in new areas, gain more revenue by some way, and change how certain things are done. This sort of application would be very useful for those trying a new idea or area. It would also cut down on company expenditures for failed experiments, if it has already been tried in another company. One downfall of this idea is that companies would be sharing some big time inside information and they might not want to participate. However, in an organization like the NFL, where all of the teams are on an equal playing field, it might work a little better.

Click here to visit the website of the North American Society for Sport Management NASSM.
I chose this website because if this application was ever going to be made, I thought it could be found on this website because it is all about sport management.