SBNation.com User Blog: Modanya

For the Victims...

Modanya — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 05:42:26 -0000

http://www.wgal.com/news/susquehanna-valley/state/Victim-No-4-s-attorney-talks-about-PSU-sanctions/-/9758860/15655368/-/t4e8fgz/-/index.html#.UA4o4LE5mVo.facebook

My friends I present to you what I will be posting to every person who mentions the word "Victims.", Or "Well, its for the Victims." OR "Thinking of the victims."

So keep in mind if you would like to use the Argument FOR THE VICTIMS as a reason for anything in the last 2 weeks to -8 months that is outrageously stupid and bull; I'll be posting this to you as a reminder.

My thanks to WGAL for this.

Now for something Completely different!

Modanya — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 01:35:22 -0000

Hey guys, I was thinking today that I'm sick of hearing about it, and a discussion in a front page thread brought up a fun discussion I'd like to have. What team has the craziest fan base (other then us we're nuts) you've ever had the pleasure of knowing or meeting. I have a few I'll list.

Nebraska...those people are obsessed, then again....if all I had was football in my state I guess I would be too. I had the pleasure of meeting Nebraska fans at the K-State v Nebraska game one year. It doesn't help that this was a Big 12 rivalry game. It was fun though when both teams absolutely sucked at playing against each other, but I will say that even in a stadium surrounded by purple those red devils never gave up trying to be louder then us...(And trust me sometimes they were.)

Ohio State Fans...I really really don't have to say anymore we all know what I'm going to say and how I'm going to say it.

And I'll bring basketball into it KU fans...are crazy...about basketball. I was in Kansas City for the Ohio State v KU final four game...and seriously I watched kids crying....watching the game. Now to be fair it could be the booze...but still...(I never understood the thing for Basketball to each their own.) It was funny though how pumped up KU fans get over their basketball...And also there one time National Title in Football...(Miracles do apparently happen.)

So what about you guys? Any schools with fan bases you think are insane, fun, crazy, respectful...

So I thought this was a cute story

Modanya — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:45:17 -0000

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/highschool-prep-rally/kindergarten-k-state-fan-refuses-color-jayhawk-mascot-170922025.html

I live in Kansas now as most will know and I actually ended up attending Kansas State. I find this story hilarious mainly because I can tell you right now if someone asked me as a Kindergartner to color an Ohio State picture I'd have thrown it in the trash as well (That also can be said for ND and Michigan). Just funny to see how die hard fans we make our kids. My dad it to me with Penn State and I'll surely do it to my kids if I have any someday.

Sometimes you have to understand your enemy. (An opinion on the media of today.)

Modanya — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 18:04:48 -0000

Recently, we as Penn State Alumni, Students, and fans have placed a huge amount of blame on the media for their tabloid like coverage of the scandal. I have always been a firm believer of understanding everything about a situation and the complexities that go along with it. That being said this isn't a post about how we were treated unfairly, or a post about what was done wrong to us but a glimpse of what maybe the reasoning behind a media frenzy.

I've done some thinking and some research after the last few days about why this whole mess went the way it did. I think I may have come up with a reason, we the public are to blame. I'll repeat that so that people may understand WE THE PUBLIC ARE TO BLAME. Yes, us, you, me, your mother, your great-granny with the amazing pie; we are to blame. We do you ask is it our fault; I'll explain. As we move along in the 21st century that many have hailed as the "Most informed generation of all time," we have to understand what exactly that means. That means between 3-10 (Depending on your cable company) 24/7 news stations, news ever 3 hours on major channels, and the social networking we are always in "The know," or are we?

When the PSU scandal first hit my immediate reaction was one of disgust and hurt, but I was pleased to see they had apprehended the suspect and he was going to stand trial. From there I let it go and moved on with my day, until of course the next day when my Facebook, twitter, and television was nothing, but a bombardment of "information."

The ultimate question is was this truly information or was it garbage spewed to garner our interest? The answer is both, there was true information that came out that Jerry Sanduskey was the criminal that there were possible witnesses from their though the information gets a little into the realm of garbage all over the place. The media started focusing on a target we all recognize (Joe) and that caught the attention of the entirety of the United States. Truth is we don't know how much or how little Joe was involved, but the media has somewhat taken the fact of unknown and turned it into known factual information based on the belief of HE AS TO KNOW!

The reason the media did this is for us the viewers? I know you are all sitting there shaking your head going I DIDN'T ASK FOR THIS!?! or if your on the other side of the fence IT WAS ALL TRUE HE'S EVIL THEY ARE ALL EVIL THE MEDIA IS WONDERFUL!!! And there is your proof right there, in those two very different opinions that's why they did it. Seriously though, the reason WHY is for us, we as a generation have been asking for quicker, faster, more, more, more, and we haven't stopped. If we don't get the bigger, better, faster, stronger, from one station we will just go to another station who will give it too us. So journalists don't spend as much time researching a subject as they should, but rather going out throwing the subject out and letting the public lead them to the next story, instead of doing the right thing and waiting for the facts to lead them to a story.

Another good reason for the why is that not all journalists understand the subject they are talking about. Journalists are human beings just like all of us and they have interests and subjects they would rather cover, but because we want the media to "know all," we force it to give up having journalistic specialists to just generalized journalists for everything. They have to keep up with so many different topics at such a high rate that situations get muddled and journalists who have no idea what they are talking about (Great example CNN: Does Penn State play on Saturday!?) giving us the misinformation.

Court of public appearance and opinion, whatever your view point on the PSU Scandal I can guarantee you the media doesn't care. Why is that? Well, since they are focused on giving us news as quickly as possible and as often as possible and as much as possible, they just want us to watch. What do they honestly care if we think someone or something is innocent or guilty, right or left, up or down. The fact is that they are in it to make money because when we started asking for more and on demand, they realized they could turn a real profit off of it.

So, whatever your opinion on the situation understand that sometimes when you ask for something, that's exactly what you get.

Sincerely,

A thinker.

(By the way folks there are a number of great books on the subject I definitely recommend them)

(I would like to add the term "We" In this opinion is suppose to mean Society as a whole.)