MUSICAL TALENT HUNT SHOWS: A MIRAGE? Getting competitors to re-enact songs that have made their marks is not the best approach to assess and score their musical ability or talent. Anyone can perform a song that has generated or created its own appeal or “a winning blueprint”. All it takes is to imitate the singer’s voice and delivery pattern. This ideology only allows a competitor to reproduce a song; note by note and tone by tone without any form of originality, and real talent being exhibited. Whoever reproduces better, automatically wins the competition. I want to believe this is a far cry from intended objective(s). The act of “copy, paste and display” will no way bring out the best talented competitor; it only re-echoes originality done by someone else. In other words, what they do in real sense is miming to songs. This can be likened to a chef who went for a cooking competition and dishes out already cooked or prepared meal, and is expec
SPORTS ECONOMICS: THE IMPACT OF FOOTBALL RUNNING COST ON AN ECONOMY Emy1010 29 min 28 SPORTS ECONOMICS: THE IMPACT OF FOOTBALL RUNNING COST ON AN ECONOMY. The game of football and other major sports are of considerable economic, social and cultural significance. The primary role of any Football/Soccer League is to organise the football competition between the Clubs that make up the league. Each League match is watched by millions of fans and supporters all over the world. They travel round the country to follow their team, and millions miles away hook up through media and the internet. This interest helps to generate a wide range of revenues; through ticketing, merchandise, souvenirs, and sales of broadcasting rights. In particular, the sales of broadcasting rights have been one of the most significant revenue streams for the football association and clubs. The huge advert deals from top corporate firms with clubs, and broadcast organisations all