Thoughts About Me. 9/23/2014
My name is Robert Swartz, but I go by R.J. I am a small town kid from nearby Mercer,Pa. i grew up a multi sport athlete and have loved sports since day 1. Although I do have a passion for Sports, it was a long road for me to finally find Sport Management. I began and education major and wasn't exactly in love with it, I then tried to study accounting, which was totally miserable. On the brink of dropping out or deciding to go to a trade school, i thought why not combine academics with what i love- Sports!
Technology is at an all-time high when it comes to usage and its only growing. Throughout the last few months we have seen organizations go as far as creating apps so the may order food and not leave their seats, along with these sorts of things we have seen a huge emergence in social media- specially referencing in-game tweeting from players. Last year at the pro bowl in Hawaii, we actually saw social media stations for players to tweet directly from the sideline, although i understand that the pro bowl is a "fun" game with no real meaning for the NFL and its all about entertaining the fan, but for this "old school" sports fan i feel there is no place in sports for social media- especially during competition. Do what you want on your own time but when playing or competing leave the social media outside of the facility.
