{"id":750,"date":"2014-01-16T02:42:40","date_gmt":"2014-01-16T02:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/sportshistory\/?p=750"},"modified":"2014-01-16T02:42:40","modified_gmt":"2014-01-16T02:42:40","slug":"jordan-adams-pcq-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/sportshistory\/2014\/01\/16\/jordan-adams-pcq-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordan Adams PCQ 6"},"content":{"rendered":"

Imagined communities in the global game: soccer and the development of Dutch national identity<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

This article discusses the sociology of sport and the relationship between sports, nations, and nationalism in the Dutch soccer community. It acknowledges that nations are in fact imagined communities that come together through a shared experience and pride in the actions of one\u2019s nation. National traditions and reactions to sports lead to this belief that different nations have a certain style to the way they approach the game. This idea however doesn\u2019t seem to be true as many different countries can lay claim to the same style being their own, yet it is impossible to deny that soccer and sporting competitions in generally do not lead to some sort of national cohesion. Because there can only be one outcome in a sporting match a win or a loss when nations cheer on their teams they are experiencing an event as a nation all rooting for the end goal\u00a0 to be their nations team celebrating a victory.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Soccer style as national self-definition<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u201cWhile the club achievements stirred the passions of soccer fans, the World cup, televised live, produced a truly national emotional outpouring, an \u2018orange transformation\u2019 subsequently considered \u2018typical\u2019 of the Netherlands. The losers of 1974 were treated to an unprecedented welcome upon their return, receiving the adulation of huge crowds.\u201d (218)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

 <\/p>\n

I pulled this passage out because it made me think about the level of popularity soccer has within the US and how it may be linked to the men\u2019s team up until this point not truly accomplishing something of note. While there may be fans that root for the team, they cannot celebrate losses. The achievements of their club and national teams is what spurred passion among fans in the Netherlands, maybe an increase in solid victories for the US could lead to the beginning of a larger fan base. While the 1974 team was still met with praise when they arrived home I feel like this is different in the states because we are not expected to do that well in the first place, therefore when the team gets back there is no reason to celebrate they did just as well as they were expected to.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u201cThe media keep the memory of past achievement alive. In the run-up to any major tournament comparisons with teams past are inevitable, complete with repeat showings of key episodes on television. The Dutch soccer record is now virtually available, a shared \u2018memory\u2019 even to those too young to witness the actual games of old.\u201d (219)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Maybe it\u2019s just me because I am not fully aware of the victories of our national teams but I couldn\u2019t help but pull this quote out and think about how the media attempts to bring excitement to international soccer matches. For the Dutch this process is easy they have past experiences that everyone likes to relive that show their dominance within the sport. It only helps strengthen the argument that over time soccer will in fact have a larger impact within the US because we will have more moments to look back on that reinvigorate casual soccer fans to get excited. These moments can also help establish more loyalty towards soccer for a kid which seems to be lacking within our current soccer programs.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Playing with tension: national charisma and disgrace at Euro 2012<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

 <\/p>\n

This article focuses on the competitiveness of football and nationalism and how fans choose to react towards members of other countries. It somewhat relates back to some of the discussions we have had in class about how sport became a substitute for war in a sense, while people are no longer being killed the same amount of passion seems to be poured out in these games of sport.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u201cFor official sports ideology football creates a civilizing space for national groups to make contact with and to recognize each other below the level of formal political structures. Since the 1984 European Championship in France, fans of national teams attend the Euros in increased numbers, resulting in generally peaceful contact with each other, although fan hooliganism remained a constant concern for authorities\u201d (3)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I wanted to pull this quote out to argue against this idea that football or sports in generally really lead to a civilized space for different groups of people. I know for a fact that people fight during matches between different clubs and in the US when someone\u2019s team is losing and the wrong person says the wrong thing regardless of the importance of the game there is a presence of violence or at least retaliation. I feel like this is only more prevalent on a international level, using the word hooliganism to describe the actions between rowdy fans greatly downplays some of the situations that occur during events like the Euros.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Questions:<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
    \n
  • \u00a0Knowing that competition between different nations naturally will cause friction how can competitions such as the Euros expect their fans to remain calm and respect all rules<\/span><\/li>\n
  • \u00a0Is there a way to take the war like mentality out of the sporting world<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Can the media be used to help alleviate some of the tension between nations that have negative history together?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Imagined communities in the global game: soccer and the development of Dutch national identity     This article discusses the sociology of sport and the relationship between sports, nations, and nationalism in the Dutch soccer community. It acknowledges that nations are in fact imagined communities that come together through a shared experience and pride in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":716,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/sportshistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/sportshistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/sportshistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/sportshistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/716"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/sportshistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=750"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/sportshistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":753,"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/sportshistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750\/revisions\/753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/sportshistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/sportshistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/sportshistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}