Sports and Radio

Hey everyone, whats up? This week in sports, I wanted to talk about David Garrard and idea for his own radio show. David Garrard is the starting quarterback for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the NFL and wanted to start his own personal weekly radio show. He was planning on using the show to connect with fans and give his own personal previews for the games of the week and give his own personal opinions. The show was cancelled by the Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio because he claimed that the show was too close to gametime and would take away his focus for the games on Sundays. The show was scheduled to air on Fridays and coach Del Rio thought that 48 hours from gametime was too close to be conducting something like a radio show. This radio show is a huge example of the technology used between athletes and fans. Garrard's main purpose for the show was to connect and communicate with other fans of the Jaguars and many other NFL teams. I thought that this was a great example of an emerging technology in the world of sports because few current players have their own radio shows and use them to connect and interact with fans around the country.