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How does Tiger Woods' involvement in a scandal lead to a television ratings spike for The Masters? Why does the lack of an NCAA Division I playoff stir up such emotion in college football fans? When did NFL fans' appetite for year-round information become so insatiable?
That's just a sampling of the topics that may be discussed, among countless others, at a conference coming up May 26-28 entitled "A Mirror of Our Culture: Sport and Society in America." Hosted jointly by St. Norbert College and the Green Bay Packers, a first-of-its-kind partnership between an education of higher learning and a professional sports franchise, the event will take an extensive look at the way sports and society interact.
"The basic concept of the conference is to bring together sports academics and sports professionals in one place and to talk seriously about all the issues that surround organized sports," said Dr. Michael Marsden, Dean and Academic Vice President at St. Norbert, a priva..
Source: Packers.com
