Ryan Kneipper
JOMC050
Aikat, Deb
World Cup 2002
1. The World Cup is the most prestigious event for soccer "futbol"
in the world. It is held every four years by a host nation or in the case of
this year's world cup two host nations (Japan and South Korea). The host nation
automatically gains qualification into the cup along with the past champion,
which happens to be France who won in 1998. The other 29 spots are open for
any country in the world that can pass the qualifying stages and games in order
to reach the World Cup. The World Cup is the world's most watched event, and
millions of people travel every four years to cheer their country on to victory.
2. What is the expected attendance for this year's world cup?
What security measures is Japan/South Korea going to take in order to protect
the fans and players especially because of the recent terrorist attacks?
3. My intended audience is anybody who has a somewhat interest in soccer and the World Cup. The audience wants to learn more about the details of the World Cup in Japan/Korea vs. past world cups. In addition, how Japan/Korea will deal with the security and the rising attendance of the fans at the games. They would be interested in this subject because the World Cup starts in two weeks, and any soccer fan not only loves to watch the games but also wants to know what is going on behind the scene that makes all the glorious things happen for the players and the fans participating and or watching in Japan/Korea.
Ib. Keywords
UNC Library Catalog:
Soccer and World Cup
World Cup AND History
Academic Univerise Lexis-Nexis:
World Cup 2002 AND Security
World Cup 2002 AND Attendance
Search Engine on the Web <http://www.yahoo.com/>
World Cup 2002
World Cup and Japan/Korea
II. Books, Videotapes, and CD-ROMS from UNC-Ch libraries
Print Sources:
Glanville, Brian. The History of the World Cup. Boston: Faber and Faber, 1984. GV943.49 .G55 1984
Merrill, Christopher. The Grass of Another Country: A Journey Through the World of Soccer. New York: H. Holt, 1993. GV943 .M475 1993
Non-paper source:
Wood, Andres. (1997). Historias de futbol. (1st Edition), [Video]. Available: New York, Latin America Video Archives. [May 26, 2002]. Call #- 9291 (Duke Libraries).
III. Electronic Indexes and Databases Sources
Page, Rodney. (2002, May 26). Security made a top priority by both hosts. St. Petersburg Times [Online], 480 words. Available: LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe [2002, May 26].
Longman, Jere. (2002,May 25). U.S. Team arrives amid show of force. The New York Times [Online], 806 words. Available: LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe [2002, May 25].
Malone, Paul. (2002, May 23). Terror attacks leave cup hosts with a bad bout of the jitters. Nationwide News Pty Limited Courier Mail [Online], 582 words. Available: LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe [2002, May 25].
Belson, Ken. (2002, May 22). Japan and South Korea Prepare for the Worst. The New York Times [Online], 1510 words. Available: LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe [2002, May 25].
Trecker, Jerry. (2002, May 17). Not so beautiful game; global issues threaten sport's stability; cover story: world soccer's challenge. The Hartford Courant [Online], 1740 words. Available: LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe [2002, May 25].
Hart, Simon. (2002, April 28). Koreans mobilize to combat World Cup's threats with more than a month to go before the kick-off; military personnel are already in action to secure the stadiums against terrorists and hooligans. Sunday Telegraph [Online], 708 words. Available: LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe [2002, May 25].
IV. Web sources on topic
1. Official Site of 2002 World Cup
Web Address: http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/en
Brief Description: Overview of the World Cup by providing scores, news, past
highlights, information about the teams, shopping, and miscellaneous information
about the host country and the overall event. The site constantly updates scores
and news about players and teams participating. It is a very useful site to
find out about everything going on before, during, and even after the World
Cup.
Source of the Web Site: Yahoo
2. 2002 Fifa World Cup Korea Japan
Web Address:
http://worldcup.espnsoccernet.com/index?lang=en
Brief Description: This site provides an overview of this year's World Cup by
providing updated news, scores, and info. It has a section that discusses the
games before they are played and also post game results. In addition, there
are sections for each different national team and even the star players of this
year's cup can be found in the player's section. There is a detailed and informative
section about the history of the World Cup and the teams that have won in the
past
Source of the Web Site: ESPNsoccernet.com
3. KOWOC 2002 Fifa World Cup Korea Japan
Web Address: http://www.2002worldcupkorea.org/
Brief Description: This is the official site of the Korean Organizing Committee.
The site provides news and tournament info. In addition it has special sections
for people (spectators) traveling to the World Cup with ticket, stadium, and
tourism information.
Source of the Web Site: KOWOC
4. CNNSI.com's Complete Coverage of the Fifa World Cup 2002
Web Address: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/world/2002/world_cup/
Brief Description: A well organized site with tons of information about the
Cup including scores, schedules, teams, players, photos, history, and even a
special section that focuses on the United States team and all the news surrounding
their run at the title in Korea/Japan.
Source of the Web Site: CNN/Sports Illustrated
5. World Cup Centre 2002
Web Address: http://worldcup.lycos.com.sg/
Brief Description: This web site has news, schedules, scores, team info, history,
photos, and chat rooms for anybody interested in learning more about this year's
event or past year's events. Unlike some of the other sites, it has some trivia
games and some interactive soccer games to entertain the visitors.
Source of the Web Site: Lycos
Mini Essay(Additional Research Assignment)
Title: Despite the Loved Sock Puppet of Pets.com, It Could not Last in the fast
moving Dot.com World.
(Topic Area: Net Business and Economics)
On November 7, 2000, Pets.com executives announced that they were selling their
remaining assets, including its remaining inventory of pet food and supplies,
distribution center equipment, and Internet content when it decided to shut
down the online company because of lack of profit. The company contacted over
50 companies to seek cash for further production or a buy out but had no takers.
After not finding a buyer, the executives had no choice but to fire 255 out
of 320 employees. (1) The remaining employees were offered incentives to stay
around and close the company especially the upper level executives if they stayed
around and helped close the company. Pets.com offered a million dollars in retention
bonuses to its top 10 executives. The executives were paid approximately $75,000
to $225,000 in cash with the largest amounts going to the chairman, chief executive,
and two deputies. (3) The CEO and chairwoman of Pets.com said, "I am deeply
saddened by this event and regret that we will not be able to continue our commitment
to our customers to provide the very best buying experience on the Internet."
(2)
Pets.com was part of the highflying dot.coms of the profit driven year of 1999.
It also was the first publicly traded dot.com to fail. (2) Before its fall,
it instituted a very successful ad campaign about a sock puppet, which became
a favorite among American television viewers and ad critiques. Pets.com spent
2.5 million dollars on a SuperBowl ad, which later ended up hurting the company's
profits. The sock puppet dog on the other hand despite the start of the downfall
of the company was very popular amongst people. The sock puppet gave "interviews"
with magazines like Time, People and Entertainment Weekly and programs from
"Nightline" to "Access Hollywood" and also made an appearance
with Diane Sawyer on "Good Morning America." (2) Unfortunately, the
well-loved sock did not create the publicity and sales needed to stay a float.
In the end, analysts looked at the situation and decided that the company was
in a hard situation trying to sell pet supplies over the Internet. George Zachary,
a partner at venture capital firm Mohr Davido Ventures said, "In the end,
if your dog is hungry, it's much easier to drive over to the store than to order
something over the Web." (1)
Notes:
(1) Schlisserman, Courtney. (2000, November 8). Unable to find cash, buyer,
Pets.com shutting down; Stock down 93% since February IPO. Chicago Sun-Times
[Online], 371 words. Available: LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe [2002, May 25].
(2) Scheier, Rachel. (2000, November 8). Lights out for Pets.com First publicly
traded Web site to go out of business. New York Daily News [Online], 500 words.
Available: LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe [2002, May 25].
(3) Bloomberg News (2000, November 18). Company news; pets.com offered to pay
bonuses for help in closing. The New York Times [Online], 135 words. Available:
LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe [2002, May 25].
Title of Web Page: Because Pets Don't Shop… The fall of online pet supply
retailing?
Web address: http://vetmedicine.about.com/library/weekly/aa110800a.htm
Description: Breaks down in detail the possible reasons why online pet stores
did not succeed in the online shopping world.
Source of site: Veterinary Medicine
Title of Web Page: Meltdowns Always Happen
Web Address:
http://www.fool.com/portfolios/rulebreaker/2000/rulebreaker001121.htm
Description: A column using some historical examples to depict why Pets.com
fell and looking at other modern dot.coms that lack potential and are on the
same track as that of Pets.com.
Source of the site: The Motley Fool
Title of Web Page: Ads play well, but eToys still suffering
Web Address: http://www.usatoday.com/money/index/2001-01-22-ad-track-etoys.htm#more
Description: A site that has an article about how even after successful and
intriguing ad campaigns a dot.com company such as pets.com and eToys.com still
manage not to show profits in the e-business world.
Source of the site: USA Today