Orange and Blue Scrimmage
Transcript: Group 11: Matt Welch, Erica Combs, Briana Majus, Keisha Hoskins, & Jordan Ponce Every spring UofI has an orange and blue scrimmage. It is at Memorial Stadium. You can park at E-14 and Assembly Hall lot. There is parking for people with disabilities available at the ARC. It is a leisure activity for the spectators, but for the athletes it serves many purposes. It serves as recreation, a practice, and a team building activity. It also showcases the upcoming season for Illini fans. Development of the football team by brushing up on plays and skills for the spring Produce football fans, having the little kids watch football. Some of the kids who called plays it could develop leadership skills in the future and create a bigger interest in the sport. Teams were split up equally from a draft by the seniors. Game started at 2 pm Marketing: Signs around campus, advertisements on the Illinois football website, article in the Daily Illini. There is a big billboard on University Ave. People: There was mainly Caucasian people there. It was a lot of families with kids. Gender wise there were more men there than women. There weren't many students there at all it was mainly middle aged and a few senior citizens attending the game. We rarely saw any people with disabilities attending the game. In addition: There was a few senior citizens there but not many. One of the seniors we saw had a very difficult time getting up the bleachers even with the help of a family member. We did not see many people who appeared to be of Asian descent at the event other than a group of five. There were some African Americans attending the event. One reason why the turn out was what it was is that not all cultures grow up around football like our country does. Accessibility: Rain really hindered the turnout of the event. There was not a lot of seating that was protected from the rain. Handicap: There was a very steep ramp that was for people of disabilities but it seemed very difficult to get up. There was a lack of seating as well for people with disabilities and even for senior citizens who could not climb the bleachers. We did not expect to see so many families and CU residents. Turnout and Surprises: We did think that students would make up the majority of the spectators but they did not. There were a lot more senior citizens than we expected. Again, rain could have majorly affected the turnout. It was middle class participants. Being in the CU area, this event was free, it is more family friendly, and it is closer to them than a Chicago Bears football game **Those were major reasons we think that the turnout was what it was. Intersectionality Music geared towards younger generation: Dubstep Rap/Hip-Hop Pop A lot of intersectionality between genders But not as much between races. Predominantly Caucasian with an occasional group of African Americans and Asian Americans. Questions? Accomodations Seating capacity- 60,600 people Stadium is dedicated as a memorial to the Illinois Men and Women who died in WWI and WWII Our Analysis Context Memorial Stadium April 14th, 2012 Orange and Blue Scrimmage Our Experience "I haven't seen any accommodations for people with disabilities in our stadium, but I have in pretty much every other one" -Nathan Scheelhaase Person's with Disabilities Accessibility -Very long and steep ramps -Once you enter the actual field area there becomes nothing but stairs -No reserved seat sections for persons with disabilities. -Not very accessible for any certain disability Experience Food and Beverages- -Bottled Soda= $3.50, Regular Soda= $3.00, Large Soda= $4.00, Bottle Water= $3.00 -Hot Dog=$4.00, Popcorn=$3.00, Brisket Sandwich= $7.00, Pulled Pork Sandwich= $6.00, Brat= $4.00. - Alcohol Free zone - Smoke Free environment - Free entrance Workers- -Most of the volunteers working in the stadium were older. We realized the stadium wasn't as accessible as we thought it was. We never had went to a game and analyzed who was or was not there. It was interesting to study and really see what kind of participants showed up for the spring game scrimmage. We also did not notice how family oriented a UofI game was compared to a NFL game. It served as bonding time for Champaign/Urbana residents and football players' families. Unintentional discrimination: people with disabilities because they could not be there and there was no seats. Especially seats protected from the rain. We felt some leisure constraints because we were surrounded around a bunch of families. We had to watch what we said or did in front of younger children. It was much more different than sitting in the student section for the game. Football is historically an American sport. It it not played by other countries. For other cultures, American Football does not exist or isn't as widely viewed. It shows that American Football lacks multiculturalism because it is a sport only played by the United States. The culture embodying the sport is American entirely via the
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