Subjective claims are personal expressions, belief or an opinion on a topic. An example is debating weather or not who will win the Superbowl for the NFL this year. Many columnists debate the fact that the New Orleans Saint can win it again because of their passing attack. Some disagree the fact they would win again from a poor defensive show in the pre-season that leaves questions about there run game. Another contender that ESPN, CBS Sports, and Yahoo Sports having predicted will win this year is the New York Jets. Picking up running back LaDainian Tomlinson, wide receiver Santonio Holmes, corner Antonio Cromartie and others, put them in a good spot to take it all this year. In the preseason this year both there offense and defense have failed to live up to their hype. This is a good example for subjective claims because it shows two different teams who might win the Super Bowl this year.
Objective claims is not from just one person but from everyone who is informed that is true. Dubbing Alabama as the #1 team in the country for football, is objective because they won the national championship last year. They are returning many starters on both sides along with the current Heisman winner Mark Ingram. Every poll including the AP and Coaches all agreed that Alabama is the #1preseason team even with good competition at the top 10 this year.
McN831,
ReplyDeleteThe football examples are perfect for explaining subjective and objective claims. Though I do not watch as much football as I used to, my coworkers are a part of a Fantasy Football league. I overhear their conversations all the time, and they are constantly using subjective claims, explaining why a certain player or a team will have a better chance of success this year. They also use plenty of objective claims while comparing statistics of players and teams. Thank you for providing a clear and descriptive definition of both the subjective and objective claims, and backing up both claims with popular examples.
-DLo
McN831,
ReplyDeleteThis is the second comment I've left on your blog and the football comments make me very interested and make it easy to understand. Your subjective and objective claims are right on because the subjective is example is people's own personal belief own who will win the super bowl instead of the college example which is objective because it is taken from a massive poll of able individuals such as writers and analyists to determine whos 1st. Keep doing the football examples and I will always keep reading!