PROFESSIONAL SIGNALING AND COMMUNICATIONS LIKE SPORTS WORLD

Professional signaling prevents miscommunication and so much more.

That’s what it’s supposed to do, more, along with ‘doing your own research.’

Besides, who really knows what research means, let alone doing it.

Instead of confusing explanations of how good or bad something is, was, or might be, why not use the most effective communications known to man:

Sports nicknames.

For example:

What would you expect from the Doomsday Defense of the Dallas Cowboys, the group that lost the first two chances of going to the first Super Bowls?

They were a name brand from an NFL era that included the Fearsome Foursome of the LA Rams, and the Purple People Eaters of the Minnesota Vikings.

Any guess on what these squads were all about?

That, my friends, is professional signaling.

Instead of a group of strong fast men dedicated to smashing other strong fast men in an organized fashion, they have a name, a brand, a name brand.

And who doesn’t like a name brand. We’re all suckers for name brands. Why? Because we remember them. And it feels psychological.

Would the same sort of branding improve understanding if it was applied to states and regions in America?

Professional Signaling For States And Regions

It doesn’t start with playing the victim card.

Feeling sorry for someone, something, or someplace is not the first stepping stone.

Feelings may become turning points, though, especially if combined with ‘the research.’

Take West Virginia, for example. From usnews.com:

Education comes in at #45, infrastructure at #50.

Believing this or not depends on what happens next, which should be sources supporting the established data.

Like this from World Population Review:

In this ranking of pubic education, West Virginia is higher than Oregon, so go ahead on lose the dumb hillbilly sterotypes.

The evidence suggests that the 45th ranking came from last year, so there’s progress.

Is it fair that a state like West Virginia supports the guy standing in the way of a federal package that would help the people of his state in every way listed by US News?

Maybe West Virginia has risen off the bottom of the infrastructure rankings? That’s for another blogger.

This one says any rank in the forties, let alone fiftieth, should be first up on rebuilding and supporting what needs more support.

Preventable tragedies are hot buttons after a tragedy, not before, and it never makes sense.

Even less in West Virginia.

Sen. Joe Manchin’s Maserati

Joe Manchin, the democrat Senator from West Virginia, was blocked by climate protesters as he tried to drive his car out of a parking structure.

Sen. Manchin’s Maserati erased slowly through the crowd.

In his Maserati? He drives a Maserati? Who drives a Maserati around? Sen. Joe Manchin, D-Senator from West Virginia.

Yahoo posted this in July:

This Is the Richest State in the U.S., According to Data

According to their data, West Virginia comes in at 49, bracketed by Mississippi at 50 and Arkansas at 48.

Manchin in a Maserati is not the image anyone needs of a man holding up legislation giving a lifeline to states like his.

This is not professional signaling.

Who drives Maseratis? Rich guys drive Maseratis. Playboys drive Maseratis.

What’s the statement Joe Manchin’s Maserati makes?

Levante

THE MASERATI OF SUVs. The ultimate combination of leading on-road performance and off-road capabilities.

With his states’ infrastructure ranked 50th he’ll need that SUV capability.

Or it’s his other Maserati?

Ghibli

YOU’RE NOT LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. A masterful combination of style, power, sporty handling and comfort.

From what I’ve seen on TV, Sen Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, is all about the style and power and sporty handling for his state.

And comfort.

Sen. Joe Manchin’s Boat Sinks Professional Signaling

The admiral of the West Virginia Navy, reporting for duty.