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Sports, Society and a Student's 'Senior Wish'

I am not on the team, its accomplishments do to some extent reflect on me. The team is a reflection on my school and the accomplis...

National Football League and Player Compensation Issues

first time in memory) and the hockey lock-out earlier in the season. The brouhaha forced author and former president of the Americ...

Young Golfer Training and Sports Psychology

well-aware of the fact that physical talent is never enough on its own. However, talent with hard work, ambition, and a winning at...

Golf Course Designs Compared

options in regards to moving land. Many of the courses which were developed in the 19th century have since undergone several modif...

Homosexuality Perception of Female Athletes

that public image is just as much a part of the game as the ground stroke. People watch the Williams sisters because they are exce...

Sport and Leadership

to be the same for leaders across contexts or cultures and second, some believe leadership skills cannot be taught or trained (Mar...

Women's Athletics and Equity

later, it would be reasonable to assume that all educational institutions had eliminated gender-oriented discriminatory practices ...

Ancient Rome and Sports

also the most violent, podium walls had to be erected to protect the audience from possible injury (Futrell, 1997). Because these...

Politics and Sports

p.33). It is hard to know if that is the truth or political posturing. After all, to gain the hearts of New Yorkers it is best to ...

College Sports and Gambling

of the athletes (Sports Wagering, 2003). The NCAA argues that sports wagering of any kind "demeans the competition and competitor...

Supply and Demand Business Economics Illustration

in sales, J.D. Power has estimated that the full size trucks it will fall from sales of 786,000 in 2002 to 700,000. There is disa...

Andrew Zimbalist's Unpaid Professionals

the most part, his examination of this particular field of study is "firmly grounded in economic theory and free of the rhetoric t...

Burnout and the American Coach

Another symptom of burnout is the development of negative, cynical attitudes about clients and finally, a third aspect of the synd...

Leisure Activities in Britain 1700 - 1850

festivals (2005). Early ritualized activities of leisure would continue after many people began to reside in the Victorian tow...

Cheerleading and Sports Gender Constructs

peer pressure, societal norms, family expectations, all contribute towards "channelling" the individual into certain forms of iden...

The Common Sports Injury of a Sprained Ankle

a step or jumps inadvertently onto an opponents foot with an inverted foot (Lynch, 2002). Often, the foot is plantar flexed when t...

Globalism, Technology, Capitalism, and Sport

transnational, those that promote the American way of life and "transmit American popular culture" across the globe (Keys, 2000). ...

Societal Role of Sports

provides a healthy venue for socializing. Rather than meet clients in a bar, for example, they can chat on the golf course. Young ...

Equalizing Aspects of Sport

special accommodations. In respect to race, sometimes there is reverse discrimination. Some believe that the black man has a nat...

Arguing Against Compensation of Collegiate Athletes

attend (Vera). Finally, "some analysts believe student-athletes should receive payment because they do not receive a quality educ...

Injuries in Sports and Liability for College Campuses

Scholarships are typically awarded because of athletic ability, which strongly suggests that something is being offered by the col...

Drugs That Enhance Athletic Performance

were barred from the first Olympiad in Greece due to illegal ingestion of animal protein" (p.27). The reason why these drugs are f...

Russian Culture and Sports

that, in the past, has been known for their incredible athletes and perhaps Russia more than any other nation has always related a...

Private Team Sports Facilities and City Financing

notes that in the 1990s alone: "30 new professional sports facilities have been built at...

Sports and Cheating

breaks the rules to gain an advantage, that is cheating. Cheating is important not only because a lot of money is involved, and th...

Sports and Steroids

to articulate and enforce some type of punitive steroid policy. The current penalties for positive use are as follows: Offense/...

Societal Effects of Sports

when Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier and opened up the game of Major League Baseball to all men, without regard to the col...

Market for Sport Shoe Trainers

2004 and 2009, and the main purchases are males, who make 52% of the purchases (Euromonitor, 2005). Most of the goods are sold th...

Sports Fans and Their Importance

would clearly only be played for the love of the game and the players would not make a living at it without fans. It would be a ho...

Review of 'Perceived purposes of sport among recreational participants: The role of competitive dispositions' Article

Previous research has determined that involvement in organized sports caused the development of both negative and positive percept...