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History of Amateur Sports

In eight pages this paper examines ancient sports in an historical overview that includes various types, Greek and Roman influence...

Professional and Amateur Golfers

golfer who accepts a car as a prize for a hole-in-one) "enter a no-mans land. They have no official handicap and cannot take part ...

Individual College Athlete Marketing

In five pages this paper examines the definition of amateur status by the NCAA in a consideration of how individual college are ma...

Benjamin Rader/American Sports

of sport and leisure, it seems that Benjamin Rader (2003) does a good job in outlining the relationship between the advent of citi...

Homer Hickam/October Sky

of this minister, and "his belief in Gods sense of humor and His fondness for neer-do-wells," inspired Sonny, as this fueled the ...

Coexistence of Media and Sports?

In eleven pages this paper argues that the sports and media are not dependent upon each other but could exist equally well indepen...

Basketball History

This research paper presents a short history of basketball that describes how the sport began and then traces the high spots in it...

Change Considerations at Good Sport

management. The conclusion provides recommendation for managing change and conflict at Good Sport. Culture and Structure B...

The Influence of Sport in the Context of Creating, Maintaining and Challenging Ethnic Identities and Stereotypes

game, including the way the game may be associated with the national identity in terms of values in a manner not found in other sp...

Economics and Political Influences in Sport

may be akin to saying to the leading fast-food chains, such as McDonalds, Burger King KFC etc, and telling them that they will all...

Racial Issues in Sport

clubs of a period of 16 years between 1978 and 1993. The theory was that if there was a competitive market for players each clubs ...

‘Sports Night’: An Exciting and Memorable Experience

with my pen and autograph book, I was ready to meet these larger-than-life sports figures I had heard and read about my whole life...

Sports Training and Expectancy Theory

forthcoming if s/he performs as the manager expects (Expectancy Theory, n.d.). "Vroom suggests that an employees beliefs ab...

Sports and Economics

In five pages this paper discusses contemporary sports in a consideration of economic conditions such as community impact and athl...

Training Considerations for Preparing Dealers to Sell An Italian Brand of Short Wave Radio

aficionados. 3. Arrange for an Outside Trainer to Develop and Administer a Training Program Some distributors of consumer e...

Olympics and Use of Drugs by Amateur Athletes

In twenty six pages this paper discusses the Olympics and the use of drugs by amateur athletes and includes the types used along w...

Need for a Beginner's Seminar in Photography

later, the Kodak Camera appeared on the market with the slogan, "You push the button, we do the rest,...the era of amateur photogr...

Electronic Jazz

In five pages this research paper examines jazz in terms of the influences of electronics dating back to fusion of the Sixties and...

LeBron James, Psychological and Ethical Moral Egoism

was receiving a congratulatory gift for his academic achievements, specifically, his 3.5 grade point average (Kansas City Star, 20...

Terrorism Preparedness, Travis County, Texas

Balcones Escarpment, with the land to the west being more arid than the country to the east; the vegetation varies accordingly, ra...

American Baseball and the Balinese Cockfight

In six pages these 2 sports are examined in terms of what they reveal about their respective countries' history and culture. Five...

Intercollegiate Sports, Participation of Women, and Title IX

In seven pages this research paper discusses how the participation of women in intercollegiate sports was impacted by Title IX wit...

Examination Of Alcohol And Sports

their rights are being violated by the limitation (Stockwell, 2001). II. CONTROVERSIES OF MARKETING/ADVERTISING ALCOHOL AT COLLEG...

Extreme Sports Participation and What Motivates It

In five pages this paper examines various theories associated with the motivations behind extreme sports' participation. Four sour...

NFL and the Effects of Instant Replay

to the playoffs after nine long years (Grumet, 1999). Their stumbling block to the playoffs was in the form of the New York Jets....

'Chucks' of Converse

their profit margin even further. The company subsequently closed its US plants and contracted with a firm in India for production...

The Effects of Female Coaches on Male Sports Teams

extent, the role that women play in the locker room does make a difference. Reporters or fans are one thing, but a female coach is...

Issues Associated with Sports Marketing

necessarily participate at all but will buy merchandise which is connected with the sport....

Sports Agents

the situation quickly evolved into a litigation melee with Moorad, the other partner joining in and even the National Football Pla...

Adding an Athletic Trainer to the Sports Medicine Clinic

increase; third-party payers strive to keep payments as low as possible; individuals seek to enhance performance or gain the great...