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NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle's Leadership Influence

In twenty five pages this research paper examines the enduring leadership legacy of National Football League Commissioner Pete Roz...

Pros and Cons of 2 Women's Professional Basketball Leagues

In eight pages this paper examines women's pro basketball popularity in an assessment of the pros and cons of 2 leagues. Ten sour...

MLB Games and Spectator Violence

In five pages this paper examines Major League Baseball games in a consideration of violence by spectators and discusses whether...

An Analysis of the Film, Eight Men Out

This paper addresses the 1919 White Sox scandal in Major League Baseball that the film, Eight Men Out, is based on. This five pag...

Writing the Future and the Accurate Jules Verne

In four pages this paper examines the accuracy of Jules Verne's technological predictions in such works as Paris in the Twenty Fir...

Keeping Broadcast TV 'Free'

In eleven pages this report discusses how pay per view television is threatening the 'free' broadcasting of events such as major l...

U.S. Major League Baseball and Desegregation

the United States and Canada. But it wasnt necessarily an amiable situation; far from it -- some white players refused to play aga...

Baseball's Color Barrier and Jackie Robinson

Astonishingly, he stole 40 bases and scored 113 runs (Olsen, 1974). From the beginning, Jackie Robinson proved himself not only ...

TV, Major League Baseball, and Economics

and the game. Televised Coverage of the National Pastime No on will deny that television has changed the character and promotion ...

MLB and Umpires Association

In eight pages this report examines the discord between Major League Baseball and its umpires in a discussion of collective bargai...

Ireland and Ladies Land League Organization

1991). The vast majority of Irish land was owned by English landlords with the average Irishman merely occupying the role of tena...

Short Stories of Jack London

In 8 pages the Social Darwinism and naturalism that are featured in the Jack London short stories 'The Whale Tooth,' 'The One Thou...

Determining Monopsony in the Salaries of NonContracted and Contracted Baseball Players

In three pages Andrew and Victor Brajer's research into this topic as detailed in 1994's 'Baseball Stars and Baseball Cards: A Ne...

Economics and Baseball's Reserve Clause

At first, players had no objections to the clause-on the contrary, because a team reserved only its "five best players," being put...

MLB's New Steroid Policy Testing and its Moral Justification

athletes are not satisfied with their own natural level of performance, coupled with the increasing demands made by coaches, owner...

Law and Gambling in Professional Sports

hoping no gambling is occurring, thus there is no sensible regulation. As a result, we dont protect the integrity of any game bec...

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...

Major League Baseball and Revenue Sharing

standard practice in major league baseball (MLB) for over a decade. This paper defines revenue sharing and argues that it is appar...

Increased Accountability in Education

Charter. The stated purpose was to provide parents with more information about the performance of their local schools. As with any...

Women's Participation in Traditionally Male Sports

of the females role in society, which confined women exclusively to the home and the roles of wives and mothers, lingered well int...

SPORTS MARKETING PLAN FOR NORTH AMERICAN LACROSSE LEAGUE

is little more than a logo and a vague concept. Its the players, however, that personalize the experience - as such, any kind of s...

Out-Of Market Sports Fans

MLB Advanced Media has tapped into todays ever-mobile society by making games available to approximately one-quarter of a million ...

Legendary Pro Quarterbacks Joe Montana and Terry Bradshaw 'Passing into History'

territory to a Bayou country boy. Pittsburgh was a hardened steel city comprised of rabid sports fans desperate for a professiona...

Major League Baseball, Drug Testing, and Ethics

They also promised tough penalties for testing positive ranging from a ten-day suspension for a first positive testing and a possi...

Grievance Procedures in Sports

assists community and charitable organizations; and it enhances and defends the NFL players image "on and off the field" (Our hist...

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne and Futuristic Technology

as if it existed at the time. Carter Kaplan notes that "Verne exhibits strict adherence to known science or pseudo-science, a jour...

Post 1900 History of the New York Yankees

the first time on April 22, 1903, losing to Washington (The Official Site of the New York Yankees, 2007). However, with a never s...

Public Relations for the Puerto Rico Hurricanes

but it does provide greater ease of scheduling and avoids bye situations at playoff time. Eastern Conference Western Conference C...

Value of Joining a Nurses’ Organization

of nursing and by lobbying" both Congress and regulatory agencies in regards to healthcare issues that affect nursing (ANA, 2008)....

Second World War, Colonialism, Muslims, and India

In twelve pages this paper discusses how the Second World War and the response of the Indian soldier influenced separatism and ind...