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Economic Impacts of Sports Stadiums

Perry (2007) puts forward the point of view that older stadiums are not able to demonstrate the benefits as they are not able to g...

Failure at TVR

waiting list, but the cars were not in the same league as the highly finished engineered cars, these were cars that were for car e...

The Commercialization of Sport

the commercialization of sport is a given. It may in fact be a factor in current debates about the reality of sport. The question ...

Under-Representation of Minorities in Sports Leadership Positions

however, has been questioned, but there is probably some truth to it. To take a trivial example, if we see a black janitor in a sc...

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...

Globalism, Technology, Capitalism, and Sport

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

Cheerleading and Sports Gender Constructs

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Baseball as America's Favorite Sport

notwithstanding, Doubledays involvement in baseballs Civil War presence is what has come to represent the start of a national trad...

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...

Problems Associated with Vandalism

discussed knowledge of the facts of the case rather than determining what the children knew at the onset. Though police are reluc...

Sports and Children

of the young children who will soon bloom into adolescence. In fact, LeBlanc and Dickson in their book Straight Talk About Childre...

Athletic and Nonathletic Students and their Scholastic and Social Differences

school athletics programs. As advantageous as physical exercise is for the body, it is as equally beneficial for the brain, as we...

Concessions and Sports Management

also deals with the hospitality industry as well (so its important not to confuse this solely with sports management). 2.What pri...

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...

Hurdles Faced by Female Athletes Over Forty

healthy levels of physical activity" (Coe PG). Under the category of physiological aspects, one might readily apply the ele...

Women's Athletics and Equity

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

Literature Review on Athletic Injuries and Frequency of Upper vs. Lower Extremity Injuries

particular sport and the knowledge is gained through studies. Also, it is helpful for athletes and coaches to know which sports ar...

High School Strategic Plan

the system. Solutions of course are to enlarge the building and hire more teachers, but in order to do this, the money has to be t...

Water Sports Development and Marketing in Cuba

to sustain it long term. Per capita GDP in 2002 was only $2,300 (Cuba), and that figure cannot be seen as being merely "relative"...

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...

Sports, Sexism, and Language

dark, wavy hair and deep brown eyes, hes drop dead gorgeous...a real basketball hunk" (p. K0164). Hastings, of course, made up thi...

Analysis of Opening an NYC Sports Bar

is named "Fans A Lot." COMPANY DESCRIPTION Company Mission When it comes to launching any company or organization, there ...