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Pro Soccer from a Financial Perspective

(Wagman). This particular lawsuit has demonstrated how the ever increasing costs of running a soccer team - including the ...

Sponsorships and Special Events

these days are finding themselves in competition with other organizations for sponsorship dollars (Allen, 2002). Non-profits and f...

Sports Psychologist's Role

ability yet still allow them to enjoy their participation of the sports. The methods utilized by the sports psychologist ...

Subsidizing Professional Sports Stadiums

al, 2004). Is the expenditure of all of this money beneficial to the economy of the areas where the facilities are being built? P...

Cultural Comparison of Korea and the U.S.

Lifestyle - Food, 2002). Because of problems with refrigeration, preserved foods like kimchi (a fermented cabbage dish) and doenj...

Gambling and Organized Sports

card counting or anything that tips the odds in the players favor is not allowed. It is no secret that gambling is big and there a...

Sports and the Promotion of Human Rights

In this manner, sports help to breakdown prejudice, stereotypes, cultural differences, ignorance, intolerance and discrimination. ...

Raising Moral Youth

to believe in God and as such does not work for all youth. But, for those who are religious or want to be religious it is invaluab...

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 and Steroids

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

Team Sports Equality Argument

REQUIREMENTS The safety standards which are customary for protection of the health and safety of males in sports and competitive ...

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...

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...

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...

Sports and Gender

Sport and society is examined. Gender is discussed in this context.This three page paper has six sources listed in the bibliograp...

European Sports Car Rankings

the same rate. Augmented aerodynamics and adjustable spoilers create a significantly enhanced downforce (forty percent more than ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...