For years the debate between high school basketball and football has continued on, but now it ends. The pros and cons between the two sports are obvious and will leave any reader knowing which side to choose in the next deliberation. The main difference between the two sports is that basketball is a contained, safe sport, ... where the climate is controlled. Therefore, bundling up or laying the clothing is not necessary when coming to enjoy a friendly game of basketball. Another plus in the sport of basketball is that the crowd is offered up close and personal seats. When going to watch a foo...

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... his "big break" right? Wrong! This is the life of eighteen-year-old LeBron James, a high school basketball phenom from Ohio. As the projected first pick in the NBA draft, James is probably going to turn pro out of high school. True, on the outside this 6"7" 225 pound guard has the physical capabilities to play with men ... heroes. Some kids look at the athletes today and see the way they live their lives. Aside from being a childhood dream, some high school athletes look at the lavish lifestyles and the fame the professionals receive and see an easy way to get that same attention. In som...

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When you talk about high school sports you think of football, baseball, and basketball; therefore, are considered sports not the debate team, chess club, and chorus. They are spectator sports, which mean crowds gather to see them and in return receive popularity from their spectators. A debate team dose not move a stadium crowd when they argue a topic, a touchdown does. When talking about these topics that cannot be compared do to one is ruled by popularity and the other is by small groups. In these cases the debate team myth be the one that wins all is meets compared to the baseball team who ...

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... job. Certainly, the people who do not get the job would claim that they were discriminated against, and to some extent they would be right. As a high school athlete, I experienced both sides of discrimination. When I was a sophomore, I benefited from discrimination. When I was a junior, however, I was penalized by it ... no place for me in a classroom. As a result, I learned that discrimination, whether it helps you or hurts you, is wrong. At my high school, football was everything, and the entire town supported the local team. In the summer, merchants would run special football promotio...

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... to an annoying alarm, reading that it's only 6:30 a.m. Not so amazing anymore is it. This seemed to by my daily routine in high school, having a peaceful night sleep with an incredible dream and waking up to an awful sound. Then on top of that, my mom coming in ... to sleep in, sit back and relax, go to the Saturday football game and a time to just have all around fun. The similarities between high school and college is they both provide education to all students, offer same basic courses that meet a requirement, and occupy students with sports and activities. ... Education is expresse...

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... by looking back on the past years, I can certainly see changes in myself and classmates as well. We find ourselves always looking at the difficulties of high school when we should realize these are the happiest and easiest times of our lives. Now I want to go through and show that, although similar, our lives ... where to go. Lots of new faces, new people, and new friends. An awakening to a new world of uncertainty. All this leading to your first year of high school. You learn a different way; teachers expect more, and the kids are more critical feeling like they have to be cool. It chang...

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... football in association with the attempt for desegregation helped to erase the issue of race, this was far from the truth. The approach to desegregation was based on gerrymandering the school district to benefit Permian High by including good football players of different races in its boundaries. A more successful desegregation would have included a more equal division of races in each ... of labor. Football preserved the prejudice mindset of the past generations, so the town of Odessa was still living in the past. Permian High football should have been eliminated. The program impeded t...

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... not important because I had trouble with it. I carried this opinion with me for many years to come, including all the way to high school where it really started to matter. Freshman year was probably one of the worst schooling years of my life. I don't think that I got an A or a B the ... problem my G.PA. It was way too low to meet the standards required. So my senior year I tried very hard to raise my grades. I did, my senior year of high school I got a 3.0. Better then I have ever done before. But by this time it was far too late to bring up my G.P.A. So the kick in the head was when ...

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... concept of a football field a hundred and twenty yard patch of grass with a goal post at each end of the field. But, to most high school football players a football field signifies a whole lot more. The field can bring out every emotion that a human is capable of feeling. It ... a few hours they will be at the place that comforts them the most, brings them great solace. There are always stories that come around about high school games, known as "Friday nights under the lights!". Just thinking about those special times in young mens lives when they become men on the field, will ... field...

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My extracurricular activities during my time in high school have made the most impact on my road to success. They have made an extraordinary impact on my life. They have taught me three very important skills for succeeding in ... on the wrestling mats, I learned how to work as hard as possible to succeed. My sophomore year I also began to help coach the middle school wrestlers. I would assist our head coach in showing moves to the middle school kids. Walking around and talking to the kids helped me learn valuable people skills. I had to adapt to how their friends and themselves would ... ...

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... past the excitement and jitters, every player knows what they have to do at the end of the day for the team to get a W. The closer we got to the school the more all of our nerves set in. The bus became silent as everyone focused on the goal ahead. Pulling our game faces on as we unload off the bus ... schools in the country. That didn't scare us away were ready to fight and let the best team win. We walked out of the locker room with our heads held high and our pride radiating. The swagger in our walk screamed to everyone, that we wouldn't not back down to anyone or anything. Nothing wa...

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... of sport. When I graduated to the eighth grade there were lots of basketball scouts watching me play and I felt good because all of the hard work was paying off. I went to Scarborough High School and also played football and basketball. The football wasn't not that good at all, so I felt like ... I was wasting my time dealing with football, so I gave it all to basketball. I played at least five freshmen basketball games out of twenty, then the lead ... second team all district and second team all greater Houston. My head coach was transferring to Jack Yates High School, so I left with h...

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High School Football vs. High School Baseball In high school, the most enjoyable part of one's Friday nights will somehow include football games and basketball games. Football and basketball are almost always recognized as the most important sports to a school. On game day, the football players wear their jerseys, the basketball team wears their ties, and ... the principal even offers his invitation to each student over the intercom. As one can see, great emphasis is put on these two sports. If one was to compare and contrast football to basketball ... wishes to have a successful season. Ano...

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... graduation rate for athletes across the nation is not promising. Scholarships become worthless promises if they do not result in a certificate. According to Louis Barbash, a television producer, 3 out of 10 basketball players graduate, while 4 out of 10 football players graduate. Many athletes emerge from college illiterate, without a degree, and without a professional athletic career. The system is cheating these individuals. It ... televise the football bowl games. Each team playing in the series will receive 170million dollars. The NCAA also signed a 6 million dollar deal giving CBS ...

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... in post season football, other than the top sixteen teams in the playoffs, there could be a secondary tournament, similar to college basketball. In basketball there is the March Madness consisting of the top sixty four teams and there is the National Invitation Tournament (NIT). This allows ... an additional 32 teams to compete in post season basketball. This could easily be done with the college football system, creating another sixteen team playoff bracket, allowing more players to play, ... Series (www.espn.com). Every year people across the country argue about who is the best team i...

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... reason for soccer's failure as a mass appeal sport in the United States is that it doesn't conform easily to the demands of television. Basketball conforms a great deal in America because it regularly schedules "television time-outs", as well as the time-outs that the teams themselves call to ... see during their sporting events, the main point is that television coverage is the heart of American sports. College basketball lives for a game scheduled on CBS or ESPN (highly recruited high school players are more likely to go to a team that regularly gets national television exposure), and ...

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... , and all the other bills associated with living as a college student. As an athlete, one must endure practices times that can run throughout the school year. Athletes are like any other college student, most have to struggle through the difficulties of being cash strapped, and as a result of their ... ticket sales from athletic venues all stem from the participation of college athletes. It is only fair that for these athletes to maintain the high level of athleticism, compensation they need to be able to have economic issues such as limited cash be eradicated. Athletics are a huge ... ...

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... never play in a professional setting and thusly will not earn the substantial salaries professional athletes do (estimates show as high as ninety percent of student athletes never participate professionally). To substantiate this point follow the path of the Arkansas men's basketball team. During the 1994 through 1997 seasons not a single player completed their graduation requirements, and thusly, none of ... roster consisted of thirteen players whom were all attending the university on fully paid sports scholarship. In 1997 the team won the collegiate sports highest award, the Division ...

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... way of keeping him out of trouble. Terrell graduated from Benjamin Russell High School, after lettering twelve times in four sports, including four in each of Football and Track and Field. Without the influence of one of his football prep coaches, Terrell would have quit football in High School to concentrate more on basketball. After graduating, Terrell went to the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga. While ... majoring in merchandising, Terrell played Football, Basketball and ran track. He received All-Southern Conference first-team honors for football and helped lead the ... may be ...

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Private Schools Most people would agree that education is important in today's society. The level of education determines the future path of a person. If people disregard their high school level of learning, then his SAT scores will show his effort and his acceptance to a college may be hindered. All parents want the very best opportunity for their children ... some sports may not be able to be offered. Although a private school is paid by tuition for parents, the funding for sport activities in remarkably high. Most private schools offer basketball, football, and baseball for the guys and b...

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... and jailed under a thirty thousand-dollar bond. The Texas A&M Coach Melvin Watkins stated, "We do not have enough information right now to make a permanent decision about his future with our basketball program" (Slam). Therefore, to set an example to younger athletes, discipline must be in full action immediately for any athlete. To be a college athlete comes great responsibilities to the game ... itself. Equally important, the use of steroids in football is nothing compared to that of basketball. Lyle Alzado, a former NFL star, died of the use of steroids ("Memorial"). Immediately foll...

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... cheerleading skills. The Baltimore Colts organized the first professional cheerleading squad in history. That was until high school cheerleaders were used on the sidelines to keep the teams spirits high. As the 1970s began, cheerleading was building more and more momentum. Instead of just supporting football players and basketball players, cheerleaders also began to cheer of wrestling, track and field, and swimming. In 1976 ... precluded many dangerous tumbling moves and pyramids. National cheerleading competitions for junior and senior high school as well as collegiate squads took plac...

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... For many years the great tradition of college sports has graced our great country. Over those 100 plus years, college athletes had to maintain high academic honors just to play sports. Seemingly, the times have changed. Now, academics have become second to athletics and most athletes never ... players. The even bigger question, where would the schools get the money to afford playing these athletes? They would have to make cuts from their school. They might have to lay-off teachers, drop classes, or even take money from their scholarship programs. Overall, this would take money away ... ...

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... over the last twenty years or so. Girls are complaining that boys are still getting more opportunities than them when it comes to participating in school-sponsored sports. On the other hand, a lot of boys in the case of Title IX say they have tangible proof that female equality ... Division I football players earn their degree within six years of entering college and only 43 percent of college basketball players earn a degree. On the contrary, 65 percent of the women's basketball players, 66 percent of women's track, and 71 percent of all other women athletes earned their degrees within ....

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... college sports in two ways: one being opportunity, and the other as indentured servitude. College sports like football and basketball hold a huge segment of the entertainment industry making those two particular sport seasons year round. Bigger universities have tradition, name recognition, and school pride to uphold with every game. Sponsors, television, and casinos, along with many other businesses have a huge stake ... in this industry. With so much pressure to succeed, big sport programs like Duke basketball, Florida football, and Notre Dame football need top recruits to maintain or...

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