... many qualities of many other sports. It is somewhat of a combination of basketball, soccer, and hockey. It is a game that requires speed, coordination, quickness, and agility. It is a game that is full of long field sprints with precision passing and dodging. Lacrosse was invented by the Native Americans in the early ... told the pioneers of the sport he saw and they began to play. Then in 1867, Canadian George Beers standardized the game of lacrosse with field dimensions, set number of players, and other vague basic rules. This helped to establish the first collegiate team in 1877 by Ne...

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... writes on his own experiences as a scholarship football player at the University of Norte Dame. "Not receiving additional payments for my performance on the football field showed me that education was the real reason I was in college and that we are not professionals, because the majority of us are not going on ... nicely compensated, though it is not in the form of a paycheck. Many full-ride athletes receive everything they need to succeed in the classroom and on the field. They can receive everything from free books, room, board, and special academic advising (Horne). Also, anyone co...

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... is no room for personal time; I go straight from classes in the morning, to a two and half hour practice, then to an hour of weights. When I am finally done with field hockey related activities, I start my homework right away so I can go to bed early or at a decent time. With my schedule I am constantly bouncing around from one place to another, barely ... to rush somewhere else. I am constantly tired, even when I get a good nights rest, from trying to keep up with my school work and also giving one hundred percent on the field. Over the course of my season and semester, I started to fe...

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... percent have jobs. California State University at Northridge has less than 20 percent "traditional" females. You can not get a woman over 25 with children and a job to play soccer or field-hockey. It just does not happen. But still, CSUN must comply with Title IX and staitisfy the gender quotas by cutting its championship men's baseball, soccer, and swimming (5). Another big problem ... for decades of professional sports, why can't the men deal a few years? But is this fair to the innocent students trying to make a career for themselves, whether it is on a field or in a classroom. It's ...

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... to be the determining factor in deciding who the top eight teams would be at the end of the season, but at least the championship would be determined on the field of play, between the lines, where it should be determined. I propose that we not necessarily do away with the BCS completely, but rather improve upon it. I think that the formula ... purpose for playing the additional games-to determine a champion. I understand that football is a physical sport with a greater chance of injury than many others, but it's not any more physical than hockey or wrestling and they both have playoff f...

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... off the ground without a major alumni contribution. What if these cuts happened to the major sports or even worse, other departments in the Umass system? "Due to budget cuts the hockey and football teams are cut starting in the fall of 2004" picture our Athletic Director announcing that in front of a packed McQurk or Mullins. The student outcry would be more ... is more intense because students run the club sports programs almost completely independent of university help. They hold the tryouts, make the rosters, arrange the schedules, buy the equipment, coordinate field time, design the...

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... the umbrella of the NCAA." It is also mentioned that student athletes have a difficult time managing academics, practice time and other physical activities that contribute to their performance on the field or court. In this article, Lukach covers the guidelines that student athletes must follow in order to receive scholarships. What to do and what not to do. It was also ... won't work for colleges." Edwards mentions how if colleges start paying some athletes, such as football players, what will be next. Paying for all athletes in college, such as golf, hockey, basketball, etc. According...

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... off the ground without a major alumni contribution. What if these cuts happened to the major sports or even worse, other departments in the Umass system? "Due to budget cuts the hockey and football teams are cut starting in the fall of 2004" picture our Athletic Director announcing that in front of a packed McQurk or Mullins. The student outcry would be more ... is more intense because students run the club sports programs almost completely independent of university help. They hold the tryouts, make the rosters, arrange the schedules, buy the equipment, coordinate field time, design the...

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