... be part of the French and Canadian cultures as well. Lacrosse is a sport that has 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 ... . Another form of lacrosse, box lacrosse, was created in 1931 and played primarily in Canada. Box lacrosse is different from field lacrosse in that the field is much smaller, usually a hockey rink covered with Astroturf...

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... 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 ... ...

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... sport teams. Wieberg again reports that, "Only 14 [schools] were operating in the black last year."" The only two sports that make the big money are football and basketball. Baseball, hockey, volleyball, soccer, swimming, softball, and other varsity sports play many games and travel quite a bit, but these sports do not have the large fan base the other two sports do ... ...

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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 ... ...

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... 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 ... ...

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... all of the coaches. Paying all college athletes to play would be very expensive. They have discussed just paying athletes who play the four major sports (basketball, baseball, football, and hockey). By doing this they could offend many other athletes. It could make them think their sports aren't good enough. This would make those four sports superior to all other sports ... ...

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... 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 to Caleb Langston, college athletes do put a lot of time in theisport of choice and it makes for a difficult time to make extra money. But, Langston also ... ...

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... 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 formats to decide their champion. Isn't the point of even having a football season, to find out who the best team is? How are ... ...

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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 ... ...

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