... there exists great variation in the manner in which sponsoring agencies organize their teams, thus leaving plenty of opportunity for too much parental and coach control. Agencies have quickly moved American youth from unstructured play to highly organized competition. This infrastructure (or over structure) of organized youth sports is the backbone for criticism and praise by professional athletes, physicians, ... on the fewest amount of chairs. Children are still learning skills and strategies, but there are no losers-only winners. Many other critics of the emphasis of sports in America...

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... his/her career, professional athletes average less than half of that time" (Clemons 49). The average career in the NFL is about four and a half years, five years in the NBA and about six years in the MLB. Most of these athlete's careers are cut short because of injuries. "An athlete's situation is even more precarious, because playing careers are brief ... . "What do the critics want? Some kind of maximum-wage law? They really want to impose their will on everyone else. That idea runs contrary to every strand of the American way of life based on economic freedom" (Eskin). The argument he...

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... the game and the youth who will follow in years to come. I played organized sports for years and many of our idols as young boys were the star NFL, NHL, NBA and MLB players who we watched perform at levels higher than their peers. These record breaking athletes are the focal point on networks such as ESPN, sports magazines, newspapers and ... the attention of the country and helped to reclaim popularity for the league four years after a strike had shortened the 1994 season"(The Steroids Era, 2012). As a young African-American male we mainly flocked to sports such as basketball and footb...

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... player's actions at all. However, this viewpoint towards employer liability changed dramatically with two landmark court cases in the 1970's; Tamjanovich v. CA Sports Inc "the company that owns the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers "and Hackbart v. Cincinnati Bengals. Each case involved a professional athlete seeking damages against another for actions committed away from the field of play, causing significant physical harm ... , both plaintiffs relied upon the principle of "respondeat superior- to hold the owners of the franchises partly responsible for the tort actions of their players. Respond...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate