... rights as men when it comes to the sporting world. Equality should be a main focus in today's society. Allowing women the same rights as men in sports is just the right thing to do. However some times equality is stretched too far. Title IX may have helped women out and created a lot of openings ... Today some girls are even trying to get on the guys teams. I see no problem with this as long as they are physically strong enough to manage in these sports. However what happens when a male wants to join a female team? In a way this isn't fair, most males have larger muscles and are able to ...

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... some who may otherwise have none. Idol hands are the devil's playground. If college sports are taken away, then the students not playing sports are more likely to do bad things. Sports keeps them away from drugs and hanging around with a bad crowd. Sports has the potential to help turn bad people good. I know a wrestling coach who actually took in a kid and made him wrestle ... would have landed him in jail. The time that would have been spent exercising is now being spent on the couch. Without sports, there is no motivation to get the exercise needed to live a healthy life. This especi...

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... basketball, there's a lot more to basketball than basketball." - (Phil Jackson) This quote came from one of the all time greatest coaches in all sports and possibly the best coach ever in the NBA. He is non-other than the Zen master himself Phil Jackson. In this paper I will discuss the ... 's parents restricted him from dances, movies, comic books, and other perceived evils. The only activity he was aloud to participate in was music and sports. Phil later on went to a small NAIA college in North Dakota where he still followed and expanded his strong spiritual path in the classroom and ....

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... what makes great coaches and people. Another important thing I learned from the first chapter was stated on page 69 and it was said by Confucius who stated "Choose work you love and you will never have to work a day in your life". When I hear this statement I ca relate to it because I love sports that's all I do ... your opponent. I think being audible ready is a very important thing nowadays because you never know what is going to be thrown your way. For example in sports it could be an injury or the other team changing there game plan, there are always things you need to be ready for. ...

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... constantly proved his critics wrong by doing what was thought as impossible not only once, but many times again. He is a man many elders and young people look up to in life. Michael considers himself a native of North Carolina, but was actually born in the city of Brooklyn in New York. He grew ... flying, and participated in dunk contest coming away with a victory on numerous occasions. (Dolan 67) Even though he was such a great player, he was criticized by people stating, "Michael will never win a championship if he doesn't became a team player. The league-leading scorer can not win a n...

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Sports SUBCULTURE There is one word that best describes my subculture and me, "baseball". Baseball has been the way of life for me for the last sixteen years. One team really ... and the mediator. I felt like I was a leader, not just for the younger players, but for the older players as well. I was the one who helped smooth out the conflicts that people had with each other. One thing I always say is "it's hard to kick the other teams ass when you"re wanting to kick each other's ass". We didn't have too ... our puzzle we were trying to put together. My subculture has had a huge effect on the...

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... hundreds of yards away, and I also worry for my sisters safety because she lives in the area, but I admit that if the guy wasn't actually killing people that he should be commended and given a nice big trophy for his impressive long distance shooting and stealthy movement. I don't consider myself a violent or dark ... a college English teacher surrounded by loud kids all week, I would be just as happy to sit around the house and enjoy peace and quiet. Most people do not have such exciting jobs as teaching English or flying f-15's over Iraq, therefore the urge to watch human carnage is pe...

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... the perfect distance runner's body, not a tight end's. Yet premature specialization can foreclose the possibility of finding that out and perhaps sour a kid on sports entirely. "Specialization should come after medical school, not when you're 10," says Thompson. "It leads to heightened expectations from parents and burnout in ... basketball player who has received a pass as defenders converge on her, and as coaches, parents and even teammates shout often-conflicting advice. Or what sports sociologist Jay Coakley calls "the beehive effect" in youth soccer, in which all the worker bees sw...

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... on the subject, there remains little consensus and much disagreement on how to deal effectively and manage equal opportunities for both sexes in school sports. From an athletic administrative perspective, managers must negotiate the situation of whether or not to allow girls to play on boys' teams, ... potentially be taking away that spot from a girl. This I believe is also counterproductive to that same overall goal of gender equality in youth sports. Title IX Administrators dealing with these gender issues and facing these tough decisions must also fully understand and keep in mind th...

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Compare and Contrast When you take the two oldest sports in North America you expect to see some similarities. Lacrosse was invented by the Native Americans and when started was played as a war game which included hundreds of people at a time. The Canadian colonists saw this game played and created there own version ... contrast slashing is a serious infraction in hockey and cause cuts and fractured bones. Penalty time is similar in both sports the way it's served and what happens during the penalty. In both sports, when on a penalty you play with one less man and the other team tries to work...

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... the mentality of "just a game" anymore. It has become war, business, and to most a way of life. Regulation get started at an early age is sports. From the moment a child gets his first coach, the meaning of the game has changed. Now, the goal is not only to have fun, but to ... towards a winning effort, and the fans by making them proud and entertained at the same time. When a child has moved onto the next step of youth sports, such as a select or high school team, injuries are no longer an excuse not to play the game. Competition is now better, so everyone that makes ... with no one ke...

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... complainant then has thirty-five days to appeal the decision to the state school board. Once a school has proven it can provide equal athletic opportunities, it must offer "scholarship sports" and those sports that are similar. If a school offers a sport that is similar to a sport that offers scholarships in the University System of Pennsylvania, then the school must also offer ... for the continued disparity in athletic opportunities is football. College football programs offer over 88 scholarships, unfortunately there is no women's counterpart. Rather, an athletic department must offer...

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... 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, ... 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, he/she would find many similarities, as well as ... her goals. Teamwork is extremely important if the team wishes to have a successful season. Another similarity i...

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... are given to both boys and girls. Civil Rights guarantee that girls have the same opportunity as boys to play on high school sports. Some people do not want girls to play on boys sports teams, because they feel that if the girls play with the boys, they will get hurt. But that hasn't proven that girls ... on any team if she has the necessary skills. In 1972 men and women took a stand and the people created a federal law called "Title IX" and this gave opportunities to women that wanted to play sports. "Title IX" is a federal law that requires high schools and colleges that receive federal...

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... varsity cheerleading squad has encountered throughout the duration of this school year. 99% of this damage happens because we are not given the equipment needed to perform safely. Perhaps if people saw the sweat and falls at practice, which go behind our awesome performances at games, rallies, and competitions they would understand the risks of this sport. What I cannot figure out ... is why our school spends thousands of dollars toward all other sports, but leaves cheerleaders to buy their own safety materials. In December 2001 a study was conducted, it established that cheerleading ha...

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... varsity cheerleading squad has encountered throughout the duration of this school year. 99% of this damage happens because we are not given the equipment needed to perform safely. Perhaps if people saw the sweat and falls at practice, which go behind our awesome performances at games, rallies, and competitions they would understand the risks of this sport. What I cannot figure out ... is why our school spends thousands of dollars toward all other sports, but leaves cheerleaders to buy their own safety materials. In December 2001 a study was conducted, it established that cheerleading ha...

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... accommodated by the present program. If Title IX didn't include football then that would open up more opportunities for men's sports to succeed and get more funding. However, some people could be opposed to this because they think football shouldn't be an exception. If a men's sport is exempt from ... IX coverage, it will receive authorization to continue to spend more than it brings in, further worsening unfairness in women's sports and resulting in more men's teams being dropped. People might think that if a school chooses to field a football team that is fine; the school can choose t...

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... increased 61%. Participation in men's athletics has increased 39%" (Grant 3). Since there has been such an increase in the participation in the sports, many colleges and universities decided to help out by starting camps. Michigan State University is one of them. "MSU offers summer camps for ... thing for this team, and for high school girl's basketball. All of the championship games were shown live on fox sports and thousands of people watched. With this event televised, many young women across the state of Michigan grew more and more interested in the ... sport of basketball. In the la...

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... - Sport as a National Identity The world of sports has left our country full of emotions. Sports can make us laugh, cheer, hate, and even cry. It is very powerful and it has a major impact on the lives that we lead. Many times we can see people, including myself, rushing through their work, dinner, and ... The Mayor most likely had a functionalist theory type of thinking. That is, he assumed that society is held together by shared values, and they see sports as contributing to the order and stability of society (Coakley, 1998). Seeing the Mayor in the front row, considering all that he ...

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... few decades, sports has undergone a whole new renovation. It isn't just an activity that is played for fun. It is a business in which owner and players attempt to coincide. It is a business where TV controls fan interest. It is also a business that affects many people's lives, ... and Gatorade may not want to show their commercials during the playoffs due to lack of audience attention. When dealing with college sports TV ratings, people can easily get confused. Despite the fact that local stations will continue to show local college coverage, large stations such as ... of life there is a...

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... and more appearances for their respective teams on national television. . Attendance figures are very important to any sports franchise. Owners of these franchises pay millions of dollars to construct elaborate arenas so that people attending the games can have an enjoyable, fulfilling experience. It was once said that "if you build it ... in the making. There is no denying that players such Michael Jordan, Barry Bonds, and Brett Favre have transcended their respective sports and are one the reasons why arenas sellout night in and night out. Children of all ages dream of one day growing...

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... are usually sport-specific and the proceeds go directly to that particular sport. Since football, basketball and baseball are three of the most popular sports among young people, these sports usually build the most funds during the summer months. All sports programs at any level have one thing in common - the need for fund-raising. There are different reasons for these fund-raisers. Some ... first be established, then a plan has to be made to accomplish these goals. Activities have to be coordinated and carried out. Another important factor in fund raising for sports is public relations...

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... , a combination of creating a very realistic and glamourized world in which the character players live. By showing the distractions around the game in this world(sports analysts, endorsements), and by using emotion to show the need for all these players to be together as one, rather then being large than life individuals ... . Oliver Stone, in Any Given Sunday, shows that despite the media and society's hunger for a strong individual or superstar from a sports team, what is truly needed is a strong team and an even stronger belief in team ideals. In the movie Stone creates very realistic ...

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... a fan across the field from you. But football also has a few pros to it. In football more men are taken on a team, and therefore more people can join in the fun of playing a sport. Also, many coaches are used to teach the players how to properly play offense or defense, while in basketball only ... one or two coaches are used to teach the entire team how to play. Both sports have their cons too. In basketball only 12-15 players maximum are taken onto a team in a season. This causes the sport to be more ... competitive in try-outs and insure that only the best players make the cut. Most...

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... , and I feel I am already well prepared. Involvement in sports can identify strategies most likely to be effective in helping young people adopt and maintain a physically active lifestyle. Young people can build healthy bodies and establish healthy lifestyles by including sports and physical activity in their daily lives. However, many young people are not physically active on a regular basis, and physical activity ... declines dramatically during adolescence. "Between 16 and 33 percent of children and adolescents are obese" (Obesity 1). Sports and recreation programs can help young peop...

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