There has been a heat debate on the issue of legalizing football betting. ... I definitely opposed the legalization of football betting. ... Legalizing football betting may even promote illegal betting in long term as the future society no longer think that football betting is a wrong thing. ... Legalization of football betting will surely affect this nature. Some may compare football betting with horse racing. ...

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My Rewarding Football Experience One way that I have shaped my mental, physical and spiritual abilities is by playing football. Football has taught me many things that have played significant roles in my life. ... But when I started playing football, football started playing a significant role in creating who I am today. ... Football is a tough game that is full of blood and tears. ... Before football, I never knew that two guys could become so emotionally attached. ...

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This is because of the fact that we as Americans love football. Whether it be Pee-Wee, high school, college, or professional football. ... I learned the rules and how to play football at a very young age and have been watching both college and professional football since a very young age. Also, I played football all four years that I was in high school. ... Another person in football that was known to suffer injuries were the wide receivers catching the football. ...

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Pop Warner football player Donovan Hill had hopes and dreams of playing college football one day, but tragically all those hopes and dreams changed in a matter of one play. ... Due incidents like this one occurring across America because of contact football, youth football organizations across the country should take contact out of the game. ... Another aspect that makes youth contact football dangerous is the stress. The stress contact football puts on youth is astounding. ... Youth contact football has too many negative effects that outweigh the positives. ...

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Two of the most physical sports played in the United States today are football and rugby. ... The players in rugby and football differ drastically. ... The rules in rugby and football are more different than anything else. ... In football there are downs and in rugby there is no such thing. In football you can't kick the ball when ever you want to as in rugby. ...

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The Greatest Game on Earth In 1987, EA Sports wanted to enter the football video game market. ... In 1989, EA Sports released John Madden football and console gaming was forever changed. ... John Madden Football has a cult following unmatched by any other game. I have been playing John Madden Football since I was 16 years old. ... With over 19 million units sold over 14 years, it is the standard for a football simulation. ...

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September 13, 2013, was sixteen year old Damon Janes' last football game. ... Janes took numerous hits to the head during a varsity football game. ... It's time to make high school football as safe as college and professional football so the rewards outweigh the risks. ... There will always be risks associated with playing football, but let's not overlook the many rewards. ... High school football is too valuable of an asset to waste....

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Ever wonder about the relationship between football and rugby? For starters, football requires a lot more padding than rugby. ... While football has a stop between each play. ... These facts make football and rugby almost the same. ... Football can't compete with that....

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For years the debate between high school basketball and football has continued on, but now it ends. ... The pros of basketball outweigh the pros of football by far. ... But football also has a few pros to it. ... Many believe that football is more dangerous than basketball, but in the same year more than 186,000 children ages 5 to 14 were treated in hospital emergency rooms for football-related injuries. ... Another con of football is the crowd involvement in the game. ...

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He was beloved by fans and feared on the field as all great football players should be. ... Being too big, too athletic, and to tough, and the only way to put all that to good use is to become an NFL football player. ... Football players often deal with injury. ... The average NFL football player takes anywhere from 900-1500 blows to the head per season. ... It's difficult to convince a concerned, over protective mother to let her son participate in an activity she understands might permanently damage his brain, but in August of 2012, the NFL announces its funded Heads Up Football, a new ...

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Over time the game of football has advanced, and if you compared a modern football player and his equipment to one of the 1920's, you probably wouldn't think that they played the same sport. ... It is being reviewed by colleges, high schools, and even youth football programs. ... By exploring other ways to prevent concussions, we can preserve the sport of football which is a violent and dangerous sport. Football is a great thing for America, unique in a way that the players know the possible dangers, yet the love and passion that they have will always overshadow the possible long ter...

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But, to most high school football players a football field signifies a whole lot more. ... To some, the football field is the most interesting place on the earth. ... Part of the mystique of some football stadiums is what surrounds them outside of the field. ... What would American society think of a football player that openly wept in public? ... The benefits that a football field offers to young players are uncountable. ...

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Every year thousands of Division 1A football players shed blood, sweat, and tears during the long off season in hopes of bettering themselves as football players. ... Players will give everything they have on that football field, but for what reward? The current system needs to be replaced because it does not do quality football teams justice. ... Obviously sixty four teams is too large of a number to be played for football. ... This would result in a total of thirty two teams playing in post season football. ...

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I started playing football in high school. ... Research shows that long-term football play poses a severe threat to mental health. ... I experienced countless concussions during my high school football career. ... At this point, I believed football would always be part of my life. ... Football was once my life. ...

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Touch football was developed from the sport of rugby league and is characterized by speed, agility and endurance. ... Touch football involves short bursts of acceleration where players are required to play at varying speeds for 2-20m. Touch football uses 3 energy systems, broken down into 50% anaerobic, 30% aerobic and 20% combination of the two that encompasses the lactic acid system. ... This paper analyzed the data to determine my suitability to play Touch Football where the three energy systems work together to give optimum performance. The conclusion drawn is that I could pursue Touch ...

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I was quiet happy because I got to my colleges football game with all of my two best friends. I had never been to a College football game before and was very excited to see what it is like. ... College football game and neither team seemed to have much talent. ... My first football game in college really sucked in more ways than one. ...

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In the essay entitled "Hamburger," the author Anthony Walton discusses the facts and myths about football as he sees them. ... In the beginning, his only basis for adopting the idea of football is so that he could prove himself to be a man. ... His whole life became fixed on football. ... Football is a sport based on myths and tradition. It is true to assume that football will turn you into a man. ...

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People think that just because you play football that you don't care about education. ... Already knowing that I was going to play football, my mother had extra concern on my education. ... I spent very little time on my school work and focused on football more because of my starting spot. ... Once she seen this she was furious letting me know that she knew how much I loved football, but football doesn't last forever, but education does. ... I can say through playing football and being a student, that I have over come the name everyone else gets. ...

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My favorite football team is the Miami Dolphins, and I have been watching football and the Dolphins ever since I was five years old. I didn't know a lot about football, but as the years passed, I started watching more and more games. The basics of the game and the more complicated parts about football became clearer. ... The thing I noticed as a little boy watching football was the amount of equipment players wear. ... Wearing equipment in football is a necessity in the game to prevent injury; serious and minor. ...

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My girlfriend and her squad worked out just as much as the football team did. ... What a majority of the football players in my high school didn't realize was that cheerleading and football has several similarities. ... Football players tend to be called dumb jocks, while cheerleaders are ditz. ... Positive attitudes are required to succeed in cheerleading and football. ... Everyone knows how big competition is in football. ...

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English 102 19 November 2002 Working Your Way to Becoming A Pro Football Player Anybody in this class could be a football player, but not just anybody can make it to the pro, or even play here at Urbana University. ... Most people play football while they are young, and it is just something to do. ... Now football becomes second nature to you. You eat, breathe, and talk football. ... This is the ultimate part of the game of football. ...

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The gruff voice, the vanilla flavored cigar smoke, the laugh always resulting in a hacking cough; these were the distinct memories of my grandfather. Perhaps what best described him was the vanilla flavor, plain and simple, exactly how he lived his life and interacted with everyone. I guess being bo...

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The occasion was the end of October as my junior year of football was coming to a rapid close. ... I would work on footwork all summer long so when it came time for football, I knew I would be ready. ... I realized what I needed to do in the offseason for football to make myself the best I could become. ... My dedication to football has helped me choose Thiel College so I could play football, but education is the main reason I am here today. ... Just like the Division I football player, he had a goal of playing football. ...

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I remember the feelings of joy that I had, when I woke up that early morning. I sat straight up, as if a knife had been stabbed into my back, and could not go back to sleep. I lie there on my bed and watched the horizon turn red and warm like velvet. As the sun peeked its head over the lip of the...

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High School Football vs. ... Everyone thinks of football as the "tough man" sport. ... This is one thing that football and basketball have in common. ... On a football team, the team leader is called the quarterback. ... To play football, a team must have eleven players on the field. ...

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