Rather they are just parodies of the image of a football fan. ... The poems are actually more of an affectionate send-up of football supporters and he is warm towards his characters, celebrating the ability of football to bring a community together, and to inspire passion. ... In "Life Cycle", Dawe even goes so far as to suggest that football keeps us young while at the same time celebrating the notion that football appeals to all ages and different types of people. ... Dawe unashamedly and indiscreetly portrays the football player as a god in this poem. ... This is a strong suggestion t...

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XFL American football has surpassed baseball in recent years as "America's past time." ... There are also other football leagues available to the consumer such as the Arena Football League which was drawing over a million fans per season in 1999, college football, and the NFL. However, these other football leagues do not coincide with the XFL schedule. ... It is an attempt to create the most fun and fan football game, as none of the rules are actually created, rather they are borrowed from other leagues and assembled to create this new style of football. ... The football fan felt the...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The National Football League's (NFL) concussion rates are rising very rapidly, causing the league to increase protocol to provide better protection for players. ... With the given statistics, I believe the national football league has an issue with CTE, and should emphasize the possible long term effects of the disease to its players. ... The protocol was so weak in previous years that approximately two thousand former professional football players were jointly suing the NFL over safety policies related to concussions. ... The National Football league claims it cannot be sued for safety ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Every four years, the World Cup is watched by literally billions all over the world, beating out the United States professional football's Superbowl by a large amount. ... There is no serious objection however because without television, football simply wouldn't remain in the homes and hearts of Americans. ... Second, Americans love violence, and soccer doesn't deliver on that subject the way that American football and hockey do. ... America loves its football games with scores like 45 to 39, and a professional basketball game with scores below 100 is regarded as a defensive bor...

• Word Count: 1052
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is the United States" most popular sport, eclipsing Major League Baseball (MLB) over a decade ago. ... Traditionally, Television broadcast has been the means by which most Americans have been able to view football games. ... Fan Diversity Capturing and sustaining a diverse football fan is also in important function of marketing in the NFL. ... Long time NFL sponsor, the United Way, use popular football stars to promote their programs for underprivileged children. ... By centralizing marketing efforts, costs can be controlled...

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Football and basketball are two major sports that result millions of dollars being directed to the school as a whole with only a small percentage going to athletics. College football programs across the USA average over 50, 000 tickets, not to mention the multi-million dollar broadcasting rights, and still the players don't ever see a cent of their hard work. ... A Kansas University football player was arrested for sticking his rear end up to the drive-thru window at Taco Bell as a part of a bet to receive extra money to pay for his food. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

These influences have been British Public Schools, boys playing football in school (use of rules/ control) the value was followed through to working environment/lives. ... Sport England only fund sports that are well known or doing well E.g. football is a very popular sport and known worldwide so they get more funding for example (Tesco skills, just play, football mash up). ... She also touched on National governing bodies (NGB) mine been 'The FA' which was very interesting for me as I play football at a high level but I feel she could have elaborated on NGB more as we only briefly...

• Word Count: 2190
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The dreams of a successful football season were dashed for Georgia fans when star wide receiver AJ Green was suspended four games by the NCAA for selling one of his game-worn jerseys for $1,000. ... Essentially, college football represents unpaid labor in that the talents of the athletes are used to generate revenue for the NCAA and universities. ... Most college football players do not even reach the NFL, and their obscurity makes it much more difficult for them to pursue legal action for compensation. ... Luchs's first encounter with a star college football player was with former Colo...

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• Has Bibliography
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Steroid maker and former body builder David Jacobs directed football players to use HGH during the season and to use steroids during the offseason. ... All though NCAA professionals believed they had the problem under control, this investigation revealed that the ongoing issues with NCAA football and steroids is still a large problem in the sport. ... However, because of their ineffective testing NCAA football unlike most sports, has not yet discovered the full extent of their steroid problem. ... With inconsistent punishments for steroids in NCAA football, I don't know what I should feel...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

For instance, now in the United States, American football is one of the major sports. As a result, Nike produces and uses countless commercials and promotion campaigns about football equipment utilizing football team members. However, sports have a habit of being different by province, so in actuality, we won't see football advertisements in Europe. ...

• Word Count: 550
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate