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...

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To be an American is a privilege which will always be precious. Being independent by working hard to raise a healthy family, celebrating holidays, trying to live up to the American dream. As a proud American I have the liberty to speak freely with rights as an individual towards issues such as rel...

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Big time football usually carries the most in a schools athletic program, the most expenses, the most players, but also the most revenue. Often times the football program is force to carry many of the woman's programs because they fail to bring in enough money to support themselves. ...

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Exposure to alcohol advertising is an everyday occurrence. Alcohol advertising is persuasive not only to adults but to those who are too young to buy and drink alcohol legally. Parents and peers have a large impact on youths decisions to drink, but marketing also has a great impact by influencing th...

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The Des Moines Register, the largest paper in Iowa that also launched President Barack Obama's 2008 election into office, broke their forty-year-long streak of backing Democratic presidential candidates. In 2008, the Des Moines Register backed Obama and commended his background, calls for Americans...

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On the popular show MADE that is on MTV, there was a particular episode where a high school girl wanted to participate on the men's football team. ... I think sometimes that the only coverage that women get sometimes is on Monday Night Football when they are sport's analysts, and I think they do that just because they will have a part in the production....

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The newly found enjoyment throughout society in the viewing of athletic events, such as baseball, football, and boxing, among other events, was the start to a new age, but as this was occurring, other issues were brewing in the United States. ...

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Introduction Athletes have been taking performance-enhancing drugs in different forms for centuries; the furthest dated supplement used to increase performance was used in Ancient Greece, when they would ingest doop with the hopes of increasing their performance and becoming some of the first Olym...

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Youthful Sex Offenders This paper means to address the subject of minors who commit sexual offenses, the causation and whether or not youths who do commit sexual offenses have diagnosable and treatable psychiatric and/or anti-social disorders. But first let me state, for the issue of criminality, ...

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More than one third of Americans are obese, and by taking a close look at the nutritional values listed on fast food restaurant menus, we can begin to see why. Joanna Weiss, a reporter and columnist for the Boston Glove, denounces in "Happy meals and Old Spice Guy" that the strategies of the adverti...

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Ending Racial Profiling The federal government should end racial profiling by requiring policemen and other law enforcement officers to keep detailed records of each individual they stop to question or search. These records should include the person's race; the reason stopped; how long the ca...

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If you are a poker player that may not be able to make it to the casino, then you may have at some point enjoyed this game on the internet. If you have played poker online, then you may also recall the significant date of April 15th, 2011, otherwise known as "Black Friday" to the online poker commu...

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