The institution of professional sports in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Steelers" football, Pirates" baseball and Penguins" hockey, has added much more to the city than a pleasurable pastime for the local sports fans; it has caused an increase in charitable works, a strong, amiable sense of community and union, as well as a source of role models for young, aspiring athletes. The professional sports teams in Pittsburgh contribute thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours to charitable works annually. ... Fans of Pittsburgh sports teams will say, when asked (or even when not asked), that there ...

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Since higher education is classed as an investments in people's progress and prosperity, during gradual economic and social change, it is very important that higher education considers its contribution to society from long-term perspective (Ministry of education, Science, Sports and Culture, 1995). ...

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