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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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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One thing I liked about starting middle school was the option to play football. I took part in the football athletics program my 7th grade year. ... I enjoyed playing football my 7th grade year, but decided not to play in 8th grade. ...

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I feel that my experiences as a varsity football and basketball player have given me a firm foundation for the person I am today. ... Also, through my participation in football, I have visited several local elementary and junior high schools on numerous occasions to stress the importance of academics. ...

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What Will I Do Over In life, people make mistakes. From time to time you are asked," if you had a chance to do some things over again what would you do?" So, the things I would do over are my junior year in high school, senior year, and my freshman year in college. These things are the most likely...

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Large Colleges versus Small Colleges When choosing a college, one should take many aspects into consideration. Consider such things as location, majors and minors offered, campus size, sporting events, and student population. The most important feature is the size of the school and stud...

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Imagine life without college sports. You can't, right? I mean without college sports there would be nothing to watch on TV. I am obviously exaggerating, but if there were no college sports a lot more people would be found at home watching TV instead of g...

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When I played football in high school, the special treatment my teammates and I would receive the week of an important game was incredible. ... Three months after the football season I was caught for the same thing, and received an in school suspension. ...

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The first question that came to mind was, "would there be a limit to playing High School football?" Now is the time for me to refute my parents because football is on the line. I knew I needed strong points to convince them that I was still able to play football. ... Now, 3 years later, my mother is stressing that I should not play football for Goleman Senior High School. ... He consulted with neurosurgeons and doctors specializing in Sports Medicine and they told him that there is no way I could play football. ...

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Do you remember when you went to your school football games and seen the schools mascots. Well how would you like it if the board of education said you were humiliating someone's cultural? The only way to fix it is to get rid of the mascot that has been symbolizing your school for the last thirty ye...

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Imagine being in a pleasant, deep sleep having no worries or anything to think about other than how you never want your dream to end, only because your mind has taken you to a place called paradise. Sounds amazing, doesn't it? Well now imagine this, dreaming about paradise and waking up to an annoyi...

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Learning School the Hard Way School is very important in our society today. More so then it has been in the past. Fifty years ago, you could not go to school and still be very successful. Today you could be successful without school but it would require a lot more work because you are competing wit...

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The "Dumb-Jock" stereotype originated in the 1930's when a football player at Ohio State College needed to pass an economic test to be able to play in the big game, so the whole class got together and tutored him for a week straight so he could play in the game. A classmate painted a portrait of this incident and called it "The Football Player." ... An example of the amount of money college's hand to their athletes is football players. NCAA allows 86 players to be on scholarship on a football team. Each year a coach is allowed to give out 25 new football scholarships. ...

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The "Dumb-Jock" stereotype originated in the 1930's when a football player at Ohio State College needed to pass an economic test to be able to play in the big game, so the whole class got together and tutored him for a week straight so he could play in the game. A classmate painted a portrait of this incident and called it "The Football Player." ... An example of the amount of money college's hand to their athletes is football players. NCAA allows 86 players to be on scholarship on a football team. Each year a coach is allowed to give out 25 new football scholarships. ...

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There's nothing stronger than a dream. Dreams are similar to goals in that you have to work hard to see them come true. Goals are the foundation of a successful life and remind me to keep focused, motivate me to excel, and allow me to maintain a good life balance For this reason, I strive to set s...

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The most common of these activities on Friday nights is football. ... At first sight, it looks like any typical egg-shaped football stadium, but the full comprehension of beauty of this arena cannot be achieved strictly by admiring from a distance. ...

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Some sports like Football and Basketball some athletes are paid for. "First, only football and men's basketball are money-making college sports" (Should) With this statement out why aren't other sports getting money for their sport that they are in? ... "Still, it's not surprising that the football and basketball players may want to be paid. ...

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For example, a male college football player is almost always doing something football related, with nearly all seven days a week dedicated to practice, film, running, or lifting weights - not to mention their academic responsibilities. ...

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Slave Day Slave Day is a young adult novel written by Rob Thomas. It is very contemporary, and made me feel as if I were back in high school. This book tells the story of a single day from the vantage point of seven different characters. The day is Slave Day, a wacky fund-raiser at a suburban...

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Clean Up or Pay Up Clean Up or Pay Up is a great story for college administrators, staff members and students to read. This story explains how athletes are let through school without any education what so ever. The author, Louis Barbash, explains to the reader how college athletes are made to ha...

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Other "typical" high school experiences such as, American football, high school formals, and teenage parties, further solidify the like-ness of Charlie to the target audience. ... Sam is introduced early in the film while Charlie was at a football game, talking with Patrick. ...

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The Texans play as the hometown National Football League (NFL) team. ... Tickets can be pricy since they are in such high demand, but; tailgating and enjoying the environment can also be a nice alternative to get into the football spirit (Robertson). ...

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Since I was a tomboy, girls often picked on me and made fun of me because I liked to do guy things like play football and basketball. ... Towards the end of elementary school I made a friend that was just like me and liked doing things like playing football, basketball and dirt biking. ...

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They have discussed just paying athletes who play the four major sports (basketball, baseball, football, and hockey). ... College basketball and football are still some of the highest rated TV in America and it doesn't look to have any downward spirals ahead. ...

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Who Am I Now? Who am I now? Well, my name is Brandon C and I am currently eighteen years old and I was born on May 10th, 1985. I presently live at home with my two parents but I have a brother, George, who currently a sophomore at Temple University. I am just beginning my senior year of high sc...

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