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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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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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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Most woman organizations believe that major sports such as men's football take up too much of the budget. The reason behind that is football requires a huge roster of players and secondly, football attracts the most public attention. If people continue to pay money to watch their football team every week then football is going to continue to have an enormous budget and rightfully so. ... Statistics show that Division I football players earn their degree within six years of entering college and only 43 percent of college basketball players earn a degree. ... The statistics above imply that...

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They cheer for many different sports like football, and basketball. ... According to legend a guy named Thomas Peebler put a group of guys on the sidelines of Princeton's first football game to do the yell. ... As football got more and more popular, so did cheerleading. ... Instead of just supporting football players and basketball players, cheerleaders also began to cheer of wrestling, track and field, and swimming. ... Partly in response to the "internationalization of basketball and American football, cheerleading is now itself international, with Japan, Australia, Canada, and Mexico i...

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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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It seems these days everyone has an opinion on the perks that college athletes receive mainly in the football and basketball arena. ... The University of Michigan, home of Chris Webber and the Fab Five, "this school grossed over twenty million dollars from football alone" (Jones). A classmate of mine loves to jester the football players with the usual "dumb jock" comments. I remind him each time that it's from the money generated by the football team that supports his ability to play on the golf team. ... That pleasure is reserved for football or basketball players who as a matter of fact...

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For example, the University of Alabama football team has the highest stipend in the nation at around $5,000. The yearly salary of the Alabama's head football coach, Nick Saban, could pay for 1,380 stipends! ... One of the most famous instances in which a player got caught up in one of these black market scandals was former University of Southern California football player, Reggie Bush. ... At the time, Bush didn't come from much wealth and even with a "full-ride" football scholarship, he could not cover all of his expenses. ... Would the football team make more money than ...

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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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Like basketball, football, and baseball in America, baseball is one of the most popular sports in Japan. ... American football was developed from soccer and rugby football in America (History of football). For that reason, American football is one of the most popular sports in America. ... According to my hypothesis, if there were a very good Asian American football player and he won a MVP of the year in NFL, American football would become more popular in Asia; more and more people would try to become a football player like the present case in baseball. It could change the current statistics o...

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I could have probably also said that if a person was a secretary, a grade school teacher, a receptionist, a nurse, a maid, or a homemaker then that person must be a woman. People in the female group or gender worked lower paying less demanding jobs because It was believed that a woman could not hand...

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College Athletes and Cash Money, Do They Deserve Extra Reimbursement? The question of whether college athletes should be paid has led to a hotly contested debate. The critics who are in favor of paying athletes for their services point to the millions of dollars of revenue generated from footba...

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Most, but not all, sports injuries are related to either direct physical contact (think American football, hockey, even soccer and basketball) or to the repeated, often violent movements made in the course of the sport (think repeated jumping in basketball, a baseball pitcher throwing, the stress of a golf swing). ... Is sports that prize bulk, like football, the average player is both taller and heavier than the average player of only a few years ago. ... In football, fractured wrists, chipped teeth, neck strains, head lacerations, dislocated hips and jammed fingers were the most common injur...

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Football has grown to be an integral part of American culture. ... New Haven, Connecticut, home to Yale University was the home to the first intercollegiate football game against Columbia in 1872. ... (Parks, Quarterman 46-47) Collegiate football became a lucrative form of entertainment, revenue, and recruitment for college programs. ... ("NCAA NAIA Basketball") The National Football League (NFL) employs similar tactics as well- "Football players who have been out of high school for at least three years are eligible for the NFL draft. ... Nine football coaches will be paid $1,000,000 in 2000,...

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If aliens came and landed in my back yard and came to my door to ask me to tell them about this world I would tell them almost everything that I know. At least everything that I think they should know. I would tell them about the government first. I will tell them how it operates and everything....

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Philadelphia Eagles football club Brewer v. ... Philadelphia Eagles Football Club A ground breaking case holding that professional athletes are public figures is Chuy v. Philadelphia Eagles Football Club. ... After he suffered a shoulder injury, he developed a pulmonary embolism which forced him to retire from football. ... An in Donald Chuy's case his ability to continue playing professional football, sports lovers had significant interest. ...

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Getting embarrassed is not something that happens to me often. I am a very easy going person. I like to joke around and be goofy all the time, so being embarrassed about something is not really anything that crosses my mind. Even thought I do not get embarrassed a lot I can definitely think about s...

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The one thing required of the team members of the football squad was an acrobatic feat known as a standing back tuck. ... After making the football squad, I was given the summer to perfect my back-tuck. ...

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The game of basketball was initially created as an indoor activity to keep football players conditioned during the winter months after the football season was over (Sprinfield College, 2014). ... Basketball has gained popularity over the years, according to the 2014 Harris Poll, the NBA is ranked 6th in popularity behind the National Football League (NFL), Major League Baseball (MLB), college football and auto racing (Rovell, 2014). ... The NFL consists of thirty-two franchises that are divided into two conferences, the American Football Conference and the National Football Conference. ... Jus...

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The mesomorph athlete is probably going to participate in sports, such as football, basketball, speed running and jumping, as well as martial arts. ... An ideal football player would be a mesomorph due to the larger physical frame and large developed musculature. ...

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Some examples of these mental and physical blocks are, a football player that just recovered from an ankle sprain might be afraid to make a cut-back or plant their feet and block, because they think they could sprain their ankle again. ...

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Loving something is loving it from the very first time you experience it. This is true with "backyard sports"; sports like football, baseball, basketball, soccer, or any other of the activities that children play in the yard. Playing these sports as a child is fun. No one is considered "inferior"...

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When I was a young girl, I never missed a homecoming football game. ... This was the moment I eagerly anticipated every year and would secretly envision myself parading around that football field with that crown on one day. ... When I was a young girl, I never missed a homecoming football game. ... This was the moment I eagerly anticipated every year and would secretly envision myself parading around that football field with that crown on one day. ...

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Private Schools Most people would agree that education is important in today's society. The level of education determines the future path of a person. If people disregard their high school level of learning, then his SAT scores will show his effort and his acceptance to a college may be hinde...

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A Sport Painted With Controversy Paintball is a rapidly growing sport that began in the nineteen eighties. Farmers used paint markers to shoot their cows and mark them as their own. People soon took the markers and used them to play war like games with each other. Since then paintball markers, o...

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