He was beloved by fans and feared on the field as all great football players should be. ... Being too big, too athletic, and to tough, and the only way to put all that to good use is to become an NFL football player. ... Football players often deal with injury. ... The average NFL football player takes anywhere from 900-1500 blows to the head per season. ... It's difficult to convince a concerned, over protective mother to let her son participate in an activity she understands might permanently damage his brain, but in August of 2012, the NFL announces its funded Heads Up Football, a new ...

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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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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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The average salary for a division I football, basketball, or baseball head coach is $2-3.5 million (Brian). ... In the last few years 13 football players in the Midwest alone were diagnosed with Rhadomlysis (Starner). ... The University of Alabama's football program has won three of the last four last national championships. ... A big example in the media was with the Ohio State football program. ... Sadly, the OSU football players are far from being the only that do it. ...

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Football is everything to him. ... Thomas started playing football at the age of 10. ... " Football means everything to Thomas, when I asked the question "What does football mean to you?... "Football to me is..like basically it's everything. ... John Curtis is a football powerhouse turning out more college and pro athletes than any football program in the state of Louisiana. ...

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The sports I have chosen are football, tennis and softball. ... It is very important for football players to have good health related fitness. ... The ideal somatotype for a football player is a mesomorph. ... Footballers need to have a fair amount of strength. ... Footballers need to be agile. ...

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In the 1800's soccer (which would come to be known as football) began. ... Today in American football heavy protective equipment is used; with the exception of NASCAR. American football is a full on contact sport which requires specific protective gear for safety. ... Also in the 1950's football pants were designed with interior pockets which would hold the football pads into place. ... In American football today, many trained medical staff are on hand to care for injured players. ...

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The Bowl Championship Series (B.C.S.) was created in 1998 by a group of the larger colleges (College Football Fight Reaches Congress, net). ... The season champions of those leagues are guaranteed at least four of the six spots in the B.C.S. bowl games (College Football Fight Reaches Congress, net) , the other two spots are at large bids (College Football Fight Reaches Congress, net), that means any school can get in those two spots regardless of their conference. ... In the current ranking system margin of victory is not a factor to find the top twenty five teams in college football (BCS Bett...

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At the beginning of my freshman year I couldn't wait to play football, but my real love was track and field. ... Yes I played football as well I am competing in track, but the atmosphere is completely different. ... I was told that track at my school was just as big as football and I loved football. ... So the things that I had heard about track being as important as football at my high school was not the case. ... We never had a weight program in high school for track or football we were just expected to lift on our own. ...

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College football is the most profitable of all the college sports, but most people do not understand what real "profit" is. The top 25 college football programs, based on football expenses and revenue, on average create about 25 million dollars in revenue per year. ... Overall, there are 127 D1 football programs, over 160 D2 programs, and almost 200 D3 programs in the United States. Outside of the top 25 D1 football programs, few schools would be able to pay so many student athletes the money that division 1 schools can offer. ...

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At my high school, football was everything, and the entire town supported the local team. In the summer, merchants would run special football promotions. ... If they talked about football at all, they usually discussed the regional college teams. ... When I met with the coach before school started, he told me the football team was weak. ... He made it clear that I would play football only as long as my grades did not suffer. ...

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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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With only one interview with a football player, I had only referred to a primary source once and used secondary sources throughout the rest of the paper. ... I included a history of communication in football as the first paragraph, which seemed to go too much into detail and became irrelevant to the thesis. ... Communication is one of the most important aspects of Football, and as the game has evolved over time, so too has the communication. ... Chris Flaig, a center with the FIU football team quotes; "Without blocking schemes and protection assigned by the quarterback, offensive unit...

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Professional and college football in the United States also takes this approach to athletes caught using steroids. Football players may be fined or suspended from playing in games for testing positive. ... The National Football League is another place where steroid abuse has caught the attention of viewers. ... Brian Bozworth, a well-known college football player, is also remembered for his steroid use during his college days Another well remembered football player that struggled with steroid use was Lyle Alzado. ... Alzado's popularity won him some television roles after his fo...

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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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A high school football player who suffered brain damage when his football helmet broke during a head-on collision with another player brought a negligence action against the manufacturer of the helmet. ...

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Competitive sports would be like football and lawn tennis. ... "Football (soccer in the U.S.A.) was introduced to Europe in the early 1800s. The first Football Association (FA) Cup was played in 1871." This was when many football clubs were set up like Aston Villa and Everton which were set up by churches to "attract new members.... By 1900, on most Saturday afternoons, more than a million largely working-class boosters filled football stadiums where professional urban teams competed. ...

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Until one day, we were asked to run the "Texas lap" in the field behind the school that connected San Carlos Elementary and JFK; the field mammoth - the length of two professional football fields. ... I learned how to play basketball, soccer, and football through athletics. Football was the first sport I joined because our school didn't have enough members to make a weightlifting team. ... Football like every other sport I played in middle school taught me discipline. ... First day of school and they had us already planning on going to football games to practice for the big competitions...

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We didn't even play football or basketball at all, when we used to play it everyday after school. ... When high school started, I decided I was not going to waste the rest of my life regretting anything, so I signed up for the football team. ... Football became one of the best things that ever happened to me. ... I started to get very serious into football my second year of high school and used to enjoy listening to our coach give his words of wisdom. ... I learned from my football coach never to quit at anything, and to work my hardest all of the time. ...

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REMEMBER THE TITANS In Boaz Yakin's Remember the Titans, football becomes the force that is strong enough to break through the wall of prejudice. ... The legendary high school head football coach was replaced by an African-American. ... In order for the players to overcome the prejudice on the football field, they had to look past the segregation off of the field. ... The impact of this football team upon society was significant in Virginia. Nationally, high school football is the most successful sport in the country. ...

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It just so happens that it was football season and I had played all my four years in high school. ... It was a natural thing to do with my friends at football practice because they are both things that guys love. ... I would always dream, as did many of my friends, that I would grow up to be a professional baseball or football player. ... I eat all of it and go down the stairs to watch a football pregame show. ... I did little to no homework and can't resist a good football game. ...

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For example, with sports, schools would never sacrifice the football team to save the art club. If a football team were lacking, the money would somehow show up. ... Many young children are encouraged to find activities that they are interested in and excel at, from football to dance to community service. ...

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Many of the so-called jocks that play the rough and tough sports like football are the ones who are using anabolic steroids. ... The most common sports where you would find the anabolic steroids are in bodybuilding, football, track & field power events and weightlifting. ... The athletes that are the biggest users are the football and track athletes who are not only trying to bulk up, but are also looking for a way for them to improve their stamina and attract the attention of the college and pro scouts. ... Football has reported the highest use with ten percent; track and field follows with...

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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...

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