...Football in America by Jeannie Ray SPM/210 - SOCIO-CULTURAL ELMNTS OF SPORT: PLAYING WELL W/OTHERS DR DION DALY August 6, 2011 Football In America American football has a long legacy in American History. It can be traced back centuries to early European cutures, influenced through the years by multiple people, changed the rules and has become a National phenomenon for Americans. American football is over 100 years old and still going strong. It has inspired songs, movies and motivated individuals to great heights in their careers and lives. American football originated with its earlier form of play that derived from a variation of the sport Rugby in 1892. There are mentions of Native Americans playing ball games but, modern American football originates in traditional ball games played at villages and schools in Europe dating many centuries before America was settled by Europeans. Reports of early settlers at Jamestown, Virginia playing games with inflated balls in the early 17th century have been noted in history also. American football is the result of several major divergences from its earlier form of rugby. The introduction of the line of scrimmage and down-and- distance are among the first major changes of the game Rugby to its conversion to American football by Walter Camp. Walter Camp is considered as the father of football. The changes that he incorporated into collegiate football became dominant in the United...
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...I am so happy you wrote to me a topical question. Football is the most popular sport in America. More than hundred people tune into watch the Super Bowl every year. Playing football is the great way to improve healthy lifestyle, teamwork, and concentration, etc. Although there are a lot of great reasons to playing football; there are also some problems that must be considered. Injuries are the part of football. Getting hit happens normally and the most dangerous problem when playing football is head injuries which can lead to health issues later in life, or cause a person’s psyche. Professional football players have stand a lot of jarring hits to their heads, and getting hit regularly will cause concussion. Brain damage is an important problem in football and you need to be aware of there are a lot of research showing that it is dangerous to let kids play football and there are also some true stories about kids died because of brain...
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...HISTORY OF FOOTBALL. We all know many kinds of sports. Some people were taught how to play different type of sports during their early age. One of the sports is football. It is a very well-known sport. Football is also known as ‘soccer’ in the United States of America. Nearly all the males in the world play the game of football and if not, they just have a huge interest in football but do they actually know the history of the game of football and how it was first established? It is widely accepted that both the Romans and the Greeks started the sport of football which tells us that its origins are believed to lie in ancient times. During the Roman Empire, football wasn’t involved in the ancient Olympic due to the fact that football that time was just a test of bravery to the Roman Army as actions such as punching, hacking and generally assaulting the opponent were highly accepted as part of the game. Football during that time appears to have resembled rugby. Football was also mentioned in a compiled documents found in China which was from the 1st century BC. It describes a practice called cuju which means “kicking ball” in Chinese. Cuju was originally involved kicking a leather ball into a mini hole hung 9 meters above ground with the help of bamboo sticks. Rules were established then on the 2nd century BC and eventually, the game of of cuju spread to Japan as well as to Korea and the name of the sport has changed to Kemari respectively. However the sport appears to have...
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...Why is College Football so popular? Football is the most popular game in the US and Canada, as is the case with soccer in UK and South America. There are many different reasons of engaging in any sport, be it for pure pleasure and love of the game, the attainment of a scholarship or as a platform for playing professionally. For soccer players, playing in high school and in college gives them the opportunity to nurture the talent and attain the prestigious chance of playing for a professional club, which is every young soccer player’s dream. However, in the USA it has become certain that college football is more popular than professional playing for both the players and the fans. The following are some of the reasons why this is the case. First, to many people college football is deemed to be ‘pure’. To the fans and the players, college football gives them a chance to enjoy the game with no corruption. Professional teams tend to commercialise everything in the team leading to corruption. In college the players on the field need not worry of their worth but enjoy the game and the competitive spirit for the love of the sport. Besides, games played by college teams are fresh and fans enjoy the spirit of the sport displayed by the players. Secondly, many people find themselves attached to a particular institution after several years of attending that particular school. College football thus provides a chance for them to show their loyalty and they rally behind their college’s...
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...CONTENTS |Introduction |2 | |Main part |3 | |The British. The main features of the British character. |3 | |History of british sport |5 | |Sports invented in Great Britain |6 | |Framework of sport in Britain. |10 | |Modern Sport in Great Britain: Structure, Administration, Funding, Popularity, Sport media and Diseases. |13 | |Elite level sport |15 | |6.1. Elite level team sports |15 | |6.2. Elite level individual sports |22...
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...Sport in England 1. Introduction 3 2. History of Sport in England 3 2.1. Development of Sport in England 3 2.2. Traditions 3 2.2.1. The Royal Shrovetide Football 3 2.2.2. Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake 3 2.2.3. The Boat Race 3 3. Pub Sports 3 3.1. History 3 3.2. Bowls 3 3.3. Skittles 3 3.4. Darts 3 3.5. Cue Sports 3 3.5.1. History 3 3.5.2. 8-Ball 3 3.5.3. Snooker 3 4. England and the Olympic Games 3 4.1. Olympic Triumphs of England/ Great Britain 3 4.2. Olympic Games on English Ground 3 4.2.1. 1908 Summer Olympics in London 3 4.2.2. 1948 Summer Olympics in London 3 4.2.3. London 2012 3 5. Golf 3 5.1. History 3 5.2. Famous English Golf Players 3 5.3. Golf in England Today 3 6. Tennis 3 6.1. History 3 6.2. Great English Tennis Players 3 6.3. Tennis in the English Society Today 3 7. Cricket 3 7.1. History of Cricket 3 7.2. Rules 3 7.3. Cricket Idols 3 8. Rugby 3 8.1. History 3 8.2. The Six Nation Championship 3 8.3. Rugby in England Today 3 9. Football 3 9.1. History 3 9.2. English Football Today 3 9.3. Famous English Football Stadiums 3 9.4. Famous English Football Players 3 9.4.1. Sir Bobby Charlton 3 9.4.2. Sir Geoff Hurst 3 9.4.3. Heroes in the Recent Past 3 10. Conclusion 3 11. References 3 1. Introduction The following paper deals with sport in England. Because of the wide range of this topic, this paper will just go into some interesting subjects of English sport....
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...Imagine a world where people bring in money for an organization, but do not get paid themselves. This scenario is true for college athletes. They put in work every week and end up bringing in money for the school that they attend. Athletes take countless hours every day to train for their sport. The main sports, mainly men’s college basketball and football, end up making money. College athletes should get paid because they bring in money for the college, acting as representatives of the school. College athletes spend about forty hours per week dedicated to their sport. Athletes have to go to practices, attend film room, and train every single day. This compares to people in the actual workforce because they get paid on a forty hour work week. Therefore, college athletes are basically working the same amount as those do in the workforce. Also, on top of time dedicated to their sport, athletes also have to focus on education, which is another eight to ten hours a week of class time and additional studying and homework on top of that. In addition to long weeks, paying college athletes would help them manage their money. Whether they end up going pro or not, they still need a sense of how to manage their money once they are out of college and on their own. They would know how to save additional money and make smart decisions on what to use their...
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...his match with Peter McNeeley. In a single second, he made 281,000 dollars (Christian Science Monitor). Alex Rodriguez will be paid $29 million this season, making him the highest paid player in baseball (Newsday). Rodriguez’s salary is $4 million more than the entire 25-man roster of the Houston Astros will make this year (Newsday). Athletes do not deserve all that money. President Obama’s salary is 400,000 dollars. President Obama is the leader of the ‘United States of America, and he is paid less than a professional athlete that sits on the bench in any professional sport. Professional athletes are easily the most over paid job in America. Professional athletes are overpaid in several professional sports. Professional sports generate massive revenues, and the athletes who play these sports are being paid tremendously high salaries. New York Yankees baseball star, Alex Rodriguez, signed a contract in 2008 that includes him being paid $275 million over the next ten years (Newsday). Many other baseball, football, and basketball superstars have multi-year contracts worth more than $100 million. Because teams within a league must compete with each other to attract the best players, some professional sports leagues started to impose salary caps in the 1990’s. A salary cap is a limit on...
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...It is the dream of many young children and teenagers to become a professional athlete, most of them have a favorite athlete that they idolize. When children are very young it is important to encourage them to dream, and to pursue their passions. But there comes a time when it is not in the child’s best interest to mislead them into thinking they actually have a chance at becoming a pro athlete. According to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (2013), only 2% of college athletes are talented enough to play at the professional level. Logically thinking, this means that 98% of student athletes should be preparing themselves in college with a back-up plan for life after collegiate sports, right? Unfortunately, this is not the case. In fact, some people actually support the idea that student athletes should be able to major in the sport they play, and not study for a major that would be more beneficial to them in life. Student athletes that enter college directly after high school lack life experience, and they need guidance when making such decisions that will impact their life so dramatically. It is in these times when we should push students to their limits in order to make them grow to be the best they can be, not let them take the path of least resistance and settle for mediocrity. Allowing student athletes to choose their sport as a major may be the obvious choice for some, but doing so would actually hurt them instead of benefitting them. If we truly care...
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...How Did Football Start Aia Seve College Success 10/23/14 Bibliography history.com. “Professional Football Is Born.” 2014. Accessed October 22, 2014. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/professional-football-is-born. charlotterugby.com. “Rugby Vs. Football.” 2014. Accessed October 22, 2014. http://www.charlotterugby.com/rugby-vs-football/. Americaneagle.com. “History: Birth of Pro Football.” 2014. Accessed October 22, 2014. http://www.profootballhof.com/history/general/birth.aspx. randomhistory.com. “58 Fun Facts About Football.” 2014. Accessed October 22, 2014. http://facts.http://facts.randomhistory.com/football-facts.html/football-facts.html. profootballhof.com. “General History - Chronology.” 2014. Accessed October 22, 2014. http://www.profootballhof.com/history/general/chronology/1869-1939.aspx. This is paper is about the history and transformation of Football. There are two different types of football, there is European Football what we call soccer, and there is American Football which will be talked about in this paper. The purpose of this paper is to answer the following question on who, how, and where of football and also the rise in the popularity of football to what it is today. The who, meaning who was the founder of this game; the how, meaning how did this game come about; and the where, meaning where was professional football created; how was football played then transformed to how football is played now. A quick background of American...
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...are moeslim. American love alcohol, but little bit of cigarette. Perhaps it sounds strange but the fact like that. Almost all people in Indonesia are smoking especially men, and there are some person which consumption the alcohol. But, in America is very contrary in Indonesia. Almost american consume alcohol and only a few person who smoking. I think one of the reason why American consume it because the weather. In America has winter and autumn. Surely it is very cool. So, they consume it to warm their bodies. 3. Indonesian love offal, American love pork. Maybe not everyone in Indonesia like offal. Because it is unhealthy but it tastes very good. Because the taste, many people in Indonesia consume it. Although most of people also do not consume it because they feel displeasing and feel unwell after consuming it. While in America, the people love pork. It caused majority of Americans are christians even do not have religion so that they are allowed to consume pork. In Indonesia, the people rarely consume it because they are dominated by moeslims. Only people of other faith who consume pork and even then it is not sold in any places. 4. Indonesian girl more polite than American girl. In Indonesia, they are modest in dress while in America, they prefer to show the body shape and like wear clothes that are very sexy. 5. Indonesian is a very not appreciate...
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...Williams describes how a major event has shaped America in each chapter of In the American Grain. In each event, Williams refers to the “New World” but never clearly states what the New World is. Williams gives the readers an opportunity to stir up their imagination and decide the meaning of the New World on their own. With the knowledge received from previous chapters, it is safe to argue that the “American Grain” is the seed planted by early settlers that created the characteristics of the New World. Williams points out similar occurrences during different parts of history that originated in the “grain”. These reoccurrences are initiating from one simple word, fear. Although in most chapters Williams uses the specific words “New World”, in the chapter “Jacataqua” he only references to it by describing events that influenced what the New World developed into. “Jacataqua” is the most obvious description of the American character, which is driven by fear, leaving the “New World” to be a symbol of America’s terror. Williams quotes another source “The United States… has given more of material help to Europe and to the world in the last ten years in time of need, than have all other nations of the world put together in the entire history” (Williams 174). But Williams argues that even though America is seeking to be helpful, it is still the wealth that is the priority, and wealth is the product of fear. Because of this fear, America can be “tricked or tripped...with hatred… by those...
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...Football is a team game played in North America with an ova ball on a field marked out as a gridiron. College football has been around since 1869. There’s about 54% of U.S. residents or mainly americans who are college football fans; so basically college football plays a big part in America. People have made college football become as huge as the NFL. College football or the NCAA is nearly a 1 billion dollar industry and yet still college football players have issues with not getting paid. Students who are athletes usually have scholarships so they don’t have to worry about money and saying that “they need to paid” shouldn’t be said. These athletes shouldn’t be paid because of their scholarships, the NCAA is a non-profit organization, and...
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...Newtons Concussions Football is one of Americas faorite sports. Everyone loves to sit down around with friends or family to watch some good old pig skin. Science is also a huge part of Americas favorite sport volocity, motion, data, hypothesis, and many more! In this essay I will explian how Newtons 1, 2, and 3 law applie to football and concussion. Newtons first law is if and object stays in motion then it will continue to say in motion. For example if you throw a football, the football flys in the air until another object stops it. When you a football player is running with the football and he makes pretty harsh head to head cntact with another player or object, he will have an concussion. See after your head stops you brain is still in motion so it will continue to move until it hits your skull. When you brain hits your skull, the brain will be brusied, and when the brain is bruised it will more than likley cause and conussion. Newtons frist law is very important with concussion but Newtons second is very important too....
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...“Football” before the 19th century referred to any number of ball games played on foot. The rules of these games differed from one another, some allowing the use of hands “running games”, others forbidding it “kicking games”. One legend has it that the football game rugby, American football’s ancestor, was invented when an Englishman grew tired of the no hands restriction, picked the ball up, and ran. Out of an interest to enforce the rules of the game the other players tackled the fellow. So much fun was this diversion that running football games were born. Whether this is true or not is unknown, but what is known is that football does have its origins in the games played by pre-colonial European peasants. The first vestiges of what would become American football are found in the 19th century in the games played by students at the elite schools and universities of the United States. A particularly violent running game was played at Princeton University circa 1820, and around this time a kicking game was also being played by students of Dartmouth College. Rules for the Dartmouth game, known as “Old Division Football”, were published in 1871. The first running game to codify its rules was the popular English sport, rugby, and it did so in 1845. While there is some degree of debate over what constitutes the first American football team, most sports historians point to the Oneida Football Club, a Boston club founded in 1861. Nobody knows what rules this club used; whether...
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