...contain businesses with high market share it can be extremely hard to attract and keep consumers. In order to provide opportunity and a chance to new businesses the government will help them for example breaking up the existing monopoly power of a service provider. An example of this is the attempt to introduce more competition for British Telecom, with businesses such as talktalk, Sky and plus net. This is known as market liberalisation. Here it shows it depends on which business in the market to see whether it does provide a level playing field and if it is desirable. For the new businesses this intervention from the government is priceless as it provides them with a great opportunity to survive and grow. However to the high market share businesses it is most likely to be seen as unfair as they had to grow and work hard to get where they are today with the high market share. Resulting in a level playing field for one business for an un-level playing field for the other. Often market failure occurs due to consumers...
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...used in both college and professional (National Football League NFL) football. Even though college and professional football is the same, the professional football player may treat the game as a business while the college player plays with a higher level of dedication because their future depends on their performance. The Game of Football The game of football is one of the most-watched sports in America, no matter what level of the game. The college and professional game structure and rules are the same. The game time is broken down into four, fifteen-minute quarters, with a halftime period between the second- and third quarter. The goal of the game is also the same, get the ball into the end zone and score more than your opponent. There are two sides to the game; offense and defense. The job of those on the offensive line is to get the ball down the field and into the end zone for a touchdown while the defensive line tries to prevent the other team from scoring. It is not uncommon for the defensive line to score by forcing the offensive line to turn the ball over, therefore, allowing the defense to score. Each level of the game has the same number of players on the field, and they hold the same positions as well. Each level has a full line up with the same goal. For instance, each team has a quarterback, receivers, defensive and offensive players....
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...Essay Faculty of European Legal and Political studies Globalisation, global economy and politics Student: Andrej Gorše Mentor: Prof. Jasna Cvijanović April, 2015 About globalisation Globalisation refers to a variety of events that are rapidly changing the world. The machine that powers globalisation, however, is the global economy. At the heart of the global economy are the twin policies of privatisation and deregulation, which national governments have adopted worldwide since the 1980’s. Terms like free market economy, level playing field, monetarism, market economy, and neo-liberalism embrace processes such as privatisation and deregulation. Privatisation is about putting governments out of business. The economic theory behind privatisation is that, Business knows best. In this age of globalisation, our governments cheerfully tell us that they are too incompetent to manage our economy, so as a service to the public they will instead let the free market run it. Then our governments sell off publicly owned businesses and assets, which usually end up controlled by multinationals and financed by public shareholders. Competition within the marketplace rather than government management, we are told, will produce lower prices and better services for consumers. This is called a better standard of living, which implies that the public are better off for having a privatised economy so they should be happy about it. The strange part is that governments streamline...
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...for the same amount of hours. Everyone should be treated equally in the work place, no matter their gender or race, if the playing fields in which they are participating are equal. This refers to a controversial topic: should male and female tennis players receive the same prize money if the playing fields are not equal? Females compete for less time than the men do, yet get paid an equal amount. Men should be earning more money than women in the sport of tennis if “equal pay for equal work” was really being applied. The men and women’s tours are completely separate entities, with different schedules and different sponsors, for all of except six tournaments throughout the tennis season, in which they compete at the same venues. The Grand Slams: the Australian Open, the French Open, the Wimbledon Championships and the US Open, comprise four of these six tournaments and are the holy grails of the sport. The winner has a daunting task of winning seven matches over a twoweek period against the best players in the world. The incredibly rewarding financial prize that is rewarded to the champions at the end of the two weeks is identical between the men and the women. There would not be a problem or an opposing argument against women receiving equal pay at the Grand Slams if the playing fields were the same. The problem is that the playing fields are not equal. The men have to win three out of five sets each match they play. The women only have to win two out of three...
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...earned run average went through the roof. While a few people contend that PED’s should be used to even the playing field and...
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...opportunity to express my sincere thanks to Mr. P.K. Purwar, Advisor (Economics) for his timely suggestions throughout my study. I am highly thankful to Dr. Anil Kumar Sharma, Assistant Director (Economics), CCI for having made my stay pleasant all along the internship. I also thank Ms. Sayanti Chakrabarti and the entire staff of CCI for providing me continuous support and encouragement throughout the internship. ABSTRACT My research is aimed at understanding the life insurance sector in India and flagging issues relating to competition in this sector. The life insurance sector has a small market and cover approx. 3 % of population in India. As a growing sector, it is important that all players get a level playing field. The competition act is to provide for a level playing field to all players to encourage competition in market. Through my study I have tried to substantiate this with facts and evidence proving that LIC as a state owned enterprise enjoys a dominant market. The...
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...Professor Beaman ENGLH 1301 30 October 2015 Legalize It Professional athletes have become a part of a realm of sports that’s forever changing. Professional sports have significantly become a huge role in many different cultures and have become a realm of its own. Professional players have adapted to succumb to the level of athleticism that continues to rise within every generation. They are adapting to a constantly changing sport where athletes are becoming bigger, stronger, and faster. The increased amount of competition and athleticism in professional sports has advocated a need for new ways for players to get ahead of the rest of the pack. Performance enhancing drugs sit high on the list that the athletes have to choose from as a method to gain the advantage, but these substances have been recently heavily fought against in the realm of professional sports. This resistance has done more harm than good in a sense in that drug testing fails at what it’s supposed to do. It has led to more players turning to black market labs to obtain their steroids. As drug testing is supposed to level the playing field for all athletes, it truly de-levels the playing field in that so many athletes are cheating the drug test than there are natural athletes. Athletes who are taking PED’s are going to these black market labs that are not controlled or supervised when they are creating these drugs and as a result could potentially harm the athlete’s health. The legalization of PED’s in professional...
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...“Oh, man, look guys, they’ve got a girl on their team…” “Ah, man, again? I hate playing against girls. I always feel like I’m going to hurt them.” “Just don’t think about it, dude. Go up against her like she’s just another player.” “Okay boys, watch out for the girl on their team. If she’s playing with the guys team, she’s gotta be good.” Countless times, my teammates and I would watch a girl walk on to the field for the other team and start warming up. Instantly, stereotypes were made, and probably to many peoples’ surprise, they were in her favor. Any girl playing on a guy’s team has to be highly skilled, so we tried our hardest not to take her lightly. We did our best to keep this mentality in our minds during the game, but the instant there was a close ball and there was going to be some hard contact, the guys on our team, almost every time, would back off the ball in fear of hurting her. While going up against a girl, this restraint is almost always going on in guys’ minds. Guys shouldn’t have to limit how hard they play at any time, but almost all boys, whether they mean to or not, do not go as hard against a girl as they might a boy. Ever since girls have been playing sports, and even more so since the passing of Title IX, the debate of girls playing on a boys sports team has been a hot one. In my eyes, there isn’t even a real argument to be made. It is frowned upon for boys to play on girls teams, so why let the girls play on boys teams? ...
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...When I play sports I feel like I am in my place. I'm always in the zone, ready for whatever task is ahead of me whether it be putting a basketball in the hoop or hitting a golf ball into a hole. Sports are my true love in life, well not just sports but being active. As long as I'm outside I feel great. I am an athlete and that would be the only way I could truly describe myself. I love being active, playing catch with the baseball with my dad or throwing the football around with my friends are some of my favorite things to do. One of my favorite things to do is play football with my friends at this place we call "the field". It is a big open field behind a fire station that we have always played football at. We have been playing for so long that we know where the boundaries are by using bushes and tree along the side. Playing football there as a kid was so playful and fun. Now it's still so much fun but we get very intense and now that I'm older that's what I love. Intensity and competitiveness has increased so much since I was a kid and it really makes me get into the zone and play hard when I play these sports. Golf for example, you wouldn't think golf is a very competitive sport but when you're on the last hole and the match is tied up every single shot you hit counts. Also you have no teammates in golf so everything you do is all on you and nobody else which makes it very nerve racking. When you have the last putt to either win or lose the match with one stroke of your club...
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...Tee ball is where it all starts. Where the passion for playing softball is first expressed. This is the team that you could possibly end up playing with for awhile. This is the part of playing where boys and girls can be mixed up on teams. Some people end up playing with this team up until high school. Equipment for the stages of softball will change frequently. During tee ball, you will need to start off having a glove. A glove so you can start fielding, throwing and catching a ball. You will also need a bat. You don’t typically need to spend much on a bat; this is just going to be a bat that you can use for the beginning. And lastly, you will need a helmet. This is just for hitting practice and during your games. These are just the basic pieces of equipment that you will start off needing....
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... mentally, and emotionally capable of playing baseball just as men are. With that being said their biological sex or gender should not and does not affect their ability to play baseball in the company of men. In addition their sex should not deem their athletic ability as inferior in comparison to men. Since the adoption of baseball as an American pastime, the sport of baseball has been cultivated and altered to amputate women exuding the masculinity of baseball. The emergence of baseball as popular and profitable sport has failed to acknowledge and highlight the athletic abilities women. Instead its conception has affirmed women to be fragile and it has also depicted women to not have the skills or talents to play and compete alongside men. There are numerous individuals who are opposed to fusion of women and men on the baseball field. These individuals use demeaning stereotypes and beliefs to support their claims. Often these claims are false and are not supported by factual or scientific data. For example these claims say that women are weaker than men, women are not physically capable of playing sports, or a woman's place is in the home rather than on the playing field. These claims have been in existence since the beginning of time and have filtered into the arena of baseball. These claims are used as agencies to enforce the superiority of men and the inferiority of women. Those who are opposed to the idea of men and women playing baseball together, often defend their argument...
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...When I was freshman in college life was great. Life was going the I had envisioned it going. I was playing college baseball, a dream of mine since I was a child, but more importantly I was a performing at an exceptional level. I showed up on campus somewhat of an underdog. In high school I received very few college offers and was not highly recruited. I worked hard to obtained a starting position. I was one of the top performers in the conference. I was gaining national recognition from major league scouts. But then life took a spin. Late in the season I suffered an injury that side lined me for the rest of the season. I had to undergo an operation during the off-season. All the attention I had gained suddenly disappeared. However, in life...
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...International Journal of Machine Learning and Computing, Vol. 1, No. 5, December 2011 Preservation of Cultural Heritage and Natural History through Game Based Learning Zainal A. Hasibuan, Yugo K.Isal, Baginda Anggun N.C., Mubarik Ahmad, and Nungki Selviandro phase to implementation phase. Next, experimental games to study the influence of game culture on students. Finally, the conclusions of the article and future research. Abstract—Indonesia is a country consisting of thousands of islan. With many islands in Indonesia then there are many cultures of various ethnic groups scattered across Indonesia. With the cultural diversity that exist in Indonesia, then the existing culture must be preserved because the culture is a very important element in representing the personality of a country. There is a tendency that Indonesian young generation do not recognize their cultures. "Desa Maya Budaya Indonesia" (DayaBaya) : Virtual Village with Indonesian Culture - is a game developed to introduce Indonesian culture to young generation. This game simulates a virtual village located in a region in Indonesia that can be developed according to the player’s desires and wishes. The simulation will help young generation to know various cultures of Indonesia at the early stage. This game has also been tested on 48 students from Vocational High School,and a result from this experiment shows that the game improves user’s knowledge about cultures. II. PREVIOUS STUDY In the previous studies, the...
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...significantly they have a tremendous amount more capital. The World Trade Organization was initially designed in order help developing nations fight off the regulations such as trade barriers and subsidies which are linked to the concerns about the unfair nature of trading rules and the non existence of level playing fields which burden the developing nations. The World Trade Organization has only further burdened nations that actually benefit from globalization for instance China. The WTO has enforced policies that have restricted the role of private businesses in China’s economic development. Unfortunately for developing nations the minor enforcements from the WTO on developed nations has really hurt the developing nations because the WTO has not prevented ambiguous rules on concluding trade agreements that allow the developing nations to be manipulated by the rich states. Africa has been forced to remove tariffs on up to 90% of their trade because the WTO has not enforced rules that protect developing nations. Also the WTO was supposed to make the special treatment of developing nations more effective. Small developing nations have been left behind in medicine and scientific fields. The poorest people in these nations are unable to get affordable medicine because it has not been clarified of whether the need for governments to protect...
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...Ancient Greece where the game may have been called kerētízein or kerhtízein (κερητίζειν) because it was played with a horn or horn-like stick(kéras, κέρας)[4] In Inner Mongolia, the Daur people have been playing beikou, a game similar to modern field hockey, for about 1,000 years.[5] Most evidence of hockey-like games during the Middle Ages is found in legislation concerning sports and games. Similar to Edward's proclamation was the Galway Statute enacted in Ireland in 1527, which banned certain types of ball games, including hockey. ...at no tyme to use ne occupye the horlinge of the litill balle with hockie stickes or staves, nor use no hande ball to play withoute walles, but only greate foote balle[6] By the 19th century, the various forms and divisions of historic games began to differentiate and coalesce into the individual sports defined today. Organizations dedicated to the codification of rules and regulations began to form, and national and international bodies sprung up to manage domestic and international competition. Ice hockey also evolved during this period as a derivative of field hockey adapted to the icy conditions of Canada and the northern United States. Subtypes Field hockey game at Melbourne University.Field hockeyMain article: Field hockey Field hockey is played on gravel, natural grass, sand-based or water-based artificial turf, with a small, hard ball. The game is popular among both males and females in many parts of the world, particularly...
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