...Before I criticize this passage, I would like to define a few terms. The first term I want to define is “character” and by definition it is defined to be “The mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual”(Oxford University). The next term is “role model”, also by definition it is defined to be “A person looked to by others as an example to be imitated”(Oxford University). This passage “Sports Build Character” presents three arguments with two proving a larger conclusion and the larger argument helps the conclusion that professional athletes are not good role models because it isn't what we want our kids or society to learn. The first sub-argument is that athletes personal lives should be judged with their professional lives. The arguments defence was “this is an artificial distinction”, which is saying in simpler terms that this is ”a fake difference”. This...
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...Dear Lukas Raschilla, In your article, “Athletes are artists, not role models”, you claim that you are bewildered that anyone would view professional athletes as role models. By saying that sports figures are "not" and "shouldn't be expected" to be role models in their actions on and off the playing field is in my opinion giving a free pass for bad behavior. As the saying goes...to those who much has been given, much is expected. You claim, "athletes do not choose to be role models", but I feel anyone who holds a position of notoriety and popularity with the public should shoulder that admiration with dignity. As we know, merely by association in any career, be it sports, education, health care, government, and even religion, does not guarantee that the individuals will be positive role models. Instead, moral obligations need to be nurtured and, when necessary, consequences clearly enforced in incidents of conduct not befitting the role that person represents. It is unrealistic to think there will not be transgressions in the athletic arena as they are all human, but even this can serve as a valuable lesson to young fans. Charles Barkley is correct when he says in the Nike commercial that "parents should be the most important role model for kids" and no one expects a sports figure to replace that position, but it also takes a village to raise good citizens. Everyone that occupies attention in a child's life should realize that their actions will be seen and will affect the...
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...be an athlete or a good student. This is very misleading to the audience to say that athletes are dumb or trouble students. I personally know high school athletes that are both. Either –or 3. Any change in health care will lead to socialism; we don’t want to live in a socialist country, so we can’t reform health care in any way. Slippery slope, it’s to put fear in the reader to use his or her influence to persuade them. 4. All teenagers text while they drive, therefore we should raise the driving age to 21. This stereotype teenagers as drivers that are easily distracted. This would be ad hominem. 5. If we don’t all drive hybrid cars, the world will end in the next decade because of environmental damage. Base on untrue facts this would be creating a false need. Slippery Slope assuming that a proposed step will set off an uncontrollable chain of undesirable events. That an extreme statement stating that the world will end because we’ll don’t drive hybrid. 6. Senator Range has been seen entering a strip club; therefore his economic reforms are not plausible Red Herring Action has no bearing on the ability of the Senator to create plausible economic reform. One of these actions is part of personal life, the other is an action specific to professional life. 7. Everyone else is getting rid of TV therefore we should too. Band Wagon The only argument presented is to do it because everyone else is doing it. This type of statement has no...
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...Statement of PurposePolicy makers at the NCAA and NAIA levels have conducted many task that form knowledge of attendance, athletic participations, grade point average, retention, and graduation rate. To be a NAIA athlete you must have a 2.0 GPA to qualify and at the NCAA you must meet a 2.5 GPA. Looking into all the information that I’ve studied the Federal Graduation Rate data are used to measure the institutions. Secondly, many hypotheses are tested to base their findings of other studies which speak on the topic of athletes and other students. Finally, during this study they should find that Graduation Rate does or doesn’t affect the student. Literature ReviewGraduation Success RateWhen looking at this head line we find that the NCAA is...
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...Your mission statement is not for your marketing purposes. The primary goal is for you and your business to continue with purposeful building one by one blocks until the success. Important part of each business success is the foundation of that business. One of the fundamental elements that built foundation of the businesses is mission statement. In one of the previous posts (What is your mission statement?), I write about the mission statement and mention of the problems when the mission statement doesn’t don’t reflect the reality of the business. That statement will tell you who are your customers and what you make to satisfy them. It will be driving force of your business, that will show you the right path every time when you leave that path. Let’s look 12 different mission statements of one of the most successful companies in the world. #1 Nike Mission Statement To bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete* in the world. *”If you have a body, you are an athlete.” #2 Amazon Mission Statement Our vision is to be earth’s most customer centric company; to build a place where people can come to find and discover anything they might want to buy online. #3 Walt Disney Mission Statement To make people happy. #4 Wal Mart Mission Statement To give ordinary folk the chance to buy the same thing as rich people. #5 Apple Mission Statement Apple is committed to bringing the best personal computing experience to students, educators, creative professionals...
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...Budget 11 Distribution Plans 12 Cost/Profitability Analysis and Pro Forma Financial Statements 13 Future Plans 14 Appendix 15 Page |2 Executive summary My name is Jan Barbier, I have a degree in Kinesiology and certificate in personal training and I am currently a student in Respiratory Therapy and Exercise Physiology. TANE is a business concept that is targeted to both high-performance athletes and to those individuals that may suffer from more than one risk factor. My expected business outcome is to provide Yellowknife with my expertise in improving ones physical capabilities and to improve one’s quality of life by working to eliminating ones identified risk factor. I am hoping to open TANE in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories once I have graduated in this coming summer. I have been saving money for this very project, so I will not require any loans or financing from any third parties. I plan on working as a full-time respiratory therapist, while having TANE as an extra source of income. This will allow me to safely open TANE, without putting myself at financial risk. Once graduate, my parents will be passing our family home on to me as they are moving down to Alberta, when this occurs I will be redecorating the double garage in to a functional testing facility. The overall objective of TANE is to slowly get my name out there as I one day aspire to open a full fitness facility...
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...For this assignment, you will choose a topic, narrow it, research different points of view about it, and identify your audience in order to develop your angle on the topic. After looking at the list of topics below, which was shared in Week 1’s lecture, choose a topic in which you have more than just a passing interest. The best topic to choose is one which impacts you in some way. Having personal experience with the topic will probably lend some perspective on it and may get you closer to an angle on it. Also, sometimes research can be daunting, but if you have personal experience with the topic, or are even passionate about it, you will probably be more motivated to keep working when the “going gets tough.” Thus, while “interest” in a topic is important, mere interest will probably not sustain you through this project. You might ask yourself, “What is it about this topic that sparks my interest enough to write a ten page paper about it?” Once you choose the topic, please respond to the five questions below. Each of your responses should be approximately two paragraphs in length. This assignment will be graded using the Week 1 Assignment Rubric available in Doc Sharing. Education | Technology | Family | Health and Wellness | School Bullies | Multitasking and Technology | Sexualization of Girls | College Students and Weight Issues | No Child Left Behind Act/Race to the Top | Technology and Social Isolation | Gender Discrimination | Childhood Obesity...
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...individual will, because society produces a direct change in individual will through anonymity. George Orwell uses a personal life story to show how society has an impact on individual will in his book Shooting an Elephant and Other Essays (1950). In the reading George is a police officer in Burma. He explains how the town population shares a widespread hatred for him, partly because he is English and partly because he is a police officer. The story leads to Orwell encountering an elephant which broke free. The elephant was wreaking havoc on the locals, already killing one man by the time Orwell arrived. Orwell sends for a rifle to be used for his own personal protection. “I had no intention of shooting the elephant – I had merely sent for the rifle to defend myself if necessary.” (724). After speaking with more locals he finds the elephant peacefully eating grass in a paddy field, not harming anyone or their property. He explains his initial reaction with this statement; “As soon as I saw the elephant I knew with perfect certainty that I ought not to shoot him.” (724). Most of the town is now standing behind him with anticipation, waiting on the elephant to be shot. “They were watching me as they would watch a conjurer about to perform a trick. They did not like me, but with the magical rifle in my hands I was momentarily worth watching. And suddenly I realized that I should have to shoot...
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...From then on you can sign up for membership through Nike ID Silver Activity page to help with diet and fitness tips. 2.0 Situation Analysis Nike’s original version of the Nike ID, was well saturated in the market. It didn’t have any other competitors. With the launch of the Nike ID Silver, companies are beginning to grasp the same idea, by being innovative enough to saturate the athletic market and surpass Nike’s gross sales for the Nike ID Plus. Nike has been in the athletic world for nearly four decades now, and has gained a big portion of brand loyal consumers. 2.1 Market Summary |DEMOGRAPHICS| - Equal ratio between male and female - From ages 18-40 [Majority between the ages of 18-28] ! Monique Scott |TARGET MARKET| -Athletes - Fitness - Dieters - Recreational |SUBJECTIVE/AUGMENTED CHARACTERISTICS| The typical design for Nike with “swoosh” symbol, giving status to the owner |BEHAVIOR FACTORS| Users enjoy in easy way to keep track of their daily fitness activities Users are looking for innovation and practicality Users have active...
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...The Coming Out Process; Athletes Edition For most collegiate and professional athletes life is hard, with the media critiquing their every move and also trying to stay on top of their game so they can succeed to the best of their abilities. Now they are all facing change and for few they have to fight adversity. NBA Player Jason Collins, Division 1 College Football player Michael Sam, and Division 1 College Basketball player Derrick Gordon will now have to face one of the biggest adversities and that’s being in active in their current sport as an openly gay player. This will be new for not only them but also the league they each are individually apart of, as they become the ‘First’ openly gay player in each of their sport. As silly as it may sounds the NBA and College sports haven’t been exposed to this sexual preferences for varies reason, people keep it to themselves, players or staff are scared to the be the ‘first’, or simply because players were heterosexual for the most part so no one was ever concern about a homosexual in what is called a “MAN” sport. This source said best, ‘despite decreasing homophobia, openly gay male athletes are still rare in organized, competitive team sports.’ (Anderson, 2012). Its funny because people change sexual preferences everyday and their coming out stories aren’t nationally televised but yet when these three individuals came out to the public seems like red flags when up all over the sports world. A player could’ve had the best...
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...because it identifies us as Lady Vols and therefore women of an unmistakable type. Fighters. I remember how many of them fought for a better life for themselves, I just met them halfway” (Jenkins & Summitt, 2013). The importance of a player and coach relationship in the athletes’ athletic and academic objectives is exemplified in this quote. Countless student-athletes begin their careers with aspirations of becoming professionals, and desire a coach who will help them achieve this goal. Disregarding student athletes’ aspirations, in a recent NCAA report, only 19.1 percent of men’s basketball players play professionally, with only 1.1 percent of those playing in the National Basketball...
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...Everyday we see athletes in tough situations with the game on the line. Some conquer the moment, and some melt under the pressure. I’m a big sports geek that watches every sport and closely follow my favorite teams, and everyday I see athletes embrace the pressure of close games in the closing moments, while some shy away and disappear in the moment. When I was 11 years old, on December 4, 2009, I witnessed Kobe Bryant hit a buzzer beater to win the game against the Miami Heat. That image of Kobe shooting over Dwyane Wade has ever since been stuck in my head leading me to many childish fantasies of me hitting a game winning shot in game 7 of the finals to win the championship like Kobe did. That buzzer beater by Kobe was the first of many game winning plays I saw watching sports including the most recent of them which was a game tying hail mary by Aaron Rodgers in the playoffs to send the game to overtime against the Arizona Cardinals. However, in that time I have seen many instances where players have had the chance to make a crucial game winning play at the end of the game but failed to do so. One of the biggest recurring things I’ve seen over the years are missed free throws in clutch moments of games by really good free throw shooters, which made me thinking how can some people make several clutch shots repetitively while some superstars choke...
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...Spider-Man® “with great power, comes great responsibility.” This applies particularly to professional athletes, who, to an extent, experience even more pressure directed towards them than politicians, due to the constant exposure under the limelight and the demand to win from fans all over the world. Expectations towards young and talented professional players are tangible; family, peers, community and agents are only a fraction of the people lining up to share in the fruits of success. Needless to say, this recognition comes with the assumption that they will have a share of the athlete’s financial earnings. So how do these players react to such vast demand and how do they perceive money and its use in different aspects of life? Sports Illustrated published an article in 2009, which shows that on average, 78% of former NFL players go bankrupt within two years of retirement, and about 60% of former NBA players are penniless within five years of ending their career (Torre 1). How is this possible? What are the crucial factors that drive successful athletes to lose all their money, and more importantly, is there a way to avoid such stalemate? “We always felt like if you looked good, played good, they pay good. That was our philosophy” (qtd. in Corben). This is a quote from Keith McCants in Broke, an episode of ESPN’s acclaimed documentary series 30 For 30, that examines professional athletes’ financial behavior and reasons leading up to the substantial amount of sports retirees that...
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...Program Business Plan – The Goal Crushers Soccer Team Eagle Cheng 4201000 American Military University Table of Contents I. Program Description II. Mission Statement III. Long-Term Goals IV. Short-Term Goals V. Executive Summary VI. SWOT Analysis VII. Human Resources Plan VIII. Marketing Plan IX. Financial Projections and Statements X. Appendix I. Program Description The Goal Crushers Soccer Organization is a high level league based in Honolulu, Hawaii comprised of four age groups. Designed for athletes from the age of 4 to 15, Goal Crushers aim to help develop young children into responsible and healthy adults. Participants will enjoy the family our organization will become, and the friends they will make on our teams. We have a passion for soccer and a love for children that make us stand apart from other youth athletic organizations. Our office is located at 123 Island Drive and we will be utilizing the public park field located at 99 Ohana Street for practices. II. Mission Statement The Goal Crushers Organization’s mission is to be the all-around exceptional athletic soccer program that provides a memorable experience for every participant on our team. A memorable experience where a child will grow and develop athletically, physically, and mentally with careful guidance from a highly skilled coaching team. Our goal is to help mature our young players into responsible adults. We commit ourselves whole heartedly...
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...sports, the topic of how it is negatively affecting men’s sport is often debated. The five articles that I gathered advocate for Title IX. They express its positive impacts through narrative accounts and personal experiences of well-known female athletes who prospered due to Title IX not just in sports, but in their educational and professional careers. They also disprove the myths commonly associated with Title IX that lack evidence about how it is responsible for negatively affecting men’s sport opportunities and potentially ruining the programs currently in existence. Title IX is generally associated with women’s opportunity in sports to the point where its other positive implications tend to be forgotten. Title IX isn’t just about providing an opportunity for women to participate in sports in high school and at the college level, it is about providing young women the skills needed to achieve greater successes later on in life. Pugmire’s (2013) article quotes Women’s basketball legend Anne Meyers Drysdale saying the following: “According to the Women's Sports Foundation, 80% of women in Fortune 500 companies played sports. It teaches you so much -- confidence, failure, success, courage, how to get along. That's the business world. That's life. It's important for us to be continuing those lessons as long as we can”. He focuses his article around one of the great female athletes of the Title IX era to exemplify the positive outcomes of Title IX in order to advocate for the laws...
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