...Bears lost their chance to make a playoff push. The game started at 8:00 pm Sunday at Lambeau field. The bears were coming off of a bye week and looking to get back into the playoff hunt in the NFC North after losing two straight to Miami and New England. They were facing their biggest rival in one of football’s most famous venues, at Lambeau field. The Green Bay Packers were just hitting they stride at 6-3 so they was a hot team coming in. The packers are undefeated at home and have a wonderful fan base, so it would have been tough for the bears to come in there and beat them at home. Usually you will think a rivalry game would be one for the ages, because it will be a tough fist mouth game that would relate to low scoring. The bears had to have a lack of pre competition preparation because they allow 42 unanswered points all and the first half. The turning point of the game was coming into the game Clay Matthews an outside linebacker was playing inside on the very first snap. At outside linebacker you typically just rush the passer, but with him playing inside was a totally different look, and something the bears didn’t prepare for during the week. The bears focus coming into the game was to run the ball on the last rush defense in the league that was the game plan. Arguably Clay is the best player on the packers defense and with him been at inside linebacker that would affect any teams game plan coming in. This game had an even bigger impact on a former bear that now play...
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...play can correlate to the direct outcome of the scoring of the competition. It’s a status and responsibility that take on with a full head of steam, and welcome with open arms. It’s all intriguing but frightening at the same moment. My fellow players, and companions are putting their dependability for the game to go our way, in my hands. That’s something you never get quite used to also. It’s a thought that can not cross my mind as I am in fact in charge of our offensive unit. To say the least, the stakes are higher, and the pressure riding on this particular moment is...
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...The purpose of this task is to make a recommendation to the touch football coach of the position that I am most suited to. It will state the most important fitness components for each of the positions and will include results of the class fitness component testing and a game analysis to support the recommendation. As a touch player myself I believe that the following positions require the stated components, however, the class game analysis differs. The mid require speed to gain as much ground from either a ruck or breakthrough and catch the defenders offside. Coordination and agility are important to catch and pass the ball while running and changing direction sharply. Power is used in a simple tactic, which is to drive or accelerate to gain...
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...I will never forget September 28, 2013. It was a cold night in Harrod, Ohio, as our football team was getting ready to go to battle against the Allen East Mustangs, under the friday night lights. The talk was cheap at school all week about how we were going to crush the Mustangs with ease, but everything changed the instance that first whistle blew. The first drive of the game seemed like we thought we had already won the game. The Mustangs marched right down the field, and their side of the bleachers erupted with loud, cheering fans. Our strong point was our offense anyways, so we thought that we were fine. Then we got stopped on our first offensive drive, and that’s where the frustration came into play. At the end of the first quarter, we...
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...company that operates eight television networks, a radio network, and a magazine and has an estimated 150 million subscribers in 200 countries according to ESPN Parent company Walt Disney May 2012 SWOT analysis ESPN and its ‘sister’ networks had a net profit of $4,807 million with overall revenues of 40,893 million. Based on the SWOT analysis ESPN strategic plan is to secure as many live sporting events to broadcast that will increase ratings compared to other sporting networks. ESPN has ventured into numerous markets outside of the traditional sports of baseball, basketball and football. ESPN showcases golf, volleyball, racing, lacrosse and the amazing x-games. The strategy for collegiate football for ESPN is to show major football subdivision, the highest level of NCAA or simply known as division 1A, along with the smaller division football championship subdivision games that could bring ratings to a peak. Duer Sharp, commissioner of the Southwestern Athletic Conference, spoke about the 2013 football television schedule primarily based on ESPN’s college sports network ESPNU. "Not only will SWAC fans be able to see the games nationally, and in high-definition, but they will enjoy the analysis from the networks on-air talent," Sharp added. "With programming on a national stage, the games televised demonstrate the growth of the Southwestern Athletic Conference brand." (Southwestern Athletic Conference, 7/25) The ESPN networks have ventured into showing lower collegiate levels because...
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...revenue sport in the United States, football is often a target of criticism and inquiry, both from the general public and from politicians. Most recently, the sport has come under pressure because of concerns that there are long-term health effects resulting from head injuries, specifically the impact of multiple concussions. In fact, a large group of retired professional players has sued the National Football League for allegedly withholding information about this long-term impact. The issue has spread to college football, and is also being discussed at the youth level. In early 2013, President Barack Obama made what many thought was an unprecedented public comment about the ongoing controversy. The President expressed concern about the issue and noted that if he had a son, he was not sure he would allow him to play football due to the uncertainty about long-term brain trauma from continuous hits to the head. As controversial as that statement may have seemed at the time, it still does not compare to a previous President’s involvement in addressing safety issues in football. In 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt took very active and direct public action to address issues of safety in organized football. The sport was growing in popularity, but was highly controversial due to the uncontrolled violence and serious injuries. Many influential people were calling for football to be banned altogether. President Roosevelt’s support for football and strong influence when dealing with...
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...0 Executive Summary Every January the National Football League (NFL) presents its premier sporting event (the season final) of every year in a major city of the United States. 2.0 Situation Analysis 2.1 Market Summary Rookie Bowl could be operated as a pre Super Bowl event which is worth more than 4 million. Nowadays, events like Super Bowl, NBA All Stars are becoming a big market of advertisments and a deep pool of winter money. Budweiser, as beer brand of the U.S. is a suitable sponsor of all beer beverage provider at the stadium. Automobiles manufacturers, Network carriers (AT&T, T-mobile, or Verizon) are eager to release their special ads for this special event. H&M released its new advertisement that starred by David Beckham about Men’s underwear at the break of Super Bowl this year. As we can see here, although Rookie Bowl is a smaller scaled competition but it is still constituted by League players who are encouraged to become famous at such a night by performing a wonderful game without saving their efforts. 2.2 SWOT Analysis 2.2.1. Strength First of all, it costs less than operating a big event like Super Bowl. It costs less to broadcast by various TV broadcasters, like CBS, TNT or ABC, one or two specific broadcasters or cable companies can license the live. Secondly, it still attracts a lot of audiences because it is played by League Rookie players who mostly drafted from College football teams. People would like to enjoy more furious competition...
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...the regular season of the National Football League (NFL) would be agreeable to NFL players and fans. The problem exists because the NFL owners are pushing for a season extension, but also want to consider how this will impact the players. Surveys were distributed to collect data for this important topic. It was concluded that neither fans nor players want to extend the season, and it is hopeful that these results will be provided and taken into consideration before the owners make a final decision. More of the Same Game Every year professional football keeps lovers of the game on edge, as fans watch a 16-game regular-season in anticipation of the big finale, the Super Bowl Championship. The football schedule consists of four pre-season games and 16 regular-season games. Roger S. Goodell, Commissioner of the NFL, has proposed shortening the pre-season by two games, thereby extending the regular season from 16 games to 18. The proposal by the commissioner has caused controversy between the NFL and the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA). With an extended season, probabilities exist that players will sustain more injuries and share less of the revenues from the games. Regardless of the threat of a strike by the players, Goodell and the NFL plan to extend the regular season schedule beginning with the 2012 season. Will the NFL approve shortening pre-season by two games and extending the regular season by two games? Or will the members of the NFLPA put...
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... Current situation We all know the need for youth people to discharge their energy out of their bodies , that’s why the soapy football game is one of these game which enhance not only the energetic side to come out but also to have a kind of entertainment . The soapy football was first know in Brazil where is this game took place and fulfilled success ,the Brazilian youth people enjoyed the game and had entertainment through this soapy play yard made of puffed balloons so the participants can slip easily over the soapy wet ground without any injuries , which lead other Arabian countries to transfer the idea of this game to their countries such as Kuwait , Egypt , Lebanon and many other to add such interesting and enjoyable game for the sake of youth enjoyment . For the absence of variety entertainment games in Jordan we decided to introduce this soapy football entertainment game in Jordan to be the first leading company in this field willing to meet the customers’ needs and expectations. Our questioning is: * Dose the youth people in Jordan need new idea of entertainment game? * Purpose of the Research Purpose of the Research Is the idea of soapy football game is going to be appealing for youth Jordanian market? The purpose of this research is to assess the Jordanian market’s need for a new entertainment game and the acceptance level of this idea amongst Jordanians. Main objectives: 1. To identify youth trends and habits. 2. To...
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...issues in attendance demand: The case of the English football league Simmons, Rob and Forrest, David The Department of Economics Lancaster University Management School Lancaster LA1 4YX UK ©Simmons Rob and Forrest David All rights reserved. Short sections of text, not to exceed two paragraphs, may be quoted without explicit permission, provided that full acknowledgement is given. The LUMS Working Papers series can be accessed at http://www.lums.co.uk/publications/ LUMS home page: http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/ NEW ISSUES IN ATTENDANCE DEMAND: THE CASE OF THE ENGLISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE David Forrest* University of Salford Rob Simmons** Lancaster University November 2004 *School of Accounting, Economics and Management Science, University of Salford, Salford M5 4WT, e-mail: d.k.forrest@salford.ac.uk. Phone: 0044 (0)161 295 3674, Fax: 0044 (0)161 295 2130. **(Corresponding author) Department of Economics, The Management School, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YX, e-mail: r.simmons@lancaster.ac.uk. Phone 0044 (0)1524 594234, Fax 0044 (0)1524 594244. Acknowledgement We are grateful to two referees, Tunde Buraimo and participants at the Applied Econometrics Association, Football’s Econometrics Conference, in Patras, Greece, for helpful comments on an earlier draft. 1 ABSTRACT This paper uses an attendance demand model with panel data on over 4,000 games to examine economic problems of fixture congestion in English Football League schedules. We find that televised midweek Champions...
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...CASE STUDY No. 1: FOOD AND BEVERAGES AT SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL GAMES GROUP 3: Bascos, Regina Domingo, Eina Gali, Geralyn Lirio, Pau Plaza, Mayet Tecson Carla I. CASE BACKGROUND Southwestern University (SWU) is a state college and long time football power house as one of the top 20. With its goal of reaching the no.1 ranking, in 2010 they hired the legendary Bo Pitterno as head coach. After just announcing the new coach’s arrival, from an average of 25,000-29,000 season tickets increased by 10,000. Despite the yearly increase in attendance, the no. 1 ranking remained elusive. Continuous growth in attendance then brought more challenges to the Southwestern University such as the need for bigger stadium and complaints on seating, parking, long lines and concession stand prices. Thus, the University President, Dr. Marty Starr concern was not only on the cost of expansion versus acquisition of new stadium but also on the ancillary services. He wanted all various support activities such as parking lots, game programs and food services to be handled as profit centers. Dr. Starr instructed the Stadium Manager, Hank Maddux during their recent meeting to develop a break-even chart and related data for each of the centers. Among the ancillary services, Dr. Starr wanted to have first the break even report for the Food Service area ready on their next meeting. Table 1 containing the estimated selling per unit and variable cost per...
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...Step 2: Situational Analysis The XFL’s marketing plan was to present the league as an extreme new alternative to the traditional ways of the very successful NFL. They advertised the league as a new way for the customer to watch football, such as, rule changes to speed up the game and make it more intense, different camera angles, sexier dressed cheerleaders, and players and coaches wired for sound. The season was to start right after the Super Bowl of the NFL, so for the avid football fan, it would act as a buffer from the end of the NFL season. They also promoted a more intense and violent way of playing the game, in that, players were allowed much more leeway as far as illegal hits, fighting, taunting, etc. that would never be allowed in the NFL. NBC, a major network, became a partner in support of the XFL along with the original founder, Vince McMahon, CEO of the WWF, which is a professional wrestling organization. Partnering with NBC created a much more favorable marketing position and provided the upstart league a valid foothold in the tough market of professional sports. Step 3: SWOT Strength: The XFL had a unique, new way to watch football and gave viewers a chance to see the game from different perspectives, such as having cameras on the field, sideline interviews, and players and coaches wired for sound. It would bring the customer into the game on a much more interactive level. Some of these technologies introduced by the XFL are now being used by the...
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...OUTCOME OF PLYOMETRIC AND CORE TRAINING ON THE VARIABLES OF EXPLOSIVE POWER AND RESTING HEART RATE AMONG MEN FOOTBALL PLAYERS *Mr. S. Binthu Mathavan, Ph.D Scholar, **Dr. A. Praveen, Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Education and Sports, Pondicherry University, Kalapet, Puducherry-605014, Email: coolbinthu@gmail.com praveencjis@gmail.com, Mob:-09750647970, 09789948333 ABSTRACT In this investigation Thirty six college level men football players were selected based on the availability, who had participated in district /inter collegiate level football tournament) as a subjects, from Pondicherry university campus on the academic year of 2011-2013. Since this study involved following variables such as vertical jump and resting...
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...Reflections of Concussions Doctor Omalu studied the lethal form of illness in the brains of former football players, and how they have already turned into a long and painful fight. Omalu was a black man and also an immigrant. NFL coaches were so in denial of the situations that were being discussed. This is a terrifying implication on concussions. Omalu work on Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy also known as CTE. This movie “ concussion” is spiritually and emotionally accurate all the way through. This is the best study that we have on NFL players and mortality, yet its findings never seem to enter public consciousness. The simple truth, that former players aren’t dying, that in lots of ways they’re much healthier than you or me , smacks against...
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...Jim Albert and Ruud H. Koning (eds.) Statistical Thinking in Sports CRC PRESS Boca Raton Ann Arbor London Tokyo Contents 1 Introduction Jim Albert and Ruud H. Koning 1.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1.1 Patterns of world records in sports (2 articles) . . . . . . . 1.1.2 Competition, rankings and betting in soccer (3 articles) . . 1.1.3 An investigation into some popular baseball myths (3 articles) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1.4 Uncertainty of attendance at sports events (2 articles) . . . 1.1.5 Home advantage, myths in tennis, drafting in hockey pools, American football . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3 Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Modelling the development of world records in running Gerard H. Kuper and Elmer Sterken 2.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 Modelling world records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2.1 Cross-sectional approach . . . . . . . . . . 2.2.2 Fitting the individual curves . . . . . . . . 2.3 Selection of the functional form . . . . . . . . . . 2.3.1 Candidate functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3.2 Theoretical selection of curves . . . . . . . 2.3.3 Fitting the models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3.4 The Gompertz curve in more detail...
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