Proposal: Male Coaches in Female Sports Research Methods in Exercise and Sport Science 5315 April 28, 2011 Chapter I Introduction Ever since women became involved in sports, they have been in a constant battle to gain recognition in a sports world mainly revolving around men’s sports. Events such as Billy Jean King defeating Bobby Riggs on the tennis court and the U.S. women’s soccer team winning the World Cup in 1999; women’s sports have slowly gained interest from others. For many
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Position Paper Whistleblowing, Is it Ethical? Whistleblowing, Is it Ethical? The ethical discussion behind whistleblowing has been debated for decades. With each level of every organization seeing the act of whistleblowing from a different position it has become a topic that all business schools address. The Whistleblowing Helpline defines whistleblowing as “raising a concern about a wrong doing within an organization” (About Whistleblowing). Furthermore, whistleblowing specifically refers
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make it [cheerleading] a sport.” Although schools and National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) do not consider cheerleaders as athletes, they make them abide by the same rules and safety guidelines of all other recognized sports (historyofcheerleading.com). Cheerleaders have some of the same concepts of gymnastics, and gymnastics is considered a sport. The perceptions of Whitley and the NCAA as well as many others are reasonable to some; however, it is my belief that cheerleading is a real
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The sporting industry is a massive business, billions of dollars are made through ticket sales, merchandizing, sponsorships and other various money making routes. However, the industry’s profits have a huge dependence on spectators. If nobody watched the events or bought the memorabilia, the industry would collapse. How do these teams keep up their entertainment value, and in turn their number of spectators? By winning of course. There are many die hard fans for each team no matter what sport, but
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THE EFFECTS OF EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IN WOMEN SPORTS March, 2007 TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page i Table of Contents …..……………………………………………………………………2 Section I. Introduction 3 Section II. Review of Literature 4 Equal Employment Opportunity Laws 4 Affirmative Action 6 Effects of EEO and AA on Women Sports 7 Effects on EEO and AA on women playing sports 7 Effects of EEO and AA on women coaching sports 9 Effects of EEO and AA on women in administration………………
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of the bigger schools do indeed profit some of the bigger sports such as football and basketball, most schools are actually losing money rather than making money. “According to a 2013 USA TODAY Sports analysis only 23 of 228 athletics departments at NCAA Division I public schools generated enough money on their own to cover their expenses in 2012. Although athletics is an essential part of the culture and attraction to a university, the revenue it brings in usually doesn’t outweigh the costs of running
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interest can be rather large. The endowment interest is then used on specific things like coach’s salaries, team expenses and helping fully fund a team with their scholarship ceiling allotted by the NCAA. As this pertains to wrestling, 9.9 scholarships is the maximum allowed for Division I NCAA collegiate wrestling team. The wrestling team at The Citadel is not currently fully funded, allowing about 8 scholarships. In order to fully fund the team, which would allow for better recruiting and make
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Chris Berryman Sport in Modern Society Concussions in Sport: An Analytical Discussion “I had no idea what a nickel was (Kevin Kolb, The Concussion Blog).” NFL quarterback Kevin Kolb has suffered three major concussions since 2010 (Galliford, Buffalorumblings). His most recent one just this past August effectively ended his football career. This is just one example of the many in which multiple or severe concussions have cut short careers in sports. The issue
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The two basketball players that started basketball on its journey to where it is today are Larry Bird and Earvin "Magic" Johnson. Their rivalry began when they met in the NCAA Championship Game of the Final Four Tournament. To this day, it remains the highest rated televised college basketball game. Magic Johnson’s Michigan State Spartans, 25-6 at the time, defeated Larry Bird’s Indiana State Sycamores, who were 33-0. Johnson won the championship game for Michigan State, defeating Larry Bird and
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Organizational Trends According to Organizational Behavior (OB, 2005), decision making is defined as the process of choosing a course of action for dealing with a problem or opportunity. There are several steps that occur in the decision making process. First, one must recognize and define the problem or opportunity. Second, one must identify and analyze alternative courses of action and estimate their effects. Third, choose a preferred course of action. Fourth, implement the preferred course of
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