The excitement rose, nerves became as present as an imaginary figure sitting on your shoulder. Anticipating the moment when you got to step off the bus onto the campus of the drake stadium. Thinking this is where big athletes run, celebrities, and now you get a chance to run on this track. I thought about the other athletes across the world who wouldn't get the chance to have such an awesome experience that I got. It was a surreal moment in my life and I will never forget it. Being only a freshman in highschool I got to compete with some of the most legendary athletes to ever run in the state of Iowa.
When getting off the bus you see all ages of athletes running on the sidewalks, people were everywhere. They had all the roads blocked off around the stadium and multiple police cars. You had to walk about a block just to get to the field house and there was security everywhere, people checking you bags, people walking around to see if there was any food and more security outside the bathrooms. I felt like I was at some kind of party that a famous celebrity was at.
A few of my teammates and I went to go check out the stadium because I had never seen it in person before. Just to enter the stadium as an athletes you had to have your full uniform on otherwise there was no way you were getting in. When you entered the stadium there was people flooding
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I laughed to myself but took it as a compliment. The stadium had looked like something I had seen in my dreams, the seats went up to about row 500. I warmed up with all the senior athletes that actually knew what they were doing, so I didn't look like some dumb freshman. The nerves started to grow when the announcer said “second call for the 100 meter hurdles” the butterflies in my stomach were going crazy. It felt like there had to be a million little butterflies flying in my
As for an invitee the owner must maintain the premises in a reasonability safe condition under the circumstances. The owner of the stadium could have prevented this type of situation from happening. Like some baseball stadiums they have small nets up along the first base line. Also as for tickets that states in very small font “fans and spectators should be attentive and aware of potential objects coming into the stands, such as foul balls. “ The owner should have make it more clearly and large able and not put it on a ticket. Most fans do not look at the ticket after they get into the stadium. The owner breach the duty and caused
crowd entering the stadium, in fact, the crowd was much more than we anticipated and expected.
crowd entering the stadium, in fact, the crowd was much more than we anticipated and expected.
Imagine you are a salesman and just made an enormous sell but you don’t receive any of the money you just brought in to your company. Well being an athlete at a top program is very similar to that scenario. College athletics is a billion dollar industry, universities generate so much revenue during the year it would only be fair if the players received a part of their share. On the other hand people believe athletic scholarships, meal plans, tutors, and a roof over their head is more than enough compensation.
Thankfully, according to the article, the officials did contain all these fans that were acting out. But there shouldn’t have even been an opportunity for these fans to have access to performing this action. As an event planner, I would never undervalue my guests for an event and be prepared for the worst but hope for the best. This crowd control difficulty was a major safety issue that initiated from the poor planning from ticket sales. If there was a pre registration for this free event then officials could have predicted and planned more adequately in regards to the amount of security to have on board for the duration of the event. As a bonus for taking the time out to preregister, those attendees will be mailed a complimentary t-shirt prior to the event for their assistance in helping making the event a safer, more enjoyable celebration. I enjoyed that the planners took into account the seriousness of crowd control and strategically brainstormed with the idea of be proving physical tickets for people that attend this occasion. In addition, for the tragedy of the fifteen year old that was stabbed, this will be an incident a little more difficult to contain. Again, more security will be needed in order to diffuse situations as severe as these or lesser such as verbal or
First, I walked through the gates and smelled the great food and could see the amazing field. Then, we had to find the suite where my friend’s dad’s business had bought for their employees for the game. We had to climb a ton of stairs to get to our seats because they were way high
Rodeo is a very thrilling, exciting, and dangerous sport. During rodeos, one meets many new people, travels across the United States of America, and has the glorious Friday night lights shining down on them. During high school rodeo and college rodeo athletes must meet different levels of expectations; their performance because of scholarships or money, their coaches or parent’s expectations, and academic success. Expectations for college rodeo athletes are higher than the expectations for high school rodeo athletes. First off, high school contestants do not have to perform great to keep scholarships given to them. High school rodeo athletes are not on scholarship to rodeo. The money they use to rodeo comes from the contestant and his parents. Therefore, the contestant only
SMU became the University of the death penalty because they were cheating and using money to get top high school football athletes. That is against the rules of the NCAA for a short period of time they have gotten away with it but finally got caught when former football players came out and speak on the matter to the media. Which they made it public and the NCAA had to take charge and punish SMU for their actions. Which lead to the death penalty and for future football athletes they had to suffer from the death penalty. Overall, the players did not have to take the money but most did and it cost scholarships, being ban from bowl games, and no home games in 1987.
Controversy is always arising when directors have stereotyped female lead roles, if any in their films. With films that actually include female roles in them, finding ones that represent them as strong, independent, capable women, aren’t found in just every genre like action films, or those showing people thriving for higher education standards. While both Kill Bill and Legally Blonde have very strong female leads, the way the films portray the women are a far cry from similar. We’ve all heard people around us say things like, “You throw like a girl.”
There were some great college football of all time. These are Bleacher Report’s top ten players. Number 10 is Bo Jackson, running back from Auburn, number 9 is Roger Staubach, quarterback from Navy, next it is Sammy Baugh a quarterback from TCU. He number 8. Higher in the ranking is number 7, Tony Dorsett, he was a running back from Pittsburgh, number 6 is Jim Thorpe from Carlisle Indian. Barry Sander is number 5. He is a running back from Oklahoma State, then Archie Griffin, he is a running back from Ohio State. They ranked him number 4. Next at number 3 is Doak Walker, halfback and defensive from SMU. Red Grange who is a halfback from Illinois is 2nd. The top rated college football player ever is Herschel Walker. He was a running at Georgia.
If you have the power to help change your country, then why waste it voting for the wrong presidential candidate? Millions of Americans are starting to see the light and are choosing the right man to be our 44th president. These Americans are choosing the Republican, Mr. Donald Trump. If he is elected the next president, America will be back on top where it has always belonged.
It is generally accepted within healthcare that to understand mental health we must adopt the biopsychosocial model. This model assumes that an interdependent relationship exists between biological, psychological and social factors which are involved in all aspects of mental health (Toates, 2010, p. 14). To be true to the model research must be holistic and not investigate the factors in isolation.
College athletes are finally getting attention on the fact that they are not paid. I believe that whether or not it is college or pro sports they deserve a salary. These players put their heart and soul on the field and get nothing in return. In the articles “Athletes New Day” by Paul Marx and “College Athletes Should Not Be Paid” by Warren Hartenstine, the reasons for college athletes to be paid are very evident. No matter the case, if the students move on to pro sports or not after college, they should be entitled to some pay for their contributions. College athletes deserve to be compensated for their playtime in these sports, sales of products with their name on it, and even compensation for their injuries.
“After committing to the University of Oklahoma as a ninth-grader, Kyle Hardrick took the court in 2009. It was a dream come true for Hardrick. An injury to his knee put his future and his scholarship on hold. When Hardrick tried to resume his career, he was unable to obtain a medical hardship waiver, something he needed to regain a year of college eligibility. His family was stuck with tuition bills since his scholarship was not renewed. With those bills unpaid, he was unable to get his academic transcripts from Oklahoma to transfer to another school” (For College Scholarship Athletes, Injury Can Spell Financial Disaster). As scholarships are renewed every year, stories like Hardrick’s emerge across the country but can be avoided if the student-athlete had compensation to fall back on.
When I arrived at the coliseum, I was quite confused considering I did not listening to anything the principal had stated at practice graduation