Mkt 421 Week 2 Assignment

In his article “The Shame of College Sports,” Taylor Branch (2011) describes how universities are focused on advancing and receiving money from major athletics and having star athletes, but how the universities are not caring for the “student athlete.” The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has made college sports into an unmerited business. However, as years progress more athletes are getting smart and are taking the NCAA to court. The more students that challenges the rules by the NCAA and take them to court, the secrets and undermining values of the NCAA come out and the closer the NCAA comes to an end.

Athletics are a big attraction to many students when looking at colleges. When college sports programs have success, research done by Pope and Pope show that there is a boost in applications that the colleges receive from students. “Applications [after] a Championship add 7-8 percent, with a big effect in the immediate year and little effect after one year.” It was found that when colleges have winning athletic teams get more applications sent in from all levels of student and not just athletes. This is found true for basketball and football. Not only increase in applications is found but also found after success in football there is a growth in enrollment, this is not found true for basketball (Getz and Siegfried “What Does Intercollegiate Athletics Do…”). “David Schmidly the president of the University of New Mexico said “One of the most effective ways to market your university nationally is to have a really quality athletic program. It helps recruit faculty, students, and donors. It helps with the image of the whole university.” (qtd. in Getz and Siegfried “College Sports: The Mystery of the Zero-Sum Game.”)

Today, African American athletes play a strong and predominant role in the football program at the university however, this was not always the case. Less than fifty years ago, the Ole Miss football program was just as segregated as it had been in its early days. As a whole, the Southeastern Conference of the NCAA was the last to instrgarate black athletes with the current white ones (Paul 297, 284). Of the ten teams in the conference at the time, the University of Mississippi was the last to integrate (Paul 287). This integration of the team took place ten years after the University itself was integrated. Not only did the school refuse to integrate until years after other teams had already done so but,

It is generally assumed that all Romanians are liars and thieves. This is a stereotype. Yes, most of them are poor and some of them have no choice but to take things and lie. This is how some of them survive. Especially the Roma (gypsies). Most people assume the gypsies and the Romanians are one and the same when they are not. The Roma have the Romany language somewhat mixed with their home country, the ones who live in Romania mix Romanian with the Romany language. The Romanian language is a mix of Latin which dates back to the Roman times, Turkish, Greek, and Slavic languages. It also has some words that are derivative of German

I spoke to the leaders in Main on Friday regarding how many positions they needed filled and how long they've been waiting for replacements.

When looking at NCAA division programs, one will notice different factors that make it that type of division. These factors all have to be considered when an athletic administrator is looking to move their program up or down in divisions. These decisions are crucial to the university because the outcome can have a positive or negative effect on more than just the athletic staff. One thing an administrator needs to look at is the athletic competition for that university. This is important, because you want to be able to compete at that type of level. You don’t want to waste time and money on a team that can’t compete at the division’s level. Another factor you have to look at is the amount of people. This is important because you need the right amount of staff and people in general to help the program function, whether that be coaches, game-day operators, or fans bringing in revenue. Money is another factor; without money the program won’t survive. Without money, the programs won’t have the means to succeed.

Louis, I thought you did a very good job on your week two task. Your discussion board post was well researched and written. I’d noticed some spelling mistakes, punctuation, grammar, or APA errors. I thought you did a great job on this task. I look forward to more of the same. Here is the grading rubric 2 used to grade this task: Task requirements: Comprehension met 35/40; Timeliness met 10/10; Engagement met 20/30; Writing (Mechanics) which includes the following Proper punctuation 4/5; Correct spelling 4/5; Correct word usage 4/5; Correct grammar 4/5. Total

I requested a check on 01/19/16. Sangeeta said she did not received a check payment for this invoice and did not make a payment to this account. I called AmeriPower and I was told this account has been passed due on three different occasion. I resend this check request to Sangeeta for payment again today.

Cathy, i know very little about last year's doings of the board but I can answer some questions. The way we do minutes now is I make draft and send to members. I think all homeowners should be able to see the DRAFT and submit changes, especially if information personally involves a homeowner. Then if changes I do that. We ok minutes by email. Then send out when in agreement. That way minutes are not a month behind. If you include a message along with the DRAFT that any changes need to be submitted at least a week prior to the next Board Meeting, the Minutes wouldn't be a month behind. Just include a sentence in the current month's Minutes that last month's Minutes were corrected as noted; and then remove the DRAFT watermark before saving it.

For 150 years, college sports have been an important aspect of American universities and abolishing them would eliminate the benefits that they bring (“College Athletics Programs”). One of the greatest benefits of college athletics is that they bind the school to the community. People who live in a college town love to support their institution and showing up at numerous athletic events displays how far their dedication goes. Not only do college sports attract people who live in the college town, but also alumni and future students. The school’s spirit and unity extends far beyond the

Joe Nocera is a world renowned business journalist and author. He currently writes for the “New York Times, previously writing about business, but over the years has changed his focus to sport. Just recently, Mr. Nocera has released his newest book “Indentured”, in which he discusses the not so glorious side of the NCAA and college sports. In his book, Nocera uses real life stories of former and current collegiate athletes, to further continue his strong feelings and opinions towards the operation and policies of the NCAA. With that being said, one of the first stories he tells in his book is about Ryan Boatright, a former UConn basketball star. Nocera continues in his discussion to share that it is stories like Boatright’s that have driven

This week assignment was really fun because it actually addressed some programming. During this week's reading I learned some new programming concepts I did not know and I acquired a better understanding on some others I get used to apply in the practice but I did not known in theory.

Samford University’s Sports Business Report looked to change this. Multiple individuals and departments from the university completed an in-depth look at the rivalry using “big data.” According to White (@Sports_Biz_Prof/

Over the course of the week I have seen a countless amount of advertisements. From the subway to the back of my textbooks, there was no space left ad-less. One of the advertisements that stood out to me was on Buzzfeed. The ad blended in with each quiz I took. At a glance, one would believe that the ads was a question on the quiz, but once they’d click the answer the sponsored ad reveals it’s true content.

One of the ringleaders for even relocation was the NCAA announcing on September 12 of last year to move not only the men’s basketball games, but six