Personal Statement : ' Pro Football Hall Of Fame '

Typically, in today’s society of the sport of football, the NFL is quite the interesting sport. I still love the sport of football, but most people refer to the NFL as a business instead of a sport because that’s what it is. People like to think of the NFL, or professional sports as a dreamed privileged job to have, because your day consists of playing the sport you grew up possibly wanting to play forever or love, but now a days people want everything that the sports has to offer, such as the money, cars, clothes, woman, etc. they want all of these except, the responsibility of managing the Ten, and hundred thousand, or millions of dollars that they are being paid. According to CBS news, “Studies have shown that a high percentage of NFL players

The organizational culture of the NFL was a breeding ground for dysfunction. From the lack of strong ethics to leadership accountability to inconsistencies, the NFL has many challenges to overcome. The first remedy for the NFL’s woes would be an organizational change in values. This would mean a paradigm shift to an ethical organizational culture. It will be imperative to consider the team owners and players “Until new behaviors are rooted in social norms and shared values, they are subject to degradation as soon as the pressure for change is removed” (Kotter, 2007). PMI notes five change enablers that when incorporated into strategic change initiatives a have a high rate of success.

We’ve all had that time in our life that we were ready to give up, or quit because we didn’t care about anything anymore. Life seemed like it was getting to tough and nothing right was happening. This happened to me one time in particular that I can remember. In my senior year of football I had came across an injury in my knee. I had torn my meniscus in my left knee. It was one of the worst pains I had experienced in my life. I thought my final season was over. After learning from the doctor that I could still play but I would have to endure the pain when I played. While we’re in high school we start to get in these situations and have these sorts of feeling such as giving up and not caring what happens to us but that is not the answer to

The purpose of this research paper is to identify the current state of the Rooney Rule and determine its effectiveness. The Rooney Rule was implemented back in 2003 to avoid potential lawsuits and minimize the injustice in the hiring of minority head coaches in the National Football League (NFL). Since then, other companies such as the English Professional Soccer and even Facebook have considered implementing the Rooney Rule to help balance out the scale in the number of minorities in leadership roles. The background of the Rooney Rule is initially outlined, followed by its influence in the NFL; the controversy over its effectiveness. Then analysis the rule’s significance in other countries and field, such

If we were to slip up while on the job, that can reflect badly on the coaching staff and the athletes involved, so I take my job seriously. When I read the book, however, I was shocked at how Ridpath was treated for just doing his job. It seemed to me that the athletic department at Marshall had the same interests when it came to exploiting their athletes for money. According to Leopkey, people and groups within the organization can have different goals and as such will engage in conflict (2016b). They understand that sport is a multi-billion dollar industry, and they want to gain the most from it. Meanwhile, there was an ethical dilemma going on at Marshall because there were differences in morality based on the people involved. For example, Ridpath had to go think about his morals at Marshall. I feel like he used moral reasoning because he had to decide “whether a particular action is right or wrong, or whether we have a moral obligation to act in a particular manner towards others” (Leopkey, 2016a). In this case, the particular action was reporting the violations. It’s clear that Marshall did not have an established compliance system, especially since Ridpath stated that “I found out more stuff that was going on in my department out in the street than I did as an employee” (Ridpath, 2012). So

I’ve never been much of a writer, don’t get me wrong I don’t hate writing; I have just never excelled at it. Originally when were given this assignment I thought it would be simple, I already had an idea of what I wanted to write about, but like always I knew I would struggle with finding the right words to use in order to actually write the story. Although I knew what I wanted to write about I still wasn’t completely sure if I wanted to write about this topic, not only because of the challenges it would present but because It was going to be a story about a real friend of mine. The story was going to be about the life of an illegal immigrant who like many others had the dream of becoming a professional football player.

In the last five years, either an NFC West (Seattle twice; San Francisco) or NFC South (Carolina Panthers; Atlanta Falcons) team has represented the conference in the Super Bowl. However, as divisional powers shift, we could see a shakeup in the NFC during the upcoming season. With the NFL Draft completed and training camps beginning, let’s look at the NFC teams that could represent their divisions in the 2017-18 playoffs.

Imagine nowadays if Tom Brady led that year’s Super Bowl champions, New England Patriots, against the brightest athletes of tomorrow, such as Jamesis Winston, Melvin Gordon, and Amari Cooper in a game to determine the better squad. That dream used to a reality back in the early days of the emerging National Football League. This summer classic would pit the defending champions of the NFL the previous year and the best stars of college football and was held as the very first game to wet fan’s football appetite and serve as a highly respected charitable event. First started in 1934, it served as one of the first kinds of All-Star showdowns ever established. Chicago’s historic Solider Field served as the game’s annual venue until the game was

Steve McNair was one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time and perhaps could have been in the Hall of Fame. You will learn about his life, family, career and why he wasn’t able to make it to the Hall of Fame.

This paper will highlight the areas that made Vince Lombardi a visionary and ethical leader. These traits include understanding diversity, practicing transformational leadership, critical thinking, and ethical leadership.

In a professional environment it is important as a manager to have a specific viewpoint and guideline when it comes to leading a team. Managers are leaders who must know their moral viewpoint and stance before taking on the task of being a leader. This paper will discuss my ethical viewpoint on how managers should lead a team along with the five characteristics I believe a manager should possess and why.

The Rooney Rule is still evolving and growing to become better. NFL officials still are experiencing token interviews to full the mandate, when teams know all along they plan to hire someone else. The league can ensure that the teams follow the Rooney Rule by requiring teams to provide transcripts of interviews with minority candidates. That way, the NFL commissioner’s office could judge for themselves whether teams adhered to the rule. Among NFL decision-makers, should work on interview feedback, candidate feedback on what worked and what didn’t work, and what can even be better the next time, will help candidates as they continue their quests to become a head coach or manager. If the league does not follow the interview and candidate feedback method, there should be consequences, such as fines. There was once a hard time in the hiring cycle, but there have been a lot of changing hearts and

The Ethical Leadership lesson describes traits needed to be an ethical leader; they have good values, morals and ethics (BCEE, 2017b). “Values are core beliefs we hold regarding what is right and fair in terms of our actions and our interactions with others; what individuals believe to be of worth and importance to their life” (BCEE, 2017b, p4). Morals help us decide what is right from wrong and ethics are based off of what society believes to be right or wrong and can change with time and place (BCEE, 2017b). Hunt fits in line with the free thinking traits too, because it could have been easy for him to take the NFL offer as pointed out earlier this was his dream, but he chose to put his personal desires aside and he stayed true to his co-founders who had invested in his vision, he started the AFL. When respect is shown throughout, each person is willing to take the initiative and act for the good of the organization and their peers (BCEE, 2017a). It is clear to me that Lamar Hunt was an ethical leader based off of these lesson principles, when faced with an ethical dilemma, he chose to act ethically by using the free thinking principle; if Hunt was not loyal or able to use his free thinker traits the AFL would never have started. Lamar Hunt’s visionary leadership and ethical leadership traits compare to my

Instead of focusing on what hits count and what hits don't, let's focus on one of the greatest hitters in baseball history. Today, Miami Marlins outfielder Ichiro Suzuki collected his 4, 257th in his career against the San Diego Padres. Obviously, the Major League Baseball all-time hits king is Pete Rose (who has 4,256). Ichiro recorded 1,278 hits in his nine-season career in Japan with the Orix Blue Wave. With the Seattle Mariners, New York Yankees, and Marlins, he has collected 2,979 and counting. Here's an emotional Ichiro in the post-game press conference after today's game versus the Padres:

Whether it be baseball, football, soccer, or basketball, sports are appreciated not only in America, but all over the world. One of these sports that is particularly popular in America is Football. The immense crowds of people who sit at a stadium or on the couch to watch a game never fail to recognize every single play on the field; however, many fans pay little to no attention to one of the most important components of the game, the player-association relationship. When signing a contract with an NFL team an NFL player is effectively dedicating his life to his new organization. His duty is to play for his team in order to make the organization money, and money they make. In the NFL last year “each team received $226.4 million” (Brady 1).