The Influence Of Ohre On The Football Team

Obviously, Brandon has never been the most talented or athletic individual compared to his football peers. Throughout his entire life, Brandon was told that his football career would amount to nothing. He was told that he was too “short” and too “fat” to ever be good. Instead of listening to what everyone had to say about his future, Brandon decided to defy the odds and determine his own fate. Determined to strive for excellence, Brandon persevered through adversity and refused to let the negative remarks of anyone bring him down. Through hard work and dedication to the game, Brandon continued getting better until he could reach the next level and make it to the pros.

As an introduction, Michael Oher was a famous Black American football player that came from a poor family that consist of thirteen children, an absentee father and an alcoholic plus drug addict mother in the village of Memphis, Tennessee (Bell, 2009). In Michael’s childhood, he did not enjoy any love or caring from his parent as both of them do not want to be in charge of him and

The novel begins with preseason football in the heat of a Texas summer. The players and coaches practice over 4 hours a day in 100-degree weather. The media is affecting every player pushing for a state championship and college scouts at every practice. The boys who gave completely of themselves for their sport are unique personalities. From dedicated quarterback Mike Winchell to Harvard-bound Brian Chavez to the inscrutable Ivory Christian, the team was full of young men who were singular human beings, each one bringing something special and indefinable to their group. And that's just scratching the very surface.The book recounts the tragic story of Boobie Miles, team’s star running back who had been highly recruited by all of the major programs. He is expected to attend and earn a scholarship to a large state college. The community

Did you know that before he was a professional football player Michael Oher had a very unique, underprivileged early life, and was born into a terrible circumstance? He says, “It's true that we can't help the circumstances we're born into and some of us start out in a much tougher place than other people. But just because we started there doesn't mean we have to end there” (Biography.com). Michael’s mom was a drug addict, and his dad was murdered in prison. He was in a bunch of foster homes, but when he was 16, he was taken in by a family named the Tuohy’s, which changed his entire life. Despite Michael Oher being a foster child, being split from his siblings and mother, and facing many more hardships in his early life, he still

In the book Michael ohre has hit rock bottom, But he finds a good family to live with. He starts studied to get good grades and starts practicing football to get better at sports and then he gets into college and then gets in the NFL and later wins a super bowl.

Most African American that want to make it to the National Football League (NFL) or the National basketball League (NBA), do not realize there is a slim chance to none of actually going into a professional sport. Gates writes “African American youngster has about as much of becoming a professional athlete as he or she does of winning the lottery” (1). Not many African American youngsters know that there are “12 times more black lawyers than black athletes” or there are only 1200 blacks who play in a professional sport (1). There are 12 times more black professionals that are in the communities accommodating to the needs of those who need the assistance with either legal or health issues. The youth can achieve greatness in today’s society by getting a degree and forming a foundation to make enough to be financially stable.

The eighth child out of ten, Bo Jackson knew hardship from a young age. His mother struggled to support the large family and they lived in a very small house for the number it occupied. Despite this, Jackson rose up from nothing with no more than his natural athletic and arguable academic ability. He excelled at not one, but three sports in high school: track and field, baseball, and football. Straight out of high school, Jackson attended Auburn University, and from there his success took on a snowball effect. All the while, Jackson never let the fame get to his head; he never forgot his roots.

He is eventually cleared to play through court cases and relentless commitment by the school’s administration. In the midst of all the madness and all of the hype surrounding high school football in Texas, it is clear that there is no recognition of the importance of education. There is so much emphasis put into high school football in these communities like Odessa that athletes pour all of their hopes and dreams into it. Ultimately once these you athletes are eventually stripped of the game of football, their futures are jeopardized and their lives are irrevocably damaged. They are finally exposed to the real world more underprepared than ever. Fundamentally all that is left is a few memories of athletic stardom and still an inadequate education.

Summary: Michael Oher was a young boy who had to go through rough times as he was growing up. Fatheralong, Oher was taken in by the Tuohy family after they saw Oher didn’t have a home or anyone to go to for help. Once Oher gained the love of the Tuohy family, he became their adopted son, and soon he became the star football player of Briarcrest Christian School (BiJog). He became an interest to many colleges and after high school, he attended University of Mississippi.

65% of NFL players are African American. Hines Ward is also included in the percentage, but he is a special one as an African American but also as a Korean African football player. When most people think of Hines Ward, they think of an Asian-African American football superstar. Despite Ward’s success in football career must be emphasized, it’s not the outcome they should most respect, but the process and how he became a star. Racism in America still exists in everyday life. Even among black people, racism does exist. Hines Ward was a victim of racism in all white, Asian and black communities. While a few prejudices still stands against black people already, Ward had to endure the difference of his genetic mixture from his fellow African American friends. However what is more important than being bashed on for life about color is the fact that he overcame and became a symbolic and representative person for others who have impediments in life due to racial difference. There’s an old saying “Don't judge a man until you've walked in his boots,” and Hines Ward reveals the truth in this saying through his experiences in life as a lonely Asian, African American. His generosity with donations and endeavors to reach out for kids who are in similar situation as he used to be should also be emphasized throughout this paper.

In the collegiate world of sports, basketball has become an increasingly recognized sport among African Americans, predominantly males. The hope of any young basketball player is that one day a scout will come and recruit them into stardom The question that presents itself as a problem to the lucky few who are chosen to go professional, is whether or not an education is more important than a million dollar shoe deal, “The NCAA's (1998) annual six-year study reported that only 33% of Black male basketball players graduated, (Chronicle of Higher Education, 1999). Individually, basketball reported the lowest graduation rate in all divisions,” (Robinson, 2004:1). Basketball players have become so idolized in the eyes of young

Taking the counselor’s advice, my subject tried out for football, which led him into the educational world of the black athlete. “I became somewhat of an ‘untouchable’ as far as the teachers were concerned. My coaches got tutors for me, but instead of helping me with my homework they sort of did it for me.” The fact that my subject was a good student, an intelligent student, became overshadowed by the idea that the only way he would be able to go to college was through sports.

As he receives all these gifts, he becomes more comfortable with his friends and surroundings at home and at school as well. He tested in the 98 percentile under “protective instincts”. This can be seen not only on test papers, but also in near-death situations such as stopping the airbag from killing SJ and protecting Mrs. Tuohy from the gangsters in his hometown. Every other subject his teachers have tested him in, he has failed miserably. Therefore, Mrs. Tuohy hired a tutor, Miss Sue, to help Michael get better grades and learn more efficiently in school. Other than schoolwork, Oher has grown into a great football player as well; he has learned to play his position at left tackle, protecting the quarterback’s blind side.

Think of when you were a student what were the challenges of your academic career? Many students face academic difficulties that go well beyond what kind of work they do in the classroom. In schools today children are impacted by many things that can hinder their academic career. Some of the problems students face in school today are because of their race, wealth, or distractions outside of the classroom. The movie Coach Carter does a great job of putting the spotlight on problems that children face in school. Coach Carter centers on the Richmond High School basketball and their coach Mr. Carter. Students on the Richmond High School basketball face many challenges that get in the way of them succeeding in the classroom. When Mr. Carter sees the problems his kids are facing he does everything he can to make them better students. On the other hand, when Mr. Carter makes his player sign academic contract agreements he makes the whole community face a difficult decision on what to do about their coach. Coach Carter sheds a negative outlook on race, wealth, the school’s outlook of the students and distractions on academics; while also putting a positive light on the importance of academics and the impact of a student to coach relationship, but this movie can provide a great help to students on how they deal with the problems they face every day in their academic career.

Manassas High School, in Tennessee, was at one point the worst high school football team in the state with losing almost every game, not having enough players, and having members that were not disciplined (show). In time, however, coaches were able to get a solid group of eighth grade boys together and the Manassas High School coaches warned them not to quit and continue high school football. The coaches promised them that if they were patient with the program, by their senior year phenomenons will happen. With motivation lacking, trouble with the law, and lack of discipline, coaches and school staff had a hard time getting the football players disciplined. Four years later, the boys who stuck by the coach’s sides made it to the playoffs. The head coach, Bill, the game of football, and OC Brown were huge factors in giving the football team hope in the huge events that were to come.