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    Around America today football is one of the most favorable sports among men. Football starts off for the youth with pee-wee and pop warner leagues. Most fathers aspire for their children to be great athletes. It would be a dream for a father’s child to be considered the greatest player in college football. The Heisman Trophy is given to the best player in college football. This award is given to players who show great athletic excellence along with great character. Most quarterbacks who receive

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    Credibility: PLEASE HELP I’M VERY CONFUSED ON THIS PART. I’M GOING TO ASK ABOUT THIS TOMMORROW IN CLASS. C. Thesis: By learning more about American Football, you will have a greater understanding of how this exciting sport can bring a community together. D. Preview of Main Points: First, I will discuss the origin of American

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    will make a lot of money. My dream job is to be a pro football player for the NFL. My position or positions will be guard and/or tackle. The information on my two positions are, “LG and RG = left guard and right guard: The inner two members of the offensive line, whose jobs are to block for and protect the quarterback and ball carriers.” and “LT and RT = left tackle and right tackle: The outer two members of the offensive line.”, on, "Football Players ' Roles in Team Offense and Defense." For Dummies

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    Macrocycle plan was made for a Private High School flag football team; will focus on the athletes’ individual’s skills such as; strength, agility, speed and power. The importance on focusing on this these specify skills it that flag football is like American football. As an athlete that have played this sport before understands that American football is aggressive, tough, may cause extreme fugitive if not adapted it. Although that is true in flag football players don’t tackle and there fewer players in the

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    America’s most popular sport, football, draws popularity from young children to adults, and as time has progressed, many debate the safety of the physical game. Convincing parents to withhold children from participating in tackle football, the fear of injuries and brain damage produces controversy and debate over the quality of the sport. Although people often believe football has a high injury rate, lasting injuries or concussions occur in less than 1% of children under the age of twelve participating

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    American Football and its Impact on Players Football, or as it is known in Canada the Gridiron, is considered an American passion. With the advent of the television, the sport has become the premier event; although, in comparison to other sports, like soccer and basketball it has less recreational participants. Nonetheless, football is part of the American culture and is the primary pass time during holiday and homecoming celebrations. Indeed, no other world sport possesses such parabolic baggage

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    American Football and Basketball are one of the most popular and exciting sports in the United States. Based on 2015 survey the American Football led the rankings with 38.8% and 111.9 million TV viewing. Basketball is ranked second behind American Football with 15.3% and 30.8 million on TV viewing. Even though American Football and basketball are completely different sports, they have some similarities. Both sports start the game in the middle of the field or court, in basketball they call it jump

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    why it has four billion followers. American football only involves Americans, thus it is America's biggest sport. Unlike fútbol, football’s biggest event, the super bowl, only attracts one hundred fourteen million people. Football and fútbol, although pronounced similarly, when it comes down to mechanics these two sports are in fact more different than similar. Football, as being a contact sport, is much more heavily padded than their foreign counterparts. Football players wear uniforms, helmets,

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    Football’s Masculinity One of America’s favorite pastimes is (American) football. The bonding that football brings to families from all different backgrounds is truly amazing. Hollywood also has its own obsession with football. Hollywood tends to sensationalize the “masculine” aspects of the sport, even if the real life story is different. In this analysis, I will focus on the “real life” movies Remember the Titans, The Blind Side, and Rudy. Each of these movies tackle different issues that

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    Football has grown to be a very important sport of American Culture, especially in the last 50 years. Football is now the most followed by sport in America. Football is being played by high-school, colleges, and professional teams. The concept of football started in the late 1800s, known as rugby. I chose football because it’s my favorite sport,and it’s a fun game to play. Football has really been an eye-opener for me. It has motivated me to keep trying and to never give up. The position I would

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