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    competitive and entertaining, making fans less interested (Griffin 18). Since football and basketball bring in the most money, other college sports will not be able to be funded due to drawing in number one players in football and basketball (Griffin 18). Most popular sports are men’s sports, therefore creating less money that would be paid to women. Since most of the profit comes from men’s football and basketball, womens’ sports could become eliminated if the male athletes had a higher salary

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    The first day of middle school was a new deal for me. I woke up early, ate, and got dressed. Got in my dad’s car and was on my way to school. Arriving, I was a little nervous because I was gonna be down in the hallways with the big kids. Grabbing my backpack I go inside. Once inside, I meet my friends and go to my locker. Then, I go to my first class which was History with Mr. Gunn. First hour went smoothly and after that was second hour. Heading into Mr. Jung’s class which he taught math. Math was

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    NBA vs the NFl is one of the most talked about conversations ever. Some people say that the NFl is better because of the hard hitting hits and the action of the games. But on the other hand Basketball is one of the best sports to play when you are feeling down or just want to do something and football requires more than one person to play. The things they both have in common that it gets serious when the playoffs come for both sports, people cheer for their teams and take it like they were playing

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    Speech About Basketball

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    Joelle Greif Writing- 3 December 19, 2017 The World of Basketball As I watched the basketball game I could hear the ref blowing his whistle every 10 seconds. I could smell the salty sweat dripping from the players forehead. Basketball is a fun and hard core sport that you can play with your friends, and against your peers. Today you will learn about how basketball is appealing, a both gender sport, good for your health, has great history, and will have a great future.

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    The average attendance of a Big 12 Conference basketball game in the 2014-2015 season was 10,289 for men and 4,002 for women. This represents a huge issue for TCU because the school has fallen well below the conference average. The average attendance for a TCU Men’s basketball game in 2014 was 4,955; as one of the big three moneymaker sports for men this represents a huge loss of potential revenue. The numbers are not much better on the women’s side, with an average attendance of 1,415. TCU is

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    and soul. Why, then, are they not given monetary compensation in return for all the blood, sweat and tears they shed for their school? According to “Let’s start paying college athletes” by Joe Nocera of The New York Times, the 15 highest-paid NCAA football coaches made $53.4 million; meanwhile, the 13,877 Division I players made $0 In the article “College athletes ask court to reconsider part of ruling in NCAA pay case” Dan Levine is reporting that college athletes want to be paid. “College athletes

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    playing in the MLB has been on a steady decline the past few decades. This percentage is dropping every year and there does not seem to be much of a change in the future. While the numbers of African-American professionals are much higher in football and basketball and not at risk of dropping soon, what is it that is making baseballs number slowly diminish. In this research I will examine numbers that have been put together and analyze interviews that were performed with some professionals as well

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    College Writing 10/10/2017 Glory Road vs Remember the Titans The movie “Glory Road,” is the stereotypical disney sports movie. The movie is about a college basketball team that had recruited more black than white players, the team was not supposed to win many games but they quickly went right past their expectations, and went all the way to being the best team in college. The movie is based on a basketball team in 1966. Texas Western won the NCAA basketball championship while only playing the

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    passed by more sports began originating in England such as football and basketball. These sports became very popular worldwide and were incorporated in Universities as extra-curricular activities. As more students started playing some students demonstrated more talent than others. One of the sports students played was football which in the United States college football became a national obsession. More people became intrigued by football and this sport began bringing a lot of money by filling up

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    Sport Analysis: Football

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    about a football event. Until, I realized that football season was over and the only sports that were in this season was basketball, tennis, hockey, and baseball that was actively happening in Gainesville, Florida. So, the event that I chose to do my sport analysis on is a little league basketball game. I am not a huge fan of basketball and I’m not too sure as to why but I think it’s because basketball is missing the tackling sounds that you will hear at a football game. I put my love for football aside

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