National Education Association

Draft Background Basketball has been around for many years, but in 1946 two leagues merged in to what is now called the National Basketball Association. The NBA decided there was a need for more competitive arena for the nations finest to enter and hone their skills. The NBA was creating the foundation of progress and exceeding exceptional potential. Originally the rules in place for a players eligibility revolved around completing a four-year degree for a college or university. (Henderson, 2009)

become one of the world’s most popular sports. Ironically enough, the game of shot clocks and three point lines started with one man, a soccer ball, and two peach baskets. In 1891, in the town of Springfield, Massachusetts, a Canadian physical education instructor at the YMCA Training School was faced with a problem. Dr. Naismith had a Massachusetts winter to face, and he did not have a satisfactory activity to keep his students engaged while indoors. He wanted an activity that would be strenuous

Visitors Authority, Tom Murray broadcasts, “It’s been months in the making, but we’re so pleased to welcome the CIAA headquarters in the Charlotte region.” ("CIAA Tournament Economic" par. 8) As of late July 2015, the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) conference offices are now located in Uptown Charlotte, North Carolina. The CIAA is one of America’s oldest athletic conferences; producing championships annually in the following sports: Men’s and Women’s Cross Country; Volleyball; Football;

you should not have them in your house because they are dangerous. All the statistics and facts say they exact opposite, and those facts alone should be good enough to blow any anti-gun argument out of the water, but there’s more. According to the National Crime Victimization Surveys, people who use guns to defend themselves are less likely to be attacked or injured than people who use the other methods to protect or do not

National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men’s basketball and football programs generate billions of dollars through television rights, corporate sponsorships, and merchandise sales. The largest of which is attributable to television rights. According to Green, CBS and Turner Sports paid the NCAA $10.8 billion for the rights to televise the NCAA March Madness basketball tournament from 2010 through 2024. This is just for the men’s basketball championship tournament and does not include television

Is Gun Control an Effective Way to Control the Crime? Crimes have become violent in the world today. Criminals have been using guns to aid them. In America, the rate at which guns are used by criminals precedes all other countries in the world. There have been many instances of shooting in America, and lots of people have lost their lives in the sad scenes. The most recent massacre in Las Vegas that left a lot of people dead. Such shootings occur in the public how the gunmen target a large group

Josh Selby was the top high school basketball player in the United States, and his future as a professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association looked nothing but promising (Pick 1). The National Basketball Association, also known as the NBA, is the professional basketball league in America and consists of thirty teams. Every year, the NBA Draft takes place, and the thirty teams select players who are eligible for the league. If Selby had been eligible after his senior year

continues to come up with arguments about how money should be spent not only by the public but by the government as well. On average the normal American citizen makes above $46,000 a year as of 2014 while in 2012 the average salary of all the national sports associations athletes was $2.6 million dollars a year and has most steadily risen in the past three years. This really brings to the forefront certain question like, what are our country’s values and what do we really stand for when teachers, doctors

One of the professional sport leagues that I feel does the best job exposing diverse population playing its sport is the National Basketball Association (NBA). The sports league that I feel does the worst job of exposing diverse populations to playing its sport is the National Hockey League (NHL). The NBA consists of a variety of people from different cultures and ethnical backgrounds that play the game. Many great NBA players have come from different cultures and had a great career playing basketball

football became a reality a few decades after the sport became popular. The first evidence of someone being paid money just to play a football game came on November 12, 1892. William "Pudge" Heffelfinger was paid $12,000 by the Allegheny Athletic Association to play a game. Only one year later, the first professional football contract was signed, and more poured in. As the sport became more popular, it also became more violent, especially because of "mass plays.” Mass plays required every member of