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Youth Athletics In Reading, Massachusetts, one parent was beaten to death by another parent after a scuffle at a youth hockey game (Sachs). In Palin Beach, Florida, a father of a little league player was sentenced to three years in prison after taking a gun and pointing it at a coach (Gehring). In Port St. Lucie, Florida, a headline in the evening paper read, "Spectator Bites off Man's Ear at Youth Baseball Game" (Pallerino). Why would parents act in such negative ways? They are too competitive

Racism towards Native American tribes and individuals have been found throughout mainstream media. From nationally broadcasted sports games to popular Hollywood movies, Native Americans people have been stereotyped and/or culturally appropriated. Many examples of these stereotypes are blatant and have been portrayed for in the media for decades. Disney’s Peter Pan and Pocahontas Hollywood’s leading animation studio has had many instances of stereotyping and being racially insensitive. Two main examples

Wimbledon, and the U.S. Nationals. Althea Gibson (August 25, 1927- September 28, 2003), also known as the tennis Jackie Robinson, was the first African-American woman to not only play amateur tennis but also join the Ladies Professional Golf Association. Althea Gibson was one of the most influential and significant figures in African-American women’s sports history (Douglas). Althea was the figurehead that established that blacks were equal competitors in sports (Gould). On the streets of Harlem

College athletics are becoming more like the professional leagues except for one big issue, money. Student athletes bring in a vast amount of revenue for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) not to mention recognition and notoriety regarding the athlete’s university. However, the debate continues as to whether student athletes should or should not receive payment for playing college sports. One might say the majority of student athletes already receive payment through scholarships

athletes. So the question still remains, should college athletes be paid to play? I propose that college athletes get a percentage of the profit directly from the Colleges based upon how much the specific sport profits within the Association. Every year college athletics are becoming more of an annual tradition and popular entertainment. The annual rise of the revenue from

Pay for Play The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a multibillion-dollar industry that has the excitement of fans, attention from the medias, million dollar coaches, and slave-working athletes. It became a bigger business in the last decades of the 20th century drawing broadcast networks, cable networks, commercial endorsement deals, and fans. However, the heart and soul of this business are the student-athletes. Players earn millions to billions of dollars for schools and private

team contained twenty-five people, where as soccer only has eleven. Rutgers went on to beat Princeton six to four which ultimately helped lay the framework for the sports we all cherish today. Following the game between Princeton and Rutgers many universities started playing their version of football. Ultimately other schools started to match style of play of Harvard, which consisted of running the football, and featured similar rules and tackling to that of the rugby leagues. The Massasoit Convention

PAY FOR PLAY The issue of pay for play has gone back for decades not just on the collegiate level but on the professional level. Athletes, over the years, have verbally attacked the unfairness of the NCAA or professional owners unfairly profiting of the sweat of the athletes backs. I believe paying athletes a modest amount would lessen the temptation to break NCAA rules by taking cash from boosters, agents and anyone else willing to give it. For example, is the case of Cam Newton’s, former Auburn

There, excluding bonuses, USA TODAY found the average coach's salary is $1.4 million. That's more than three times the average of $419,000 in the middle- to lower-echelon Conference USA, Mountain West, Western Athletic, Mid-American and Sun Belt. This is an empirical evidence that coaches now make millions in sports, both in professional sports and college sports. Sports has become a monetary attracting tool to schools involve in sports. Colleges involved in

In 1965 on a hot summer, the University of Florida created a never before seen drink with the purpose to assist their football players who suffer from heat illness to perform better athletically morphing into the international business we know today as Gatorade. Made for all athletes, on all different skill levels Gatorade claims it will “quench your thirst” claiming it will make you work faster and harder when performing. Since its creation Gatorade has become a house hold name because of how