NFL football is one of America’s favorite past times. Every Sunday in the fall millions of fans pile into stadiums across the country to with hope that their team has a successful season, and can hopefully go all the way and reach the Super Bowl. Cleveland Browns fans hope for this every year, but are let down again and again. At the time of writing this essay the Cleveland Browns are 0-12 and are well on their way to being winless. If they can’t manage to win a game they will be only the…
There has always been some type of debate over football and the risk factors it has on its players. This contradiction has recently increased after the movie “Concussion” was released. The debates over this sport include: should children be able to play football despite the risks it includes? Should NFL players have to change their equipment and their ways of playing the game? Would you allow your child to play this sport? All are very good questions to debate over but should it really be taken…
The Los Angles Chargers, who spent the past 56 years in San Diego, moved to Los Angles starting at the beginning of the 2017 season. The roots of the team go back to Barron Hilton, son of Conrad Hilton, who founded the Hilton Hotels; today, the Hiltons have more than 540 locations in 78 countries. In the 1960s, Barron Hilton was intrigued to enter the realm of football and did so by having a team in the America Football League (AFL). The Chargers went 10-4 in its first season and advanced to the…
Trump’s Attack on NFL Sparks Worldwide Controversy NFL players are taking a knee or locking arms during the national anthem to protest police brutality and racial oppression. Police brutality has become a huge issue in the United States because of social media coverage. These videos, which have gone viral, show police abusing the law and shooting unarmed African American men. But these officers often end up serving little to no prison time. Athletes all across the NFL are kneeling in a show of…
Over one-hundred and eleven million people watched the Seattle Sea-hawks take on the Denver Broncos during the two thousand and fourteen super bowl. Every year the Super Bowl is the most-watched program on television. Many of the people watching over see the talent and amount of creativity involved in the coaching, commercials, and halftime show. Creativity and coaching often go hand in hand. Coaches possess a different set of skills for their area of work than most other people who work in…
Introduction: Thesis statement: The Media’s portrayal of African American’s is racially biased, reinforcing the misconception that people of colour in the United States are inferior to those of other ethnicities and perpetuating self-hate within the African American community. Divided Topic: African Americans are criminals. They are the most dangerous race in all of the United States. African Americans are unintelligent in comparison to White Americans. African Americans are unattractive…
“My son is 6. I wouldn't let my six-year-old son near any football field. And if any coach asks my son to play football, I'll sue that coach, and I'll sue the school” (Omalu).This is a very bold statement for someone to make but why is doctor Bennet Omalu so against football? Well it may certainly be because of a disease now known as CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy) which is defined as, a progressive degenerative disease of the brain found in people with a history of repetitive brain…
Joe Maddon just finished his first season as manager of the Chicago Cubs. He gained significant recognition during his time with the Tampa Bay Rays from 2006 to 2014. When looking at the aspects of the management process, Maddon excels in the area of leading. First, before examining the leading aspect of management, it’s important to define the term. According to the notes in class, leading means, “Managers must be able to make employees want to participate in achieving an organization's goals…
Anabolic Steroids and Their Legality in Sports and Civilian Life Should anabolic steroids be illegal? The answer lies within technological improvement and scientific discovery. Steroids are just a technology that humans invented to better themselves physically with little extra work added on. Before steroids, records were just barely better than average. After scientific discovery and the creation of steroids, records started being shattered and actually becoming something hard to reach.…
The Buffalo Bills in the early 90s are often considered the most depressing dynasty in NFL history. From the years 1990 to 1994 the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League lost 4 consecutive Super Bowls. This is the only time in NFL history that this has happened to this date. Sportshistory.com states, “In 1990, the Bills switched to a no-huddle, hurry-up offense (frequently with Kelly in the shotgun formation, the “K-gun”, named for tight-end Keith McKeller), and it led the Bills’ offense…