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superstars on television. The children who grew up like me dream to be an all-American college athlete and become that superstar in the big leagues. The NCAA has been around since 1910 and regulates 1,259 schools/institutions, conferences, or any other association(NCAA.org). The NCAA organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. The great part is it helps more the 460,000-college…

Even though she chose to focus her article on the portrayal of women during the 2012 Summer Olympic games, this issue is prevalent throughout professional and amateur women’ sports. Jackson is not just trying to inform us on this issue; she wants us to change the way we view women’s sports and be different than the media. This raises the question, should media change the way it portrays female athletes…

Gender Inequality in sport: Why are women inferior to men? The gender inequality issue is worth exploring as, lately; this topic has come up more frequently in sport than ever before. Women are becoming more vocal on gender issues. And, they’re becoming more involved in closing a gender gap within sports, becoming a major part of the sporting industry on and off the field. Slowly changing over time, sport is no longer “a man’s game.” Still, as women drive forward with inequality issues, women…

being able to go to college for free and be able to play the sport you enjoy the most. This is the life of many college athletes. They get free rides in college, and they get to play their favorite sport as well. The National Collegiate Athletic Association, or NCAA, has kept the athletic events amateur since the beginning of college sports. Now, athletes are demanding that they get paid for their college services. Student athletes already get advantages in school, colleges are forced to…

1.Background Silence is a charity founded in 2008 that serve the hearing impaired depending on funding from general public and various foundations. The Establishment of the organisation is a result of a brilliant adolescent with hearing disability - Li Ching committed suicide because she was unemployed after graduating from university and could not gain acceptance in community, which demonstrate the discrimination towards the hearing impaired from the society. Key stakeholders of Silence…

To many people, football is considered the most dangerous sport. The violent tackling nature means the possibility of broken bones or torn tendons with every play, and these injuries have always been understood as part of participating in the sport. A newer, less understood injury, however, is the concussion. 47 percent of all concussions in sports occur in football. For this reason, some parents are not allowing their children to play football because of the risk of head injuries. Unlike…

Jackie Robinson was one of the best baseball players of his time, and he helped promote the integration of blacks into professional leagues of all sports. Many people know Jackie because of his skills on the field, but few know about his hardships and his impact on ending segregation. Robinson was an athlete since he was in high school, and he excelled at football, basketball, baseball, and track. He later became the first African American to play in the Major Leagues. Along with his impressive…

Every year, more than 460,000 student-athletes compete in 23 sports under the National Collegiate Athletic Association or NCAA (NCAA.org). Each and every one of these young, talented, and dedicated high school seniors are required to select an academic major that is, more often than not, not relevant or consistent with their true intentions of attending the college they choose. Improving athletic skills is why significant numbers of NCAA Division I student-athletes are at their respective…

Every childhood is comprised of iconic memories associated around sport. Whether it is playing catch with your father, making your first sports team at school, or simply frolicking outside with neighborhood friends, these events are centered on sports, not virtual sports. There is a fine line between the two. According to Dr. Ralph Richards the Senior Research Consultant for the Australian Sports Commission, sport is by definition “an activity involving physical exertion, skill and or…

Part 1 Eco Tourism Ecotourism can be defined as a type of tourism that involves responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and also improves the well-being of the local people in that specific area. Ecotourism covers the aspect of an individually focused value. The term ecotourism is also sometimes referred to as “tourism with a conscious” (Goeldner and Ritchie 385). Ecotourism can greatly benefit a destination, however it can also bring dangers and limitations. When…