Athletic director

an athletic trainer for the Detroit Lions I earn 35,000-75,000 per year, to get here you need to work hard, go to college and earn the minimum of a bachelor’s degree or a master’s degree, it could take you up to 4 years to complete. Athletic trainers are health care professionals who collaborate with physicians; they can work with athletes and show them how to treat, and prevent injuries through maintaining proper form and using exercise equipment in the right way. Another job that athletic…

Are you in the market for a quality shoe? How about a fashion icon with a wealth of American history behind it that is instantaneously recognizable by nearly everyone? The All-American Chuck Taylor All-Stars by Converse has flourished through the decades and remains as one of the most popular and fashionable footwear around. Icons established and cemented Chuck Taylors into American culture. In cinema it has many cameos in American classics, in sports it was historically the most popular sneaker…

The Consumers Fetish for the Swoosh Consumers around the world have been captivated by Nikes trademark “swoosh”, and even though the malpractices of Nike are widely discussed and taught, consumers still flock to “just do it” and by the newest pair of Nike runners. While viewing Nikes commercial “Find Your Fast”, Marx’s theoretical concept of commodity fetishism can be seen through the use of the commodification and fetishism of celebrity athletes to distract consumers from the reality of the…

The company Nike created one of the most known ads ever created in history. The slogan Just do it was issued in 1988 which was seen everywhere. Today it’s shown from billboards, television to social media like Facebook, Twitter, and so on. The background information about the three famous words was surprisingly inspired by a murderer named Gary Gilmore. Gilmore was charged for robbery and the murders of two men. He was executed by a firing squad before his death, “They asked him if he had any…

Athletic trainer have the important job of doing evaluations on an athlete's injuries and providing rehab. Additionally to patient interactions they also have administrative duties which require filling out paperwork, documenting injuries, patient interactions/ rehabs, communicating with doctors and other medical and coaching staff. Many tasks play an important part in sports. As an athletic trainer you have to evaluate and advise individuals to assist recovery from or avoid athletic related…

Nike was founded in 1964, however, was renamed Nike in 1978. Nike started out as an athletic shoe company importing shoes from Japan to sell in the United States. With celebrity endorsements, the organization has continued to grow. However, the growth of Nike has not been without its challenges. Nike strives to continue to be competitive while keeping manufacturing costs low by moving their manufacturing operations to an area that offered cheap labor. Unfortunately, the working conditions…

The career I chose was an athletic trainer. An athletic trainer is someone who helps prevent injuries and provides treatment to those who have been injured. I chose this career because I have been involved in sports since I was a little girl; it involves with helping athletes re-gain their physical mobility and I like the idea of helping others. I have seen, talked to, and been around athletic trainers and it inspired me to become one. It was inspiring just to know what they do, how they do it,…

Nike is one of the largest, if not the largest, corporation for athletic gear in the world. Everywhere people live there is some sort of Nike based product there. Nike is such a large company and controls a majority of the sales in their field of expertise. The reason that Nike is such a large company is because the way they attract consumers. In the commercial, “Nike Unlimited,” Nike’s claim attracts the consumers by using different races and genders, shows people that Nike helps become the…

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Many of the teams and consumers of America wear Nike on a daily basis. Very few people and even fewer brands have managed to become synonymous with pop culture in the 20th century. But in the last few decades, Nike has become a Titan of the sporting world, as well as part of the daily lives of millions of people everywhere, who loves the product. But during the 1960s, it was Germany’s Adidas and Puma sneakers that dominated the global market on every level and in every sport, until the Nike…