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The Calvin Knights football team has been undefeated since 1879. How is this spectacular feat possible? It has to do with the fact that Calvin does not actually have a football team. And I for one, believe it should stay that way. Despite the many sports fans at Calvin who crave one of America’s favorite past times, the school has yet to assemble a team. Both the Calvin board and others, including me, worry that creating a football team is not in the school’s best interest. The main reason…

Day in the life of an Assistant Athletic Director When going into work there are several things an assistant athletic director has to do each and every day. Some things people know about, but there are also some things people don’t know that the assistant athletic director is doing. This job has a very important role to the flow of things when it comes to athletics. Without an assistant director, that would just put too much work on the head director. With this, “The head director can focus more…

My name is Orenthal Stallings Jr and I want to talk about a day that I will never forget. I want to tell you about the day I bought a video game. I saw the game advertised on the Play Station Network and I was very interested. Madden National Football League 16 was the game I bought. It was new and exciting! At first, I played it alone. I hoped to play it with some friends at home later, and with gamers on the World Wide Web. After I heard about the game and the release date I became…

I was doing so well in school, my grandmother wanted to reward me with, something she knew I would like to do and she knew I loved football. That morning my grandmother was standing in the door with something behind her back smiling. Taking it from behind her back, she said “these are tickets to a football game “, and handed them to me. I was so happy because football was my favorite sport and I always wanted to see a live game. I couldn’t wait until tonight when the real fun starts. I…

Work But No Pay? Hard work but no pay? If a hard day's work is put in, shouldn't it receive a good pay or at least some pay, especially if it is a high risk job? This is what NCAA players face they put hard risky work in and see no pay even if there names are used. NCAA athletes have a privilege of going to school. But, these athletes have their names and faces used. Also, these athletes put in so much hard work it prevents them from getting a job. There have been many injuries that have…

Alex Rodriguez, a former New York Yankees baseball player made almost $22 million a season as of 2004. The amount of money professional athletes make is insane! They are not financially responsible enough to make this much money, and other careers deserve more money. To start off, other professions deserve more money. One reason why other professions deserve more money is because Peyton Manning made more money in one season than an average worker makes in their lifetime. Also, athletes make…

loser. But there is one business that is unmatched in its disparity between winners and loser, and that is the business of college football. The last time this country saw such a wide gap between people benefiting from a business while others suffered was back in the 1920s when we did not have labor laws and employers could pay workers next to nothing. But college football is even worse than that because universities pay absolutely nothing to their stars on the field while they poll in millions…

Lots of the actives I participate in require Teamwork skills. These activities include soccer, Jiu Jitsu, and school. I would define soccer as the sport played with two teams that are working against each other to score using a round ball. I play on an outdoor and indoor team. The important part of soccer is the idea of working as a team to complete a common goal. I practice two times a week and also play a game at the end of the week. During practice, my team goes over multiple drills and team…

College athletes should be paid because of the large amounts of revenue that they produce for their school (Futterman; Sack; Thomson; Coterell). The NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament is one of the most anticipated and viewed events of the year. Recently, the NCAA extended its media rights deal with CBS and Turner Sports through 2024 for a record $10.6 billion (Futterman 1). That’s an average of $720 million a year (Futterman 1). Despite being the primary reason for this television deal and…

that the game was only growing into what it would become. The AFL started in Melbourne and was only played locally throughout Victoria. Which meant that, in the 1859 the first set of rules was formulated by the Melbourne Football Club. It didn’t take long for Australian football to become increasingly popular during the 1870’s period where thousands starting attending to see brutal tackles, physical contests and high marks. This was the period that started it all, making this sport one of…