College football on television

Universities and colleges meet this prima-facie requirement by virtue of being educational organizations, one of the “presumptive” categories of charitable exemption listed in 501(c)(3). Unless an athletic department were separately-incorporated, therefore, 28 it makes no sense to talk about “college athletics” as being tax exempt. Particular activities are not tax-exempt – entities are (though particular activities…

Taking a Stance on History. Turn on the television or listen to the radio and the topic of conversation is about oppression, police brutality, the American flag and the National Anthem. Facebook, Twitter and other social media outlets are being bombarded in support and disgust for the topics. Media corporations attempt to segregate us once more instead of trying to seek an understanding that will provide mutual benefit, and positive productive discussions on the issues. Regardless of where one…

that travels across the nation where thousands of colleges and professional coaches see young talent play. The year after that, I decided to join one of the best soccer academies up in Des Moines: the Des Moines Menace Academy. There is no good way to start this story. It all started when I was a little boy. My love for football got stronger as I kept getting older. I wasn’t like any other kid; I was different. I would watch soccer on television most of the time, and it was everything I wanted…

God in the Stadium: Sports and Religion in America. By Robert J. Higgs. University Press of Kentucky, 1995. 400 pages. $17.50 cloth. God in the Stadium is a commentary on the developing relationship between sports and religion and how it has changes directly with the constant transformation of society. Parallel in some aspects to Don Johnson’s writings in Aethlon: the Journal of Sport Literature, Higgs comments on the relationship between religion, with a focus on Christianity, and sports…

After the recent case that has been in the news with sex offender Brock Turner, and his unjust confinement of 6 months (and only actually serving 3) for a potential 14-year charge, conversation surrounding sexual assault has sky rocketed. The topic I am researching is rape culture: what it entails, statistics concerning rape culture, as well as why and as how it is present in today’s society. Rape culture is the normalizing of rape, dehumanization of (mainly) women, but also applies to men, and…

sexuality can make athletes a bit more relatable to those who are not a part of the LGBT community. Having a variety of advertisements, which would appeal to a broader audience instead of the male demographic, during games that are broadcast on television and radio, could help minimize the association of masculinity with contact…

received information on sign language, and how to educate students who are deaf. Gallaudet and Clerc founded an American School for the Deaf in 1817, in Hartford, Connecticut, which became the nations first school for death children. In 1864 the college division was formed and became the worlds only university for death and hard of hearing students.…

The One Who Kept Fighting In the year of 2014, a girl named Samantha Delmonico was in a national martial arts association in which she fought multiple people of all ages and ranks. By the end of the year, she became one of many martial artists who were the Number 1 fighter in the nation. Samantha was in martial arts for about 7 years and had many struggles in her life. Due to this one major accomplishment, she felt that if she could do this, she could do anything. Although she was one of many,…

The Overparenting Epidemic Most adults remember being a kid and wanting to have the freedom to live life, but not being able to have that freedom due to their own parents’ fears of the world. It is a parent’s job to use their past to reflect on their own child's’ future, which involves knowing their boundaries and not becoming what is known as a “helicopter parent.” The idea of helicopter parents is a topic discussed and debated for years. It is believed by some that parents should linger over…

Hinckley attend Texas Tech University. But after a while he quit college and moved to California to pursue his dream of making music. But his career never really made it off the ground. Soon enough he moved back to Colorado with his parents. He drifted around for a little while going from California and Texas. He had become…