Football League Championship

Football, the most profitable and popular professional sport in America, is an economic powerhouse for cities, television networks, restaurants, and fans. In 2014, the National Football League (NFL) had a total revenue of $7.24 billion and strives to reach $25 billion by 2027. While a portion of the revenue is earned through television network partnerships and advertisements, ticket sales revenue still accounts for a large sum of NFL revenue. These ticket revenues assist in paying numerous team…

Everyone wants to be successful, who would not want to be acknowledged? A lot of people do not want to put in the very hard work it takes to be successful, and some people are just lucky enough to be born into success. My definition of success is someone who works hard all day every day and actually earns their fame and fortune. Someone who gets up early in the morning to train and work hard for what it is that they want, whether it is ambitions, or riches, or recognition, or to just be able…

Dereck Boyd Professor Dave Copeland COMM 229 October 2, 2016 Throughout the country racism seems to be a reoccurring debate within communities. Recently some NFL players have decided not to stand for the National Anthem due to this unfortunate issue. Wherever you seem to go, shirts and signs that state black lives matter are being displayed. Several communities are protesting and rioting in different cities due to the police shootings that are happening among the black community.…

The National Football League has had its number of lockouts, the most recent and historically longest being in 2011. It lasted 132 days until an agreement was made between the players and owners. There are many aspects involved in reaching their agreement, however at the end of the day it comes down to money, $9 billion dollars annually to be exact. Back in 2006 the current agreement was set to expire but was extended by both the players and owners. In 2008 owners chose to opt out of the…

Russell Westbrook is one of the top players in the league at the moment and is only going to get better. His name has been in the news recently because of Kevin Durant’s decision to sign with the Golden State Warriors. This is important because this upcoming year is the last season on Westbrook’s contract with OKC, after that he is a free agent. There has been reports that Westbrook has made it evident that he will not be resigning with OKC, so it’s OKC’s best interest to trade him. There are…

These investments have come from partnerships with professional sports teams throughout the country, as well as sponsorships with professional sports leagues themselves (Feinstien). In the same survey, 55 percent of Daily Fantasy Sport players have been found to consume more sports content because of their competition in their Daily Fantasy Sports leagues (Feinstien). This increase in consumption can lead to major television networks, like the NFL Network, to make more money from increasing…

Horse Mask - A Reminder of the World You Live In Most of you saw pictures or watched viral videos on the internet with an individual horsing around with a horse mask but, little is known about this majestic mask and its provenience. The trend started in 2012, Japan (surprising..eh?), after the introduction of a character in the 'Full Metal Panic' anime series that resembled a man with a head of a mad horse. After that, kids in Japan started to wear the horse mask because, why not? Really.…

history, some organizations, fans, and the even the general public have seen a series of depressing events involving the players Can a league devise a system for ethical offences and their consequences for it’s players/organizations? How would punishments be determined to be fair/ethical? Who controls what actions are right/wrong? Is all punishment fair? Yes the league can devise a system for ethical offences and their consequences. They can make the decision from it code of conduct that…

him to do. The band’s first performance was in 1957, in which the members of the team went out on the field spelling Texas. This performance was such a success that this performance has been performed every year. The band performs in all in-state football games as well as pep rallies, and parades that happen throughout the year. To become part of the Showband of Southwest team each member has to attend a year round course, which is a course that is provided by the University Of Texas School Of…

passes for 76 yards one touchdown. However, in the second half the Eagles pretty much shut him down. The Eagles pretty much doubled teamed him the whole game including man pressing him to disrupt his routes. Eli basically had no time to throw him the football in the second half because he was under so much duress. You also would have to wonder if Beckham’s hamstring would kind of aggravate him or flare up as…