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The NFL collective bargaining agreement is govern by the NFL Commissioner. This position is often referred to as the judge, jury and executioner over the league. Starting with the NFL's third Commissioner, Pete Rozelle, was given significant authority, due to his tremendous success in bringing financial prosperity to the league. According to the NFL Personal Conduct Policy (2013), the commissioner could also punish a player for conduct that he considered "detrimental to the integrity of, or…

New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick has been a strong proponent of an NFL end-zone replay camera. As of now, there is no end-zone replay camera, rather there is only a sideline camera. Although the sideline camera gives replay officials a decent perspective of the football play being reviewed, the sideline replay camera is not always perfectly reliable and sometimes the replay officials make the incorrect call. Belichick believes that if there was an end-zone replay camera as well as…

How do you feel about people sitting or kneeling during the national anthem? Just so you understand what I am talking about, this all started when Colin Kapernick took a knee during the presentation of the national anthem. His reason behind his actions was that he felt no need to support a country who oppresses African Americans and other minorities. As Americans it is our duty to respect our country and those who fight for it. It is a dishonor for anyone to enjoy the freedom as an American, but…

Typically, the tones found in articles are used to promote and support each piece’s specific purpose. In a piece, the tone the author uses has an incredible influence over the audience's’ opinions pertaining to the article. Consequently, author’s specifically choose tones that cater to their specific purpose for writing. In the article “The Real New York Giants”, Rick Reilly uses a tone that promotes his article’s purpose. Reilly’s purpose is to inform his audience that a large event, like 9/11,…

Oh, say can you see the inequality in America? Recent events have sparked controversy, questioning if the National Anthem represents all American individuals, and if not, why we play it at all our sporting events. The National Anthem is a longstanding tradition at sporting events; however, it fails to represent the majority of Americans and serves as a symbol of civil inequality. Therefore, the National Anthem should no longer be a part of sporting events, as well as undergo revisions to meet…

It Can Only Get Better From Here On April 14, 2017, 1,503 people died due to one tragic accident and authors made thousands of dollar by writing about it. This accident happened when the Titanic crashed into an iceberg. Deborah Hopkinson was one of those authors. She wrote the book Titanic Voices From the Disaster, but it wasn’t very fascinating. It would’ve been better if she included more details about the lifeboats. She also could’ve said more about how cold the water was when the Titanic…

There haven’t been many constants in my life so far, but my love for and almost reliance on sports has been one of the most consistent things that I have come to know. Growing up in a huge, Catholic family of seven children was destined to be a place where athletics thrived; although we never quite had enough kids for even teams. I had an interesting introduction to sports; when I was about one-year old, my parents moved my whole family from our home of Akron, Ohio to Manchester, Vermont, where…

Many people believe the Titanic was sunk by an iceberg, however; the iceberg was really only part of the problem. Ignorance is the other reason for the sinking of the Titanic. The Titanic had enough lifeboats for over 50% of people to get off the Titanic, but due to confusion and unpreparedness most lifeboats were not even filled to maximum capacity. Yet, that was not the only reason for the loss of life. Many deaths were those of the third class, mostly immigrants, while those of the first…

She’s actually the man, a girl has gone to shocking lengths to display her soccer talents while being deviously disguised as a boy. In a world class performance Viola Hastings has beaten the boys at their own game, as well as her previous boyfriend team by crashing to victory with a final goal that could only be described as aerial ballet in a game full of twists turns and excitement. Principal Horatio Gold said he couldn’t be prouder of his team’s performance against the opposition thugs who…

4. In this segment titled, The Redskins’ Name- Catching Racism, by former The Daily Show host Jon Stewart, the name of the Washington D.C. Redskins is critiqued by both fans of the football team and Native Americans alike. Due to the heavily entrenched racial connotation of the particular word “redskin” many feel as though it not only is entirely inappropriate, but also highly offensive to those who have felt the full impact of the nuance the word entails. However, fans of the team believe it…