National Conference Pro Bowl players

organization the size of the NFL is run on the sports of semi pro athletes who often do not even pursue their athletic career after college , these same types of scandals can go unnoticed. The National Collegiate Athletics Association is an extremely corrupt organization that gets away with taking advantage of the talent of young athletes for revenue and is so greedy they even ban the athletes from being rewarded…

scholarships from colleges to play sports. The athletes put in a lot of time and energy to play on a college level team. Weather they should be paid or not is the question. Pro athletes get money to play sports, so why shouldn’t the college athletes. A lot of college athletes get hurt playing sports which end up hurting their chances of going pro. The controversial topic of paying student athletes has been brought up many times by both the schools and students. The corporate sponsors,…

the original owner of the Kansas city Chiefs. In reality, he was so much more than that. Despite having his most accomplishments in American Football, he helped shape 4 lasting, popular american sports leagues. He has ties to the National Football League (NFL), The National Basketball Association (NBA), The North American Soccer League (NASL), which would later become part of Major League Soccer (MLS), and the World Tennis Championships (WTC). His contributions are what make him one of the most…

Beginning in 1893, The Iron Bowl has been referred to as the biggest sports rivalry nationwide. In the film Roll Tide War Eagle, Cam Newton, former Auburn quarterback, states, “You either have to be crimson or orange and blue.” Greg McElroy, former Alabama quarterback, adds, “And if you don’t pick either one then they both hate you” (Roll Tide War Eagle). Experiencing this first hand, I have seen this turn from a rivalry to an all out war. There is true hatred in this rivalry. No matter where…

to academic scholarship students, and would everyone get paid the same from practice squad, to the starters? It could change the game where players are playing for the money and not with heart. When players play for the money they will tend to not care as much, and get lazy. If a football player gets lazy he will mess up and he may get hurt. Would players get in trouble because they are spending their money on drugs, or other items they shouldn’t be buying? These are all “what ifs” one…

The History and Structure of the Inside Football League “Winning is not a sometime thing, it is an all the time thing. You don’t do things right once in a while… you do them right all the time,” (Lombardi 2010). Vince Lombardi said this to his players while getting ready for the 1970 NFC Championship game. Like winning, football is an all the time thing that happens year round, whether one is training as an athlete for the regular season or is a spectator of the game, football is a major part…

Michael Anthony Strahan: Football Player, Philanthropist, and Leader SSG Cater, Matthew D. Small Group Leader: SSG Broughan, Keith R. 24 January 2015 Abstract Michael Anthony Strahan is the embodiment of a leader. Throughout his life, he has carried himself in a manner to which other men should strive. Early in life, Michael Strahan projected a natural ability to lead and succeed. He did not begin to play football until his senior year in high school, but that one year was enough for…

A head high school football coach in this group says: “I am as aware of the concussion issue as anyone in our sport. In 2007, I was fortunate enough to receive the NFL-SCA National Coach of the Year Award at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis. As part of the proceedings, I was sent to a conference at the IUPUI National College for Sports Medicine and saw the scope of the problem. It was apparent then that the knowledge and technology exists to bring about necessary and overdue changes. It involves…

For the past few months, the sports media has been embroiled in a fight over “stick to sports.” The phrase comes from a common online rebuke directed at sportswriters and pundits and players and coaches and anyone in the world of sports, really, who takes a political stance on anything that doesn’t occur on a field or a court or in a locker room or front office. The dividing line is predictable: Many jocks and traditionalists argue for a separation of church and state; many young fans say that…

Management). First, Maddon does an exceptional job of motivating his employees — that being his players.…