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The player that I think has the most team-friendly contract is Edwin Encarnacion. This last off-season he left the Blue Jays to sign with the Indians for a 3 year 60-million-dollar contract. While it is a big contract one thing that makes this unique and beneficial to the team is the Indians have a 4th year option to keep him if they wanted to and having that kind of long term flexibility is an advantage every team can use. His last 5 season with Toronto make him worth his contract. Each year he…

When it comes to early college sports African Americans had a hard time on the field. They faced the threat that even if they were the best player on the team they could be benched against segregated schools. The African American athlete faced many problems in their fight for equality including being benched against a segregated school, threats from other team’s player, and colleges “From 1938 to 1941, the UCLA football team served as an important exception to the ‘gentlemen’s agreement’----the…

take away additional time from the other team’s offense. The comparisons will be used to show where they ranked amongst all teams that year as well as how they compared with the best offenses of the Super Bowl era. The 2013 Denver Broncos boasted a league best total of 435 first downs (Montgomery). Among the historic offenses of the Super Bowl era they are ranked second only behind the 1984 Miami Dolphins who had a total of 502 first downs…

Blinded to Stereotypes Stereotyping has become an almost societal norm. Everything we see when we go somewhere has advertising involved in it somehow. Advertising companies have made a lot of money off of stereotyping in their ads. Many ads today are focused on certain categories, a big category being gender. They create stereotypes to make their product seem better to a certain gender. We see advertising everyday in our lives. One of the biggest ad venues is during the NFL Super Bowl.…

What evolution of change would you like to go through in life? In the novel ‘Deep Zone’ written by Tim Green, the main character Ty Lewis changes throughout the story by becoming braver, learning leadership, and by suffering. Everyone goes through a evolution of change, although everyone's experience through change is different. Ty Lewis’s change would be a hard one to go through as explained throughout “Deep Zone”. To begin, the first part of Ty’s evolution of change is his bravery he gains…

I have a distinctive level of connection with three different sports teams such as the Florida State Seminoles football team, the Cleveland Cavaliers, and the Jacksonville Jaguars. The level of connection I have with the Seminoles football team is an attraction because it is my favorite team. With respect to hedonism, I am attracted to the Seminoles football team because it is fun to watch games, entertaining, and fun to talk about the team. I also get excited from watching several players on…

Personal Narrative “Daniel Momotic with the ball, HE BROKE FREE THE 40,30,20,10…!” My first year playing real contact football, I’ve waited for ever to actually play and when I got the chance I wanted to show all my skills that I've acquired over the years that I’ve been waiting . My first team name was the Hurricanes, we shaped out to be a really good team we. We had a line that could withstand an earthquake, we also had running backs that could sprint faster than light can reflect off a…

In the book Gym Candy by Carl Deuker, Mick Johnson was determined not to make the same mistakes as his father, Mike Johnson made. Mick’s father was a football player who played for the San Diego Chargers, but wasn’t good enough. Mick plays running back for his high school team, Shilshole High. In a big game against Foothill, Mick was tackled a yard short of the end zone by Foothill’s best linebacker. After that game Mick started going to Popeye’s, a gym his father introduced him to. At Popeye’s…

Many people are debating whether football should be allowed in high schools or not. Some people say it is a healthy activity that keeps children active. It teaches good life lessons that can be used later on in life. Others say it is too dangerous and has too many unknown long-term effects. I believe that football should be allowed in high school. I understand that football can cause serious injuries. One of the most common injuries in football is the concussion. An average of 300,000…

Sports at renbrook have helped me gain many characteristics that benefit me everyday. Sports have made me the person I am today. In sixth grade I started three sports, football, hockey, and lacrosse. I was new to everyone of the sports, but I worked hard and I was able to pick them all up fast. At first I wasn’t sure I would ever make a varsity, and I didn’t know why playing sports was so important. I would soon find out how important it was. Football came the quickest by the end of seventh…