Rugby football

Hands, pull, tuck, perfect! As Molly gets prepared to throw her pass I’m confident she’ll nail it. You can tell how nervous she is just by her face, she’s waiting for the perfect moment. As she’s getting in her zone I sit back and relax, I don’t know how but I could just tell she was ready. Now I’ve been in the cheer industry for a while, I’ve seen plenty of cheerleaders come and go. They see me as just a cheer mat but I see them as amazing cheerleaders, I would give anything to have legs…

Division II sport. Yes, that does sounds like a lot, but, you have to keep in mind that you have to divide that by all the sports and the amount of kids trying to receive it. There are more than a million boys playing high school football but there are only roughly 19,000 football scholarships available. Other sports, such as girls track and field, only have around 4,000 scholarships available compared to the nearly 600,000 who compete and have the same ambitious goal to take one of those…

Professional sports players should be paid more than soldiers. Professional sports players work their whole lives to get the career that they have. They could be injured severely during a practice or a game. Once injured they could lose their jobs. They also do not get their money from the government, they are paid by sports fanatics. If the military was paid more than the sports players, it would promote violence. Professional athletes also spend thousands of dollars donating to charity.…

As my profession I plan to be an Athletic Trainer for an university, or professional. On average an athletic trainer makes about $40,044 for gross income. Which is pretty huge compared to other occupations. A monthly pay is about $1,040, for me is perfect to cover expenses for that month and have extra to save. An hourly pay rate for a trainer is between $19 and $23, a very high pay rate. First year salary is based off the education you have, going up in education level the more money you get.…

Fall sports are underway, and many student-athletes are lacing up their cleats and sneakers, and taking their respective places on high school athletic fields. While many may argue that soccer is an objective sport, there is a high degree of subjectivity. The coaching staff is accountable for all decisions, including the roster on game days. They choose which players’ start, how long he/she plays, and whether or not substitutes will take the field. Most people don’t want to talk about their…

Through Rugby I became the person I am today. Some students have interests or hobbies that define them, and for me that has always been Rugby. As a young boy my Father told me many stories of his rugby days in college, he showed up at college not knowing anyone, and someone asked him to come out and play rugby. He didn’t know anything about rugby, but he had some great adventures with his team, and made friends he still has today. Being a boy who loved to hear these stories, and wanted to make…

“March Madness” is term recognized by most people in the United States of America. The term refers to a several-week long, end-of-year basketball tournament that determines the NCAA National Champion of college basketball. The tournament attracts dozens of millions of viewers, with the championship game receiving a viewing total that has surpassed 30 million. That is nearly a tenth of the entire nation tuning in to watch college students play a game of basketball. This is, of course, not even…

Every little kid grows up dreaming of playing in the NFL, NBA, MLB and so much more. Only 7.6 million of those kids go on to play varsity sports in high school (Koebler). Seven percent of those athletes go on to play a college sport without pay (Scholarshipstats.com). Less than two percent of college athletes go on to play in a professional sport (Cheney-Rice). Eighty-six percent of college athletes live in poverty after graduation (Hayes). If the NCAA paid them for their contributions while…

The Putnam Club at Gillette Stadium smelled of hairspray and body lotion Sunday morning, as hundreds of young women waited to try out for the Patriots Cheerleading team. SEE PHOTOS FROM AUDITIONS HERE: "There's a lot of nervous energy in the room...but you meet a lot of amazing people here," said current cheerleader Karen Link, a second year cheerleader. "I'm a little nervous, but I'm really excited...I've been a Patriots fan since I've been little," said Rebecca Bradley, who lives in Rhode…

Now, in the 21st century, Sports is no longer just about fun and games. Sports are considered a business and college sports are no different. College athletics are becoming more and more like the professional leagues except for one big issue, money. A new American dream of making a huge living in sports at both the collegiate and professional level is rapidly growing. NCAA has paid millions into a fund for in-need athletes to cover clothing purchases, emergency travel, and medical expenses. The…