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players safe, but also has some ups and downs from the players and coaches. The owners of NFL teams were not liking the way the football league was handling players safety as well as it should be handled. The concussion protocol for the NFL may be helpful to the NFL, but their protocol can possibly work for other sports like the National Hockey League or maybe even rugby. A concussion is a head injury that includes dizziness, having trouble balancing, headache, ears ringing, nausea, sensitivity…

extra new teams and leagues were created. The new AFL Women’s competition provides young girls and women with positive role…

Kristaps Porzingis will still be a Knick, for now. The New York Knicks picked up the 2018-2019 team option on the 22-year old power forward/center from Latvia. But words are now spreading that he was almost traded by former Knicks president Phil Jackson for the No. 1 pick in the 2017 NBA draft in order to get point guard Lonzo Ball. The Knicks selected Kristaps Porzingis as their fourth overall pick in the 2015 NBA draft. Many basketball enthusiasts were in disbelief and even disagree with…

Physics is very relevant to football. Mechanics is the part of physics that relate to football. When you throw a football, physics is being used. You make adjustments to your body to where you want the ball to be. When you punt or kick a football, it is moving with the velocity it was given depending on the force it was given from the person. The football will follow a parabolic direction after a kick or throw. You won’t know that you’re using physics because it comes naturally. When blocking…

In what way is sport and national identity linked? Introduction Nowadays, national identity has been highlighted through a significant part of culture, namely, sport (Bairner, 2008). According to Oxford Dictionaries, national identity is ‘A sense of a nation as a cohesive whole, as represented by distinctive traditions, culture and language’. Particularly, it is a sense of belonging to a nation or state (Bairner, 2003) although there are controversial arguments on the concept. As Edensor (2007)…

Under Armour compression apparel has become a popular brand name in many households. They have done so by marketing their product to the specific needs of a targeted population, namely professional and college sports programs as well as outdoor enthusiasts. The marketing techniques used by the Under Armour Company are to some extend similar to those of other companies; however, Under Armour has focused heavily on brand marketing since the beginning and developing products based on customer…

lost than other muscle groups (Walden et al., 2005). Indeed, the Football Association Audit of Injuries, found that over two seasons, hamstring strain injuries, proved to be the most prevalent injury, with 12% of all injuries in the English Premier League (Woods et al., 2004). Hamstring strain injuries (HSIs) are a common musculoskeletal condition, affecting non-sporting individuals to elite level athletes (Delorme et al., 2009). It is common in occupational as well as sport-related…

It is in the postwar time periods of the Napoleonic Wars and World War I that Europe sees a new way of addressing the underlying causes of war in the attempt to prevent another: collective security. Collective security is when a large group of nations agree to not attack each other as well as preserve the provisions of their treaties and/or agreements. It is during both these postwar time periods that collective security is practiced. However, both time periods have differences in the way…

Everyone knows about war and the many deaths caused by it. Obviously the deaths are extremely grave (no pun intended) but, there are other effects of armed conflict of which people should be more informed. WWI and WWII are both periods of conflict which both had much wider effects than merely death. Aside from the casualties, massive wars like these usually result in social, economic, and technological development or deterioration. Most people recognize WWI to have four basic igniters which can…

To many people, nationalism has a negative impact on the world. There is a lot of evidence to prove that nationalism has taken a toll on many people. During the era of the French Revolution in 1789, Europe did not favour their citizens, people were treated like slaves and there was no citizenship in the Government. Many innocent people died for no reason in that time period. During World War 1 there were over 37 million military and civilian casualties. It was war derived and fought from the…