Women's Professional Rodeo Association

Reflection Paper Employee Assistance Programs are crucial for the well-being of an organization. In today’s world there are many factors that inhibit employee productivity. For instance, depression, grieve, divorce, substance abuse, financial instability and others. These issues can negatively impact the overall cost of running an organization. Offering Employee Assistance programs enables the employee to address life difficulties in order to experience wellness in the workplace, resulting in…

raise the family, and maintain the household (Brewer). The workplace is one area where there is still a lack of equality and treatment. One area where this mistreatment is most obvious is the gender wage gap. In a publication by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, the gender wage gap currently is a woman will make 80 cents to every dollar a man makes. The Institute also claims that if the rate of pay increases the way it has since 1960 it will take until 2059 for men and women to…

“The Mother Of Women’s Basketball” started…

their successful since they have been established. In 1996, The women's team won a gold medal for basketball. The women that help start the industry Lisa Leslie, Sheryl Swoopes, and Rebecca Lobo were…

world of sports. Professional sports have been in our country for close to one hundred years; while various sports have progressed at their own pace, industrialization has progressed at even a faster rate. Some of America’s most loved sports such as basketball, football, and boxing have endured the test of stabilization during times of segregation. All of these sports are now integrated and are doing well financially, but the industry is still segregated by gender. Professional sports have…

a brief introduction to roller derby, followed by information on the RDA team and website content. Specific content will be explored as it relates to sport psychology. Concluding with a critic of validity and relevance of psychological content. Women’s flat track roller derby, stems from theatrical, violent and entertainment based roots. In the beginning, roller derby was more like speed skating and not like the high intensity sport now seen worldwide (English, 2014). Yet, within ten years of…

Have you ever wondered how rodeo contestants don’t have any fear towards riding the animals they ride or risk getting seriously injured for a few minutes of fun? Rodeo is unique in the world of sport that consists of many different things, not just about winning or losing. Rodeos are competitions that are defined as judged or timed events, but mostly timed. The judges events consists of bareback riding, bull riding, and saddle bronc riding. The timed events consists of barrel racing, tie…

same phrase is heard all around the world from Rodeo Announcers. Did you know almost 31 million people from all around the world pay large amounts of money to see nearly 600 Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association (PRCA), National Finals Rodeo (NFR), and local hometown rodeos a year?(Ryan) The thrill of cowboys and cowgirls loading onto 1500 to 2000 pound animals to conquer the leader and to become the best of the best is a wonderful time. During these rodeos people love to watch bull riding,…

minds." Agnes de Mille was a dancer and choreographer. De Mille was born into a family of theatre professionals. Her father and uncle were both Hollywood directors, and her Grandparent on her father’s side were famous playwrights. De Mille originally had her heart set on being an actress, but was told that she wasn’t pretty enough, and turned her attentions to dance instead. She began her association with The American Ballet Theatre in 1939. In 1947, De Mille won a Tony for Best Choreography…

Unfortunately, some companies have mismanaged their greatest asset—their brands. This is what befell the popular Snapple brand almost as soon as Quaker Oats bought the beverage marketer for $1.7 billion in 1994. Snapple had become a hit through powerful grassroots marketing and distribution through small outlets and convenience stores. Analysts said that because Quaker did not understand the brand’s appeal, it made the mistake of changing the ads and the distribution. Snapple lost so much…