Michael Barbuto College Writing October 2, 2013 Professor Eaton Descriptive Essay Last year playing high school football was probably one of the most entertaining and exciting things I have ever done in my entire life. The reasoning behind this is that we had an outstanding team which sent eighteen kids off to play college football. Therefore, eighteen out of twenty one people were sent off to play college football, which is pretty good in my eyes. When experiencing high school football, it is all about brotherhood and family throughout the whole entire team. This year playing football for Springfield is not the same as last year in high school because I’m not as close with the people on my college team.
One of the main reasons is that college sports are very popular and the attendance, especially at the football and basketball is growing every year and breaking attendance records. Furthermore, TV ratings for the tournaments series are the highest they have been in years bringing billions of dollars in commerce for schools. Schools use their players’ face and names to promote their schools and gain more money. Of course, college athletes get scholarships and get education, however who benefits the most from their success? The answer is schools.
Football is one of America's greatest pastimes. From Friday night at the local high school to watching the Super Bowl with your friends, football has affected everyone to some extent. American football was born on the playing fields of Northeastern colleges in the 19th century and gained popularity by the early 20th century through intercollegiate competition despite concern about the game's physical violence. (2) However, not every game that you watch will be exactly the same. There are many differences in the game that are determined by the league you play in.
The possible injuries that a College player could be induced with are astronomical every time he steps on the field. From a simple sprain to the possible life threatening brain injury that could result in death We come out of high school and go to college to get a better education don't we? Should we have special programs for those who want to play football after high school, instead of having a student try to play sports and get an education at the same time? That takes away from the time that the student has to study and learn. Also, college students may spend time after games they have won celebrating and partying, which generally results in alcohol consumption and ill-chosen behavior.
John Pinckney ENG-123-Q2182 Michael Brien 12/1/2013 AMATEUR ATHLETES FOR PAY – MYTHS AND REALITY The play stunned the nation. The Alabama Crimson Tide, consecutive NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) college football champions, living on the precipice of a football championship dynasty unknown for two decades – three straight national NCAA football championships - allowed a last minute “miracle” touchdown return to arch rival Auburn with no time remaining, thereby ruining their chance for immortality. This ended one of the all-time college football classics, watched by approximately 10 million shocked television viewers who, no doubt, felt lucky enough to witness one of the greatest games in recent history. The Alabama/Auburn
However, this has threatened the true meaning of the game. It has given rise to scandals involving players and media portraying being a good athlete will get you by with anything. While some people take the position that commercialization corrupts sports I believe there are probably more positives than negatives regarding commercialization in sports, but the negatives that are present are still worth talking about. Ultimately the biggest downfall of commercialization in sports is the craziness of all the advertising that goes on through sports. For example, the Super bowl, companies pay millions of dollars to get their perfected thirty-second commercial on the screen of the millions watching and the next day the majority conversations are not even about the game but about which commercial was the best some people even admitting the commercials are the only reason they
Because of its attraction and benefit, in recent years, many public companies have been created from some big football clubs, and football is now a big business (Oakland, 2006). Benefits created by football are undeniable, however, disorder has appeared and some football clubs are in a financial crisis. As Oakland (2006) showed in 2001, 80% of England’s football clubs lost money. Soccer now is also criticized that it relates to racism and hooliganism. Besides, some football players have set up negative role-models for young people.
The FIFA World Cup (an international association football competition) is the world’s most widely viewed sporting event; an estimated 715.1 million people watched the final match of the 2006 FIFA World Cup held in Germany and the 2010 event in South Africa was broadcasted to 204 countries on 245 different channels. Inside the stadiums, a total of 3,170,856 spectators attended the 64 matches (www.fifa.com). Today, football is played at a professional level all over the world. Millions of people regularly go to football stadiums to watch their favorite teams, while billions more watch the game on television or on the internet (Ingle and Glendenning, 2003). Football has been officially introduced in Indonesia since 1930 by the establishment of PSSI (Football Association of Indonesia) in Yogyakarta.
Author: Fan Yin Instructor: Dr. Thu H. Tran The title of the course: English 20 Date: 04 /05/2014 College Football Should Be Banned In today’s times, the topic whether the college football program should be banned or not is a hot debate in the media. Megan Greenwell (2012) argued that college football shouldn’t be banned because of several positive effects of college football. These effects include helping some students afford the tuition, generating a racial solution and making creative communities. Although Megan Greenwell provided a description about how college football affects college students in such a good way, Buzz Bissinger (2012) provided a much more compelling explanation that college football should be banned because it costs high academic budget and has very low benefits. And College football seriously hurts players by causing head trauma over repetitive hits (Buzz Bissinger, 2012).
In this report I will investigate the reasons for the large commercialization of the sports industry, as well as the positive and negative effects the increase in commercialization brings to sports. Today our global sports industry is estimated to be worth $480 billion - $620 billion dollars with U.S football alone owning 13% of the market. The industry has also seen an annual steady increase of 6% in its worth since 2005.? One of the main reasons for this strong growth is the increase in mass media exposure. Media is a mean of which information is passed from one individual to another.