investigates the epic battle between the Australian Rugby League which has been around for 87 years and the Super League concept for the control of Rugby League in Australia. One man‚ Mr Rupert Murdoch‚ is trying to take over and run a rebel Super League to enhance his power and for financial gain. This Super League is proposed to run in 1996 with a 10 team competition as its prospectus. This report reviews the history of the Australian Rugby League‚ the battle between Mr.Murdoch and Mr.Packer‚ the
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Project IPL A revolution in Indian Sports & Entertainment 27 May 2008 Indian Premier League (IPL) A revolution in Indian sports and entertainment Over 200 million Indian viewers‚ 10 million international viewers‚ 4 million live spectators: the Indian Premier League (IPL) is a sports and entertainment revolution in the making‚ surpassing all records of viewership on ground and on media. Advertising revenue and ticket sales have exceeded all expectations‚ making IPL highly profitable for the organisers
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1. Introduction Traditionally in the MLB‚ Major League Baseball‚ a player’s relative worth was measured by his recent successes. The qualitative opinions of scouts‚ batting average and the number of strikeouts were a few of the various metrics used to gauge a player’s value (Lewis 2003). In 2002‚ general manager Billy Beane of the cash-strapped Oakland Athletics revolutionized baseball. He argued that current player evaluation was inaccurate and inefficient and that the use of new “analytical gauges”
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European Historical Economics Society Conference‚ 9-10 September 2005‚ Historical Center of the former Imperial Ottoman Bank‚ Istanbul. WHY DID THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS FAIL? INTRODUCTION The economic and political instability of the interwar period and the rise of authoritarian regimes are often seen as extensions of World War I and the Great Depression. The League of Nations‚ in turn‚ is usually seen as an organization that failed to act adequately during the various political crises of the period‚ beginning
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The Indian Premier League (IPL) has taken the Twenty-20 Cricket’s popularity to dizzying heights. The IPL fever has gripped the minds of the people in its full intensity. When the Twenty-20 cricket was on‚ IPL and its probable winner was one _ of the hottest topics of discussion everywhere. Many people are of the view that it is one of the best things that ever happens to the game of cricket. In fact IPL has become so popular worldwide that Australian Captain Ricky Pointing had to issue an appeal
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The graphic novel‚ The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen‚ by Alan Moore‚ takes place in Brittan starting in 1898. The work takes characters from other novels and uses their past and personality in one novel. The character in the league are‚ Captain Nemo‚ Miss Mina Murray‚ Allen Quaterman‚ Henry Jekyll‚ Edward Hyde‚ Hawley Griffin‚ Champion Bond‚ and C. Auguste Dupin. During this time period‚ the industrial revolution was taking place. Cities were being built up‚ people were moving from farms
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Mitesh Jaysawal‚ 2010‚ Merchandising Domestic Cricket League Brands: Discernible Way to Keep the Brands Productive and Alive‚ European Journal of Social Sciences – Volume 14‚ Number 1 (2010) Bourgeon and Bouchet‚ 2001 D Brand Finance Report‚ 2010 reports IPL to be valued at $4.13 billion Business Standard: article titled “IPL: The $2 bn brand”‚ http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/ipl2-bn-brand/387825/ Dirk Briskorn 2008‚ Sports Leagues Scheduling Models‚ Combinatorial Properties‚ and Optimization
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The First World War cast Europe into a state of turmoil and disarray. The collapse of the German and Austro-Hungarian empires‚ along with the revolution in Russia‚ left territorial boundaries relatively uncertain. In January 1919‚ representatives from the victorious Allied Nations met in Paris to devise a treaty that might somehow make sense of the chaos and restore some measure of order to the European continent. 1 Each member of the peace conference approached the task at hand with his own agenda
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POOR FORM IN TEST CRICKET- IPL TO BLAME? In one of the earlier posts related to Indian Premier League (IPL)‚ we had enthusiastically talked about Positive effects of IPL. Before the start of IPL 2012‚ India had lost Test series to England 0-4 in England‚ to Australia 0-4 in Australia and India failed to qualify for the CB Series and Asia Cup finals. After that‚ the exciting IPL 2012 happened and all of a sudden‚ everyone forgot about the most depressing season of Test Cricket for India. And then
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Frontline’s League of Denial explains how the glorification of violence plays a role in head injuries in the NFL. The National Football League’s chronic brain injury rates are increasing very quickly‚ causing the league to increase protocol to provide better protection for the players. It is hard to find a football player today whose body hasn’t paid a very high price; the love of the game may be destroying the brains of NFL players. Some evidence that football causes CTE is Mike Webster’s medical
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