Caleb Harris Nathan Tucker 10:00-10:50 A.M. 9/24/10 Football Vs. Rugby “Look at him run the ball‚ he just trucked through the defender‚ one left to beat‚ and he’s tackled… no‚ wait‚ he threw a lateral to his teammate and SCORE!!!!!” In America‚ most people would say that was a great run by Reggie Bush or Adrian Peterson or some other football running back. If this was broadcasted in New Zealand‚ it would most likely be a rugby play. Rugby is not typically watched in America‚ the rules are
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Is The National Football League A Honest Organization? National Football League (NFL) is an American gridiron football organization‚ founded in 1920 by Jim Thorpe as American Professional Football Association. Jim Thorpe was the first president of the association‚ he was a famous American athlete and league player. Later on‚ in 1922‚ the association was renamed as National Football League. In the beginning‚ league comprised of fourteen teams
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The Struggle of Paying College Athletes The Coach of a football team is just as important as any player performing on the field. In fact his power over the team surpasses that of any one single player‚ the coach can determine whether an entire season is a victory or a loss. Perhaps this is why Colleges justify paying a coach millions of dollar a year‚ but the players who are out there beside him next to nothing. Although a lot of the players that perform on the field week by week do get
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playing football. Concussions are from being injured in football and being talked about in the media today. Concussions are mostly caused from head to head contact in a football game or practice. When a player suffers from a concussion‚ it is very serious because of the brain damage it can cause‚ including memory lost‚ blurred vision‚ and loss of consciousness. Concussions can have a major impact on the player’s lives later on down the line. Concussions are one bad effect of playing football‚ but a
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Have you ever worked so hard and never got paid. That’s what has happened to the college football players. They are worked like slaves. They generate all this money not to get paid. I think that college players should get paid. College football players play just like the NFL players. NFL players get paid and they play just like they are still in college. If the National Collegiate Athletic Association
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in which is best. Both soccer and football became famous in the 19th century. And becoming the champions League in most counters‚ FIFA for soccer and NFL for football. Soccer and football are two very different games to enjoy‚ they have more in common than what meets the eye. Soccer and Football have many differences. Soccer is a worldwide sport and most of the countries play this game‚ however‚ football became famous in the USA. Also‚ called American football because it was played in the United
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Is college football to dangerous? Should it be removed from college sports? These are questions being asked today by many people ranging from doctors to people who have played the game. There are many people on both sides and while both have good points there is only one clear choice here. Football has and is going to stay a collegiate sport. There are many reasons why and not enough reasons on why not to play. This became a big name conversation when the NFL and former players got into a lawsuit
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Soccer VS American Football Who doesn’t get excited watching Super Bowl or FIFA World Cup? The anticipation of “who’s going to win?” is always the golden question. The commercials and entertainment running during the Super Bowl makes it a yearly social event even for non football fans. In the same way soccer fans wait anxiously every four years to watch FIFA World Cup. The popularity of these two sports‚ soccer and American Football‚ is all over the world. The growing excitement fans feel
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things in perspective. While playing football my senior year‚ failure wasn’t on my mind very often. We were the number one ranked team in the state and had cruised throughout the season‚ winning most of our games by large margins. So that made it more difficult to accept when we lost early on in the playoffs. It was hard to accept for most of us that we would never play football again. The loss at the end of that season made me reminisce on my high school football career. I realized how amiss I was
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Many people have argued that‚ “Should we ban high school football?” One of the main reason’s why we should outlaw the sport is due to head injuries‚ or injuries in general. Now granted‚ we cannot protect kids 24/7. Injuries in sports are just common things that occur. We can only do our best to prevent children from hurting themselves. 60% of head trauma actually comes from football. This head trauma is commonly known as Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy or CTE. Though CTE’s symptoms are not
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