American Football and Rugby Whether it’s watching the Patriots push down the field on Super bowl Sunday or watching New Zealand dominate England in the Rugby World Cup‚ one thing is certain‚ nothing can quite explain the captivating‚ accelerating rush of the two sports. Football and rugby are two very difficult and physically demanding sports. However despite them seeming the same they are vastly different from each other in a number of respects. They range from different cultures‚ require
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Is football dangerous? Football is dangerous‚ and they have proved it. But should we not watch it‚ because it is dangerous? Do we have the right to ban football‚ or will it ever be banned? Does football have a too great of a hold on Americans‚ that we have to have it‚ like it’s an addiction we want it around‚ even though it’s dangerous‚ but is that even a right reason to have football‚ because we are addicted to it? Football is very dangerous it causes CTE or chronic traumatic encephalopathy. It
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Matt Lawrence Father Hudgin AP English December 21st‚ 2012 College Athletes: Should they be paid? The debate of whether college athletes should be paid has gone on for years. From famous sportscasters to the common man‚ everyone has their own opinion whether the student-athletes should receive a “stipend” or certain wage per month to cover food‚ gas‚ and other various essentials. A great example of this is from Ramogi Huma‚ a former linebacker for UCLA. “Even though the school was providing
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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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people were characterized by their skin and origin and were made lesser than human. A common example of racism in AFL football is the AFL’s Indigenous round in 2013 where the Sydney Swans competed against Collingwood. Adam Goodes a Sydney Swan’s football star suffered some offensive racial comments which impacted Adam’s performance during the game. The Girl aged 13 sitting in the front row of the MCG (Melbourne Cricket Ground) seats‚ commented‚ “Ape” Intending that Adam Goodes looked like an ape
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The Ball and Chain The term‚ “student athlete” is a polarizing one. In today’s America‚ college sports -- particularly football and basketball‚ are as much a part of the sports enthusiast’s landscape as is any professional sport. In any case‚ with enthusiasm comes money. In this case‚ billions of dollars are generated by television viewership‚ merchandise sales and university boosters. College athletes are the driving force behind an industry where television executives‚ university presidents‚ athletic
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History Inventors invented the football helmet to prevent head injuries. One of the rarest and first leather football helmet Circa 1903. Soft very thin leather‚ very thin padding. They were the first types of helmets used for football. They were the only means of head protection until after world War II. Soft leather helmets where first used until the 1930s. Then they made them with hard leather that better protected the head. Helmet designs improved over the years by adding more padding
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Football did not start as a national game. It was only a sport for only college students to play. Until 1906 when more people began to play and football began to get more rules. Shortly later the NFL started changing the rules even more than they did the first time there was now restricted defense contact with wide receivers if they are over the five-yard line and offence linemen had to start extending their arms to block pass rushers. After‚ that the NFL committee started getting together with each
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I am writing a feature story on a great football player. He has been playing football since he was 7 years old and has made so much progress since the time he started playing football. He is 13 years old now and is still playing football and is trying to make it into the NFL when he gets older and goes to college and tries to make it to the NFL. His favorite subject in school is History and he is really good at History and gets a really high grade in that subject. His Birthday is on December 10‚
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years they did not make half of that. Many big colleges had budgets that would make teams such as Alabama‚ Georgia‚ Miami‚ Oregon‚ Etc. laugh about what they were able to provide for sports. There have been questions for years about whether a college athlete should be paid or not and if athletes deserve to be paid for what they do at that level‚ after already being paid to go to school there‚ for most of the players. When athletes go to college they still put themselves in the same physical danger
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