The 2011 NBA Lockout: The Battle of Good and Evil By: Alan Jackson This year’s lockout has involved lots of storylines‚ suspense‚ and most of all drama. That usually describes a movie but this flick has conflicting "good guys" and "bad guys." From day to day the media clearly tries to influence who the public views in which role. One day its the owners and the next its the players. Sure‚ the owners have looked greedy‚ and the formation of "super teams" has had the players looking the part as
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playing for the National Basketball Association (NBA)‚ considered to be the premier men’s professional basketball league in the world with highly talented individuals. Generally every basketball player in the world dreams of being part of an NBA team even for a minute. But‚ of the court‚ the question is whether their college education should be relevant for playing in NBA. NBA high school draftees are players who have been drafted to the NBA straight out of high school‚ a process is known as
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Derek Williams 5/17/12 Midterm Essay This essay will be able international play in the NBA. Today in the NBA you see a lot of international player. You see player from all over the world China‚ turkey‚ and United Kingdom. One international player that really stands out is the Houston Rockets former player Yao Ming. Yao is an international player from China that played in the NBA. He got drafted by the Houston Rockets in 2002 First pick in the first round. Yao is hands down one of
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Privilege in the NBA For almost three-quarters of the year‚ the players of the NBA prance around the court and show off their various hard earned skills. Every season‚ thousands upon thousands of fans‚ young and old‚ rich and poor‚ come to be entertained by the best in the game on a multi-million dollar stage. Contrary to popular belief‚ the National Basketball Association is no longer all about competition and winning the championship‚ it has evolved to a whole other animal. The NBA is annually a
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results from a blow to the head (“NFL Head Injuries”). The concussion epidemic‚ an ever rising problem in sports today‚ has become very prominent‚ especially in the NFL. With the new research that has surfaced in the last couple years‚ the NFL has received grief for not doing enough about concussions and their risks after the fact. The NFL has not done enough on the topic of concussions considering the fact that the league still continues to face problems. The NFL has continued to remain under fire
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Cause and Effects Head Injuries in the NFL Over 60% of NFL players have suffered from at least one concussion in their professional career. The NFL should consider the impact of head injuries that plague many players past and present. Many football players suffer from concussions‚ and may experience CTE chronic traumatic encephalopathy‚ chronic headaches and loss of memory. Over 3‚800 players or families of living and deceased players have now sued the NFL due to head injuries (King). Many concussions
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The NBA’s Expansion into China A Look at the Marketing Efforts of the NBA in China The first game played in the NBA was on November 1‚ 1946 in Toronto‚ Canada. The game was played between the Toronto Huskies and the New York Knickerbockers. The final score was 68-66‚ and there were 10‚000 people on hand. At that time‚ the NBA was named the Basketball Association of America‚ and was made up of eleven teams. The first 11 teams were from New York‚ Chicago‚ Cleveland‚ Detroit
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towards human race and athletes themselves. The National Basketball Association (NBA)‚ is a men’s professional basketball league in North America‚ and is widely considered to be the premier men’s professional basketball league in the world. To start off basic background information‚ it has 30 franchises‚ which only contains 1 Canadian team. The NBA is one of the 4 major North American profession sport leagues. All NBA players are paid according to the skill level in basketball. Moving forward‚
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The NBA of the 70’s greatly differs from what our expectations of today’s league‚ especially when evaluating the background in which the players came from. Recent statistics show that more than 90% of 70’s NBA players came from urban areas‚ but when compared to today’s league only about 34% of black players come from families in financial situations (Keating). The question that needs to be asked when observing these statistics is what happened to the league or basketball in general that subsequently
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Football League NFL is the highest level of professional play. NFL is represented by 32 clubs‚ which are divided into two conferences; the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). Brian Rolapp‚ senior vice president of NFL media strategy and digital media team has after months of in-depth-research gathered information in order to present a new media marketing strategy at the NFL owners’ meeting to present the new strategic perspectives. The NFL commissioner Roger
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