football player at the University of Texas under the current guidelines of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Every year millions of people flock to stadiums across the country to watch their local collegiate teams participate in athletic competitions. Along with the entertainment provided to the fans‚ the schools give the people of that university a sense of pride and bragging rights amongst other teams. Over the years‚ the popularity of college sports (especially basketball and football)
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BASKETBALL Basketball Court Dimensions Length of a basketball court 94 feet (1128 inches) Note: Many high school and college courts are 84 feet. Width of a basketball court 50 feet (600 inches) Size of a basketball backboard Width: 6 feet (72 inches) Height: 3.5 feet (42 inches) Size of a basketball rim The diameter of the rim is 18 inches The top of the rim should be exactly 10 feet (120 inches) off the ground Distance from the backboard to the back of the rim 6 inches Note:
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Professional Baseball Players Career CGD318: Public Relations Practices & Promotional Writing Damage Control in Professional Baseball Players Career I have recently been approached by a professional baseball player to assist in a Public Relations campaign to improve public opinion by placing favorable stories about the baseball star in the media. This request comes after suspicion that the player has used steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs. This player has not been found guilty
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Jaynyah Bland Miss B. English1-2nd per. Dec 7. 2012 My Basketball Experience When I was in the 8th grade‚ I came back to public school. I was eager to make the basketball team. My friends who were on the team last year motivated me to tryout. So after school I went to the tryouts and surprisingly‚ I saw most of my friends there. The coach‚ coach Huff‚ had us do lay ups‚ free throws‚ running up the bleachers‚ three point line shooting‚ two point line shooting‚ and suicides. Then we had to
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"More than 460‚000 college athletes make up the 19‚000 teams that send more than 54‚000 participants to compete each year in the NCAA’s 90 championships in 24 sports across 3 divisions" (NCAA). This statistic is imprinted on the cover page of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) official website. These teams are watched closely by many fans all year and bring in a large amount of money. The issue with the NCAA is that even though these 460‚000 college athletes play their desired sport
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love of basketball. Not knowing it yet but they’re lives would end up intertwining. They grew up only forty minutes away from each other. Both of the boys played for organized team and both lead them in scoring. One day while Spencer was shooting baskets‚ his parents noticed a lump in his thigh. They took him to the doctor and found out that spencer had been diagnosed with cancer. This started a long trial of chemotherapy . While only forty minutes away josh was continued playing basketball getting
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Ex Machina is one of‚ if not‚ the most revolutionary Sci-Fi movie of this generation. Directed by Alex Garland‚ the film tackles an increasingly controversial and ethical issue about modern humanity’s dependence on technology; the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Caleb (Domhnall Gleeson)‚ a young programmer at fictional Google-esque company‚ Bluebook‚ wins a competition to spend a week with the company’s reclusive CEO‚ Nathan (Oscar Isaac). Upon arrival‚ Caleb discovers he is to be the
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college athletics and in turn college athletes. The line between college athletes as Student-Athletes and college athletes as Athlete-Students has continued to blur‚ causing some major issues to arise with regards to athletics and academics. Some of the most primary issues currently affecting NCAA athletes are: academic support‚ the NBA age rule‚ eligibility and scholarships‚ and the academic progress rate (APR). Academic Support The perception of many student-athletes on college campuses‚ especially
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Paying Student-Athletes Paying Student-Athletes Imagine this; Mr. Perfect‚ a highly successful college football student-athlete‚ is shattering every record once held in the sport. He is on the cover of ESPN and SI magazine. His face is plastered on televisions nationwide. Everyone knows his face and name. He has all the fame that he dreamed of‚ but he has no money. NCAA rules state that no student-athlete can obtain a job. His full ride scholarship‚ after classes and books‚ barely
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There are many potential downfalls when athletes take the road to sporting achievement. In pursuing excellence‚ athletes take many risks. These risks are often well managed and calculated but non the less they are still risks (Currie & Morse‚ 2005). Researchers have examined the apparent nature of athletes developing eating disorders(ED)‚ acknowledging it to the list of risks that need to be addressed. Athletic competition often increases the prevalence of sports pressure that encourages the visibility
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