Academic papers on Sports & Issues In Sports Management

Sudden Cardiac Death in Sports
(10pp) Sudden deaths in athletes are usually caused by previously unsuspected cardiovascular disease. Such an event often assumes a high public profile because of the generally held perception that trained athletes are one of the healthiest...
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Enhancing the Image of Errant Professional Sports Figures
A 10 page paper discussing workable approaches to professional sports teams' crisis management. The paper uses Panthers' Rae Carruth and the Baltimore Ravens' Ray Lewis as examples. Carruth was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in...
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Athletes as Role Models
A six page paper which considers the way in which professional athletes have become perceived by society as role models, and the extent to which this has a detrimental effect on the attitudes and behaviour of young people. The paper looks at how...
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Gore Canyon
A 6 page paper which provides an overview of Gore Canyon which lies on the Colorado River. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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How Technology Has Affected the Olympics
This 5 page paper looks at the Olympics since the turn of the twentieth century and talks about how technological change has affected the games. Changes concerning sports equipment as well as advances in communication and transportation are...
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Collective Bargaining in Professional Baseball
(10 pp). Collective bargaining, in professional sports is less than four decades old, and like any other event in human activity, has both, its "goods" and its "bads." This discussion will consider the definition of collective bargaining,...
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Schooling Young Horses
5 pages in length. Two of the horse world's most respected equestrians are George Morris and Anne Kursinski. Each have authored a book entailing the training of hunter/jumper sport horses. Kursinski, who considers Morris as a mentor, was also...
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Hockey Community and the Vancouver Canucks
This 6 page report discusses the enthusiasm and camaraderie that exists within the hockey community on the part of the most fervent fans. Their support and hope serves as the core of their sports fan community but the fact that the team has had...
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Football Past and Present
7 pages. This paper is an overview of the history of American football and its relation to football as we know it today. Comparisons are made between players in the first football league to those of today's players, as well as information on...
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Football: Yesterday and Today
A 7 page paper which discuses the differences between football in history and football today. Subjects covered include attitudes, lifestyles, and pay. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Marketing Individual Athletes
A 5 page paper arguing against the practice of marketing individual college athletes either to professional sports organizations or to local fans in the interest of greater sales of licensed products. Though some believe that collegiate players...
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Desegregation: Spring Training in Baseball
A 5 page paper which discusses the subject of desegregation as it involves spring training, playing, and teams in the sport of baseball. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Golf Safety
A 5 page paper discussing dangers on the golf course other than lightning, ones generally not recognized or otherwise not sufficiently addressed. Cardiac arrest is the leading cause of death on the golf course, and there are a growing number of...
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A five page paper which looks at the widespread social problem of teenage gambling, particularly in relation to college sports, and considers the various ways the problem could be addressed in terms of public attitudes to gambling, legislation and...
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