Learning Disabilities and the NCAA Eligibility Requirements
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This 8 page paper provides an overview of the central issues and legal problems surrounding the attempts by a learning disabled student athlete to pursue participation in NCAA sports. This paper considers the eligibility requirements for NCAA sports and how these requirements can be challenged by the Americans with Disabilities Act. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Marketing Individual Athletes
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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 should be paid, most others still believe that amateur status as defined as the NCAA should be rigidly defended and observed. Bibliography lists 8 source.
Filename: KSmktgAthlete.doc

Paying College Athletes
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This 10 page paper argues against paying college athletes. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: HVPayAth.rtf

Preferential Treatment Of College Athletes
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A 6 page paper in which the author discusses the preferential treatment of college athletes, how they are treated, and why they receive the treatment they do. Bibliography included.
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Sports & Money
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An 8 page research paper that investigates the relationship between big sports and big money. Sports of any variety, high school, amateur, collegiate or professional, have obtained the cultural equivalent of religion among the majority of Americans. Presumably, athletic competition is about skill, endurance and the perseverance of the athlete. However, even a brief overview of sports shows that while these qualities are present in the background, sports today is all about the money. Sports economics are based on profit, which depends on winning and winning is frequently based on who has the most money. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: khspmon.rtf

Strategic Plan for an Intercollegiate Athletic Program
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A 15 page paper outlining a plan to promote the "other" collegiate sports. The "big three" - football, basketball and baseball - gain most of the attention given collegiate sports, with baseball trailing at a significant distance. There are nearly two dozen other intercollegiate sports recognized and regulated by the NCAA, however, and most receive far less attention from local fans and media. Increasing budgetary constraints result in increased financial pressures on these other sports, and the five-year plan presented here addresses ways to increase community awareness of and support for these sports. The primary approach is a "grass roots" effort in which players and coaches visit local public and private schools, inviting students to attend their games. Tickets are required but will be freely given for two years, becoming more scarce in subsequent years so that competitions will be generating gate receipts and the teams will be contributing to their own financial support. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
Filename: KSathlPlan.wps

Sudden Cardiac Death in Sports
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(10 pp) 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 constitute the healthiest segment of our society. The death of a well-known elite athlete often emphasizes this visibility. Athletic field catastrophes strike to the core of our sensibilities and often galvanize us. They also inevitably raise a number of practical and ethical issues. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: BBcardac.doc

The Big Ten Conference
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A 34 page research paper on The Big Ten Conference, its history, state purpose, etc; The writer discusses administrative accessibility, enrollment, and various changes that have occurred over the years. Of particular concern are the conference's rules, regulations, & by-laws. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: Bigten.wps

The Debate Over School Mascots
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This 5 page paper presents an overview of the debate concerning school mascots. The use of American Indians as mascots and symbols is discussed in depth. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: SA231mas.rtf

The Effect of Black Pro-Athletes on the Black Community
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This 8 page paper acknowledges the fact that sports figures do influence children, young adults and are role models. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: BBblkath.rtf

The History of Basketball
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A 5 page paper on the history of basketball. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: RAbkby.rtf