Why recess should be in middle school OMG! Every day, it's just work work work. I need a brain break, not in a day, a week, or a month, I need freetime now. Recess is essential for for health and well being. So there fore, recess should be allowed in middle school for the health benefits recess provides. Well according to the study of the Robert Wood johnson Foundation, it was confirmed that 42% of the kids in the U.S. get their daily workout from non-other than recess. Teens/kids are not only getting…
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When discussing obnoxious, loud, and drunken fans at a collegiate football game, LSU fans are notorious for this, as is the reputation of “Death Valley” entirely. Why is this? Well, down in Louisiana, whether it is a football game, Mardi Gras parade, or a general get together, “Louisianians” are known for their partying and alcohol intake. Almost every “Louisianian” can tell you the motto: “laissez le bon temps roulet.” This French saying means “let the good times roll,” and to achieve this, most…
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The Dangers of Football Concussions and ACL injuries are becoming more common in all ages of football, but more can be done to prevent them. Concussions are much more dangerous than they seem. Concussions are defined as an injury to the brain or spinal cord due to jarring from a blow or fall (dictionary.com). Football is one of the main causes of concussions. ACL injuries can be even more detrimental from a player’s career standpoint. ACL injuries often sideline people for the rest of their…
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Golden Age of Sports. Since Football is a large portion of the fame of sports. Fans witness contact, violence, bloodshed, man pitted against man, strength against strength. The vicarious element is present during every game. People are able to go from being a nobody to running to the end zone, scoring the winning touchdown. Sports is so widely watched because its intensely serious endeavors rooted in the values and tradition of civilization. So, when college football came along, hundreds of thousands…
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scholarships (R. Finkel, T. Martin, and J. Paley, “Schooled: The Price of College Sports”). Every year the student athletes have to sign a contract presenting them as an amateur athlete that cannot be paid or receive any endorsements from companies or the school. The failure to sign the agreement would give the NCAA the right to ban the athlete from playing his or her sport and revoke the scholarship received. Therefore, being under contract, the student athletes are obliged to follow the rules created by…
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The summer before my Junior year, I was playing 7on7 football with my school against many other schools from around the area. On the first game out of four I was blocking this guy and when he cut back on his passing route I planted to change my direction, and my knee pumped. I had no logical idea of what had just happened, but the pain was immense. I went to the sidelines and my friends told me that I should stop crying and play the game that I was there to play. Running up and down the field, I…
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want their own religion to be taught to their kids in school so they know more about it in the future and so they get people to convert to their religion easier because they know more about it. The first amendment states that “congress shall make no law respecting establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” Now a days they have separation of church and state. Many people believe that praying in public like at a football game or graduations it is nothing different from one…
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The historic push by football players at Northwestern University to unionize is a sign of seismic changes now sweeping through college sports. Hanging in the balance is the idea of the amateur student-athlete that has defined college sports for generations yet is under attack as an anachronistic farce. Current and former players are turning to lawsuits to try to dismantle what they call an unfair system that generates billions of dollars yet gives them only a scholarship as compensation. So far,…
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perience with football and the negative aspects that it brings involving our bodies, injuries and coaches. McMurtry goes into detail on explain the many different injuries that he suffered while playing football at a high school, college and professional level. McMurtry also explains how football fans and coaches can be oblivious concerning the impacts that the players actually absorb during the game and how it seems that they are only satisfied if someone hit hard. Football nowadays is completely different to football from 30 years ago…
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Students Being Allowed to Leave Campus During Lunch Students spend most of their day sitting in classrooms. Eight periods each day for five days a week can become tiring and students should be allowed a break in the middle of the day, away from school. Although many parents oppose an open campus during lunch, it would give students the break they need. Students should to be able to leave school during lunch because the school would be able to provide lunch for less people and less crowded cafeterias…
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