Browsing by Subject "Football"
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Is bigger really better? Obesity among high school football players, player position, and team success.
(Clin Pediatr (Phila), 2013-10)OBJECTIVE: American football is one of the most common high school sports in the United States. We examine obesity among high school football players, and variations based on positions, team division, and team success. PATIENTS ... -
Is the Blind Side Tackle Worth It?: An Analysis of the Salary Allocation of the NFL Offensive Line
(2013-05-03)The importance of the left tackle position in comparison to the other offensive line positions in the National Football League (NFL) has been widely debated amongst sports commentators, as the left tackle is traditionally ... -
Offside
(2011-05-02)For nearly a century football has been emblematic of the United States and its society. This will be compared against soccer, which is far and away the most popular and important sport in Europe. The United States economy ... -
The Adjudicatory Audible: The Impact of Social Media on the Punishments of NFL Athletes
(2016-01-31)Under its Collective Bargaining Agreement, the National Football League (NFL) has the ability to punish players who have been charged with a crime or arrested. Individual teams have the ability to punish players for off-field ... -
The Glass Ceiling of African American Assistant Football Coaches
(2020-03)African American assistant football coaches in college and the National Football League (NFL) alike face a gauntlet of challenges in their quests to become head coaches. Much of the systematic exclusion of qualified African ... -
The Impact of Collegiate Athletic Success and Scandals on Admissions Applications
(2019-04-12)This paper examines how the quantity and quality of admissions applications to Division 1 colleges and universities were affected by two non-academic factors: (1) performance of a school’s men’s basketball and football teams; ...
