Sports Commitment
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A 6 page paper on sport commitment involving the issues of sport enjoyment, involvement alternatives, personal investments, social constraints, and involvement opportunities. Each one of these areas of concern are discussed and defined in order to gain a more thorough understanding of the complex nature of sports psychology which is gaining much recognition. Details provided illustrate the many opportunities and levels of involvement that contribute to the issue of sports commitment. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: Sportsco.wps

Steroids Should Be Banned
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This past summer the baseball star, Mark McGwire, openly admitted that he was using a performance enhancing drug, a natural occurring steroid, androstenedione. The drug is available over the counter in many health and nutrition stores in the United States. This 5 page paper argues that the use of performance enhancing steroids should be banned from use by any professional (including Olympic) athlete, regardless of the type of sport or gender. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: Stoids.wps

The Boz / Applying Evaluative Paradigms to the Life of Brian Bosworth
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This 6 page paper applies three different paradigms to the life of athlete and self-prescribed “anti-hero” Brian Bosworth by evaluating the perspectives presented in his autobiography. This paper considers the trait approach to personality, a psychodynamic approach and a analytical approach to examining the life and perspectives of Bosworth as presented in the book “The Boz: Confessions of a Modern Anti-Hero.” No additional sources cited.
Filename: MHboz.wps

The Controversy Over the NCAA’s Baseball Bat Controversy
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This 6 page report discusses the controversy over the NCAA’s decision to limit the size and weight of aluminum bats and the implications that presents for baseball at bothe collegiate and professional levels. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: Basebat.wps

The Cost Of Major League Entertainment
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This is a 5 page paper that presents the economic realities of public funding for the construction of sport stadiums. It gives a short history of past funding sources. It then gives an overview of the costs incurred and explores examples of funding that was approved after the voters rejected the proposals. It concludes by citing the example of Green Bay, Wisconsin and their non-profit status as an alternative. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Sportax.wps

The Economy of Sports Today
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A 5 page paper which discusses various aspects of the economic conditions of sports today. The salaries of sports figures is discussed, as well as the economic conditions of cities and states who desire to bring professional and collegiate sports to their area.
Filename: RAsportsec.wps

The Effects of Sport Participation on Self-Esteem
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This 10 page paper looks at the subject of sport participation and its relationship to self-esteem. The self-esteem movement is discussed and the paper concludes that even if a positive relationship exists between the two variables, enhanced self-esteem may not always be desirable. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: SA30Sprt.wps