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The Bowling Center, 2004.
This paper uses a local bowling center, Pompano Bowl, to illustrate the various changes over the years in the bowling industry, which is part of the entertainment industry.
1,745 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 40.95
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This paper explains that bowling, one of the largest participatory sports in the world, is enjoyed primarily by the older population but has a place in the entertainment of pre-teens, families and middle-aged groups. The author points out that, due to the increasing costs of maintenance and equipment modernization, the cost of a family bowling night has increased dramatically making it more difficult to afford an evening out with the family. The paper relates that the decline in leagues has caused a steady drop in overall revenue in the industry; but open bowling style has increased, which indicates bowling is returning mostly to a recreational sport.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Provided Services
Service Demand
Cost & Technology
Market Structures
Economic Forecast
Conclusion
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"With the bowling lane now being controlled by computers, customers find that score keeping and other functions are very simplified. New computer software is used in controlling each lane and must be updated when available. The new computerized system was designed by the National Bowling Association, operates within the professional bowling guidelines, and costs over $100,000. A price increase was put in to effect due to the fact that the building was in need of repairs, such as new carpeting, new electronic consoles for each lane, and some roof repair. This necessitated a price increase. Several complaints and negative comments were made and the center also lost two of its regular leagues, who transferred to another bowler center."
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Inspiring Truth of Whit Baskin, 2005.
A biographical paper of Whit Baskin, a body builder who lost his physical abilities and got better without using drugs.
851 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 5 sources, MLA, £ 21.95
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This paper tells how Whit Baskin, a body builder and well respected man, went through a traumatizing experience in his life in 2000-2001 when he became a paraplegic. This paper tells how he got through the trauma without taking drugs, recovered and how he is now helping others stay healthy and drug free.
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"Whitfield Baskin was a normal boy at fifteen weighing 130 pounds, with high hopes of one day becoming a body builder. Whit started working out with a personal trainer to learn power-lifting, which included three exercises: squats, dead lift and bench press; Whit soon enter several local competitions. However local competitions were not enough, Baskin wanted to compete in the World's Strongest Man Competition which includes several events such as: the car hold, stone loading, log clean and press, truck pull, tire flip and farmer's walk. He decided if he wanted to compete with these other men, he would have to step his workouts up a notch. Baskin began coming home from school and tennis practice everyday, he would eat dinner, go to the gym for an hour, take a break, then go back to the gym for another hour."
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The Physics of Baseball, 2005.
This paper describes the physics involved in baseball.
1,244 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 5 sources, MLA, £ 30.95
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The baseball is a game that has become a science to many. From the phenomena of a curve ball to the excitement of a home run physical science plays a factor. This paper explains that in baseball there is more to the game than what the ordinary fan sees, however, many scientists have spent time studying this extraordinary game. This paper looks at the physics behind hitting and pitching.
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"In order to be successful in the game of baseball, a baseball player has to apply the laws of physics. There is more to the game than what people see. "Baseball is like church, many attend but few understand" said Wes Westrum, who coached the San Francisco Giants in 1962. A position player has to position himself according to the wind, the speed of the pitch being thrown, the type of pitch being thrown, the placement of the pitch, and the speed of the batter's swing. While a pitcher takes into account the humidity and the way the wind is blowing to determine the best way to put the batter out. All players rely on their quick reflexes and hand eye coordination to play our nation's pastime. In this brief essay I will discuss how the laws of physics apply to the game of baseball."
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Walter Payton, 2003.
A biography of football player Walter Payton.
1,955 words (approx. 7.8 pages), 9 sources, MLA, £ 44.95
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This paper examines how Walter Payton worked his whole life to be the best he could be. He broke records, overcame obstacles and accomplished many things in his life. It looks at how his achievements and ideals on and off the field have impacted Americans and the game of football forever. It also discusses how he showed his generosity through the Walter Payton Foundation and his support for other charities.
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"Walter Payton has affected many children through his Walter Payton Foundation. He organized the Foundation in 1989. This organization working together with the Alliance for Children Foundation were able to do many generous things in 1998. They promoted adoptions by cosponsoring the Chances for Children Adoption Fair, with the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services(IDCFS). This directly led to the adoption of over fifty children(www.Payton34.com). They established a job training and placement program for children, aged eighteen to twenty-one, who are graduating from the IDCFS system. His organization also provided Christmas presents for over thirty-five thousand children who are wards of the state. They established College Scholarship funds for children who have been wards of the state. "
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Performance Enhancing Drugs, 2003.
This paper discusses performance enhancing drugs used by athletes and states that they should be made illegal.
1,820 words (approx. 7.3 pages), 5 sources, MLA, £ 41.95
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This paper explains that performance enhancing drugs can be extremely harmful to the body and can cause many health problems; they also can get an athlete into trouble. The author points out that most of the performance enhancing drugs used today can be detected by quick and easy-to-do testing. The paper relates that a complicating factor in drug detection is that many performance-enhancing drugs occur naturally in the body; therefore, sporting bodies usually set benchmarks, above which, the athlete is said to be guilty.
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"The use of enhancement drugs while involved in athletics is not worth what a person can get out of the drugs. There is too much of a chance that one would get caught using drugs by a random drug test. Then not be eligible to compete in an athletic event. This is mostly true in high school and college. If a person gets tested and has performance drugs in his system he would be taken off the team. When this happens to a pro-athlete he would be fined and suspended for a couple of games. "As many as 7% of adolescent males and 4% of adolescent females are using anabolic steroids."
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Performance Enhancing Drugs in Sports, 2005.
This is a persuasive paper written against drugs in sports.
1,501 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 5 sources, APA, £ 35.95
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This paper takes a stand against the use of performance enhancing drugs in sports. The paper covers the legal and moral impact of drug use in sports and it also explains the mental and physical health side effects of taking such drugs.
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"If you turn on any sports show in today's world of media, you are bound to hear something about the illegal drug use in sports. There are many supporters for both sides of this argument. When it comes down to it, which is right? Is the world being too harsh on drug use in sports? Should more be done to help prevent the spreading drug problem in sports? Performance enhancing drugs in sports is not only legally and morally wrong, but it is also very unhealthy."
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Nike, 2005.
An overview of the Nike company.
3,325 words (approx. 13.3 pages), 15 sources, MLA, £ 67.95
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The paper begins by providing an introduction and history of Nike. It then looks at the culture of Nike and further examines the company's social responsibilities. A discussion of the manner in which Nike performs in the international market is presented, which is followed by an examination of how Nike manages conflict. It concludes with a look at Nike's organizational structure.
Outline:
Let Us Introduce You To Nike
The Culture of Nike
Social Responsibility
Operation in Foreign Countries
Diversity, Conflict & Employee Treatment
Organizational Structure
Let Us End With This
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"As business continued, Bill Bowerman was working on improving the designs of Tiger shoes and two new faces got involved in the new business, Nike. Steve Prefontaine, a gifted middle-distance runner at U of O and Jeff Johnson, who was a former rival of Phil Knight, got involved in Nike. Johnson was the first full time employee at Blue Ribbon Sports, and Prefontaine was the first major track athlete to wear Nike. He had a great influence on the design of Nike running shoes and Johnson was credited with giving Nike its name. Over thirty years later "Nike is the largest sports and fitness company in the world" ("NikeBiz")."
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Josh Gibson, 2005.
A paper about the sporting achievements of Josh Gibson - the Negro Leagues greatest all-time baseball player.
1,124 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 6 sources, MLA, £ 27.95
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This paper provides a discussion of Gibson's early days as a sportsman. It then looks at Gibson's amazing statistical feats on the baseball field. A look into what made Gibson into a legend is then provided, including a detailed history of his career.
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"When you think of baseball's all-time greatest sluggers; many names may come to mind. Such as Ruth: one of professional baseball's most recognized and legendary figures, Hammerin Hank Aaron: baseball's all time home run king, and most recently: Barry Bonds who is chasing the legends of the past records. But there is a name that is most often left out of the casual baseball fan's all-time great list. That name is Josh Gibson, and outside the most die-hard and in-depth fans is almost completely forgotten."
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Women's Sports Literature, 2005.
A study of the intersection of literature and women's sport experience.
3,941 words (approx. 15.8 pages), 5 sources, MLA, £ 76.95
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This paper is a study about how sports in literature reflects a dominant male perspective and why women's experiences in sport should be included in the curriculum of schools.
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"When I first read the call for papers about literature as a force for understanding or equipment for living, I recalled my own intersection with literature. For isn't the reader experience with text the initial sounding board? The ground zero for literature experience? And isn't our experience with literature a method of transference? So I couldn't help but wonder how influential my interpretation of what I read when I was young led to real life experiences, indeed life-altering experiences, as I grew up. Was I enacting my favorite characters or was I re-inventing myself, or is there a difference? Does what we read shape our vision of who we might become? If that is the case, then there is strong rationale for including sports stories about girls and women in school curriculum."
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Drug Use Among Athletes, 2005.
This is a persuasive essay on the controversial issue pertaining to performance-enhancing drug use among athletes.
1,500 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 5 sources, APA, £ 35.95
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This paper looks upon key issues society faces with the issue of athletes using performance-enhancing drugs. The paper argues that it is cheating when an athlete uses shortcuts to achievement when using performance-enhancers. It concludes that the wrong message is sent to our youth.
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"What if an athlete could ingest a chemical that would help him or her win an Olympic medal? There may or may not be a lot of responses to this question. Put it in another way maybe there would be more response. What if one of your classmates could brew up a concoction that would allow him or her to come up with academic papers with little or no work involved? Would this be fair? What kind of academic example would this be setting? Athletes who use performance-enhancing drugs are not only cheating, they are being bad examples."
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James Naismith and The History of Basketball, 2005.
Traces the creation of the game basketball through the life story of its founder, Dr. James Naismith.
5,050 words (approx. 20.2 pages), 5 sources, MLA, £ 90.95
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This paper presents a detailed look as to how Dr. James Naismith, Canadian theologian and teacher, created the game of basketball. The paper examines the influence he got from the game as a young child up until him experimenting with the early game in his capacity as gym teacher in the early 1900's.
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"After the practice, the captain approached James and asked if he would play in the team's next game against Queen's University. James accepted and for seven years James played without missing a single game. Even though, at that time, football was viewed as a tool of the devil, Dr. Naismith enjoyed it enough to block negative feelings expressed by fellow theology students."
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Athletes and Performance-Enhancing Drugs, 2004.
Shows that many athletes take performance-enhancing drugs to have an unfair advantage and examines how this effects their younger fans.
1,443 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 6 sources, APA, £ 33.95
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This paper argues that by glamorizing professional and amateur sports-people and their achievements or abilities, the media directly affects children and encourages performance-enhancing drug use. The paper shows that authorities need to encourage sufficient funding to enable research and provide testing in all regulated sports in order to put fair play back into sports.
From the Paper
"According to Tokish, Kocher and Hawkins (2004), there is a "potent marketing influence" on athletes to use performance-enhancing drugs. Whether or not they really work is not important - if there's a possibility that they'll work, that's a good enough reason for many athletes to take them. If by chance they are dangerous to take, and at this point in time the research just does not exist to refute the possibility, that is a chance they will take."
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Nike's Acquisition of Converse, 2003.
Examines why Nike's recent acquisition of Converse strengthens their competition against the likes of Reebok, Adidas, and Puma.
1,680 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 8 sources, MLA, £ 38.95
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This essay shows that Nike's acquisition of Converse increases Nike's competitiveness as they increase their overall market share through entering the 'retro'-style sports fashion market segment with an established brand, Converse, without damaging the positioning of Nike as an ultramodern technology sports brand. The paper explains that compared to Adidas, Reebok and Puma which may weaken their core positioning by their brand extension strategy, Nike will keep leadership in sports without leaving the 'retro' shoe market to their competitors.
1. Introduction
2. Why Does Nike's Recent Acquisition of Converse Strengthens its Competition?
2.1 Market Segmentation
2.2 Brand Strategy
3. Risks
4. Conclusion
5. Reference List
From the Paper
"Nike is the largest sports goods manufacturer in the world. For reason of simplification this essay concentrates on the sports shoe market only. The word "Nike" is used for both, the "Nike company" as well as for the "Nike brand".
Nike, as market leader, is especially known for its ultramodern, technology driven sports shoes serving under its corporate brand "Nike" the various sports categories: e.g. "Nike Basketball, Nike Running, Nike Tennis, Nike Golf" (Nike.com, 2003) with the 'best for athletes' image. This strategy is underlined by Nike's top sport star endorsements such as Tiger Woods, Andre Agassi, James LeBron etc.
The main competitors in sports shoes as well as in the other sports goods categories of Nike are Adidas, Reebok and Puma.
Converse, a relatively small sports shoe manufacturer, however with a long, 90 years' tradition is particularly famous for its 'Chuck Taylor Allstar', the first basketball shoe ever."
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College Athletes, 2005.
An analysis of whether college athletes should be paid to play their sports.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 10 sources, MLA, £ 36.95
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This paper discusses the issue of whether college athletes should be paid to play their sports. Included in this paper are interviews from numerous college athletes. The paper contends that college athletes should not be paid to play their respective sport for the simple reason that their current incentive package is more than enough payment for the job that they do. Scholarships, housing, plus the potential income that comes with a college degree are more than adequate payment for college athletes.
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"It seems that with every new year comes a plethora of new hot topics which overrun the news and dominate the print media. This year being no different, college athletes have become the target of many an ambitious sports analyst and have become the object of affection for numbers of respected penmen. With the recent explosion in the popularity of intercollegiate athletics, the question is being raised over whether or not the actual athletes who participate in these high stakes contests should receive a piece of the profit. High revenue athletes at the college level receive a scholarship, an opportunity, and so much more. To suggest that what they receive is not enough would be pure lunacy."
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