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I Wish The Sport I Love – Soccer – Could Help Eliminate Injustice Around World, Erin O'Flaherty

UCF Forum

Every four years soccer fans around the globe focus on the FIFA World Cup, this year being held in Brazil. The national teams of countries compete to become World Cup champions in the name of patriotism and pride. I am a fan of almost all sports, but especially soccer – so I cannot contain my excitement for the upcoming matches beginning June 12.

June 4, 2014 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina

Faculty Senate

No abstract provided.

Triple Crown, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

By late Saturday sportsworld will know if there is a Triple Crown winner for the first time in thirty-six years. The last winner was Affirmed in 1978. No one could have guessed that it would be this long before another horse would accomplish this feat again. After all Affirmed was the third horse of the 1970s to win the Triple Crown. Seattle Slew won the Crown in 1977 and the great Secretariat did it in 1973.

Suppressing Desire As Culinary Discipline: Can Culinary Education Be Hedonistic? Should It Be?, Jonathan Deutsch

Dublin Gastronomy Symposium

No abstract provided.

Susceptibility To Eating Disorders Among Collegiate Female Student-Athletes, Cherilyn N. Mclester, Robin Hardin, Stephanie Hoppe

Faculty Articles

Context: Research has suggested that the prevalence of young women with eating disorders (EDs) is increasing, but determining the exact prevalence of EDs within the female student-athlete (FS-A) population is difficult. Looking at certain traits may help us to identify their level of susceptibility to developing an ED. Objective: To determine the susceptibility of FS-As to EDs in relation to self-concept, including self-esteem and body image. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: Athletic training and health centers at National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I, II, and III institutions via e-mail questionnaire correspondence. Patients or Other Participants: A total of 439 FS-As from …

Annual Report Of Undergraduate Research Fellows, August 2013 To May 2014, Office Of Research And Sponsored Programs. Morehead State University.

Office of Research and Sponsored Programs Reports and Publications

Annual Report of Undergraduate Research Fellows from August 2013 to May 2014.

Market Efficiency And Behavioral Biases In The Wnba Betting Market, Rodney J. Paul, Andrew P. Weinbach

Finance and Economics

The betting market for the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) is a thin financial market, which does not attract much interest from sports bettors. Given these characteristics, it is possible that profitable wagering strategies could exist for informed bettors of the WNBA. Using betting data on the WNBA from 2007–2012, we find that simple betting strategies do not earn statistically significant returns. WNBA bettors are like NBA bettors; however, in that they strongly prefer the best teams, particularly when they are on the road. Despite this clear bias, betting against the most popular public wagers is not found to earn …

Adaptive Basketball Shooter - Final Project Report, Jenna N. Becker, Richard A. Galanti, Justin D. Haley, Brett Y. Nayudu

Mechanical Engineering

The Friday Club is a joint venture between the Cal Poly Kinesiology Department and the San Luis Obispo Special Olympics that offers people with varying degrees of disability the opportunity to meet weekly and learn various sports and games. At Friday Club, athletes in wheelchairs with limited arm strength use devices built by Cal Poly mechanical engineering students in order to participate in various sports. Many devices are designed to attach to the Universal Play Frame (UPF), a wheel-chair attachment. The purpose of this project was to design and build a UPF device that will launch a basketball, so that …

Is The Nfl Responsible For Concussions Sustained By Players?, Lindsey Reid

Masters Theses

National Football League (NFL) players have sustained concussions while playing football (Casson & Viano, 2010). There is a growing controversy between NFL players, their immediate families, and the league regarding alleged claims that management should be held responsible for the physical deterioration of former players including compensatory damages for suffering. Family members of current and past NFL players claim league officials provided inadequate education regarding risks associated with playing professional football. Former players are experiencing health issues such as dementia, early Alzheimer's, chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), trouble concentrating and inability to work; in some cases these debilitating life-changing events have …

Gender Representation In Sports Communication, Michelle R. Stiller

Communication Studies

No abstract provided.

Congruency And Engagement Test In An Event Marketing Sponsorship Context, James Pokrywczynski, David L. Brinker

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

Intercept survey data collected at a medium-size Midwestern ethnic festival are used to assess how top-of-mind and aided brand recall are influenced by ethnic congruence among attendees, brand sponsors, and the event, and by the use of passive or engaging sponsor tactics. The results are contextualized by the Elaboration Likelihood Model. Attendees who identify as ethnically congruent are shown to perform significantly better on the aided brand recall instrument. Engaging tactics are shown to produce higher brand recall than passive tactics, as well as more favorable evaluations and higher purchase intent.

Economic Activity Analyses: The Need For Consensus, Dylan J. Kirk, Kevin P. Allen, David W. Shideler

Journal of Extension

Extension professionals have shown eagerness and creativity when it comes to providing programming justification. However, the potential for misapplication of two common economic activity analyses requires Extension to standardized economic impact and economic contribution techniques. Readers are introduced to the cornerstones of economic activity analyses and are offered interpretations on the methodology needed to conduct an accurate impact or contribution analysis. Additionally, the authors suggest several other essential considerations that need to be addressed when undertaking any economic activity analysis. Other Extension professionals should look to this article and either show support or critique the proposed interpretations.

The Sponsorship Model: Leveraging Extension Program Funds, Building Local Community Collaborations, Gary A. Hachfeld

Journal of Extension

Garnering alternative Extension programming funds has become a fact of life. A group of University of Minnesota Extension educators use what they call the "Sponsorship Model" to accomplish this. Selected programs are not marketed to program participants but are marketed to potential local community sponsors. Sponsors pay a flat sponsorship fee and are responsible for participant recruitment and selecting the meeting date, location, start time, and any costs such as meeting facility, refreshments, and meals. This process has resulted in greater participant attendance, less management work for the Extension educators, and the ability to generate revenue to sustain and grow …

Acceptable Violence, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

There are times when marginally related events converge and raise questions about issues related to sport. Such a convergence occurred in my corner of sportsworld over the past week.

The Murray Ledger And Times, May 28, 2014, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

Commencement 2014, Taylor University

Commencement

The program of the 2014 Annual Commencement of Taylor University, May 24, 2014.

Western News, May 22, 2014, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: WMU commits to climate change response; Celebration to highlight creativity, diversity, community; Teams of student-athletes make NCAA academic ‘honor roll’; WMU becomes part of Osher Lifelong Learning Institute network; On Campus with Norma Sylvester.

The Murray Ledger And Times, May 21, 2014, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

Gardner-Webb University Recognizes Recent Graduates, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

Gardner-Webb University is pleased to announce more than 700 students recently received degrees during spring commencement exercises held on May 12. Students earned associates, bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees from a variety of university programs. The University salutes these students and congratulates them on their significant achievements in higher education.

Undergraduate Assessment Report 2013, Karla Sanders

Criterion 4 Documents

No abstract provided.

Casa Director Feedback And Data Use Summary From Assessment Reports, Karla Sanders

Criterion 4 Documents

No abstract provided.

2014-May-20-Will Chesney, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.

Ua42/3/3 Commencement Program, Wku Owensboro

WKU Administration Documents

Commencement program listing graduates with order of exercises for WKU Owensboro.

2014 Otterbein University Commencement Program, Otterbein University

Commencement Programs

The One Hundred and Sixty-seventh Year

2014 Lynn University Commencement Program - Undergraduate Day Students, Lynn University

Commencement Programs

The commencement program for Lynn University's 2014 Undergraduate Day Students, held on Saturday, May 17, 2014 in the Count and Countess de Hoernle Sports and Cultural Center.

The commencement speaker was David Flink, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Eye to Eye.

A Qualitative Examination Of Player Perspectives On Corruption In Indian Cricket, Shareen Mann

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

In a nation of 1.2 billion people, divided by 29 states, 18 languages and various different religions; the sport of Cricket seems to be the only love the country shares. So intense is the power of Cricket that India’s political inclination towards other countries can be assessed from its Cricket schedule. It is a source of pride, economic benefit and political power; however the sport is currently facing numerous corruption scandals. The purpose of this study is to examine the popularity of Cricket related to the corruption issues currently facing the administrators, coaches and players. Specifically, this qualitative study examined …

The Murray Ledger And Times, May 16, 2014, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

The Minutes Of The Marshall University Staff Council Meeting, May 2014, Marshall University Staff Council

Staff Council Minutes

No abstract provided.

Proceedings Of The International Interdisciplinary Business And Economics Conference: Volume 1, Cihan Cobanoglu, Serdar Ongan

University of South Florida (USF) - M3 Publishing

This is the first volume of the International Interdisciplinary Business and Economics Conference Proceedings Series.

ISSN: 2333-4207

How Does The Amount Of Spending On Coaches' Salaries And Recruiting Budgets Affect Win Percentage In College Football?, Ashleigh "Alex" Watson

Honors Theses

College football has become much more than a sport for the athletes who play it and entertainment for the fans who watch it. In college football, especially for Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) schools, winning has become a way to make money. However, in order to make money, people must spend money. In a college football program money is spent on a multitude of things. This study focuses on two important factors, coaches' salaries and recruiting budgets. Specifically, this study looked to find out how the amount of spending on coaches' salaries and recruiting budgets affected win percentage in college football. …