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A Better Predictor Of Nfl Success: Collegiate Performance Or The Nfl Draft Combine?, Michael Gallagher May 2019

A Better Predictor Of Nfl Success: Collegiate Performance Or The Nfl Draft Combine?, Michael Gallagher

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

NFL teams spend massive sums to ensure they are prepared for the future, but how should they determine whom that future includes? This study set out to find what predicts NFL success more accurately – collegiate in-game performance or the NFL Draft Combine. In the sample of 2007-2012 first-round picks, 191 athletes were measured in three NFL Draft Combine drills, two physical components, and a varying amount of ingame collegiate and NFL performance statistical categories, dependent on position. Secondarily, this work examined Power 5 and non-Power 5 players to determine if attending a more prolific program was predictive of NFL …


Women's Golf Has A Virtual Opportunity, Kelly Price-Rhea Jan 2019

Women's Golf Has A Virtual Opportunity, Kelly Price-Rhea

ETSU Faculty Works

Dr. Kelly Price looks at the ways new technology like augmented and virtual reality can help boost the coverage and popularity of women's golf.


How Motherhood Affects Professional Golf Careers, Kelly Price-Rhea Jan 2019

How Motherhood Affects Professional Golf Careers, Kelly Price-Rhea

ETSU Faculty Works

Dr. Kelly Price analyzes the evidence on how becoming a mother can impact an LPGA player's productivity, performance, and earnings.


Bigger Than Golf – Lpga Branding And The ‘Drive On’ Marketing Strategy, Kelly Price-Rhea Jan 2019

Bigger Than Golf – Lpga Branding And The ‘Drive On’ Marketing Strategy, Kelly Price-Rhea

ETSU Faculty Works

With the LPGA's 'Drive On' campaign, Dr. Kelly Price says "the brand of the LPGA is alive and well"... but it hasn't always been that way.


Does Golf Have A Pink Problem?, Kelly Price-Rhea Jan 2019

Does Golf Have A Pink Problem?, Kelly Price-Rhea

ETSU Faculty Works

I love my pink glove. My last bag was pink. I am glad I had the pink option when I purchased these items. But the question remains, why must golf continue to place such deep division within many of its product lines which continues to fuel the gendering (and arguably sexism) of golf?