College football playoff debate

Chase Cummings ET Essay Thoreau and Emerson, a group of transcendentalist who brought great ideals with them, through a time of struggle in the mid 1800’s. The NFL, or National Football League, where stars can shine doing what they love for millions of fans. Just as Emerson and Thoreau present their ideas in Civil Disobedience, the players in the NFL still emulate their ideas, maybe not all of the ideals, but they all feel they consist of a “majority of one.” A first example of an NFL player…

Saban, Alabama’s head football coach, is one of the highest paid coaches throughout all football programs in the nation at nearly four million a year (Yost). Now, where is this money coming from to pay all the coaches for the different sports? For example, Alabama has a $70 million athletic budget that goes towards paying all the coaches for their sports, and other necessary things (Yost). Now, how will these programs be able to pay their coaches on top of paying their athletes? Well, the answer…

crazy father. Another manic Sunday at Cowboy Stadium. There are three different kinds of fans who enjoy American football: the crazed football fans, the bandwagon fans, and the diehard fans. Crazed football fans are some of the most fun to see.These people paint, dress up, or put glitter on there there bodys in team colors to show their crazy and ridiculous support for their favorite football…

Imagine being a professional college athlete, investing multiple hours in athletics and academics. Countless hours are spent training to become the best of the best to compete against the best schools. Athletes experience a toll on their bodies not only physically, but mentally as well; the level of training and commitment to the sport is easily comparable to what a professional athlete experiences. However, questions are raised as to whether college athletes should be paid to play. Oftentimes,…

Sports is a big aspect of high school life, especially the sport of football. The films The Blind Side, Remember the Titans, and Friday Night Lights, all revolve around the sport of football and how it manages to change the lives of the athletes. Among these films, the main themes I will focus on will be on the impact of being in a team and the influence an authority figure has on the athletes’ lives. I will begin with examining the theme of being a part of a sports team and how much growth it…

Americans as a society have developed a habit or a tradition of idolizing sporting events. More specifically, The Super Bowl. One part that Americans look forward to, the commercials. Some might not believe that these commercials impact our lives, but they give us a look into how others perceive each other. When companies use celebrities in their commercials, they try to attract those who idolize these people and their lifestyle. Other companies play on the viewers' humor to try to sell their…

kept up with the statistics through the newspaper's sports section and recorded the statistics by hand. By the early 1980s fantasy baseball was gaining popularity. Tom Kane Jr. and Cliff Charpentier wrote the “1984 Fantasy Football Digest” explaining the rules of fantasy football in details. In 2009, Fanduel was created and instead of people having a full season commitment they only have to play the fantasy sports for a day or a week. In, 2012, DraftKings…

Tipping competitions play an immense role in the popularity of football in Australia. Football tipping is a competition in which people pick the winners from a week’s or season’s games in a football league and as a result for winning the competition, can collect huge awards such as merchandise or money. These days’ football tipping competitions are seriously taken and are fought out fiercely in order win big. Competitors search wide in order to gain a possible advantage against their rivals and…

Football V.S Basketball Do you like playing football or basketball? Do you know the similarities and differences between them? Football and Basketball are the most popular sports all over the world and both have lot of fans who travel hundred of miles to watch their teams. But football is more popular across the whole world, on the other hand, Basketball is famous in the USA and Philippine. There are several similarities and differences between Football and Basketball, especially in the areas…

As this time of year rolls around, a popular question pops up between football fans everywhere. How is NCAA football different from the National Football League? Although the two leagues are only one skill level away from each other, there are rules that are not the same. Rules like the in-bounds reception rule, the knee down rule, and the overtime rule all have altercations when you transfer from college football to the NFL. According to the website “Newsday,” in the 2015 Alabama vs. Ohio…