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Papers On Sports & Culture
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Language of “Locker Room Jokes” Analyzed
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A 5 page paper which examines the language of so-called “locker room jokes” in terms of values, assumptions, stereotypes and fears they reflect. Specifically considered are jokes based on gender, race, body image and social class and how the values and assumptions behind these ‘jokes’ translate from sport into everyday life. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: Lockroom.wps
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
A Sociological Look at the Business of Baseball
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This 6 page paper looks at the economics of baseball and how high salaries play into the overall concept of capitalism. Theories of Marx, Durkheim and Weber are used in the analysis. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: SA346bb.rtf
African-American Influence on Major League Baseball
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A 20 page paper
arguing that integration of the races has improved the quality of the game and positively
contributed to the professional development of baseball. The paper looks at conditions
immediately following Jackie Robinson's debut with the Dodgers and the firsts achieved by Larry
Doby, Henry Thompson, Willard Brown, Buck O'Neil and Ken Williams and others, concluding
that observed changes could not have occurred without the influence of these and other African
Americans. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
Filename: KSbaseballAA.wps
Are Baseball Players Paid More Than They are Worth?
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This paper evaluates the question of a player’s worth from the perspective that this is a capitalist country and that baseball is big business and it pays its players what it is assumed they are worth. In other words baseball salaries are a product of supply and demand. The very fact that baseball players are paid such tremendously high salaries supports the contention that they are paid what they are worth. The author also looks to the open market to evaluate the price of baseball paraphernalia such as logo clothing and even collector cards in order to substantiate player worth. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PPbsblSl.rtf
Baseball : Human Relationships
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An 9 page paper. In any organization, human relationships are formed and developed. These relationships may only exist at the workplace or some may carry them into their own personal lives. The same is true with sports teams. There are numerous relationships developed with baseball teams. This paper discusses the types of relationships that are formed between: owners and players, fans and players, coaches and players, and between and among teammates. The nature of these relationships and the effects of them are discussed. Two types of team cohesion are explained. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: PGbase.rtf
Baseball During The American Civil War
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5 pages in length. Baseball during the American Civil War represented everything that the war did not: It was a way in which soldiers and ranking commanders could return being just men as much as it was critical time spent regaining one's mental and emotional balance amidst overwhelming conflict. Albert Doubleday – a name synonymous with baseball – was a Civil War General who, historians have determined, was not the original founder of America's most popular sporting game. That notwithstanding, Doubleday's involvement in baseball's Civil War presence is what has come to represent the start of a national tradition. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: TLCbball.wps
Baseball v. Football
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A 3 page research paper that discusses the history of baseball and football and the perception that baseball is a more rural game, a more traditional game than football. Football is pictured as being faster, tougher, more urban, and, simply, more modern than the sport once deemed the "national past time." An examination of sports history demonstrates how these perceptions originated and that their validity is largely no longer applicable to these sports today. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khbv.f.rtf
Categories of Leisure
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This 5 page papers outlines the three main concepts of leisure; the use of residual time, leisure as an activity and leisure as being functional and then discusses the strengths and weaknesses of each concept. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
Filename: TElescon.rtf
College Football and Academics:
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This 5 page paper is an argumentative essay which asserts that college football players are not receiving a quality education overall. This paper discusses the reasons why this happens and the significance both to the players and to society in general. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: GSFootbl.rtf
Comparing Rocky Marciano and Mike Tyson
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This 5 page report
discusses two of America’s most famous boxers of all time.
Their lives and boxing careers are discussed and various
aspects of grammar and style such as metaphor, simile,
relative pronouns, and conjunctive adverbs. Comparing
Marciano and Tyson serves as an example that allows the
writer/reader to understand the ways in which the English
language is most effective and the ways in which various
styles and formats of language play an essential role in
explaining and comparing, as well as clearly making a
statement. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: BWgrammr.wps
