Investing in a New Fitness Club -- Finding the Investors
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This 6 page report discusses the simple fact that the business ventures that prove to be the most successful are those with the best investors. When the combination of an entrepreneur with a particular vision is backed by the strength of a financial partner who has confidence in the venture, an important aspect of the overall business effort is satisfied. This is true in businesses ranging from restaurants to manufacturing. This report considers some of the ways investors can and should be attracted to efforts to open a health and fitness club. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: BWinvfit.rtf

Leadership Approaches & Sports Management
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An 8 page paper that provides an overview of basic management styles and considers their application for sports management. Bibliography lists 20 sources.
Filename: Leadspor.wps

Leadership In Sport
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This 9 page paper investigates leadership and begins with a definition of leadership. The writer then reports and explains the three broad categories into which most leadership styles fall, trait theories, environmental theories and behavior theories. Transactional and transformational leadership is then described and explained. How charisma fits into the styles is discussed. The paper then turns to sport literature and describes cohesion and the need for role differentiation and interdependence. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: PGsptld.rtf

Major League Baseball and the Umpires Association
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This 8 page report discusses the controversies that have revolved around labor issues of Major League Baseball and baseball umpires. Certain fundamental labor issues are in force, however, the unique aspects of professional sports adds to the overall complexity of the process. The decision by the umpires to “quit” rather than strike in September of 1999 ultimately backfired on them and they have had to work to reconstruct some type of a professional association for collective bargaining. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: BWumpbb.wps

Marketing Research Study; Marketing Techniques Used by NBA Teams
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This is 4 page paper reviews a research article investigating the marketing of NBA teams. The paper summarises the article which assesses the value of different marketing techniques to increased attendance gains as it is perceived by the NBA marketers and the attendees. The bibliography cites one source.
Filename: TEnbamark.rtf

NASCAR Rule Changes
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A 7 page research paper (includes 1 outline page) that explores the new rule changes that NASCAR instituted for the 2005 season. The writer explores the ramifications of these rules in regards to making NASCAR racing a more exciting competitive sport for the spectator. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: khnascar.rtf

NASCAR, RULES CHANGES AND COSTS
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This 7-page paper covers recent changes and rules in NASCAR, and how those changes are impacting costs for team owners. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: MTnascarco.rtf

Natural Turf Versus Artificial Turf Sports Fields
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This 16 page report discusses the benefits and controversies that exist in the sports world regarding artificial and natural turf playing fields. In the big money realm of professional sports, playing surfaces are generally chosen and maintained on the basis of what is the most cost effective and least problematic. Concerns regarding aesthetics, the “feel” of the surface, and personal preference of the players have been thought of as secondary, even tertiary, concerns. However, a huge number of injuries have been directly blamed on artificial turf and have resulted in key players being kept out of a game or even put on the injured list for an entire season. This report examines a number of those concerns and looks at potential alternatives. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
Filename: BWgvturf.wps

NEW YORK JETS AND ORGANIZATIONAL OVERVIEW
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This 3-page paper presents a marketing overview of the New York Jets football team. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: MTnyjmarke.rtf

Organized Sports and Gambling
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This 10 page paper provides a history of gambling in organized sports and evaluates the trend. Concepts like point shaving are defined and discussed. Various real life examples over time are relayed. Suggestions for resolving the problem are included. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: SA612gmb.rtf

Parents should be banned from their children's sport activities
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This 3 page paper uses the case of Thomas Junta who beat a parent to death at a hockey game. While banning parents from children's games may appear ludicrous, it seems to be the best solution for the children. This paper explains why. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: SA722spt.rtf

Possible Career Directions: Marine Biologist or Personal Trainer?
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A 4 page discussion of these potential career directions. The student choosing an occupational path has a number of considerations to take into account. Even fields as apparently unrelated as Marine Biology and Physical Education (a field often pursued by Personal Trainers) in reality have a number of similarities in regard to certain coursework and career paths which could be chosen. Such fields also have a number of distinctions which the student should consider. This paper considers each. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: PPprsTrn.rtf

Professional and Amateur Golfers
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This 5 page paper discusses the difference between amateur and professional golfers. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: HVGolfrs.rtf

Professional Sports Stadium: An Unnecessary Drain on the Taxpayer
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A 10 page contention that only a selective proportion of the American public is interested in or profits either economically or recreationally from sports stadiums. Presents various statistics and economic and philosophic arguments demonstrating the unfairness which is inherent in requiring the taxpayer to foot the bill for the construction of these stadiums. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: PPstadiu.rtf

Purchase or Lease / Making the Decision for a Health & Fitness Club
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This 6 page report (which includes a 1 page overview of the paper) discusses the decision and the process of examining advantages and disadvantages of leasing versus purchasing a building for a health and fitness club. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Buylease.wps

Risk Management & Professional Football
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A 12 page research paper evaluating two common, but fairly new, business risk factors as they relate to professional football: sustained slow economic growth and increased (intensive) competition. The paper points to the dangers and consequences of not performing risk management duties well enough to ensure continued profitability, and for not evaluating the impact of changing external factors on their supporting fans. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: Football2.rtf

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