"The sports business has become one of the fastest growing industries in recent years. Sports organizations now have the potential to generate massive amounts of revenue through a variety of different channels, including broadcasting rights, advertising and branding. However, th…
"The sports business has become one of the fastest growing industries in recent years. Sports organizations now have the potential to generate massive amounts of revenue through a variety of different channels, including broadcasting rights, advertising and branding. However, th…
"The rapid global growth of the sport industry has prompted the need for a more commercial approach to the management of sport clubs. This book is the first study of its kind to focus on the management of professional football clubs, providing a real-world insight into managemen…
Since Gary Becker’s (1971) discrimination theory, which provided the groundwork to investigate various forms of discrimination based on individuals’ demographic characteristics, wage discrimination has been a long-standing issue in labor economics and sport management. With this…
A vertical jump task is often performed in combination with a preceding movement which targets activation of the stretch-shortening cycle by a series of eccentric and concentric muscle contractions. Properties of the soft tissues involved can be altered by an athlete’s training …
Athletic coaches serve as important leadership figures for secondary educational organizations and wield significant influence in the lives of student-athletes. Athletic coaches’ influence extends across school types, including both public and private schools. However, limited r…
Namibian history cannot be written without reflecting on the colonial oppression of the natives at the hands of the German and South African apartheid governments. The aftermath of colonialism brought about high levels of social and economic disparity between various communities…
In sporting industries, including the golf industry, there is a long-standing history of gendered practices events, exclusion, and “typical ‘ expectations” (Breger et al. 2019 p. 274 These practice are evident in golf through gendered language, gendered dress code, gendered hist…
Con cánticos, gritos, banderas e instrumentos musicales, las barras bravas aportan color a los estadios durante los partidos de futbol en México. No obstante, la pasión por un equipo, el alcohol y las drogas puede desembocar en actos violentos e inseguridad para todos los asiste…
Division I college athletics represents the pinnacle of amateur sports. With the high level of physical demand athletes endure, injuries are a common occurrence. To assist the athletes with their return to play, athletic trainers (ATs) provide orthopedic evaluation and diagnosis…
The examination of debate competition is significant as it has a history that dates back thousands of years, and studies have shown that the current competitive activity carries with it numerous benefits for its participants. Despite its history, there has been little leadership…
On the campus of Brigham Young University (BYU) sits a 66,000-seat stadium that bears the name of a college football hall of fame coach LaVell Edwards (1930-2016). While pursuing his doctorate, Edwards (1978) decided to focus his dissertation on college recruiting and significan…
Title IX of the Education Amendments Act was signed into law on June 23, 1972. The goal of the legislation which was signed into law by President Nixon was to correct shortcomings of the historic Civil Rights Act of 1964 that allowed for equal access to education opportunities f…
Intercollegiate athletics play a substantial role in the lives of student-athletes. An abundance of researchers have explored the dynamic relationship between athletic involvement and academic performance in athletes; however, very few researchers have explored the impact of tea…
Many factors potentially influence a young athlete’s sport enjoyment and commitment. Social agents, such as parents, explain a large part of the variance in youth sport experiences. While research suggests the environment created by parents’ impact athlete sport experiences, it …
Previous research has shown that excessive penalties, religion, and arrests prior to entering the National Football League have an effect on illegal behavior while playing. Building on existing research, this dissertation hypothesizes that variables such as being Drafted or Undr…
The experience of the female long distance runner, situated in the wider culture and economically driven system of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA), is unique and deserving of its own exploration into the ways that females shape their identities, accept certa…
