Thursday, December 30, 2010
Is there a reason that American Football is not an Olympic sport?
Second, they'd probably shut it down like baseball and softball. Thirdly, the shear volume of players as a small reason for the non-inclusion. Fourthly, there is no international sports organization for football
Football is an American Sports
That is one of the main reasons that football cannot be considered in the first place an American sports. American football isn't the only sport origin to this nation. Many sports such as baseball and basketball have extensive there reach to other countries. Football has never really extended past our continent. One reason may be due to the fact that football is a relatively newer sport. Although the exact date is unknown, we recommend that it began in the late 1800 's. much later than some of its sporty family members: rugby or even football.
They would shut it down like baseball and softball
Much to the disappointment of many American fans baseball and softball will not be a part of the 2012 London Games. One of the reasons is that the United States it so often that there really is no amount of competition that may come up against them. We can easily assume that if football was only in the Olympic games that the relativity theory would be impossible our talent in the sport to dethrone. See if there is no point in competing against the likes of the New York Giants of the Patriots in shear atheism, an indication that the same fate that has visited baseball and softball surely come to pass that on American football even after it was only in the Olympic Games.
An average football team has anywhere from 25 to 30 members. Twice as many people wouldn't be a big reason for the non-inclusion in the summer Olympics, but it currently only concern about getting the competition that is not from the United States to come and participate.
No international sport organization
By far the biggest reason that American football not joined the ranks of the Olympic Games to football is missing an international sport organization. One of the requirements of each sport prior to entering the Olympic Games is an international organisation established to govern the sport around the world.
The first reason, Given that football is an American sports, and that this sport not occur with other countries the imprisoned is not likely that any organisation in the near future are formed. Thus promoting the distance that American football would have on a trip to the games.
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
10 little known facts about New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick
1. He was born in Nashville, Tennessee.
2. He was head coach of the Cleveland Browns for five seasons, but in only one of them has his team put up a winning record.
3. his father played pro football for the Detroit Lions.
4. He studied at the Wesleyan University and while in College, he played tight end and the Centre of the football team while also excels in two other sports; lacrosse and squash.
5. The coach has a college degree in economics.
6. his first coaching job in the NFL was as an Assistant with the Baltimore Colts.
7. Bill Belichick has spent time as an Assistant or as head coach of the following franchises: Colts, Lions, Browns Broncos, Giants, Patriots and jets.
8. He was the last head coach of the old Cleveland Browns before they moved to Baltimore to the Colts. Before the team moved that he was fired as head coach, he would be replaced by Ted Marchibroda, who had given him his first NFL job in the mid-1970s when, as head coach of the Colts he hired as his assistant Belichick.
9. number of people who have served as assistant coaches for Belichick and gone to his head coaches elsewhere include: Romeo Crennel (Cleveland Browns), Eric Mangini (New York Jets), Nick Saban (Miami Dolphins), Charlie Weis (Notre Dame), Kirk Ferentz (Iowa), Al Groh (Virginia), and Pat Hill (Fresno State).
10. Bill Belichick's father was an assistant coach for the United States Naval Academy football team for more than 30 years.
Bill Belichick changed the New England Patriots in a team that is deeply concerned about every year by the other teams in the League. He not only instilled his trademark tough defense on the team, he has given them an infringement which it is difficult for other teams to compete with on the basis of game-by-game as well. A private person, Belichick will always remain a somewhat mysterious picture in this era where we seem to have 24 hour access to sports figures life. It doesn't matter how someone personally about Belichick already feels, you can't argue with the results that he and the Patriots have gotten on the field.
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
The violent sports-football, ice hockey or MMA?
So what's with all the rhetoric and discussion about MMA is a violent sport? Have one of these opponents ever saw a football game? Ice hockey? Rugby? Talk about violent sports! And these have already been approved and sanctioned!
Senator McCain and a lot of politicians on the bandwagon of anti-MMA, although sources close to senator McCain have me personally that he "comes around" and is willing to take a closer look at the sport. Well thank God for that, because what MMA was in 1995 is not what it is today.
A report from the Journal of sports Science and medicine, (JOSS & M) stated: "the incidence of damage in combat sports not enough reported already, it is important to the nature and frequency of injuries prior to the implementation of prevention programs."
In their study, they compared: "injury rates treated in hospital emergency services between different combat sports of boxing, wrestling and martial arts. A secondary objective described anatomical region and diagnosis of these injuries. Data were obtained on all boxing, wrestling and martial arts-related injuries that were in the national electronic Injury Surveillance System database and resulted in emergency department visits between 2002 and 2005. "
Their findings? "Martial arts had lower injury rates in comparison with boxing and wrestling for all diagnoses (p
Their recommendation? Stop fighting? Ban on MMA? Nope. In fact, presented the report "injury prevention efforts need to consider the distribution of lesions and concentrate on preventing strains/sprains in wrestling, concussion in boxing and wrestling and fractures for all three activities." So basically, as with any other sport, one must take good care and use preventive measures when training or competing. Okay-good to know.
Besides, I think that if an athlete is entering the ring to fight in an event of the mixed martial arts, we cannot assume that he's pretty much know what to expect and that he/she is physically fit and ready for the rigors of his sport? The JOSS & M report went on: "the findings of the present study offer no proof that combat sports alarmingly high rates of injuries resulting in emergency department visits."
Interesting. Hope Senator McCain read this report.
You can view the entire study here: injuries in Combat Sports. Then I'll talk about sports injuries in football and ice hockey. A little comparison. Should be interesting.
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Monday, December 20, 2010
How to beat the online football games How
Have you every went to your free football pick-em contest site on Monday morning, anticipate your name in the # 1 position in the standings only to find you in 27,345 place? You picked 15 right out of 16 possible selections and you were so far down in the list that you felt hitting the delete button on the contest site. Yep that is normal for the more popular games such as ESPN and the most important sports publications that hundreds of thousands of participants each year. But don't panic, if you really look at the above situation, you're really in 2nd place and only 1 game is reflected in the first place. If the maximum picks available were 16, and you had 15, most of the leader might have is 16 allowing you the 2nd place.
There is little doubt that go against that many people will be the race closer to the opportunities of a lottery than a contest of skill. Some of these "free" games offer some very nice prizes, but the big cash prizes usually come from the contests that kind of cash deposits. Of course, now is your chance to win improved if the number of participants is drastically reduced, but then again these contests are usually those that draw from the very good sports handicappers, those who are serious players in the sport bets and disabilities. Personally I'd rather take my chances with fewer people and a little effort to research the schema and the winners.
There are two types of football Pick 'em contests, those that require you to only pick the winner of the game outright, then the type that are played "against the spread". Again, you can make a huge difference in the number of entries that you're up against and the chance of someone getting a "perfect" map on a specific Sunday its outermost. A very good football handicapper is hard pressed to win 60% of the games that he picks up against the spread. The spread is a number that is assigned to the weaker of the two teams to even the score in a manner of speaking for betting purposes. The books of the sport in Las Vegas would not exist if they allowed bettors to just to place bets on who will win the game. So they make a point to even want to spread out the bets on each team as much as possible.
To win an online contest of any kind is very difficult because of the number of people that you're playing against. But you can cut the risk by playing in the races that have a small fee and you can further cut through to play against the spread. Either way the aim is to get as many winners as possible and hope between you do your homework and a little (a lot of luck) you can get more winners than all others. Here are a few tips for choosing the winners in the no point contests:
You can decide which of the two teams is the better team by just looking at the point spread on one of the online books or sometimes in your local newspaper. USA Today posts also point spreads on all games. The team that the minus (-) before the number displayed is the favorite. Example: New England-7 over the New York Jets means that the oddsmakers believe the Patriots 7 points better than the New York Jets in this specific weeks game.
Once you determine who the Favorites, look for the all favorites with point spreads with 7 points or more and pack them automatically in your contest. These teams will only lose the game straight up about 20% of the time. You then want to search for those teams that play at home and get either 3 points or less, or his beneficiary. This should be automatic picks. Now the fun begins. every week there are 3 or 4 games that are not covered in these scenarios, and these are the games that usually make the difference between cashing in the money and stretch of the season as just having a whole lot of fun.
Finding those 3 or 4 teams to withdraw from the region will need to do some research. Reading news articles, injury reports, watching game situations, revision weather etc. .... of course, now we get into the hard core handicaps, and unless you are experienced and have the time, your best and have fun. There is a resource that can help such as sports betting services and consultants, but you certainly don't want to pay for services for an online contest unless you were getting close to the cashing in on a great victory, but then came you this far without them, why should now switch.
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Thursday, December 16, 2010
The best performance of the running Back In New York Jets history
The New York Jets have a long and great history that has featured many important games, major players, and special moments. In all this time, the team is proud to be a number of aspects of the games, including the rushing game. The players that the position of running back for the team have played in the years some of the best players that the team has ever had. Some players and some performances rank higher than others. On 18 October 2009, Thomas Jones would have the best running game in jets history.
The unfortunate part of this game, a home game against the visiting Buffalo Bills, was the result. After all was said and done, the Jets on the losing end by the score of the 16-13. However, this was not due to a lack of effort from Thomas Jones side.
During the game, Jones performed on the ball 22 times for 210 yards and a touchdown. His dominant performance put him at the top of the list for rushing yards in a single game in team history, breaking the old record of 203 meters, which was founded by Curtis Martin in 2000. On top of that though, maybe the most amazing part of the game was that his performance had given him a yards per carry average of 9.55. Not bad for a player who has played on a handful of teams during his career.
Despite this achievement, the relationship between these wraps and this team does not continue. Jones would go to the Kansas City Chiefs the next season, but that October night in 2009, he ran the ball for more yards than any player in the history of the New York Jets.
The fact that they have a great team is not New York Jets trivia, it is a fact. finding little-known information about them can be fun. You can impress your friends, win bets, or just for your own personal enjoyment.
There are some very good resources out there for quality football trivia, and they are also easy to use. As a fan of a team or a player, you know how much fun it can be to learn about some of the less familiar things in the world of football. football trivia and little known facts are often the best part about the game.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Tiger Woods Ex wife dating again?
Nordegren, 30, has been spotted "kissing and cuddling" a 35-year-old South African classmate by a fellow student at Rollins College in Winter Park, Fla., where the former Mrs. Woods is studying psychology part-time.
"I don't know if it's gone further," the insider added about the couple.
Nordegren, who splits her time between Florida and her native Sweden, and Woods, 34, share custody of their two children, three-year-old daughter Sam and one-year-old son Charlie.