...Next, the soccer culture will be viewed from the player's perspective, in terms of: celebrities, deaths, ethnicity, and role models. When referring to the category of celebrities, it is important to note that players considered as celebrities are also known for their activities outside of their work and on the field. Having celebrity status means being hired by large sporting goods manufacturers to sponsor their products. Players such as world famous Pelé went on to become a UNICEF ambassador and even a spokesman in several large advertisements. Having soccer players like Pelé being the face of a campaign shines a whole new light on soccer and pulls even more people into the game. The British soccer player David Beckham is viewed as a trend-setter in England and across Europe, due to...
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...drugs and it's permeated our game” (Ueberroth). This idea of a cloud hanging over baseball and how drugs are permeated the game is how PEDs have spread through the MLB and ruined the league. The prospects see these great major leaguers using these drugs and look up to them, therefore start to take drugs. Teenagers these days are looking up to their favorite major league players, yet most of them are using performance enhancing drugs. If we find out that one of our favorite players are using these, we should really focus on the negative outcome of their actions. Lord of the Flies is a great example of what MLB players will do to conceal their drug usage. For example, Jack tried so hard to stay...
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...NBA is currently in the midst of a work stoppage that is threatening the entire 2011-2012 NBA season. This work stoppage has been all over the news in the sports world and has focused criticism on both the players and owners. The owners are seen as being greedy and playing the role of billionaires simply trying to maximize their profit, and the players are seen as being millionaires who are equally greedy and only care about making money. The news and players will have you believe that it is an equal battle, where it is just a matter of the sides meeting in the middle. The truth is that the owners will not meet in the middle because they feel they have the upper hand. These men have in the hundreds of millions of dollars, and are proven business men. The truth is that the majority of the players do not have college degrees, and the owners do not feel they have to bend to them. The only way to fix this is by improving the player’s education. An extra year of college will give players a greater foundation for their education, and make it easier to pursue degrees part time. The NBA should increase its draft age requirement to two years of college education in an effort to improve both on and off court skills for incoming players. Before the 2006 rule change, that stated players must be one year out of high school before being eligible for the draft, the NBA’s biggest stars were coming straight from high school. Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett, LeBron James, and many more of the NBAs most...
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...Analysis 10-3 Kansas City Zephyrs Baseball Club, Inc. I.Issues Why does net income not equal cash flows? Why do we need accrual accounting? (Why do not we fire all accountants and just publish summary bank statements) Why do the differences between owners’, players’, GAAP and truth number exist?(Can accounting numbers be neutral representations of what happened? What happens if a retired non-roster player (e.g. Joe Portocararo) returns to the active roster while continuing to earn the same money promised him in his guaranteed contract? Of what importance are the periodic net income numbers if the clubs can always be sold for huge profits? How should Bill Ahern resolve the accounting conflict between the owners and players? How much did the Kansas City Zephyrs Baseball Club earn in 1983 and 1984? Facts This case shows that how different accounting methods can lead a company to different positions. That is what Bill Ahern was selected on April 9 to focus on reviewing the finances of the Kansas City Zephyrs Baseball Club, Inc., which was bought on November 1, 1982 by five shareholders for $24 million, because both the representatives of the owner of the 26 major league baseball teams and the professional players association agreed that Kansas City Zephyrs Baseball Club’s operations were representative, and the baseball club entity was not owned by another corporation, and it did not own the stadium where they play. So Bill Ahern was reviewing their finances on April 17...
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...I.Issues Why does net income not equal cash flows? Why do we need accrual accounting? (Why do not we fire all accountants and just publish summary bank statements) Why do the differences between owners’, players’, GAAP and truth number exist?(Can accounting numbers be neutral representations of what happened? What happens if a retired non-roster player (e.g. Joe Portocararo) returns to the active roster while continuing to earn the same money promised him in his guaranteed contract? Of what importance are the periodic net income numbers if the clubs can always be sold for huge profits? How should Bill Ahern resolve the accounting conflict between the owners and players? How much did the Kansas City Zephyrs Baseball Club earn in 1983 and 1984? Facts This case shows that how different accounting methods can lead a company to different positions. That is what Bill Ahern was selected on April 9 to focus on reviewing the finances of the Kansas City Zephyrs Baseball Club, Inc., which was bought on November 1, 1982 by five shareholders for $24 million, because both the representatives of the owner of the 26 major league baseball teams and the professional players association agreed that Kansas City Zephyrs Baseball Club’s operations were representative, and the baseball club entity was not owned by another corporation, and it did not own the stadium where they play. So Bill Ahern was reviewing their finances on April 17, 1985. He had to make a difficult judgement in next...
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...Part B Creative Design Questions 1. What are the top three things that make a single player game stand out to you? A) FUN. This may be obvious but the most important part about a good game is whether is fun to play or not. To me, a fun game is game that has mechanics that work together to create interesting dynamics, and has a level design that properly challenges the player in the use of those mechanics. B) VARIED. One of the things that define a good single player game, or any game for that matter, is how the game’s systems prevent stagnation and repetitiveness. If a player is going to spend many hours playing a game the experience must keep evolving and demanding the attention of the player in different ways. When a game becomes repetitive a player will lose all interest and the game will fail. C) IMMERSIVE. The ability to create an experience that’s immersive. By this I mean how the game’s mechanics work in conjunction with the visual style, the music, and the story to create a cohesive experience. A good game can have solid mechanics, but a great game will try to mix that with other areas. 2. What single player games have exceptional player or AI systems and what makes them so great? I think that all Zelda games have great player systems. The success of the Zelda formula, in the realm of player systems at...
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...success a player has in baseball may determine each player's salary in the major league baseball. This survey will help determine whether a players skills along with the team's consistency to win has an effect on being offered a higher salary versus the other teams in the MLB. This survey will be used as a tool that is designed to have survey-takers contribute opinions and suggestions so that a collection of data can be reviewed to determine whether the survey-takers are in agreement with the factors mentioned above is the result to higher salaries in the MLB. Specific variables will be used in the survey questions and the results will show how effective each question within the survey is. There will also be ethically constructed questions to assure there is a good quality survey. The Purpose The main purpose of the survey is to increase knowledge in whether higher paid salaries in the MLB correlates and has a relationship with a player's skills and the number of wins accomplished by the team. Arrangement and structure of the survey will provide a vast amount of information for survey takers as well as for the surver creator. The survey creator will gather knowledge along with important information on the survey takers opinions on this matter as well as ways to improve the effectiveness of the survey. Design This survey will contain 10 questions to help the creator of the survey, have a better understanding on how the survey takers think about the MLB players and games...
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...Last year, the NFL revealed that it expects nearly a third of retired players to develop permanent brain impairments. Safety, especially when protecting an individual’s brain, should be highly encouraged, even more than it is now. Safety is highly necessary for hockey because the player can get seriously hurt. If the player does not have the proper gear, especially paddings and helmet, the body and brain can be severely damaged. Even in baseball, the player has to wear protective head gear because of possible strikes to the head. As studies show, violent physical activities can have detrimental long-term effects on the participants. Sports or games that have the possibility of leading to concussions should be banned. Just because the individual...
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...Assignment 2 – Final Project 1. Please explain the similarities and differences between the framework of the Leadership Challenge (A1) and How NASA Builds TEAMS (A2)? Please use as example the Case Study: New England PATRIOTS: Making the Team. Use your creativity. Model the way is the first of the five practices of exemplary leadership. In this practice, a leader needs to ensure that their audience understands and believes in something strongly. Leaders are expected to speak on and stand for matters of conscience and value to the organization. In order to do this, a leader needs to Find Their Voice. In other words, the leader needs to discover what they are passionate about. This practice is analogues to the Express Authentic Appreciation behavior in NASA’s 4-D team building methodology. In order to be able to express authentic appreciation towards their audience, a leader needs to be in tune with what drives the members of his audience. Listening to the audience, asking clarifying questions, and expressing expectations can accomplish this. The second subcomponent of model the way is Affirm Shared Values. This subcomponent is vital to the success of any team, group, or organization because as individuals, we each have different motivators, but if we share core values then building quality relationships can be accomplished. Address Shared Values is the 4-D behavior that when practiced aids in building strong and genuine relationships, which is a fundamental element...
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...Today in the National Hockey League, concussions have become a serious reoccurring problem. Some of the league’s best athletes have had to end their professional careers prematurely, because of concussions. Gary Bettman, the NHL’s President, general managers of each team, and the National Hockey League’s Players Association, have been trying to come up with a solution to reduce the numbers of concussions each year. The NHL’s regular season ended the second weekend of April. Soon after the NHL announced that this year the league recorded the most concussions ever. The NHL is failing to reduce the numbers of concussions each year. So we ask this question, is the NHL doing a good enough job of protecting its players from this serious injury? Sidney Crosby, the superstar of the Pittsburgh Penguins, and arguably the best hockey player in the NHL, has been sidelined with a concussion problem since January 5th. During the Winter Classic game on January 1st, Crosby collided with David Steckel of the Washington Capitals. After the hit Crosby laid face down on the ice for some time. In obvious pain Crosby skated back to the Penguins bench to talk to his team’s medical staff. Hockey players have the mentality of being tough, so Crosby took his next shift, and played the rest of the game. During his next game, against the Tampa Bay Lighting, Crosby took a hard check into the boards again taking a hard to the head. This time he wasn’t so tough. Crosby skated straight to the Penguins locker room...
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... Description of Bluffing Game The game is a very simple sort of poker. Be prepared to play either role (A or B) Both players put $100 (hypothetical money) into “the pot” before play begins Player A receives a card. 1/3 of time it’s “Good Card”, 2/3 of time it’s “Bad Card”. (Player B does not get a card.) After getting the card, Player A can either bet $100 more (“Raise”) or Not If Not Raise, game ends and Player A wins the pot (for net winning +100) if Good Card and loses pot (for net –100) if Bad Card. This is a zero-sum game, so B loses whatever A wins and vice versa. If Raise, Player B either gives up (“Fold”) or puts in an extra $100 also (“Call”) oIf Fold, Player A wins the pot automatically (payoff +100) oIf Call, Player A wins the pot if Good Card (payoff +200) and loses the pot if Bad Card (payoff -200) How would you play? Suppose that, before the game is played, your opponent is given the chance to tell you “how she thinks the game should be played”. (Suppose for our purposes that she tells the truth.) 1. “The way to play is to Raise given a Good Card and Not Raise given a Bad Card. This maximizes one’s winnings and minimizes one’s losses.” * If you are player B, how would you play, given that this is how she thinks one should play? * If you are player A, how would you play the game, given that this is how she thinks you play the game? 2. “The way to play is always Raise. That gives you the opportunity to win big. If you have...
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...their lives they have been able to learn from many different things such as professional players, retired players, experienced coaches and, other teammates. Players learn from actually playing the game, they are able to watch other players and watch how they react to certain situations and how they approach the plate during an at-bat. Also...
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...“Planning and Playing a Game” Objectives: * Learn how individuals contribute to teamwork. * Experience some of the features of group work and teamwork. * Understand what managers and organizational developers do to transform groups into teams. * Articulate the tangible benefits (both quantitative and qualitative) of high-performing teams. * Finish with an interest in learning more about these concepts and techniques to apply what you learn. Background: In game theory, there are non-cooperative and cooperative games. A non-cooperative zero-sum game has a definite winner and loser. For one to win, one must lose. A cooperative game is where everyone who plays is better off for having played than not having played the game. That is not to say that everyone is equally well off, but simply better off than they were before playing. Hence, even in a cooperative game, some people will likely benefit more than others. To understand why individuals make the decisions they do in a game it is important to consider the personality of the player. Personality is a term used to describe a great many feelings and behaviors. Literally hundreds of personality dimensions or traits have been identified by psychologist over the last 100 years. However, within the past 25 years or so, a consensus has emerged that, for the most part, the human personality can be described by five dimensions or factors. The Big Five personality dimensions include: extroversion, emotional...
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...Despite the similarities, how do video games approach storytelling differently than film, and does this affect the audience? The critical difference between storytelling in games and movies is how each medium engages its audience. Games transform the simple observer to a grand director. With active engagement, versus passive engagement, follows a number of other differences, including interaction, variable outcome, and player agency. The horror game Until Dawn is an applicable example of how the active engagement makes a game stand out from horror films with its outstanding...
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...frustrated or was enjoying the game through their facial expressions, did they cheat while playing or seek help from another person. How did they find the game? Was it easy or hard and how focused were they when they were playing the game. This is one of the best methods of getting feedback on how a game can be improved and how the game at hand is effective in disseminating educational knowledge and...
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