Word: sport
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although Nicholas concedes that injuries are part of any contact sport, he feels that the House football program can further insure the safety of its athletes, particularly by instructing the players on ways to prevent injuries...
Inexperience tanks as another prime culprit. Many sportsmen save their first taste of a particular sport for the House team, and frankly, their lack of fundamentals is often a hazard to both more adept players and to themselves...
...Rugby's a drink-up sport. We're trying to think up some dirty lyrics to sing while we play." Jacobson said...
...bike teams--I just figured that Harvard ought to have one too." A friend gave Smith a book about Harvard Clubs in the 19th century and he discovered that Harvard had had a University Cycling Association as 'early as 1890, dedicated "to the intention of broadening the sport into areas hitherto unattained...
...does not take a genius, however, to infer that Garvey envisions a new labor structure. Dissatisfied with the average player's salary of $90,000 (far less than the average in baseball and basketball), the union is seeking a deal that would be unique in sport. Under Garvey's plan-endorsed by all but a handful of the 500 attending the Players Association convention in Albuquerque last week-the union would take a fixed percentage (a proposed 55%) of the N.F.L. 's annual gross revenue. The money would then be distributed to players for the common good...