Sport Franchise Simulation – First Half Reflections Introduction For four seasons now, Swansea City has enjoyed a foray into professional sports leagues as part of a sports franchise simulation. Competing in division three of the National Sports League, Swansea has been challenged to develop a business strategy that optimises profits despite their unique, franchise-specific limitations in revenue earning capability. Franchise management has been astonished to learn the extent to which these revenue
There are two conferences in the NFL, the AFC and the NFC. There are four divisions in each conference, each with 4 teams. The playoff teams are decided by the division rankings. The winner of each division makes the playoffs, with the two best 2nd place teams making it in as a wild card. The NFL made
The Barclays Premier League began in 1992/93 and since then has established itself as the most exciting and most watched league in the world. After numerous discussions with football authorities, players and television broadcasters, the First Division clubs resigned from the Football League in May 1992 and the Barclays Premier League was formed as a result. The inaugural members of the Premier League were: Arsenal, Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Chelsea, Coventry
What is football? Football is a sport where you can shine and show your potential talent. For most people football is not just a game; it is more than that, it is a job as much as it is a lifestyle. For most athletes, when you step out onto the field you forget what is really going on in your life. However, for a professional quarterback, you cannot just forget about the world and play the sport. The quarterback has many responsibilities since they are the most valuable player on the field, so they
American football, referred to as football in the United States and Canada, and also known as gridiron football or simply gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, which is the team controlling the oval-shaped football, attempts to advance down the field by running with or passing the ball, while the defense, which is the team without control of the ball, aims to stop the offense's advance and aims to take control
CHELSEA FOOTBALL CLUB LOGO DESIGN EVOLUTION I. Introduction Logos are icons, symbols, sign, or trademark that represents a product or company. It basically summarizes what the company is all about. the main purpose of logos is to help the public remember a product. It comes in different forms, sizes, or contexts. Some logos are inspired by its respective company histories. Logos should appeal to its target audience in order for them to trust a particular company. II. Chelsea Football Club The
of the 19th century and in 1902, the Southern California Football League was founded. The Southern California League, which was later renamed the Greater Los Angeles Soccer League, was founded in 1903 and would be the big thing of soccer for many decades (Litterer). Los Angeles fell behind San Francisco in the development of soccer, and both regions were held back by their isolation from the rest of the country. The California State Football Association had also been founded in 1902, and then college
the last few years, the AFC South has solidified itself as one of the weakest divisions in the NFL. In the past two seasons alone, a 9-7 record has proven good enough to clinch the AFC South title, and the division hasn’t seen a Wild Card qualifier since the Indianapolis Colts in 2012. Despite a usually competitive division race, the chase for AFC South supremacy hasn’t necessarily translated into interesting football. Last season, the Houston Texans managed to win the AFC South’s first playoff
British sports such as football, basketball, handball, and squash. Unlike the other sports there is belief that football originated in ancient Egypt according to Alaa Al Aswany of the New York Times. “The Greek historian Herodotus, who is thought to have visited Egypt in about 460 B.C. and again in 448 B.C., described the sight of young men kicking around a ball made from goatskin and straw.” However, it was not until 1882 when the Egyptians adopted the official laws of football and it almost immediately
television, the NBA has rebounded to become quite possibly the most popular league in the nation. It was through television that the league finally established itself as a worthy opponent to Major League Baseball and the National Football League. The NBA got its first television exposure during the 1953-54 season on the long-since folded DuMont network. At that time, baseball was still the national pastime, and pro football was beginning to take the spotlight as the favorite sport. Even college basketball