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Topic: Amateur sports


  
  AllRefer.com - amateur, Sport (Sports) - Encyclopedia
By the beginning of the 20th cent., leaders of two major sports movements, the American intercollegiate athletic system and the Olympic Games (revived in 1896), had adopted amateurism, claiming it developed competitors who were morally superior to professionals.
As evidenced by the return of Thorpe's medals in 1982, amateurism by the 1990s was a concept of diminished importance and one more of technical than moral distinction.
The major organizations involved in the supervision of amateur athletics in the United States are the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), responsible for college and university sports, and the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), responsible for most other areas of amateur competition.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/A/amateur.html   (379 words)

  
 LII: Law about...Sports
Also, keep in mind that even though an athlete may be defined as an amateur by one organization, he or she may not be an amateur according to another.
A simplistic, yet useful definition is that amateur athletes participate in sports as an avocation while professional athletes are involved in sports as a vocation.
The concept of amateur sports includes a range of activities from an individual casual weekend athlete to high school athletics to extensively organized intercollegiate or international competitions.
www.law.cornell.edu /topics/sports.html   (678 words)

  
 CBC Sports: Olympic loss could hit amateur sports coverage
"I think that as far as amateur sports are concerned on the CBC, then, as I was saying earlier, our premise, our work had been based on the assumption that we were working as part of the Olympic movement," he says.
Sport B.C. says it would be a major blow to amateur sports if CBC Television cut back its coverage of amateur events.
"The amateur sport community relies on the CBC to broadcast all of its events across the country, and it would be disastrous for amateur sport if in fact that coverage was curtailed in any way," says Sport B.C.'s Bill Hallett.
www.cbc.ca /story/sports/national/2005/02/08/Sports/olympicvote050208.html   (382 words)

  
 :: Sport Manitoba ::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Sport Manitoba is the home of amateur sport in the Province of Manitoba.
The key leadership and funding body for amateur sport, Sport Manitoba is your gateway to programs and services and over 100 partner organizations involved in the development and promotion of amateur sport in Manitoba.
Sport Manitoba is at the center of it all, facilitating greater participation and achievement of excellence by Manitobans throughout the entire continuum of sport from grassroots and recreational levels to the highest level of athletic performance.
www.sport.mb.ca   (108 words)

  
 SportsPark Sports Complex
Amateur Sports is pleased to offer two very distinctive leagues for girls fast-pitch softball in the Rochester, N.Y. area.
Amateur Sports Officials are made available through the national sanctioning bodies of all amateur sports offered.
For more information on securing the services of amateur sports officials, please contact us for all the sports contact persons and their local area phone numbers.
www.sportspark.net   (838 words)

  
 Sports [encyclopedia]
Sports are recreational or competitive activities involving some amount of physical strength or skill.
At one time, sports were commonly considered to include only the outdoor recreational pastimes, such as fishing, shooting, and hunting, as opposed to games, which were regarded as organized athletic contests played by teams or individuals according to prescribed rules.
Many early cultures (e.g., the Aztec Indians and the ancient Greeks) incorporated religious and political elements into their games, but there was always a desire for recreational play that eventually inspired the codification of early games and the invention of new ones.
artzia.com /Recreation/Sport   (513 words)

  
 MASC - About us   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The MASC was created in 1987 by the Minnesota State Legislature to promote the economic and social benefits of sports.
Creating amateur sports events which attract out-of-state attendance, generating economic impact for the state.
Through the Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission Foundation, granted over $34,760 in 1999-2000 to help amateur sport organizations around the state.
www.masc.state.mn.us   (1060 words)

  
 Sports Scholarships.College Athletic Scholarship Recruiting.
A juco scholarship is a real alternative for athletes who want to continue their sporting careers at college level but don't want to undertake a full 4 year degree course.
Your sporting ability can pay for your degree and at the same time you get to do what you do best....Compete in your sport at an elite level.
They are not going to approach you, you need to be proactive and let the coaches know who you are and and what you have to offer their sporting program.
www.athletic-scholarships.net   (466 words)

  
 NASF - North American Sports Federation
NASF is a sanctioting body of multiple amateur sports.
We publish a National newspaper twice a year, conduct sport clinics for all sports above and we sanction and operate national and international tournaments.
The North American Sports Federation is a non-profit educational and program coordinating body for amateur sports for adults and youth in the sports of softball, volleyball, flag and touch football, soccer, basketball and baseball.
www.nasf.net   (202 words)

  
 AllStarTeamStats.com — Amateur Sports Management and Organizational Tools that Enhance On-Field Play With a Complete ...
AllStarTeamStats.com has multiple sports statistics engines that allows public viewing of amateur sports statistics as well as creates an online community through its various web page options.
Clifton, NJ (PRWEB) January 4, 2005 -- AllStarTeamStats.com, LLC, launches its innovative amateur sports destination (www.AllStarTeamStats.com) that provides athletes and fans of any amateur sport - from a team, league, middle school, high school or organization - with the ability to enhance on-field play with a complete online experience.
Its founders manage the Amateur Baseball Association in New Jersey (www.allstarteamstats.com/aba) and needed a quality website that enhanced the achievements of the league's players.
www.prweb.com /releases/2005/1/prwebxml193732.php   (1005 words)

  
 National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
America's shrine to the sport of wrestling, the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum, is a focal point for the past, the present and the future.
It preserves the heritage of the sport, celebrates new achievements, and encourages the youth of our land to aspire to lofty goals.
The John T. Vaughan Hall of Honors shows respect to the Americans who built the sport and the country, as well as the young stars of tomorrow.
www.wrestlinghalloffame.org   (402 words)

  
 Sportslink - The directory for athletes, trainers and coaches
If you are actively involved in athletics, the sportslink.org directory offers an extensive, up-to-date sports information and education resource specifically for people interested in athletic training.
Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles (Extensive Sports Library)
Psychology and Sport - psychologie und sport - Zeitschrift für Sportpsychologie
www.sportslink.org   (1086 words)

  
 SportsCombine
They're both seniors at Roosevelt High School in Northwest, varsity football players and, thanks to a new program that's under way, they've both taken on the job of sports information directors at their school.
By combining the power of a state-of-the-art national infrastructure with regional and local footprints, SportsCombine is positioned to introduce area franchises in your community.
Sign-up to be the Sports Information Director for your High School.
www.sportscombine.com   (571 words)

  
 Sporting Insurance.Com - Sports Insurance prize insurance, event insurance.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Sporting Insurance.Com provides sports insurance, with participant coverage, to teams, leagues, and federations.
Whether you are a sports marketer, fund raiser, event organizer, or retailer you know the value of people traffic.
We use a variety of 'A' rated insurance carriers that offer policies for events with under a hundred people, all the way up to tens of thousands of people.
www.sportinginsurance.com   (207 words)

  
 USA Boxing - Home
TWENTY-FIVE NEW NATIONAL CHAMPIONS ARE CROWNED AT THE 2005 U.S. Eleven new male national champions and fourteen women's national champions were crowned at the 2005 U.S. Championships, March 15-19, 2005 at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.
USA Boxing Coach Tom Moraetes brings the sport of boxing to a whole new group of athletes through a wheelchair boxing class at Augusta State University
he Grenada Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) on received thousands of dollars worth of equipment from USA Boxing through the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) on Wednesday, May 25.
www.usaboxing.org   (1358 words)

  
 USA Volleyball : Disabled
Sitting Volleyball is a team sport which can be played by disabled and able-bodied, by youth, juniors, adults and seniors, in any combination.
In October of 1998, U.S. House and Senate amended and renamed the Amateur Sports Act, to the current the Olympic and Amateur Sports Act.
Because some disabled sports are unique, it allows the USOC to recognize Paralympic sports organizations if integration does not serve their best interests, or if an NGB objects to integration.
www.usavolleyball.org /disabled   (1758 words)

  
 VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH GAMES
The Commonwealth Games is an Olympic-style amateur sports festival for male and female athletes of all ages and abilities.
The Commonwealth Games is produced by Virginia Amateur Sports, Inc., a non-profit corporation located in Roanoke.
The Games are sanctioned by the national governing body for State Games: the National Congress of State Games, the NCAA, the VHSL and recognized by the U.S. Olympic Committee as a State Games Participant.
www.commonwealthgames.org   (69 words)

  
 The Central Council of Physical Recreation
The CCPR is the representative body for National Sports Organisations.
London 2012 Challenge for British Sport - CCPR and BISL seminar - 22 September 2005
The National Coalition for Active Ageing was officially launched on the 22 June 2005 in the House of Commons.
www.ccpr.org.uk   (219 words)

  
 Welcome to CanSport, The Place for Canadian Amateur Sports Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Rugby’s world governing body is allocating nearly five million pounds ($10.8 million Cdn) for development of the sport in the United States and Canada.
Canada finished the round robin of the North and Central America and Caribbean zone men’s volleyball tournament with a 1-2 record after a three-set loss to Cuba on Monday.
Amateur sport in Canada could use a few more corporate executives in its corner like George Heller, CEO of the Hudson’s Bay Company, a major sponsor of Canada’s Commonwealth Games and Olympic teams.
www.cansport.com   (410 words)

  
 esportsdesk.com - sports administration and online registration tools
Our websites are available to any amateur or recreational sports organization, and include player statistics, schedules, standings online registration, and more...
Using our online registration system is a huge time saver for league administration as well as for participants...
If your sports organization is ready to have their own unique custom designed website at your own domain name and you are willing to pay for it, one of our private label packages is surely the solution for you...
www.esportsdesk.com   (294 words)

  
 The Archives of Ontario Remembers Ontario's Sporting Past
Join with the Archives of Ontario and remember our athletic heritage, including our own individual moments of triumph and defeat in amateur sports, those leading moments and personalities in Ontario sports history, and the citizenship of those businesses that supported and promoted sports and fitness for Ontario and Ontarians.
The photographs and other items presented here are but a small sample of the history of sports in Ontario.
All these and more can be viewed by visiting the Archives of Ontario, which is located at 77 Grenville Street, Toronto.
www.archives.gov.on.ca /english/exhibits/sports/index.html   (358 words)

  
 Home Page
Welcome to the web page of the Indiana Amateur Softball Association, Inc. We are in the midst of a renovation of our site and we appreciate your patience.
The Amateur Softball Association of America has been proclaimed the sole governing body of amateur softball in the United States.
This was done by the United States Olympic Committee through the Amateur Sports Act, which was passed by Congress in 1978.
www.indiana-asa.org   (384 words)

  
 Indiana/World Skating Academy
I/WSA provides for the physical and educational needs of both amateur and professional athletes in figure skating, hockey and speed skating.
The facility is in the same building with the Indiana Sports Corporation and headquarters of several National Governing Bodies for amateur athletics (USA/Olympics).
It is another reason why Indianapolis is truly the amateur sports capitol of the world.
www.iwsa.org   (278 words)

  
 Sportsplex Operators and Developers Association
SODA maintains a library of videotapes featuring sessions from past conventions plus video tours of some of the country's top sports complexes.
Get an up-close and personal look at some of the top sports complexes in the nation.
Besides your general complex facility insurance SODA also provides a comprehensive Participant Liability and Medical coverage program for teams in six amateur sports including, baseball, basketball, flag/touch football, soccer, softball and volleyball.
www.sportsplexoperators.com   (262 words)

  
 Bowl.com
United States Bowling Congress Hall of Famer Chris Schenkel of Leesburg, Ind., one of the nation's most popular and widely honored sports announcers, died Sept. 11 after a long battle with emphysema.
Schenkel was the announcer for ABC-TV's Pro Bowlers Tour telecasts from 1962 until the telecasts were discontinued in 1997.
Barnes, who serves as spokesman for USBC Sport Bowling, earned $220,000 in "gimmick" events on the PBA Tour.
www.bowl.com   (287 words)

  
 Morgan:News:2010 : : Bronze:Edition
The City of Williams Lake, in B.C.'s central region, and the Cariboo Regional District is to host a sport and recreation forum in May so that sports, recreation and cultural groups can get information on 2010 LegaciesNow and government programs related to the 2010 Games.
Martin will be accompanied by federal Industry Minister David Emerson and Stephen Owen, the minister for amateur sport and western regional development.
They were selected based on a number of factors, said Pound, and they aimed for equal distribution, where possible, of representation between regions, sport and gender.
www.morgan-news.com /2010/2010Bronze.html   (3979 words)

  
 Kids.net.au Sports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
- Profiles Canadian female sports heroes, answers basic questions about health and fitness, features current sports news, and identifies places kids can get in the game.
This site invites sports to experience the extreme sports of rock climbing, skateboarding, and in-line skating, and learn about training and equipment needed, techniques of the sp
Kids.net.au - Search engine for kids, children, educators and teachers - Searching sites designed for kids that are child safe and clean.
www.kids.net.au /kidscategories/Kids_and_Teens/Sports_and_Hobbies/Sports   (228 words)

  
 Amateur Wrestling Products and Gear - The Wrestling Company   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Summit Sports carries amateur wrestling products and gear from Asics Tiger, Infinity, Nike, Pinnacle Athletics, Cliff Keen, and more.
Summit Sports is proud to support the Amateur Wrestling Forum, a great resource for amateur wrestling discussions, e-mail, news and tips.
Register today and become part of a great community.
www.summitsports.com /wrestle.htm   (124 words)

  
 Amateur Baseball Umpires Association
The ABUA is the largest membership association for amateur baseball umpires in the U.S. Its purpose is to improve the overall quality of umpiring in youth league, high school and college baseball through innovative teaching and educational programs, and superior educational resources.
Perfect Game Inc. is the largest high school baseball showcase to exhibit talent in the New England region, featuring Lower Class and Upper Class players from 15 states.
Triple Crown Sports Baseball held a 30 team, 65 game baseball tournament on Cape Cod for the third time in two years, using fields all over the mid cape area.
www.umpire.org   (1327 words)

  
 Donations of Materials to AJHS Collections
In 1999, the Society initiated its Archive of American Jews in Sports.
The mission of the archive is to collect, preserve and disseminate materials and information documenting the role of Jews in American sports (amateur and professional) and the role of sports in the American Jewish experience.
Questions concerning how these guidelines would apply to specific materials being considered for donation to the Society may be directed to the Society's staff archivist or curator at the address below.
www.ajhs.org /reference/donate_materials.cfm   (592 words)

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