Browsing by Subject "sports"

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    Concussions and Sports: Introduction
    (2014) Orentlicher, David; Robert H. McKinney School of Law
    While it has become clear that concussion is a serious problem in football and other sports, it is not clear how best to respond to the problem. When athletes suffer concussions — or injuries that might be a concussion — what steps should be taken? More importantly, has the response to concussion focused too much on management of concussive injury and not enough on prevention of harm? This article provides an introduction to a symposium that sheds light on a number of questions about concussions and sports, from both theoretical and empirical perspectives. The papers inform our understanding about the adoption, implementation, and effectiveness of state statutes and other policies designed to reduce the harm from concussions. Ultimately, we must ask whether some sports are so dangerous that they should no longer be played. It is one thing to assume risks to health when there are meaningful benefits to be gained. But there are many ways to exercise, develop teamwork skills, or gain the other benefits of competitive athletics without playing football or other sports that lead to concussion. Ultimately, the social value of violent sports seems to rest heavily on the entertainment they offer to spectators. And that should lead us to ask whether there is any legitimate role for the levels of physical violence that we tolerate in sport.
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    NAPTOWN RISES: HAS A SPORTS STRATEGY REAWAKENED A SLEEPING CITY?
    (Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, 2012-04-13) Godanis, Stephen; Thang, Lian; Hyatt, Susan B.
    Downtown Indianapolis is witnessing a dramatic resurgence. For Indian-apolis, a chance to host the 2012 Super Bowl is not only an honor, but an opportunity to rebrand itself as a “big league city” with Midwestern charm. From the building of Lucas Oil Stadium, to the expansion of the existing con-vention center and the recently completed Georgia Street corridor, to subsi-dizing the building of a soaring hotel, Indianapolis has bent itself backwards to be ‘cool’ and ‘sporty.’ Few neighborhoods boast the development that has become common downtown. This dependency on sports as a means for eco-nomic development blurs the distinction between public and private space. For our research, we target the “mile-square” as ground-zero for analyzing and observing how a sport strategy has transformed the once called “India-no-place” to “Super City.” We collected a considerable amount of information through literature reviews, site visits, mapping (ArcGIS), field trips, and in-terviews. In this poster presentation, we study how the vernacular landscape of Indianapolis has changed due to the reliance on sports as an economic development strategy. We also discuss the role of public-private partner-ships in the making of downtown development as well as the development of districts to appeal to the new ‘creative’ class. We hope that our presentation will shed light on the complex relationship between recent events and down-town redevelopment.
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    What are the odds? A preliminary test of a theoretical model of sports team effectiveness
    (2018-04-01) Wolfarth, Jacob Dale; Devine, Dennis
    This study served as a preliminary test of the Sports Team Effectiveness (STE) Model developed by Devine, Lindsey, and Wolfarth in 2017. The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which several variables help explain winning in professional basketball. The value of the STE model in predicting the winner of basketball games was compared to already-existing predictors of winning. Archival data from 435 games from the 2016-2017 season of the National Basketball Association (NBA) were examined. Bivariate correlations between each antecedent of team effectiveness and team effectiveness were computed. Secondly, multiple logistic regression was used to examine the extent to which the antecedents predict winning while controlling for the other antecedents. Finally, hierarchical logistic regression was used to examine the extent to which the STE model can predict the winner of the game above and beyond game location and opposition quality. The variables of game location, opposition quality, role performance, and number of contested shots taken by the opposing team were significantly related to winning. Overall, the STE model did significantly reduce model error above and beyond game location and opposition quality, giving empirical support to the theoretical model.