Corporate sponsors dominate sports
Businesses budget tens of millions of dollars for endorsements, advertisements

One of the most common sayings in sports is that “it’s a business.” And when players get traded, they understand that “it’s a business."
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Olympic boarder making it in slopes, business
Silver medalist using punk image, fame to make glove company successful

BRECKINRIDGE, Colo.—Danny Kass, the 2002 Olympic silver medalist in snowboarding, is notorious for both ducking and toying with the media.
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Recent Harvard report ties binge drinking to sporting events
Study finds sports fans most hazardous when intoxicated

(U-WIRE) IOWA CITY, Iowa—College students who are sports fans are more likely to binge drink than their non-fan peers, according to a Harvard School of Public Health study released last month.
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School spirit can go too far
Riots, crazy fans spoil fun for others

Rivalries between schools are commonplace in college sports. College administrators endorse it and coaches know their jobs depend on a victory. Where a contest between competitors gets out of control is with the vandalism, drunkenness and mob-mentalities that erupt in campus riots.
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