2. Football Origins: Harpaston Académie d'Aix-Marseille Harpaston was an ancient Greek game said to have had no limit to the amount of players involved. The purpose of the game was to get the ball across the goal line by kicking, throwing, or running the ball.

3. Transition to Europe Luckylab.com Superxv.com Harpaston gained popularity in Europe before it was banned by King Henry II and King Henry IV.

4. Journey to America ▪ The colonists of America brought, along with other things, what could be considered football to America. The evolution of rugby had a great effect on the rules of this offshoot game. Scrapetv.com

5. Growing Stride ▪ On November 6, 1869, what was considered the first football game was waged between Rutgers and Princeton University.

6. 1911 Carlisle Indian School Football Team Tiptop25.com

7. Organization ▪ The first pro football game was played in 1895, in Pennsylvania. However the first league wasn’t established until 1920, the American Professional Football Association. The association changed its name to the National Football League in 1922.

8. Football and Race Findagrave.com On September 16, 1904, Charles Follis became the first Haitian- American player to be publicly signed to a professional football team.

9. Football and War Football literally supported America during wartime. There were many football players who were either army veterans or still enlisted during wartime. Chuck Bednarik ran over 30 long range bombing missions over Germany in WWII. Profootballhof.com

10. Controversy in Football Recently, performance enhancing drugs have become bigger and bigger problems in the game of football. Drugabuse.com

11. Controversy ▪ Seymon Varlamov Ray Rice Espn.com Denverpost.com

12. PEDs Oprah.com Lance Armstrong Neilbrowne.com Floyd Landis

13. Domestic Violence Throughout history, there has been fighting in intimate relationships. So the appearance of domestic violence in sports isn’t surprising. It’s how it’s dealt with that is the concern.

14. BASEBALL ORIGINS Traces of baseball can be tracked 2000 years ago in ancient Egypt. Stooball: 14 th century French Monks played with stick and ball. Cricket British Game of Rounder (History of the Game)

15. AMERICA’S PAST TIME Abner Doubleday (credited founder) Knickerbocker Rules, Written by Alexander J. Cartwright. First Official Game 1845: New York Knickerbocker Baseball Club vs. New York Nine (Knickerbockers lost 23-1). First Professional team 1869: Cincinnati Red Stockings (Baseball Rules and Regulations)

16. MLB ORGANIZATION 1876:National League Founded, played with 8 teams 1882:American Association, 6 teams; played in cities that did not have a national league team. 1901: American League stems from the collapse of the American Association 1903: First Major League World Series; Boston defeats Pittsburg. National league champion vs. American League Champion (Burns)

17. NATIONAL LEAGUE VS. AMERICAN LEAGUE National League: officially created in 1867. American League: officially created in 1882 Each division is split into 3 divisions East West Central The only major difference between the two leagues is that the American league has a designated hitter for the pitcher so that he does not have to hit. But in the National league the pitcher is required to hit. (History of the Game)

18. SEGREGATION IN BASEBALL 1867: The Pythian Baseball Club; first armature African – American Baseball Club. 1878: Bud Fowler; first African – American Professional player. 1920: Negro National League; 8 teams. 1924: First Colored World Series; Between Kansas City and Hilldale (Philadelphia) 1947: Jackie Robinson enters Major League Baseball (Goldman)

19. WOMEN IN BASEBALL 1943: All American Girls Professional Baseball League. Founded by Philip K. Wrigley Created to help fill ballparks during World War II. The league played 12 seasons, ending in 1954. (History of the Game)

20. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Major League Baseball just like most sports has the occasional spout of violence from its players. Whether the violence is domestic or not they happen and they provide bad press for the sport and the team that the player is playing for. The cause of violence among many players is the ongoing stress of the baseball season and any injuries that the player may have obtained that prevent him from playing.

21. DRUG USAGE Early 1900’s; tobacco, Alcohol, etc. Narcotics Ex: Doc Ellis, Pittsburg Pirates Performance Enhancing Drugs Ex: Barry Bonds, San Francisco Giants ( Grant )

22. CONTROVERSY Mark McGuire Darryl Strawberry

23. MLB VS. NFL (SOCIAL MEDIA) (Baseball Player Salaries)

24. MLB VS. NFL (TV CONTRACTS) (World Series TV Ratings)

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