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Item Regarding policy in chronic traumatic encephalopathy as a transhistoric disorder(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Letters & Science, 2019) Negri, Adam Christopher; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Michael ReidyAn individual historian can be categorized as belonging to one of two mutually exclusive and exhaustive groups: transhistoricists, those that believe in an object's existence independent of external forces and its ability to remain fundamentally unaffected across time, or culturalists, believing an object's quality or features are dependent on the time and place of its reference. Disease entities have been examined through both perspectives quite fruitfully, expanding the whole of academia's appreciation of the relationship between disease and history. However, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, has recently been embroiled in a nationwide National Football League scandal wherein the livelihood of many affected retired players depends on the court's decision in the accompanying tort case to deal out appropriate justice. The nosological understanding of CTE is crucial in the debate - to include all affected players, despite dramatic revisions in our understanding of CTE as a disease across the 20th-century, all parties must recognize CTE, originating in a 1928 case study as 'punch drunk syndrome,' as a timeless entity that has undergone progressive iterations in categorization. In this instance, the culturalist perspective would render the disease's history sufficiently fragmented and prevent a cohesive narrative that includes all manner of diagnostic varieties. Even if antithetical to the present state of the humanities, the transhistoric approach is the only satisfactory perspective to uphold justice in the case of suffering football players.Item The reactivation of high school football in the city of Medicine Hat, Alberta(Montana State University - Bozeman, 1970) Zablocki, Ronald GeraldItem Computerized football scouting analysis(Montana State University - Bozeman, 1967) Parac, Thomas J.Item Understanding the role of stereotype consistency in college athletes' judgments about teammates(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Letters & Science, 2015) Burns, Maxwell Steven; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Jessi L. SmithHow do men use masculinity and sexuality norms to make judgments of other men? Past research provides mixed evidence in answer to this question. This project aimed to untangle the conflation of masculinity with heterosexuality norms to examine differences in how stereotype consistent (masculine/straight; feminine/gay) and stereotype inconsistent (masculine/gay; feminine/straight) men are judged. Using the highly masculinized context of collegiate football, two studies were conducted, one with a highly relevant sample and the other with a more generalized sample. Study 1 (n=86) was a field study in which current collegiate football players made judgments about a potential athletic recruit after being put under threat. This study manipulated the information given about the (fictitious) recruit's sexual orientation and gender role interests. Participants then completed several judgment ratings about the recruit. Results indicated that the threat manipulation was not successful. However, results did reveal a consistent pattern in which the feminine gay recruit was the most derogated of all recruits. The other recruits were all rated equally. Study 2 (n=107) used a more general sample of male athletes and attempted to experimentally induce high versus low threat levels for participants before rating the gay recruit who was described as either masculine or feminine in their gender role interests. Again, the participant's threat levels were unchanged by the induction. Among this more general sample, results of Study 2 found no difference in prejudice directed toward the gay recruit as a function of the gender role interests. When threat was examined at the trait level, under high threat the feminine gay recruit was derogated the most. Taken together, results suggest acceptance was shown toward recruits who were either gay or feminine. It was only when the recruit was both gay and feminine that they were derogated. This suggests that the culture athletics, while not totally accepting, is becoming more accepting of gay athletes unless they're perceived as highly feminine. The findings from these studies provide evidence suggesting that men who reaffirm their manhood (either by being masculine or by being straight) are less derogated than men who are unable to reaffirm their manhood.Item Selected Nebraska high school football players and coaches : a value study(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Education, Health & Human Development, 1974) Holst, Donald LeeItem The relationship of selected physical factors to football ability(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Education, Health & Human Development, 1976) Felton, Jeffry DanielItem Dietary protein versus supplemental protein in collegiate football athletes(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Education, Health & Human Development, 2008) Kirwan, Rochelle Dian; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Mary P. Miles.Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine if muscle hypertrophy and strength gains in athletes can be equally attained through dietary protein intake versus protein supplementation. Methods: Performance measures, body composition, and blood lipids were compared in redshirt football players who completed an eleven week protocol of either protein supplementation (S, n=6, 28 grams 3x/week) versus whole food protein (NS, n=9, 8-28 grams 3x/week). Subjects completed two 3-day diet records to determine nutrient intake. Results: Both groups reported meeting their protein requirements, but caloric intake was below the recommendation. Similar increases (P=0.003) in lean body mass were measured in the S (pre 72.2 ± 6.6, post 73.0 ± 6.3 kg) and NS groups (69.3 ± 8.6, post 70.9 ± 8.8 kg). No significant differences were found between the two groups in performance variables. For example, bench press increased (P=0.01) from 251 ± 32 to 264 ± 36 pounds in the S group and from 245 ± 26 to 256 ± 28 in the NS group. Conclusion: Both S and NS groups consumed on average at least the recommended protein intake and protein supplementation did not offer any performance or anabolic advantage over whole food protein.