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Document Type
Thesis - University Access Only
Award Date
1990
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department / School
Geography
First Advisor
Lee A. Opheim
Abstract
Statement of Problem This study investigates the recruiting behavior of North Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football programs and identifies spatially the geographic points of origin and migration patterns of football players for a ten year period between 1977 and 1986. The geographical significance of such a study lies in the use of geographic techniques required to analyze the data presented. Hypotheses It is hypothesized that through an investigation of actual records of college football participation the locational arrangement of high school athletic production will be identified spatially by using geographic techniques. It is also hypothesized that through geographical analysis certain points of athletic production will indicate regions of significant recruiting influence in relationship to -the location of respective consuming points.
Library of Congress Subject Headings
North Central Conference
Football players -- Middle West
College athletes -- Recruiting -- Middle West
Football -- Scouting -- Middle West
Format
application/pdf
Number of Pages
132
Publisher
South Dakota State University
Recommended Citation
Wieseman, Lyndon H., "The Geography of Sport: A Decade of Recruiting in North Central Conference Football, 1977 to 1986" (1990). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 5362.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/etd/5362