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Exhibit 4.4

Exhibit 4.4

AMENDMENT

TO THE

GOLF GALAXY, INC. 1996 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN

     Pursuant to the authority granted to the undersigned by the Board of Directors of Dick’s
Sporting Goods, Inc., the Golf Galaxy, Inc. 1996 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, as amended and
restated (“1996 Plan”), is hereby amended by adding the following provision to the end thereof:

     “19. SECTION 409A. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein and with respect
to stock options that were earned and vested under the Plan prior to January 1, 2005 (as determined
under Section 409A, “Grandfathered Options”), such Grandfathered Options are intended to be exempt
from Section 409A and shall be administered and interpreted in a manner intended to ensure that any
such Grandfathered Options remain exempt from Section 409A. No amendments or other modifications
shall be made to such Grandfathered Options except as specifically set forth in a separate writing
thereto, and no amendment or modification to the Plan shall be interpreted or construed in a manner
that would cause a material modification (within the meaning of Section 409A, including Treas. Reg.
§ 1.409A-6(a)(4)) to any such Grandfathered Options. For purposes of the Plan, “Section 409A”
shall mean Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, the regulations and other
binding guidance promulgated thereunder.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing or any provision of the Plan or stock option to the contrary:
(i) the Board of Directors may at any time (without the consent of any optionee) modify or amend
the provisions of this Plan or a stock option to the extent necessary to conform the provisions of
the Plan or a stock option with Section 409A or an exception thereto, regardless of whether such
modification or amendment of the Plan or stock option shall adversely affect the rights of an
optionee; (ii) if any stock option awarded under the Plan is subject to the provisions of Section
409A, the provisions of the Plan and any applicable stock option will be administered, interpreted
and construed in a manner necessary to comply with Section 409A or an exception thereto (or
disregarded to the extent such provision cannot be so administered, interpreted, or construed).  
In no event shall any member of the Board of Directors or the Company (or its employees, officers,
directors or affiliates) have any liability to any Plan participant (or any other person) due to
the failure of the Plan or a stock option to satisfy the requirements of Section 409A.

     This amendment has been duly executed by the undersigned and is effective this 27th day of
March 2008.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.

 	 
	 	By:  	Kathryn L. SutterExhibit 10.1

Exhibit 10.1

SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE

DICK’S SPORTING GOODS SUPPLEMENTAL SMART SAVINGS PLAN

     WHEREAS, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc. (the “Company”) established the Dick’s Sporting Goods
Supplemental Smart Savings Plan (the “Plan”) for the benefit of certain employees;

     WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 7.1 of the Plan, the Company reserves the right to amend the Plan
and has delegated to the Executive Benefits Committee (the “Committee”) the authority to make
amendments relating to changes in the tax laws governing deferred compensation arrangements; and

     WHEREAS, the Committee wishes to amend the Plan to reflect the provisions of Section 409A of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

     NOW THEREFORE, the Plan is amended effective as of July 1, 2006 as follows:

	1.	 	The first sentence of Section 2.7 is amended to read as follows: “Change in Control means
one of the events described below.”
	 
	2.	 	Section 2.15 is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

     2.15 Disability

Disability means either (i) a determination by the Social Security Administration
that a Participant is totally disabled or (ii) a determination under the Company’s
long-term disability plan that a Participant is disabled if such determination
includes that the Participant is unable to engage in any substantial gainful
activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that
can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous
period of not less than 12 months.

	3.	 	Section 2.24 is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

     2.24 Performance-based Compensation

Performance-based Compensation means compensation the amount of which, or the
entitlement to which, is contingent on the satisfaction of pre-established
organizational or individual performance criteria relating to a performance period
of at least 12 consecutive months and that otherwise meets the requirements of
Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(e).

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	4.	 	Article II is amended by adding a new subsections 2.29A and 2.29B, which shall read as
follows:

     2.29A Similar Accounts

Similar Accounts means all agreements, methods, programs, or other arrangements
with respect to which deferrals of compensation are treated as having been deferred
under a single nonqualified deferred compensation plan under Treasury Regulation
Section 1.409A-1(c)(2).

     2.29B Similar Deferred Compensation Arrangements

Similar Deferred Compensation Arrangements means all agreements, methods, programs,
and other arrangements sponsored by the Company that would be aggregated with any
terminated and liquidated agreements, methods, programs, and other arrangements
under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(c) if the same Participant had deferrals
of compensation under all of the agreements, methods, programs, and other
arrangements that are terminated and liquidated.

	5.	 	Section 2.30 is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

     2.30 Specified Employee

Specified Employee means a key employee, as defined in Code Section 416(i) without
regard to Code Section 416(i)(5), of the Company determined during the 12-month
period ending December 31, and such employee will be treated as a key employee for
the entire 12-month period commencing on the following April 1.

	6.	 	Section 3.1 is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

     3.1 Eligibility to Participate

An Eligible Employee shall become a Participant in the Plan upon completion of a
Deferral Election in accordance with Section 4.3 with the approval of the
Committee.

	7.	 	Section 4.2(c) is amended in its entirety to read as follows:
	 

	 	(c)	 	The Committee may revise the percentage of Compensation permitted under
Sections 4.2(a)(1), 4.2(a)(2) and 4.2(a)(3) pursuant to Section 9.1(h). Any revision
made pursuant to this subsection shall apply to the Plan Year following the Plan Year
in which such revision is made or any other subsequent Plan Year designated by the
Committee.

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	8.	 	Section 4.3 is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

	 	4.3	 	Deferral Election
	 
	 	(a)	 	An Eligible Employee may defer Compensation in a given calendar year based on
elections made in writing (including electronic media) in accordance with procedures
determined by the Committee.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Elections must be made separately for each Plan Year. Elections are
irrevocable for a Plan Year even if a Participant has a change in status as described
in Section 3.2, including a Separation from Service and subsequent rehire during the
Plan Year.
	 
	 	(c)	 	In general, an Eligible Employee must make his or her Deferral Election
before the beginning of the Plan Year, except that an election to defer an incentive
bonus award designated as Performance-based Compensation must be made six months or
more in advance of the close of the service period for the incentive bonus award;
provided, however, that for purposes of an election to defer an incentive bonus award
designated as Performance-based Compensation, the Eligible Employee must perform
services continuously from the later of (A) the beginning of the service period or (B)
the date the performance criteria are established through the date an election is
made. In addition, an election to defer Performance-based Compensation cannot be made
after the compensation has become readily ascertainable.
	 
	 	(d)	 	An Eligible Employee who first becomes eligible to participate in the Plan
after the beginning of the Plan Year may participate in the Plan for that Plan Year
only for purposes of making an election to defer an incentive bonus award designated
as Performance-based compensation; provided, however, that the Eligible Employee
satisfies the requirements relating to such Performance-based compensation described
in Section 4.3(c).
	 
	 	(e)	 	Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Eligible Employee who became a Participant
in the Plan on the Effective Date was required to make a Deferral Election within 30
days of the Effective Date and such Deferral Election applied only to Compensation for
services performed after the Deferral Election.

	9.	 	Section 6.2 is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

	 	6.2	 	Timing of Distributions — Benefit Distribution Date

	 	(a)	 	Elected by Participant. A Participant shall separately
elect, at the time of each Deferral Election, to receive the associated
distribution from his or her Base Salary Deferral Account,

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	 	 	 	Quarterly Bonus Deferral Account and Incentive Bonus Award Deferral
Account in accordance with one of the following options:

	 	(1)	 	The date that is the earlier of (A) a
specific date that occurs no earlier than during the second Plan Year
following the Plan Year in which the amounts designated for
distribution were credited and (B) the date of Separation from
Service with the Company; or
	 
	 	(2)	 	The date of Separation from Service with
the Company.
	 

	 	 	 	A Participant may not elect the time for distribution of his or her Dick’s
Matching Deferral Account. Such amounts shall be distributed on the date
of Separation from Service with the Company.

	 	(b)	 	Failure to Elect. In the event a Participant does not elect
a Benefit Distribution Date, the Participant will be deemed to have elected to
have his or her deferrals distributed on the date of Separation from Service
with the Company.

	 	(c)	 	Six-Month Delay for Specified Employee. Notwithstanding any
provision of this Plan to the contrary, no amount payable hereunder may be
paid for a period of six months after Separation from Service for Specified
Employee. Any payment that otherwise would have been made during the
six-month period will be paid in a single lump sum on the first day of the
seventh month following the date of such Separation from Service.

	10.	 	Section 6.3 is amended by adding the following new subsection (c):

	 	(c)	 	Notwithstanding the foregoing, and subject to Section 6.2(c), if the
Participant’s total Account balance in combination with all Similar Accounts is less
than $5,000 at the Participant’s Separation from Service, the entire Account and all
Similar Accounts shall be distributed in a single lump sum, thus terminating and
liquidating the Participant’s interest under the Plan and all Similar Accounts.

	11.	 	Section 6.4(c) is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

	 	(c)	 	If applicable, the revised election shall be made at least 12 months prior to
a scheduled Benefit Distribution Date. If the revised election pertains to benefits
payable in installments, the revised election shall be made at least 12 months prior
to the first scheduled installment payment.

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	12.	 	Section 6.4 is amended by adding the following at the end of such section: “In no event
shall a revised distribution election be permitted that would result in an acceleration of
benefit payments.”

	13.	 	Section 6.7 is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

     6.7 Payment of Disability Benefits

If a Participant incurs a Disability, the entire value of his or her Account shall
be distributed to the Participant in a single lump sum.

	14.	 	Article VI is amended by adding a new Section 6.11 which shall read as follows:

	 	6.11	 	Timing of Distributions
	 
	 	 	 	Distributions shall commence as soon as administratively feasible following the
payment events resulting from Separation from Service (and in accordance with
Section 6.2(c)), death, Disability, Unforeseen Emergency, or Change in Control as
applicable but no later than 90 days following the applicable event. Distributions
shall commence as soon as administratively feasible following an elected specific
date, but no later than the later of the end of the Plan Year containing the date
or the 15th day of the third month following the date. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in no event shall a Participant have the ability (directly or
indirectly) to designate the tax year of any payment made under this Plan.

	15.	 	Section 7.2(b) is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

	 	(b)	 	Notwithstanding the above, the Company may terminate the Plan and distribute
the Participant’s credited Accounts in the form of a single lump sum. Such a Plan
termination may occur only if the following conditions are met, pursuant to Code
Section 409A and the regulations thereunder:

	 	(1)	 	The termination and liquidation does not occur proximate to a
downturn in the financial health of the Company;
	 
	 	(2)	 	No distribution from the Plan, aside from distributions
pending for the current year, may be made for the first 12 months following
the termination;
	 
	 	(3)	 	All distributions from the Plan must be made no later than 24
months after the passing of the resolution to terminate the Plan;
	 
	 	(4)	 	The Company must terminate all Similar Deferred Compensation
Arrangements for the impacted Participants simultaneously; and

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	 	(5)	 	The Company shall not establish a new plan of the same type
within the meaning of Code Section 409A within three years of the date of the
original Plan termination.

	16.	 	Section 8.3(b) is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

	 	(b)	 	Notwithstanding Section 8.3(a), if a Participant is indebted to the Company
at any time when payments are to be made by the Company to the Participant under the
provisions of the Plan, the Company shall have the right to reduce the amount of
payment to be made to the Participant (or the Participant’s beneficiary) to the extent
of such indebtedness except that the following rules shall apply:

	 	(1)	 	The entire amount of reduction in any of the Company’s
taxable years shall not exceed $5,000; and
	 
	 	(2)	 	The reduction shall be made at the same time and in the same
amount as the debt otherwise would have been due and collected from the
Participant.
	 
	 	Notwithstanding the foregoing, any election by the Company not to reduce such
payment shall not constitute a waiver of its claim for such indebtedness.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Second Amendment to be executed this 16th day
of May, 2008.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	     Kathryn L. Sutter
 	 
	 	 	Title:  Senior Vice President of  	 
	 	 	Human Resources 	 
	 

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