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    Professional sport and film industry are considered to be one of the most profitable activities and nearly everyone dreams to become a famous athlete or a movie star and receive much money for it. These careers are surrounded by numerous legends and myths related with the easiness of the work and the lack of any knowledge and skills. Nearly everyone thinks that it is easy to be an actor and play his role in the film or to be an athlete and run all day long and do nothing special connected with the

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    it and player salaries are no exception. Teams of different sport like basketball‚ baseball‚ soccer and football spend a lot of money on their players which is ridiculous not just for the fact that they paying that amount of money but the fact that millions of money which can be minimize are being paid to a player that if he decide not to play‚ no one will harm player‚ which brings me to saying that reduce the ability of the richest teams to bid up the price of players and‚ salaries are sure to fall

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    Drug abuse among professional basketball players is a problem as old as time. In some circumstances it may not be the athletes fault. For example when they are treating a minor cough or a cold‚ the medications used will sometimes contain small amounts of alcohol. On the other hand some athletes purposely abuse drugs for a variety of reasons. Some attempt to cover up the presence of other drug abuse but most abuse drugs because they will enhance their performance. The most common abused drugs in professional

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    Are professional athletes overpaid? This question continues to permeate conversations from the board rooms to locker rooms; to street corners and beyond. How much is too much money for an athlete to earn. Folks will argue that the money could be spent on increasing teachers salaries as they are responsible for sculpting the minds of the American youth. Athletes make more money in one day than most Americans will make in a lifetime. New York Times best selling author David Epstein posed the following

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    Don’t you think it is unfair that athletes get paid more than doctors‚ teachers‚ policemen‚ and firefighters . These people are putting their lives at risk and helping people while athletes are just playing a game ! I think that professional athletes should get paid less money. Don’t you think that it is unfair that athletes get paid more money than teachers and doctors because I know I do. To begin with Athletes get paid a bunch of money just to play a game. Athletes are getting paid a whole bunch

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    Do professional athletes get paid enough? Yes‚ they do‚ and for many different reasons. Athletes have to deal with large commitments‚ the danger of playing sports‚ and common life expenses. Often‚ professional athletes are offered contracts by a certain team or sponsor. Some of these contracts can be for a long period of time too. Next‚ playing sports has a very large risk for injury. These athletes never know when they will have a career ending injury. Lastly‚ athletes still have to pay for common

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    Two Professional Athletes Emmitt Smith and Jerry Rice both played College and NFL football‚ but for different Teams and they played different positions. They were the greatest football players in there Time when they were playing. Emmitt Smith also played football in high school and shined on the field there as well. He played football for Escambia High School in Pensacola‚ Florida. Escambia won the state Football championship‚ and Emmitt rushed for 106 touchdowns and 8‚804 yards‚ which

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    Imagine someone risking their life for a sport. Examples of the opinions of if professional sports are too much of a risk to athletes’ health or not and why include SOURCE 1: Weighing the Risks‚ SOURCE 2: Let Them Play‚ and SOURCE 3: The Professionals’ Points of View. This essay is going to be about if sports are a risk to athletes’ health. People should not be in aports because of there brain ( a concussion)‚ the risk of not playing ever again‚ and since there are people wanting sports to be more

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    Should high school athletes should play multiple sports or only specialize in one sport? Almost 7.8 billion high school students play a sport. Majority of them athletes play more than one sport. Playing more than one sport benefits Athletes because they could possibly get a college scholarship for one of the sports they participate in. With an increased emphasis on college scholarships high school athletes should play multiple sports because it reduces injury rates‚ creates more well-rounded athletes

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    opinion‚ professional athletes deserve their salaries because of their talent‚ the huge revenue they draw‚ the demands of their job‚ and society’s emphasis on sports and entertainment. Irreplaceable In order to be a professional athlete you have to be “the best of the best” (figuratively). To become “the best of the best” requires hours and hours of practice. These athletes are born with amazing athletic abilities and then must develop and fine tune those abilities to become professional; those

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