American Olympic athletes should be paid more money for training and competing. They currently do not make enough which is leading to less than optimal performance for the American team. Most olympians are making less than $15‚000 per year(less than minimum wage)‚ which makes it tough for them to train to their potential and win. America’s top athletes are going to play football‚ basketball‚ or baseball instead of competing in the Olympics. We are also being beat by other countries that pay and value
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Nicholas Cubillas Jillian Swisher English102- #37 November 12th‚ 2012 Keeping College Sports In Line Should college athletes really be labeled as ‘employees’ eligible to be paid by the universities they attend? Or should the laws enacted by the National College Athletic Association (NCAA) remain unchanged leaving players unpaid? Whether or not college athletes should be paid has always been a relevant and controversial topic in the sports world. As a student at a Division 1 sports school and
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College sports have been around for many years now. Many college athletes have come and gone‚ playing for their respective school. Before‚ college athletes would participate in college sports for college spirit and to represent their school. In today’s time‚ many NCAA Division 1 college games are being televised and promoted by the colleges themselves. According to U.S News “The NCAA‚ as a whole‚ makes 6 billion dollars annually”. Many colleges also have wealthy supporters who spend lots of many
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the Milwaukee Bucks have Brandon Jennings. There have been these athletes and many more who fit into that category. These three men are in an elite group of their own‚ each of them didn’t attend a single class in college‚ and as a matter of fact they didn’t play a single minute of college basketball. Lebron James‚ Kobe Bryant‚ Dwight Howard and Brandon Jennings skipped college on their road to stardom in the NBA. Teens in professional sports have come in all shapes and sizes‚ and it has been a debated
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think that drugs testing for athletes are bad‚ well it’s not. I think that high school athletes should be drug tested because athletes can get in a lot of trouble‚ and it’s bad for your body. We need to stop drugs so athletes can become something later on in life some athletes make their life about drugs. We need to stop that now. There are so many benefits on stopping drugs. If you stop their bodies will improve and become a better athlete. They will also improve in
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know doctors save lives‚ Soldiers protect lives. So why do athletes earn more than both of these combined. * The average NBA player earns 5.5 million dollars per year * The average MLB salary is 2.8 million Dollars * The average NFL salary is 1.8 million dollars * All of these salaries are not including endorsements * Famous boxer Floyd Mayweather just made 32 million for one fight against Miguel Cotto * Athletes in today’s society are earning substantial amount of money
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student-athletes should be “paid to play” or not. Is their college education their compensation‚ and the playing time considered an internship? The NCAA rules state that only amateur athletes may play college sports. Their current definition of an amateur athlete is “one who engages in a particular sport for the educational‚ physical‚ mental‚ and social benefits derived therefrom and to whom participation in that sport is an avocation” (Lapchick and Slaughter 74). The rules for student-athletes prohibit
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There are many potential downfalls when athletes take the road to sporting achievement. In pursuing excellence‚ athletes take many risks. These risks are often well managed and calculated but non the less they are still risks (Currie & Morse‚ 2005). Researchers have examined the apparent nature of athletes developing eating disorders(ED)‚ acknowledging it to the list of risks that need to be addressed. Athletic competition often increases the prevalence of sports pressure that encourages the visibility
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Most people think that girls and boys should be on different sports teams and they should not combine. For over 170 years women have been battling for equal rights. Although lots have changed‚ women are still fighting for equality in athletics. Female athletes should be able to play on a team even thoses with males on it. To begin Female athletes should play on the same sports teams as males because girls can be better at a sport than a male. Maybe the girl is born to tackle‚ and run around the
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Celebrities deserve privacy! Celebrities are constantly in the media for their outrageous or strange antics. Nowadays it doesn’t take a lot to be known as a ‘celeb’. The influence of the ’Celebrity world’ has led to extreme effects‚ especially amongst youths‚ as most magazines are full of tabloids and attention seeking articles which speak little truth. Not only this‚ but the images of celebrities are usually quite false due to the constant need for perfection and ’beauty’ which means that people
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