Professional Athletes should not use Steroids Anabolic steroids were created in the late 1930’s‚ primarily to treat hypogonadism; at condition in which the testes do not produce the sufficient amount of testosterone for normal growth‚ development and sexual functioning. The primary medical uses of these compounds are to treat delayed puberty‚ some types of impotence‚ and wasting of the body caused by HIV infection or other diseases. The paragraph above should be enough for anyone‚ to show anabolic
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Professional vs. College Athletes Professional athletes and college athletes are two amazing groups of people. Professional athletes and college athletes have so much in common yet many things that are different as well. They both have an elaborate amount of detail in their life including: lifestyle‚ work ethics‚ self-motivation and many more that describe them as who they are as a player and as a human in every-day life. College athletes (student athletes) are some of the most astounding
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Professional athletes‚ specifically in the NFL‚ NBA‚ and MLB‚ often are rewarded extremely substantial contracts and lucrative endorsement deals and it has been argued that their salaries should be reduced to smaller wages but they are paid in the way that they are for good reason. There merchandise is sold for more money than their salary is worth‚ the risk getting injured is high and they can only do for their job for a short amount of time. Athletes are not overpaid because the Teams make much
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Athletes Are Overpaid What/who are athletes really playing for? Professional athletes are getting overpaid‚ but no one is really stopping and thinking about it. I think that Professional athletes shouldn’t get paid as much money.But on the other hand‚ many professional athletes may disagree and say that it’s the right amount of money and not too much. However I think that the facts that support my opinion overshadow the counter statement because there is a bundle of information that exists to support
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The role of professional athletes as role models for the youth is a debatable topic. Should they be the people your children look up to and try to be like? Or are they just popular people who have let fame get to their head and influence them to make poor choices? While there are many people who believe that they should be responsible for setting good examples for the millions of children in the world‚ there are equally as many that believe they should not be put under that kind of pressure on top
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Woods Effect The term “professional athlete” can and is often applied to anyone and everyone who holds a job as an athlete or sports competitor. Often‚ these “professional athletes” are glorified and held to a standard above what an everyday citizen is held at. They are given the best equipment to compete against the best of the best. However‚ a common factor of criticism is the salary that these professional athletes receive to compete in their various sports. While athletes are often given a large
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which you answer the following question: Should professional athletes use their status to protest the events taking place today? Be sure to state a claim and address an opposing viewpoint using evidence presented in both passages. Type your final‚ completed essay below: If you’re a professional athlete then is it wrong to share your opinion? Some say that professional athletes are supposed to keep their political views to themselves. Professional athletes are still human and therefore are entitled
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country at the highest level” -Terri McKeever (bustle.com). Whether you are a professional athlete or an amateur athlete it has always been a dream to represent your country at the Olympics. The Question is should professional athletes be able to compete? Some think they shouldn’t but professional athletes have worked just as hard or maybe even harder than anyone else to get to that level. Professional athletes are the top athletes in the world which would create more revenue for the Olympics‚ a sense of
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asked‚ “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Crayons danced across sheets of paper to illustrate our dream occupations. Our drawings were hung in the hallway for our parents to see at Back to School Night. I remember looking down the line and seeing pictures of ballerinas dancing‚ firefighters putting out a blaze‚ and astronauts leaping across the moon‚ careers that were seen as typical dreams of five year olds. My picture showed a girl throwing a ball in the air‚ being a professional athlete‚ but
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Are Today’s Professional Athletes Good Role Models? Everyday today’s youth are asked what they want to be when they grow up. Some say teachers‚ firemen‚ police officers and a large response to that question is a professional athlete. Something that all these professions have in common is that they are all role models to children. Firemen‚ teachers‚ police officers have an easy job at doing this; they are after all the people that save children‚ teach children and protect children. But professional
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