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    Salary Caps For Professional Athletes There are numerous laws that already exists in witch to prevent similar business to restrict pays and limit the command for their companies. This allows employees to not be bribed or feel obliged to work for one company over another. The same concept is included in professional sports in the idea of a salary cap. A salary cap is a mechanism that allows owners of companies to control and quash an athletes wages. Very wealthy owners of companies with

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    the world held the view that professional athletes are paid too much money for little effort. So‚ do they deserve huge salaries? Undoubtedly‚ there is a long and tough way towards becoming a great and the famous sports star‚ not only persistent efforts but also talent are required. Few people on this field could accomplish great things like them. As a reward‚ they deserve a higher compensation. However‚ in my opinion‚ they are paid a crazy amount of salary that is far more than ordinary working people

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    Million dollar throw by mike lupica Have you ever wished you were a really good quarter back? Did you ever dream of making a million dollar throw? Well in this book‚ Million-Dollar Throw by Mike Lupica‚ Nate “Brady” Brodie gets the chance to do just that. He gets his opportunity to win one million dollars during halftime of a New England Patriots contest Thanksgiving Night. Nate is thirteen and plays football for the Valley Patriots. One day‚ after saving up money‚ he goes to a store called

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    $ 40 Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise‚ Fall‚ and Redemption of the Black Athlete. The author is William C. Rhoden. Crown Publishers‚ a division of Random House‚ Inc New York‚ published the book in 2006. The book contains 276 pages. The author William Rhoden‚ a Morgan State University graduate‚ has been a sports writer for the New York Times since 1983. He has written for the "Sports of Times" column for more than ten years. Mr. Rhoden also wrote a documentary of the African-American Athlete. The book

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    What would I do if I won a million dollars? For example‚ from the lottery maybe? Yes‚ the chances of winning are just as likely as being abducted by aliens but if I did‚ I this were to happen‚ what would I do with the cash? Winning the lottery is a favorite daydream for a lot of us.   If I had a million dollars‚ I’m guessing I would definitely want more. I would probably try to discover a way to double the million‚ probably put it up in a bank somewhere for a few years and let it collect some interest

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    Wilbon‚ Michael. “College Athletes Deserve to Be Paid.” ESPN.com‚ ESPN‚ 18 July 2011‚ www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/6778847/college-athletes-deserve-paid. Accessed 7 Apr. 2017. In his ESPN article “College Athletes Deserve to Be Paid‚” Michael Wilbon begins by saying that he used to 100% against the idea that college athletes should be paid‚ but has recently reconsidered his former belief. He now agrees that college athletes should be paid‚ but not all of them. He feels that the only

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    I watched the movie Million Dollar Arm and I choose the character JB to do morphological analysis of some of his dialogues from the movie. At first‚ to do morphological analysis we need to know what is morpheme? A morpheme is the smallest unit of or the smallest piece of a word that contributes meaning to a word. Example: The word ‘management’ has 2 morphemes in it manage-ment. Some words have just one morpheme like ‘destined’. All morphemes are either free or bound. Free: A free morpheme is

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    Salary Caps are to Ruin our Future Many players of professional sports have billions of dollars from signing a multi-year contract‚ many of those players are judged on how much they play‚ how hard they work and many other points to determine how much they get paid. At the same time many of those players have a limit set on them on how much their maximum salary is. This limit is called a salary cap; a limit on the amount of money a team can spend on other players salary. This cap is happening currently

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    Professional AthletesSalaries In today’s society‚ the American people can’t get enough of their favorite teams and athletes. Entire cities are infatuated with these teams and as a result‚ people spend much of their time and money watching and rooting‚ hoping for a victory. There is nothing wrong with enjoying and marveling at the talent of these professional athletes‚ but what happens with all these resources that go into the sports? They go straight to the players. Although our society idolizes

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    October 2013 Student-Athlete’s Deserve A Paycheck Entering college‚ athletes are appointed the title of “Student-Athlete.” However‚ they become “Athlete-Students” once the season begins. The title of student drastically becomes overweighed by their athlete epithet. Throughout the past years‚ the NCAA developed a million dollar industry. The NCAA is a non-profit organization that organizes sports for colleges and universities. By providing entertainment‚ college athletes are the manpower of the NCAA’s

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