High School Athletes Should Consider College over the NBA In the last ten years‚ many young and talented high school basketball players have chosen to enter the NBA draft. These seventeen and eighteen year olds decide to skip college and instead‚ they choose to take a big risk and enter the NBA‚ hoping to become
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Being a student athlete should be a privilege‚ a reward; it should always come second‚ after the students education. It seems that student athletes get special treatments‚ getting away with having low grades‚ having an extended time to do assignments‚ or even being excused from them. There needs to be a more strict policy in order to be on a high school sports team and to play in games. After all‚ high schools do not require students to participate in team or individual sports. Most high school students
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Athletes should use their influence for a political agenda that aims for positivity and change for the better. In the article “The Athlete as Agent of Change” it shows how a scholar-athlete expressed her dislike of the Iraq war in 2003. “ Toni Smith‚ the then- 21-year-old senior guard on the Manhattanville College women’s basketball team‚ who expressed her opposition to the Iraq War in 2003 by turning her back on the flag.” This shows that protests during the National Anthem can occur at any level
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The female athlete triad is made up of three medical conditions that are becoming increasingly common in active teen girls: Eating disorders‚ Amenorrhea or lack of menstrual periods and Osteoporosis or low bone mass. Low-calorie diets are usually the first sign of eating disorders. Along with diets‚ excessive exercise or obsession with exercising can also be another sign of the Female athlete triad. Teenage girls that are lower weight but exercise constantly are the individuals with the higher risk
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states have passed laws requiring voters to show some form of identification at the polls.Did you know that athletes from one country‚ Kenya‚ make up more than one-third of the top times in middle and long distance running. In 1995‚ a respected neurologist was struck with an idea that athletes are not created equal. He developed this profound idea after looking at the big picture that black athletes were dominating the track from the 100 meter dash to the marathon. For long- distance running‚ The kenyans
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female athletes often succumb to these pressures and take drastic measures to supposedly look and perform their best. Young people need to know that they dont need to alter themselves to be the best. Action needs to be taken to put young female athletes on the path to realization and healthy lifestyles. Research has been done to prove the excessive amounts of pressure and its effects on female athletes. The National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA)‚ in a study of Division One NCAA athletes‚ found
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The Exploitation of the Black Woman In America Malcolm X stated that “ The most disrespected person in America is the black woman. The most unprotected person in America is the black woman. The most neglected person in America is the black woman” which is a statement that I believe to be very true. In the article‚ “Feminist Intersections in Science: Race‚ Gender‚ and Sexuality Through the Microscope” by Lisa H. Weasel explores and highlights how science is affected by different elements of life:
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Steroids and professional athletes Period 9 In scientific terms “Steroids are a group of naturally occurring or synthetic fat-soluble organic compounds‚ whose structure is chemically based on steroid nucleus‚ the nucleus is a hydrogenated cycloplentanoperhydrophenanthrene ring system which is seventeen carbon atoms arranged in four rings” (types of steroids‚ Androgenic‚ Cortico‚ Anabolic-Side effects of steroids). In layman’s terms “Steroids are a class of chemical substances that all
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Athletes as Role Models Athlets have been lookd up to as role models for as long as sports have exsted. There is just something attractive about the thought of being in good physical condition and being talented in sports. But‚ are athlets the kind of people that children should be looking up to for direction and guidance? Many children often look up to the professional athletes as role models. In fact‚ in 1995 Sports Illustrated for Kids did a survey for kids who were ages 7 through 12 about
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that anyone who makes the case that sports stars are overpaid may be suffering from wealth envy. Athletes work incredibly hard to achieve what they have accomplished according to Hammond. He also says professional athletes produce much more money for others than they themselves receive. Who gets the money then? The people who already make millions a year owning sports companies? It is simple; Athletes get paid too much. The truth is that basketball‚ football‚ and other sports are just games. Being
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