Athletes often wish to pursue their dreams of winning a medal for their country or being a part of a professional team. This is when many athletes often turn to performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs). Marion Jones had won 3 gold and 2 bronze medals at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. Life was good until federal investigators approached Jones in 2007 as to whether she knew Victor Conte (a known distributor of PEDs to professional athletes). She denied the allegations and said she “didn’t know nuthin”.
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Summer Libby Worthen Argument Essay 2 December 2014 Professional Athletes vs Doctors Professional athletes have an overwhelming role in todays society. These “heroes” are the idols of many young athletes and appreciated across the country by others of a widely varied age group. However‚ the purpose of these professional athletes is to entertain avid sports fans. While this is a pretty dominant role in todays society it shouldn’t be as dominant as the role of a doctor. The role of doctors is often overlooked by many
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States Constitution. These amendments gave people rights and freedoms such as freedom of speech‚ freedom of religion‚ and the right to bear arms. If the Bill of Rights were made for animals‚ they would receive the rights and freedom that they deserve. Animals deserve a Bill of Rights to a certain extent because they share common emotions and experiences‚ they would have a better lifestyle‚ and however‚ these animals are necessary for medical research. With the Bill of Rights‚ these animals would be
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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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How much money does a professional athlete make compared to many other people who have different jobs like nurses or teachers? On average‚ the money a professional athlete can make yearly can be around forty million dollars while a nurse or a teacher can only make one-hundred thousand dollars yearly. Many people don’t realise what the problem is. The problem is that athletes can cover millions of dollars or even billions of dollars. The fact that remains is that athletes are getting overpaid yearly
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Jasmine Johnson Karen Bertel 062 – 140 10-19-2011 Professional athletes Who in your opinion is the G.O.A.T (greatest of all time) of professional basketball? Is it Kobe Bryant or could it be Michael Jordan. I know some people can argue about this all day. In the following paragraphs I will compare and contrast the two professional athletes and perhaps change your opinion or strengthen your argument on who you think is the best. Kobe Bryant also known as the Black Mamba is arguably the
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blood-thirsty raiders. It has been a long belief that they were malevolent barbarians. Vikings had truthfully‚ never acted like wild and dirty looking people. After thousands of year of being interpreted as bad people‚ Vikings deserve a better name. The Vikings absolutely did not deserve their bad reputation. Vikings were naturally born raiders. In order to survive‚ the Vikings had to steal from others since they were unskilled in farming. Their homeland‚ Scandinavia‚ had poor farming land since the
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1. Why do their members deserve limited liability? Is it fair that LLCs do not pay income taxes? A small business deserve limited liability because it’s used like a risk protection for their business as well as the owners. “It allows owners‚ called members‚ to have limited liability just like corporations’ (Lau‚ 2012‚ p. 367). There are so many new incorporated business laws that a business have to face on a daily basic. LLCs helps small businesses with the amount of liability that they face by decreasing
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Do people deserve a second chance? The question may be easy to ask‚ but quite difficult to answer. In life‚ most people believe that they deserve a second chance. However‚ there are so many different factors that go into a decision on whether or not to give someone a second chance. In literary work‚ there are numerous examples of asking and sometimes receiving second chances. It’s usually better if the author has personal experience to draw upon when it comes to the material that they write about
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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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