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    Argument Topic Thesis: College athletes who are facing an injury during their season should be assisted by a consoler or a sport psychologist for the overall welfare of players (because they are at risk of a psychological breakdown.) A conflicting argument could be that athletes are always receiving special treatment and should be treated the same as any other college student. My main audience that I would be speaking to would be sport organizations‚ coaches‚ student athletes‚ and just students not participating

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    telling them that they could be an athlete? So this is my question to you: should kids strive to become an athlete or should they focus on other things? Who should kids idolize: a snobby‚ rich‚ selfish‚ athlete or a noble peace award winner? In my opinion sports should not be pursued by most kids because it could hurt them in the long run. So do the kids even have a chance? Well yes‚ but not a very big one. In almost all of the surveys about kids’ dream job‚ an athlete is almost always in the top 3‚

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    Athletes Indiscretions While Endorsing Reputable Company’s XXXXXXXX X. XXXXXXXX SCHOOL Athletes Indiscretions While Endorsing Reputable Company’s In this assignment to write about particular professional athletes in scandals while receiving endorsement deals from reputable company’s‚ there are certainly a lot of individuals that can be added and talked about in detail pertaining to this category. The assignment particularly poses the question‚ “Should companies that had endorsement

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    our nation. They have overcome issues of race‚ colour‚ and class. However‚ one area that faces continual struggling is that of gender equality. More especially‚ areas of concern include male and female athlete marketing‚ perceptions‚ and pay. The difference between women and men in athletes is one of the biggest problems in sports. I have never once watched a women’s sporting event on television. Men’s sports are on a different level than women’s. They’re faster-paced‚ more physical and men

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    Professional athletes are overpaid Specific purpose: To convince my audience not to support and glorify pro athletes. Thesis: Nobody should be paid millions for entertainment while others that do an important job as teachers are underpaid. I. INTRODUCTION: A. Attention material/ Credibility Material: Wouldn’t it be great to make 31.3 million dollars a year and an additional 47 million dollars in endorsements simply to play a game? Michael Jordan‚ along with many other professional athletes thinks

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    lives go to four or more difficult years of college‚ work hours on top of hours and get little to no sleep‚ just in order to pursue their careers‚ yet they’re not rewarded with millions of dollars to purchase expensive homes and cars. Celebrities and athletes simply go out and play a worthless game or perform in a hall filled with fans‚ and they’re getting paid millions for that one venue. How can so many people claim that this is life-changing? Entertainers should not be paid such a ridiculously large

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    College Athletes Shouldn’t be Paid! I strongly believe that college athletes shouldn’t be paid because they’re still amateurs at the sport. They aren’t professionals at the sport. Even though their in college they are still learning and they need to pass school then start getting a job to make money. If you compare college amateurs to professionals there will be a big difference and observe why they get paid it will make a lot of sense. According to the text it says “A gentleman never competes

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    Paying College Athletes College athletes spend countless of hours practicing and studying the game they love in order to perform. The amount of money these athletes bring into their schools is ridiculous.The coach’s salary for an average D1 school is about 1.64 million dollars a year‚ Some athletes have received help from others‚these athletes have been kicked out of the sport they love and were forced drop out of school due to the loss of their scholarship.It’s not fair for these athletes to bring

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    The Controversy behind College Athletes Since 1957‚ the National College Athletic Association (NCAA) has permitted universities to provide athletic scholarships for players they felt would benefit their teams ("Paying College Athletes"para.4). The NCAA’s revenue has significantly increased over the past couple of decades. In 2006‚ colleges that were members of the NCAA earned $4.2 billion from their basketball program and about $1 billion more than the revenue generated by all NBA teams combined

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    of an athlete‚ someone who is a member of a sports team here at the University of Tampa‚ and we had others who expanded more on this. Some respondents said an athlete is someone who is a strong competitor and who has athletic talent and ability. We even had some responses include that athletes are born with an innate drive to compete on not only a physical level‚ but a mental level as well. Few people had expressed that a person’s own competitive nature was a quality that separated athletes from non-athletes

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