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    It is the Other Way Around Many athletes get paid millions of dollars just to run around the field or court while doctors get paid thousands of dollars. It’s the other way around. The doctors‚ lawyers and other job you need a good education in should get paid millions of dollars. It would be nice if athletes would get paid less than those people. The Sports Industry‚ specifically in the United States‚ is composed of multiple sports with multiple franchises that cumulatively bring in billions

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    now an all year type of thing‚ a famous quote said i“there is no off-season”. Athletes are being pushed to be in one sport all year long‚ instead of multiple sports per year. Pushing one sport is taking place so skills can be practiced continuously. This is a problem for the athletes during the summer. Summers should be for summer jobs and lake days‚ if we have sports constantly then athletes have no time off. Athletes need time to recover and just

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    Too Much Exposure: Unstoppable Torture The environment is where crowding among different persons takes place. It has an enormous factor on the development of an individual‚ most especially‚ human behavior. With those interactions‚ experiences are gathered for learnings to emerge. I agree with B.f. Skinner’s perception about the big impact of nature to man’s whole-being. The totality of a man is an upshot of everything that surrounds us. We become what we plan us to be from all the experiences

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    Introduction For many college athletes‚ the lure of playing pro sports is intoxicating. Dreams of fancy cars‚ luxurious homes‚ tailor-made suits‚ voluptuous women‚ and the mental images of a crowded stadium chanting their name is enough for any collegiate athlete to think about abandoning their education for a chance at stardom. When the dreams are solidified with million dollar contracts‚ think immediately is replaced by impulse. Left behind in the frenzy is the much needed college education that

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    Here’s why you should avoid drinking too much water Many times as a child‚ we are told to drink eight glasses of water a day. It should be after a meal‚ as drinking water before will make you lose your appetite. Even as we grow old we are used to drinking as much water as possible as it says they cleanses are body and prevents dehydration. And that is still the case we believe today. Most people today seemed to brush away the idea of too much is as bad as less when it comes to consuming water

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    The blood‚ sweat and tears a learning child pours out into a sport is rewarded with the same satisfaction as a child who shows up and doesn’t compete. By receiving participation awards‚ children learn that trying their hardest doesn’t matter. As pro linebacker James Harrison said‚ “You’re not going to be rewarded for doing your job‚ and in fact‚ if you simply show up and don’t perform‚ you won’t have a job for long. But if you’re the best at what you do and work harder than your competitors‚ rewards

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    getting paid just to take the field (win/lose) 1st grade Grafton Ghosts getting paid‚ $50. Affecting local sports man not wanting to play if they arent getting paid‚ filtering down. - If they get sacked (under contract) they still get paid until contract is over - A football player can go out on a field for 80 minutes and earn ridiculous amounts of money. 1st Speaker; • Do athletes deserve more money than those who contribute to the world every day? (rhetorical question) • They get paid whether

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    profit from your work‚ you would expect to get paid right? A major issue that the National College Athletic Association (NCAA) has to deal with is the controversial topic of whether their athletes should get paid or not. Currently‚ their college athletes do not get paid and simply settle for receiving scholarships from the colleges they are attending. Several individuals have various opinions on what the NCAA should do considering paying college athletes or not. Several individuals‚ including sports

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    If colleges were to pay athletes there would be no fair way to distribute the money. Athletes perform their sport at different levels of ability and for various lengths of time. In addition‚ not every player is able to compete in a game. Problems would arise about the athlete not playing which would not allow for him/her to receive the money they deserve. The first issue about this problem is that some people believe that athletes should be paid based on an open market system. This idea of an

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    quite overwhelming. “While the amount of revenue is large‚ little of the money is retained by the NCAA national office. About 96 percent is distributed directly to the Division I membership or to support championships or programs that benefit student-athletes. The remaining 4 percent goes for central services‚ such as building operations and salaries not related to particular programs. For 2011-12‚ NCAA revenue is projected at $777 million‚ with $680 million coming from the Association’s new rights agreement

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