Money: It Changes Everything What happens to an athlete who has been given the body of a grown man and an insane amount of talent at 18 years old? A star athlete is born. At the college level‚ high school phenoms are treasured to bring money into their collegiate programs – a Heisman Trophy winner can bring impressive funding into a football program. Such a case arises when wealthy businessmen that graduate from prestigious universities want to spend money on unnecessary things‚ glorifying their
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country at the highest level” -Terri McKeever (bustle.com). Whether you are a professional athlete or an amateur athlete it has always been a dream to represent your country at the Olympics. The Question is should professional athletes be able to compete? Some think they shouldn’t but professional athletes have worked just as hard or maybe even harder than anyone else to get to that level. Professional athletes are the top athletes in the world which would create more revenue for the Olympics‚ a sense of
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Why is a professional athlete able to get away with certain crimes that a normal everyday person couldn’t get away with? There isn’t a good enough answer to that question today. Some judges and law enforcement seem to look passed the wrong doing of a professional athlete because of their social status or importance to the league or association. Obviously this is unjust‚ athletes can’t get away with what whatever they want just because of the status they hold. One definition of the judicial system
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to suffer for the rest of their life because of their mistakes. Just like everybody else‚ professional athletes who have been involved in illegal behavior should have the right to return to their old life once they have paid their debt to society. To keep athletes from playing in their sport goes against our country’s bill of rights‚ destroys the athlete’s life‚ and would leave them out of a job. Athletes who are being kept from playing their sport should be protected by the bill of rights. The
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and professional athletes With the development of economy‚ people are satisfied with the physical needs. Thus people began to chase the spiritual needs. Entertainment and sports became an important way to do so. So there are many actors and professional athletes appeared. And they usually can get much money from their job‚ which many people cannot understand. Because people think actors and professional athletes are not worthy to get high salary. However‚ I think that actors and professional athletes
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Essay I think professional athletes should have to take drug test‚ for the sake of the sport that they play and those who look up to them as a role model. If they didn’t have to‚ it would make the game unfair and may draw attention away from the game because using illegal drugs to enhance your performance is cheating. So many children and teenagers look up to athletes and idol them. As a professional athlete‚ they should set a good example and be a role model. If professional athletes are abusing
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which you answer the following question: Should professional athletes use their status to protest the events taking place today? Be sure to state a claim and address an opposing viewpoint using evidence presented in both passages. Type your final‚ completed essay below: If you’re a professional athlete then is it wrong to share your opinion? Some say that professional athletes are supposed to keep their political views to themselves. Professional athletes are still human and therefore are entitled to
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First off‚ according to two “Sides to every coin” the average knee replacement costs $35‚500 to $40‚000. Professional athletes don’t get insurance. Imagine needing to pay $40‚000 for a knee replacement. Professional athletes are paid fairly not all of them spend all their money they just don’t know what to do with it besides some people make more money just sitting around. Next‚ athletes are paid fairly they work hard for what they earn. One thing is for certain they have no idea how to have any
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Is It Fair For Professional Athletes to Receive Such High Salaries? Professional athletes are persons who do sports for a living. These are people who earn on the average $48‚ 310 per year‚ though top athletes can earn millions even in just one game. The topmost earner is Tiger Woods who earns $80.3 million per year (Forbes 2004) and Michael Schumacher who earns $80 million (Forbes 2004). Because of the exuberant salaries that high-ranking professional athletes receive and the above-average
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Professional Athletes’ Behavior “Children are going to learn from their role models in their life--- including their sports heroes.” That’s what Sports Psychologist‚ William Gayton featured in ABC News’ article “Study Says Kids Emulate Athletes” by Tracey L. Ziemer‚ has to say on the relationship between kids and their favorite professional athletes. This statement stands true for on and off the field behavior of professional athletes. Now you may be thinking- well my kids knows right from wrong-
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