“I am not a role model‚ I am not paid to be a role model. I am paid to wreak havoc on the basketball court. Parents should be role models. Just because I dunk a basketball‚ doesn’t mean I should raise your kids.” – Charles Barkley. Professional athletes are not the best people to be role models for kids. Steven Ortiz‚ a sociology professor at Oregon State and the author of several published studies on athletes ’ bad behavior says‚ "Spoiled-athlete syndrome begins early in sports socialization. From
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Influence of Professional Athletes on Society Two words‚ Michael Jordan. Need I say more? Arguably the most influential man in all of sports and athletic competition. Jordan is one of many professional athletes that have influenced society in numerous ways. With the help of the media‚ athletes are virtually everywhere. They are seen on television‚ on billboards‚ magazines‚ clothing‚ and basically anything. The media puts these athletes on pedestals mainly to sell products but some athletes are used
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Jeremy Reuben Tang Choon Yang U1480059A SS1003 Assignment 1 Topic: Are professional athletes overpaid? Introduction There has been an incessant debate about whether professional athletes genuinely deserve the extravagant salaries that are transacted to their bank accounts throughout the lifespan of their contracts. Professional athletes are physically gifted human beings who excel at a certain sport and receive an income through their hard work and determination. These individuals are the cream
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should make this much too. This is not possible. Our military gets paid from tax income of the country. The United States gets $3.7 trillion in income tax. If you divided that among all the soldiers and pay them what pros get paid‚ this is how much it would be. It would be 7.8063324e+12‚ that’s a lot. My main three reasons for thinking pros should get paid more than soldiers are not enough money‚ just as much training‚ and they get paid from different sources. Athletes get paid from millions of fans
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inequality” says Ferdman‚ “People of all ages‚ education levels‚ and income brackets‚ the study found‚ believe that low-skilled workers are getting paid too little and high-skilled workers are getting paid too much” (Ferdman). The CEO of Discovery Communications makes 1‚951 times what median workers do (Huhman). Ron Johnson‚ the
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Should college athletes get paid? 61% say yes and only 29% say no according to debate.org. College athletes getting paid and becoming employed is a debate being debated in our society today. This is a debate with two strong sides‚ one being stronger than the other. One giving kids opportunities needed to be considered. All college athletes should get paid while playing college sports. College athletes should be paid because they are spending thousands of hours on a certain sport‚ and still have
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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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College Athletes There are thousands of athletes playing for different colleges. They put their time and effort in it‚ yet they don’t get paid. When athletes play a sport‚ they have even more stuff to worry about than a regular student. They have to worry about their grades‚ staying fit to play‚ stay healthy‚ attend to practice every day there’s practice‚ and then after practice go home and do all their work even though they are tired. How much do they get paid for going through all that? Zero
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Are Today’s Professional Athletes Good Role Models? Everyday today’s youth are asked what they want to be when they grow up. Some say teachers‚ firemen‚ police officers and a large response to that question is a professional athlete. Something that all these professions have in common is that they are all role models to children. Firemen‚ teachers‚ police officers have an easy job at doing this; they are after all the people that save children‚ teach children and protect children. But professional
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Are Professional Athletes Overpaid? There’s a great deal of controversy over the topic of whether professional athletes are overpaid or not‚ as compared to teachers‚ police officers‚ and firefighters. Jennifer Fontaine‚ a sports promoter‚ clearly states that she believes professional athletes are not over paid‚ due to their careers being short lived due to any serious injury‚ or injuries‚ that could end that highly paid career. On the other hand‚ Roberto Hinojosa‚ a high school math teacher‚ disagrees
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