Brendan Cowie Athletes in combat sport (i.e.‚ wrestling‚ boxing‚ etc.) compete in weight classes. This ensures competitive matches‚ reduces injuries‚ and allows more people to compete in the sport. To gain competitive advantages athletes will often lose 5-10% of their body weight shortly before a match‚ also known as ‘cutting’ weight. Cutting weight often achieved by complete stoppage of food and fluid intake combined with excessive exercises and sweating. This‚ unsurprisingly‚ leads to dehydration
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Collegiate Athlete 2 It is hard to be a college student. You have many responsibilities and it takes up so much time. College is basically a job with the amount of hours you have to put in each day to do your work to the best of your ability! Now just imagine adding a second job to that. This job not only requires mental awareness‚ but also takes physical strength that not many people can fathom. In this essay I will talk about the positive effects of being a collegiate athlete.
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Should College Athletes be paid? There is a huge debate around the nation‚ whether college athletes should be paid. Since college athletes contribute to millions of dollars in revenue for the NCAA as well as their respective schools‚ many argue that they deserve to be paid. On the other hand‚ since many college athletes get free education and other benefits‚ many say they are being compensated already. All things considered‚ college athletes should not be paid because after all‚ most college athletic
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When you imagine the life of an Olympic athlete‚ you may be lucky not to be among them. That’s because the athletes have to practice for hours‚ traveling‚ and eating uncontrollably. In 2008‚ Michael Phelps‚ a swimmer‚ is known to eat up to 12 thousand calories per day in preparation for the Olympics. For dinner‚ she ate a pan of pizza‚ half a kilo of pasta‚ and some energy drinks in containers that contain 1‚000 calories. Since then‚ it was reported that he had changed. For the preparation of the
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their sport if convicted of drug possession‚ drunken driving‚ spousal battery‚ or failing to pay child support? Many sports figures violate rules and laws and are passed over because they are who they are‚ all Americans should be entitled to the same punishments as others. Why would it be fair for one individual to get away by not abiding the laws because they are a celebrity? All individuals should be granted the same treatment as any other individual. A person’s punishment for wrong doing should
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Sport Agents and Amateur Athletes Katie Brown 7/18/2013 Introduction Sport agents typically handle contract negotiations for athletes‚ as well as any public relation issues‚ finance issues‚ and endorsement deals (Evans‚ 2010). Over the years‚ however‚ sport agents have become more to athletes than just a contract negotiator; they have taken upon the additional tasks of marketing their client’s ability‚ persona‚ and brand. With the increasing friction from
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which has fuelled the debate of whether college athletes should be compensated beyond their athletic scholarships. Athletes should not receive payment for their athletic play for reasons such they already receive a full scholarship‚ which athletes would get paid‚ and undermines what college is all about. First‚ athletic scholarships are college athlete’s compensation and a very reasonable and rational one at that. Essentially the student-athletes receive a free education and in return they represent
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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 eighth
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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 drugs
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Sierra Wilson Bolender English 1010 11/28/16 Compensation of College Athletes The biggest achievement of student athlete in this day and age is committing to a big time NCAA Division I athletic program in his or her respective sport. It is an immense accomplishment‚ but an equally immense commitment. The term “signing your life away” more than an expression. The coaches and staff of those programs monitor every aspect of life in big time college athletic programs. College athletics has also become
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