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    Professional Athletes

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    Many professional athletes and entertainers get paid far more than most of today’s doctors and veterinarians. It makes it seem like their positions are better than a doctor’s or teacher’s position. It upsets many of the workers who try to insure health‚ education‚ and agriculture. It can also put low-salary workers to shame. I disagree with the athletes’ and entertainers’ high salary because it makes them seem more important than other professional workers‚ it makes them richer than other professional

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    The Usage of Anabolic Steroids 1. In case of muscles‚ hypertrophy is a process that is characterized by increasing of muscle cross-sectional area and mass. Changes primarily happen because of cells growth‚ rather than an increase in their number. There are several mechanisms that cause the hypertrophy of skeletal muscles. “The first measurable effect is an increase in the neural drive stimulating muscle contraction” (“Hypertrophy”). The process also includes the genetic response and protein synthesis

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    talks about baseball players and their use of steroids. He begins by giving reasons for his drug use and then gives his thoughts on why baseball players were known to use steroids. Moller’s point of view was that these baseball players used steroids because they wanted to be great. They wanted the fame and the wealth. Moller also states that‚ “The entire steroid outcry is pure hypocrisy” (Moller 548). He also goes on to talk about how we put these athletes on pedestals; however‚ I couldn’t disagree

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    Why do bodybuilders take steroids? It’s hard to say who uses steroids in the bodybuilding arena‚ and without having the facts‚ simply accusing all professionals of using is irresponsible. Why do they use?  Same reason other professional athletes use. To win. It is obvious that steroids are effective at building muscle and strength‚ so using steroids will give you an advantage‚ or at a minimum level off the playing field and have the same advantage

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    whether or not college athletes should be paid. A majority of these college athletes receive scholarship money and grants from the school that they have been recruited by. These scholarship packages pay for the students’ tuition‚ books‚ meal plan‚ room and board fees. Because these athletes are given these things‚ many people may ask‚ “What more do they need?” Along with that question‚ another problem with paying them is‚ “where would all the money come from?” Which athletes should get paid the most

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    2008 Anabolic Steroid Anabolic steroid is widely being used by young teens throughout middle school and high school. Studies reveal that children in fifth‚ sixth‚ and seventh grade‚ aging from 9-13 are using anabolic steroids.(isteroids) Think of a number that would represent the percentage of middle school students that have taken an anabolic steroid at least once. “According to steroid stats of various studies‚ 5.4% of all middle school students are reported using steroids. This includes 2

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    past few years there has been a debate whether using steroids in horse-racing is ethical‚ while steroids are performance enhancing they are very dangerous and can cause a lot of injury or even death to the horse and rider. Topic I: Steroids have been used in the horse-racing industry since the 1970’s‚ but studies have shown in the past few years just how dangerous the steroids can be. A- A man named Dr. Lawrence Soma said that these anabolic steroids are very dangerous because‚ when the foreign

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    College athletes

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    Anida Palavra4A COMM 1020 Is it time for colleges and universities to pay their althletes? I believe that colleges should be allowed to pay athletes. The players risk injury‚ devote their time‚ may forego earnings while playing and will not‚ in most cases‚ be able to play professional ball. Colleges make often over 50 million-100 million dollars in revenues because ticket sales‚ sponsorship rights and the sale of broadcast rights. The NCCA sold broadcast rights over to its annual men’s basketball

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    are interested in body piercing while their parents don’t agree with them. On the other hand‚ using steroids is common among athletes and young people who want to increase their muscle size or reduce their body fat. Although getting body piercing and using steroids have become popular activities in modern society‚ they can both be very dangerous. There are different reasons why young people take steroids or pierce their bodies. Recently‚ piercings of the lip‚ tongue‚ nose‚ ear‚ navel‚ and nipple

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    Steroids is a performance enhancing drug use by mostly baseball players. In the article “ Let’s steroids Into the Hall of Fame” by Zev Chafets‚ agreed that steroids should be let into the Hall of Fame. His reasons were: “ Helps them perform better‚ heal faster or relax during a long stressful season and calm players nerves. He also goes on and says “ allows fans to see what was really happening.”. Using steroids is cheating and users do not deserve credit for their accomplishments. Steroids can

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