Professional Athletes are not overpaid In my short life‚ if there is one thing I have noticed about the sports industry‚ it’s that money talks. Drew Brees just recently signed a $100 million dollar contract with the New Orleans Saints to play for five more years. Kobe Bryant of the Lakers made $25 million last year alone‚ while Alex Rodriguez made $32 million. This sure seems like a lot on money for men to be making just to play sports‚ or is it? Professional Athletes are very good at what
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studnt athletes that crave a ticket to stardom and or success‚ so that they can steal all of that away from them and gain it for themselves;therefore‚failing all of them. Student athletes do their best to do it all. They become measuring weights by balancing sports‚ family‚ friends and academics; consequently the weight is npt balanced because sports is the heaviest one of all and is highly prioritized with student athletes. Sports have become the triumph and downfall to many student athletes. This
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How much time should a high school student athlete commit to their sport? Many people would say that the answer to this question depends on whether the coach feels that his team is ready to compete or not. Others would say that it depends on the sport. Of course‚ certain sports may require more or less time. For example‚ tennis might not require as much time as basketball simply because unlike basketball‚ tennis doesn’t have an extensive handbook of plays or defensive and offensive formations that
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professional athletes‚ injury is unforeseeable and in some cases‚ the decision to continue on with their sport comes into question. More specifically‚ for those athletes who have developed‚ or even‚ were born with instable shoulders and have undergone physical therapy‚ are inevitably plagued with the notion‚ when therapy fails to work‚ to either have surgery to fix their shoulder(s) and to continue participating in their sport‚ or to quit their sport. In this sense‚ for the athletes who want to carry
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others and want to pursue a career as professional athletes. Many athletes push themselves to work towards perfection in an attempt to reach this dream. However‚ along the way many athletes lose sight not only of what they are working so hard towards but also of what is right and begin doing wrong things that eventually hurt them‚ their loved ones and sometimes even their own reputations. While trying to work hard towards their goals‚ some athletes forget what their responsibilities are and prioritize
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Advertisement/endorsement deals for the athletes College Athletes feel like that they should somewhat get a portion of the money that the colleges are making off of them‚ especially if companies and shoe brands are wanting to use them as the face of their brand. A lot of the athletes come from a background where they may not have a lot of money from their families to support to support the college athlete throughout college. Some of the athletes do not even get a full scholarship and ma only get
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Critical Thinking Paper Are Professional Athletes Overpaid?... Or nah Professional athletes‚ specifically in the NFL‚ NBA‚ and MLB‚ often are rewarded extremely substantial contracts and lucrative endorsement deals and it has been argued that their salaries should be reduced to smaller wages but they are paid in the way that they are for good reason; they provide the world with constant entertainment‚ work hard at their jobs and are only able to work for a small amount of time. In 2011‚ both
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female athletes often succumb to these pressures and take drastic measures to supposedly look and perform their best. Young people need to know that they dont need to alter themselves to be the best. Action needs to be taken to put young female athletes on the path to realization and healthy lifestyles. Research has been done to prove the excessive amounts of pressure and its effects on female athletes. The National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA)‚ in a study of Division One NCAA athletes‚ found
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female athlete triad might occur if over-training is maintained over a long period of time and accompanied by other issues. The triad is a combination of three disorders. These are disordered eating in which not enough calories are taken in to fuel energy needs‚ disturbed menstrual cycle and low bone density. Athletes at highest risk of the triad are gymnasts‚ dancers‚ swimmers‚ runners or any sport that places extreme emphasis on weight or maximum performance according to the Female Athlete Triad
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Professional athletes are overpaid. Yes‚ they are talented. But they are talented on the court‚ field‚ pitch‚ pool but they aren’t running our country or fighting for this country’s freedom. How about saving peoples lives? Or even education? These athletes get all that money but they don’t know how to spend it. We have so many other people who should get paid that make a huge difference in this world. The NBA has the highest paid athletes. The average salary for the NBA is $5.2 million. Kobe Bryant
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