SOCCER PLAYER I remember that night; I was ten years old watching Jason Roberts score the winning goal in the state championship game‚ and right‚ then I knew I wanted to be a professional soccer player. I was in blue jeans‚ slippers‚ and a t-shirt‚ sitting on the bleachers kicking my feet back and forth in total excitement. All I heard was “ooooh’s” and “aaaah’s” from the spectators cheering there team on. I looked up at my mother and said “Mom‚ I am going to be the greatest soccer player”. People
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are all extracurricular activities. Why would the school pay an athlete to do something that they choose to do? It’s not mandatory to play sports. Playing sports help athletes develop a better talent. Usually when someone’s learning to play the piano they hire and instructor. When you want to learn how to swim‚ ride a horse‚ dance or even act‚ you pay to take classes. You are supposed to pay a tutor‚ a trainer‚ coach etc. and the athletes don’t pay for the services that are provided to them. They get
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Rhetorical Analysis In the article “Do Professional Athletes get paid too much?” by Mihir Bhagat‚ goes on to talk about different ways why athletes get over paid. He talks about the various athletes that get paid the most and compares what they do to what people in the economy make. He claims that they also teach people some bad things to look up too. Mihir does a great job explaining about when we pay athletes too much‚ what it can lead to and have an effect in the world. The article came
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2008 Paying College Athletes College sports have gained a lot of positive attention over the past couple of years due to the athletes’ passion and desire for the sports. Being nationally televised and making it deep into big tournaments can rack up a lot of wealth that colleges and universities can respectively cash in. Only the schools and sponsors of these profiting tournaments and bowl games collect the profits that athletes bring in and it is not fair. The athletes do not garner any benefits
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was extensive‚ Coach Feeney relentlessly pushed me to my maximum ability. Laps‚ suicides‚ push-ups‚ scrimmages‚ lay-up drills--it seemed as if he made us do every possible conditioning activity. However despite all this‚ he had a soft side to him. Whenever I ran my fastest‚ or played my hardest‚ coach would give me some raisins‚they tasted good surprisingly. On the day before the game‚ he called us to his house for a pre game pep talk‚ and to celebrate our accomplishment. Coach said that we will
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Should College Athletes Be Paid? Frankly‚ there is no simple answer to the question of salaries for college athletes. The NY Times Upfront article “Should College Athletes Be Paid?” poses two fantastic arguments; “yes” says Joe Nocera‚ author of Indentured: The Inside Story of the Rebellion Against the NCAA‚ and “no” says Bob Williams‚ Sr. Vice President of Communications a NCAA. Although Mr. Nocera makes the valid point of how much revenue college athletes earn for their schools‚ Williams states
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do something? Well‚ that’s what athletes’ do for a living. Many people say that athletes’ are overpaid but I disagree. An athlete like LeBron James deserves a good salary for all the work he has done and the self-image he creates. The sports industry contains many jobs from cheerleading to coaching and if players were terrible why would anyone work for them? Jobs‚ they pay for our necessities. There are many jobs that are involved with sports like the coach‚ the cheerleaders‚ the guy that tells
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Being an athlete comes with a very big price. Many people say collegiate student athletes have it just as hard as a normal college student. I have to disagree though. There are multiple examples that separate athletes from the regular or average student. Time constraints‚ stereotypes‚ class attendance‚ physical and emotional fatigue‚ and also the athletic sport the student is participating in‚ are just few of the many burdens athletes have on the shoulders that the common student does not. Although
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CASE ANALYSIS COACH – NOTES Types of cases Decision cases Problem cases Evaluation cases Most common type Similar to decision cases Sometimes called Best-practice or Worst-practice cases Describe a decision faced by the case protagonist Portray situations that are interesting or remarkable‚ usually because they are especially successful or unsuccessful Provide distinct decision alternatives Do not provide clear alternatives to choose Typically do not include an obvious single
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outcome. Committing to a career as a basketball coach has many responsibilities and challenges‚ although it can be beneficial. Focusing on being a successful basketball coach means believing in the staff and team. According to Tammy Murray‚ a previous high school basketball coach‚ “what if” statements are an ineffective way to coach a basketball team because they cause the individuals to think for themselves and not as a team. Murray also states‚ “As a coach‚ winning is a priority and losing is a disappointment
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