touchdowns and homeruns‚ the athletes make it happen‚ however what’s behind the athletes? For example‚ Ray Rice the football player‚ he beat up his girlfriend.If he was not in the National Football League he would be sitting behind bars right now. After all‚ Ray Rice is the 1 of 100 of athletes that were not fully punished for their actions. Many people believe that it doesn’t matter about the story behind them‚ just what their doing right now. Besides most athletes wouldn’t make it if it wasn’t
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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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The process of becoming a college athlete is more than “god-given talents.” It takes hard work and skills that you will develop over time. People usually assume that most of these star college athletes didn’t have to work hard to get where they want to be‚ but they did. Talent only gets you so far in life‚ especially when it comes to sports. The competition in some sports are becoming so aggressive and persistent‚ that the average athlete status is becoming better and better and time goes on.
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professional basketball player in the NBA is a dream of many athletes. However‚ that dream is very competitive. It’s estimated that three out of every 10‚000 players make the NBA. That doesn’t sound very promising to someone who enjoys the game and has natural skill and talent. So what can someone do who understands their limitations but doesn’t want to give up their dream? Playing basketball overseas is a great alternative for many athletes. The NBA is considered to be the premier men’s basketball
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Heat have Lebron James‚ and the Milwaukee Bucks have Brandon Jennings. There have been these athletes and many more who fit into that category. These three men are in an elite group of their own‚ each of them didn’t attend a single class in college‚ and as a matter of fact they didn’t play a single minute of college basketball. Lebron James‚ Kobe Bryant‚ Dwight Howard and Brandon Jennings skipped college on their road to stardom in the NBA. Teens in professional sports have come in all shapes and
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figure salaries. One of these groups is athletes. Professional athletes get paid far too much money and they shouldn’t be paid as much. Here is a good question: why are luxuries paid more than necessities? “It is a sad commentary on our societal values that these entertainers are taking in seven figure while teachers‚ police officers‚ and firefighters make less than one percent of the income of some athletes (Hjlem 12).” The money athletes are getting paid should be given to all the people who help
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Professional vs. College Athletes Professional athletes and college athletes are two amazing groups of people. Professional athletes and college athletes have so much in common yet many things that are different as well. They both have an elaborate amount of detail in their life including: lifestyle‚ work ethics‚ self-motivation and many more that describe them as who they are as a player and as a human in every-day life. College athletes (student athletes) are some of the most astounding
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referring to athletes as “jocks”‚ which is thought of as a student who can do a lot on the sports field‚ but not as much as the rest of the student body in the classroom. As athletes move on to college sports it is considered to be even more true that to college athletes‚ academic success comes second to their athletic success. This is a false perception that may be true for bigger (division one) schools but the stereotype is the complete opposite for division three athletics. Division III athletes are‚
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College players need to get paid for what they do. When college players do not get paid‚ they do not get paid for the great things that they do on national TV. College players make more money for school playing their sport than people’s salaries. Did you know that just if you make it to the NCAA BCS game‚ you get at least six million dollars. That’s not even if you win. Sure student athletes get free things like free tuition‚ board‚ room fees‚ and food‚ but paying players would give them money for
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Since it seems like the universities and NCAA are unwilling to examine their case college athletes are taking matters into their own hands. At a Northwestern University‚ a Division I college in Chicago‚ these players became tired of not receiving any compensation aside from their scholarships and they made a decision that made the NCAA realize they were serious. They were aware that suing for compensation could be a losing battle they took the next step. What these players decided the best thing
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