Compare and Contrast Essay University Composition and Communication I Com/155 December 18‚ 2011 1 The NBA has been played in the United States for 63 years. Throughout those years‚ there have been many players that have set records and many players that have broken records. Those players set the standards for what the fans think a basketball player should be‚ but many surpass expectations. There are many elite players in the NBA‚ besides the stats‚ the fans decide on who is the
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“TIMEOUT!” It all came down to this. The seniors had been honored‚ tears were shed‚ and the fans were ecstatic! Our district rival‚ St. John of Plaquemine had the ball with just over two seconds on the clock. Our small forward‚ Dustin Blanchard‚ who also happened to be one of the two seniors honored that night‚ just drained what everyone had thought to be the game-winning lay-up. The noise was deafening as St. John’s Hayden Heminway stood to throw in what had to be a full court pass‚ a prayer to
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Sports Literature Salaries & Pro Athletes Most people in America probably have a pretty good argument when they say they are being paid too little to do too much. Professional sports stars‚ on the other hand‚ display a lot of nerve when they use such a phrase. Sports stars are also held to lower standards than are other people. With the high-salary and low-moral standards‚ sports stars are the most overrated and overpaid people on the planet. For example‚ Kevin Garnett of the Boston Celtics‚ who
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Athletes in the past did not always accumulate as much wealth as today’s multi millionaire athletes. Although many resent the high salaries they earn‚ the industry they earned their way into raises billions of dollars in revenue. Not too mention the hard work and rigorous schedule athlete must go through‚ only a small percentage of society are capable playing in professional sports leagues. To compensate fairly compensate athletes for their popularity‚ world class abilities‚ and demanding work schedule
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always the poor or the underclass that always ends up homeless. In many cases famous athletes‚ celebrities‚ and the upper class end up homeless around the world and it shocks us all. But the chances of an athlete becoming financially or structurally unstable is something Americans think can’t occur because athletes make so much money in their profession‚ but more times than not it does. Homelessness
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Basketball Unlike most sports that were formed gradually over time or from a combination of other sports. If basketball wasn’t created in that way‚ then how was basketball created? It all started in 1891 when Dr. James Naismith was given the task of creating a safe indoor game to keep track and field runners in shape over the winter. Naismith created basketball from a game he used to play in his childhood called Duck on a Rock. The goal of Duck on a Rock was to throw stones to hit a target
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college athletes really be labeled as ‘employees’ eligible to be paid by the universities they attend? Or should the laws enacted by the National College Athletic Association (NCAA) remain unchanged leaving players unpaid? Whether or not college athletes should be paid has always been a relevant and controversial topic in the sports world. As a student at a Division 1 sports school and an avid college sports fan this topic interests me. Students need to realize that paying of college athletes would
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student athletes be paid to play? People are debating many controversial issues locally and globally. One controversial issue‚ which is relevant today‚ is whether or not college athletes should be paid or not. One side argues college athletes should be paid while others argue why they should not. For the NCAA this has been a popular topic. People began to discuss this topic when college athletes started to receive special treatment and compensation from scouters to insure that those players would
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of the young man. Now‚ Lebron’s true challenge is leading his team to defeating their opponents in the most important game of the season. The clock indicates there are only 18 seconds left‚ enough time to score one more basket. The Cavaliers have one big challenge‚ racing with time to attain this basket and conclude their victory. A player from the Cavaliers rebounds‚ controls the ball‚ and sprints down the court. He selfishly attempts to dribble through all of the opposing team players without
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| Contrast Essay Drive-ins verses indoor theaters | | | Jerry Nelson | 4/23/2014 | * What’s better than the anticipation of seeing a movie you’ve been waiting for to come out on the big screen? The question is‚ Where to go see it? Movie theaters are the place to go but you really only have one choice during the colder climates in winter‚ early spring or late fall. But during the other times of the year there still is the option that being the
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