American Olympic athletes should be paid more money for training and competing. They currently do not make enough which is leading to less than optimal performance for the American team. Most olympians are making less than $15‚000 per year(less than minimum wage)‚ which makes it tough for them to train to their potential and win. America’s top athletes are going to play football‚ basketball‚ or baseball instead of competing in the Olympics. We are also being beat by other countries that pay and value
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“Good luck!” Kat uttered nervously‚ tucking her brown hair into the metallic cap we both wore‚ as she stared at the crisp water before us. Nodding back to her‚ I peered out into the crowd‚ reverberating and wailing for the anxious competitors. I shivered and gazed back to the still translucent‚ glassy water. Nerves overcoming me‚ I closed my eyes‚ and visualized myself winning my heat‚ out touching my opponents‚ slamming my hands onto the wall before all others. “It’s only
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never got paid. That’s what has happened to the college football players. They are worked like slaves. They generate all this money not to get paid. I think that college players should get paid. College football players play just like the NFL players. NFL players get paid and they play just like they are still in college. If the National Collegiate Athletic Association is getting paid 1.7 million
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all states.. Although all life is sacred and very few people deserve the death penalty‚ all states should be allowed to execute criminals because it deters crime‚ provides closure to families and maintains moral order. If all states were allowed to sentence criminals to death‚ the overall crime rates
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Firefighters‚ police officers‚ and many other positions risk their lives for our safety‚ or provide necessary services to survive in today’s economy‚ every day and still get paid less than twice‚ or more‚ the amount that some celebrities get paid. Celebrities often can easily make 6 figures‚ over 100‚000 dollars a year. Most celebrities make millions of dollars‚ and some even make billions. “The median annual salary for a firefighter is $43‚580‚ with a range usually between $32‚685 - $54‚475 (Fire)
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Paul Walsh Dr. Aziz Psychology 1000 WHY ATHLETES FEEL THE PRESSURE TO USE STEROIDS Why do so many Athletes feel that they need to use performance enhancing drugs? Our society loves to place athletes on an iconic status they expect to see a good show day in and day out. They want to see bigger athletes playing‚ bigger home runs in baseball‚ bigger hits in football‚ and faster times ran in track meets. Our society is very demanding in these issues they want to see these big plays on sportscenters
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life‚ but money is not given to collegiate football athletes. The National Collegiate Athletic Association‚ NCAA‚ made a billion dollars on the games during March Madness and even after the nets were cut and a champion was crowned not a single player was give any money. Collegiate football players‚ or any collegiate player for that matter‚ should be paid for each game based on how hard they work and how dedicated they are to their sport. The athletes are the basis and the main reason the NCAA makes
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“I like college football a lot because it’s a dream your chasing. The dream of one day making it.” ~ Ray Lewis College football players in need of money? College football players work very hard‚ spend a good amount of time practicing‚ and don’t make a single cent from any of it therefore they should get paid. In the past college football players have not been paid for all of the blood sweat and tears that they put into the sport. In recent years football players such as Chris Burnette‚ who plays
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subcultures to do was to define their subculture‚ and we found a split with the complexity of the answers. Most of the respondents who were a part of the athletic subculture‚ simply gave us a simple definition of an athlete‚ someone who is a member of a sports team here at the University of Tampa‚ and we had others who expanded more on this. Some respondents said an athlete is someone who is a strong competitor and who has athletic talent and ability. We even had some responses include that athletes are born
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people live in a world‚ where competition did not exist . People would live in an ancient-like society‚ low-technology level‚ and laziness would be the theme of this world‚ because improvement would be unnecessary. No matter what professions they are‚ athletes or politicians‚ people would not be better since they have no competitors. However‚ competitive instinct exists in humanity‚ and people can achieve their dream in sports competition‚ people practice and compete to push each other to be better‚ to
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