In today’s society‚ many parents who are involved with their kids’ sporting activities‚ have an unhealthy addiction to their children being on top of their game; because of this addiction the kids are ultimately suffering. Parents are only letting their kids play one sport‚ believing‚ incorrectly‚ that specializing in one sport is best. “Why do young athletes choose to specialize? The biggest reason is parents. Many parents encourage specialization because they believe it is an investment in a
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Athletes‚ under the age of 21 years‚ should be eligible to be drafted into a professional sports team. Playing in a professional sport is a career and setting a limit based on age to when someone can start his or her career is absurd. “Currently‚ to be eligible for the NBA Draft‚ a player has to be at least 19-years-old or one year removed from high school.” (Jessop.2014) In the one year removed from high school‚ the athlete can choose to attend college and declare if he or she would be eligible
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someone in professional sports gets paid 20 million a year all of a sudden‚ they work for it. Athletes aren’t overpaid with all the expenses and health risk that they take for our entertainment. To begin with athletes aren’t overpaid in their careers. Athletes work hard‚ almost every day they travel to different cities for games which means a lot of nights in hotels‚ so they are always on the road. Athletes use spare time they have to practice for games‚ so they are always busy. Athletes don’t get
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The Olympic Athlete I always have respected Olympic athletes‚ for they spend all their time training. Victorious athletes were professionals in the sense that they lived off the glory of their achievement ever afterwards. Their hometowns might reward them with: free meals for the rest of their lives‚ honorary appointments‚ or leadership positions in the community. The victors were memorialized in statues and also in victory songs‚ and commissioned from famous poets. Today‚ the Olympic Games are
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Steriods are illegal so what can be done to prevent professional athletes from using them? Steriods or any enhancing has been used since the ancient greeks so steriods or any enhancers has been around for awhile and if we dont act fast than it will be here forever. Athletes using steriods can cause real serious long-term health risks‚ because steriods unhealthy for the human. Steriods is used medical reasons not just for muscles it helps out people who have asthma but even though they somewhat helps them
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Athletes make too much money. Athletes hardly have to work for their money‚ and their pay is insanely high. However‚ they do put a lot of strain on their bodies. Athletes should be paid much less than what they are currently paid. Athletes hardly work for their money. As a matter of fact‚ Kobe Bryant used to make more money making two field goals than an average person would in a year. That is ridiculous. Sports stars hardly have to work for their pay‚ and several times‚ one will make a million
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think that athletes are overpaid? Well I believe that athletes are much overpaid. People‚ such as doctors and teachers‚ are not even close to being paid as much as athletes. For example‚ teachers teach students how to read‚ write‚ and speak. All some athletes do would be throwing a ball into a hoop‚ and they make a fortune. What a waste of money! They have so much; they do not even know what to do with it. Athletes should never be paid millions of dollars. To begin with‚ people who have saved people’s
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September 20‚ 2013 The Life of an Athlete It was a Saturday morning; I could hear the birds flying overhead‚ and the girls complaining of being too tired to practice. We were awake before sunrise‚ standing out on that field ready to practice. Maybe not so much awake as we were so close to sleeping on the floor. The smell of freshly drug dirt‚ as well as the freshly cut grass‚ filled our noses as we inhaled and deeply exhaled with our morning jog. The pain‚ or struggle‚ for some was the success
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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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NCAA Athletes and Social Media Nathan T. Mortland Robert Morris University September‚ 30 2014 How can social media such as Twitter‚ Facebook‚ or Instagram have an effect on student athletes‚ their team and their school? Young adults and teenagers normally make a lot of mistakes on social media. Some normal mistakes they make are posting underage drinking‚ partying pictures‚ derogatory statements (that could be prejudice to different races‚ sexes‚ or people with a different sexual orientation)
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