Do you have a role model? Have you ever tried so hard to 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
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my game every day. All the time I was looking up to my favorite player Lebron James. I would watch his highlights on YouTube and try to mimic his moves exactly. If he did a through the leg step back I would go right outside and try it. Whatever team he went to that was always one team that I cheered for. When he joined the Miami Heat I knew I would fall in love with that team. What I Already Know I know that before Lebron joined the team it was Dwayne Wade was the leader of the team. They won
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How about Bill Russell‚ a 5 time MVP and former center for the Boston Celtics? He quoted‚ ¨Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory.¨ I think he means that whenever you focus‚ you can win it all. Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James talks about how you go the extra mile by saying‚ ¨Success favors the flexible. You must be able to stretch that extra mile and be malleable in your ways‚ know this and you will make it.¨ In this quote‚ James talks about both being ¨...malleable
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Last year‚ while Lebron James makes baskets‚ in a basketball court‚ to get millions of dollars. Last year Lebron James made over 70 Million dollars for breaking the world record for the most baskets made. He has been playing for a couple years and he has already made more than the President who runs the U.S. Many professional athletes get paid million of dollars. Some people think that these athletes get overpaid for making many baskets in a row. Some other people believe they don’t make enough money
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is not the main source of income for players. Players receive their payment from their franchise which calls for the NBA to set salary caps. Salary caps limit the amount teams are allowed to pay their players. The more popular star players like Kobe Bryant or Carmelo Anthony make three to five times as much as the average player salary of five million. These amounts are usually based on the length of the players’ contracts. Some believe that these athletes are overpaid for the services that they
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rehab. He also broadcast games of the Oakland A’s for a season. He was featured in “Baseball” produced by PBS before his death on January 20‚ 1977(SABR). Curt Flood’s legacy still lives on after his death. His decision allowed players like LeBron James and Kobe Bryant to gain huge contracts through free agency(MLB). Curt was named by Time as one of the top 10 most influential athletes of the century(SABR). His Hall of Fame case is still persistent‚ as he had a very good career before the 1969 season
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He graced the cover of one of sports most illustrious magazines as an 18-year-old. Clearly LeBron was born with incredible physical genes. You simply do not find too many people in the world that are 6’8’’‚ 250 pounds and can move the way that man can. His work ethic and the endless amount of time he has put into the sport of basketball is what has made him “King James.” LeBron James is a prime example of being physically gifted. But‚ even though he is gifted it does not mean he did
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The NBA’s Expansion into China A Look at the Marketing Efforts of the NBA in China The first game played in the NBA was on November 1‚ 1946 in Toronto‚ Canada. The game was played between the Toronto Huskies and the New York Knickerbockers. The final score was 68-66‚ and there were 10‚000 people on hand. At that time‚ the NBA was named the Basketball Association of America‚ and was made up of eleven teams. The first 11 teams were from New York‚ Chicago‚ Cleveland‚ Detroit
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advertisement‚ we see LeBron James coming with a McDonald’s bag to the basketball court. Dwight Howard‚ who is already playing basketball‚ asks him what’s in the bag. Dwight tells him he has a big mac and fries. Dwight asks LeBron to bet his lunch and he agrees to have a slam dunk competition. Dwight won but suddenly Larry Bird appears and takes the McDonald’s bag. This advertisement’s target audience is young athletes‚ mainly basketball players‚ because they show their inspiration (LeBron James‚ Dwight
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