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    Spend money or save money? Some people say that it is better to enjoy your money as soon as you earn it‚ while others prefer to save money for their further life. It is really a difficult choice faced by lots of people‚ because of the different attitudes they hold towards money. As far as I am concerned‚ I vote for the former choice‚ which is that it is better for one to enjoy his or her money as soon as it is earned‚ because of these following reasons. First‚ since no one knows what will happen

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    Why the Sky Is Blue By: Sir James Jeans Sir James Jeans delivered a very impressive‚ informative speech at the Cambridge University Press on the question why is the sky blue? This speech was solely presented to inform the students at the university on the sequence of events that occurs between the earth and the sun that gives the sky its color. The speaker conveyed this message with his speech based around the concept that the sky is made blue by the light waves. Through his speech

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    Ever since contracts began in professional sports the price of athletes has continued to rise. So why are athletes worth so much? And where does all the money come from? It is all about the revenue‚ a team’srevenue determines how much they can pay their players.Athletes deserve their pay because they aresome of the hardest working people and are the cornerstone of a business that makes billions of dollars.` ` Athletes are some of the highest people not only in the United States but possibly in

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    Overpaid professional athletes The topic I chose for my essay is overpaid professional athletes. I chose this topic because I think athletes are getting paid way too much money. Athletes get paid way too much for what they contribute to society. They contribute very little compared to other careers that give so much to society but make very little salaries. The professional athletes that people look up too are most of the time bad role models and the ones who are the real heros don’t get

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    principles about the role of student-athletes and its economic model received a partial rebuke from the courts. On Aug. 8‚ 2014‚ a federal judge ruled that the NCAA’s rule prohibiting student-athletes from being compensated for the use of their names‚ images and likenesses violated federal antitrust laws (Johnson). A former basketball star at UCLA‚ Ed O’Bannon and several other current and former student-athletes brought the case up in 2009. Specifically‚ the athletes challenged the NCAA’s rule that prevents

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    SOME SPORTSMEN ARE MORE INTERESTED OF MAKING MONEY THAN PLAYING THE GAME Spectator sports is very popular everywhere in the world. In Malaysia‚ the most popular one is football or soccer. Tennis and basketball are sports that have worldwide appeal. Fans are willing to pay a lot of money to see high quality sports. Thus‚ there has developed in the most popular sports a group of athletes known as professional sportsmen. They are paid for playing in a team. Their payments are not paltry sums.

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    Athletes and Education

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    Did you ever realize that in most of the cases numerous of athletes never graduate? It is sad to see young student athletes setting for much less education than they deserve. Neil H.Petrie in his essay is expressing himself against the attitude toward student athletes‚ and collegiate system. Petrie said "the system uses and then discards after the final buzzer." I found it true because there is so much pressure on athletes that it compromises their potential and academic careers. Petrie addresses

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    one uses it to much. Too much screen time has a negative affect socially‚ emotionally‚ and mentally for developing teenagers‚ because they won’t develop the appropriate social skills‚ they can see pictures that can be emotionally detrimental for them‚ and it can be harmful for their health. Social skills are a very important aspect in a person’s life. If people are on screens to much it can affect their social skills and they won’t be able to communicate with people as easily. Too much screen time

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    Paying College Athletes Are college athletes in need of extra income or can they live comfortably with just a scholarship? Many articles assert the contrary that college athletes do need extra cash outside of a scholarship‚ Steve Berkowitz of USA today assert” NCAA President Mark Emmert was credited with nearly $1.7 million in compensation during the 2011 calendar year‚ according to the association’s new federal tax return” this suggest that athletes should also be rewarded with money for playing at

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    Being an athlete comes with a very big price. Many people say collegiate student athletes have it just as hard as a normal college student. I have to disagree though. There are multiple examples that separate athletes from the regular or average student. Time constraints‚ stereotypes‚ class attendance‚ physical and emotional fatigue‚ and also the athletic sport the student is participating in‚ are just few of the many burdens athletes have on the shoulders that the common student does not. Although

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