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    Do people get what they deserve in this world? I do not believe that they do. In some cases they do‚ but mostly people don’t get what they deserve. I have 3 reasons for believing this. Firstly‚ innocent children all around the world suffer in ways that are terrible. For example‚ thousands of children in Africa don’t have enough food or water to live‚ schools or medicine. They are born‚ and then suffer and sometimes die. Other children live in war zones‚ like in Palestine or Israel‚ India‚ Pakistan

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    pay athletes so much money? People are saying that Pro athletes are getting paid way too much. Athletes are role models and motivators for kids. Also a lot of their money comes from sponsorships. Team Owners and Sponsorships pay athletes a reasonable amount. They also are role models for kids that look up to them a lot. People make athletes role models because they want to be just like that athlete in the future and follow what they do off the field. The kids will always look up to athletes. The

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    Professional athletes are role models for many young children & adolescents. If for example a young child hears about an athlete using drugs‚ he might think that using drugs is all right for him as well. Similarly‚ if the athlete is not severely punished then the child will think he can get off easy too. However if a child sees that the sport wants to remediate any and all situations involving professional athletes taking drugs‚ he will be helped to understand that taking drugs is socially unacceptable

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    Professional athletes are overpaid. Yes‚ they are talented. But they are talented on the court‚ field‚ pitch‚ pool but they aren’t running our country or fighting for this country’s freedom. How about saving peoples lives? Or even education? These athletes get all that money but they don’t know how to spend it. We have so many other people who should get paid that make a huge difference in this world. The NBA has the highest paid athletes. The average salary for the NBA is $5.2 million. Kobe Bryant

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    quarterback Colin Kaepernick decided to take a knee during the playing of the National Anthem prior to football games he reignited the community of black athletes. Muhammed Ali‚ Bill Russell‚ Jim Brown‚ Arthur Ash and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Each of the people a few who used their status as famous athletes to cause change. For as popular as they were as athletes‚ they were much more famous as activists. Ali shared the ring with the likes of Joe Frazier‚ George Foreman and Sonny Liston‚ but no fight was bigger

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    as child abuse‚ yet the majority of civilians contain that power. The real question is: why do those individuals who do commit these crimes decide to act on their instincts‚ and why do role models such as professional football players decide to commit crimes when they know how much of a key role they play in our society. The life of a NFL player is very stressful and the athletes rely on their talents to earn their money. Like any item with an excessive amount of abundance‚ the amount of stress that

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    Daniel Yoo Mrs. Knox English IIII 12 November 2015 Use of Steroids in Sports There’s lot of stories about professional athletes using enhancing performance drugs. Lot of athletes use drugs for their performance in the past and some athlete still use it now days. Drugs are usually turn to steroids‚ there are several types of steroids like anabolic steroids or corticosteroids‚ they are in same groups. Corticosteroids‚ cortisone or prednisone

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    Steroids and professional athletes Period 9 In scientific terms “Steroids are a group of naturally occurring or synthetic fat-soluble organic compounds‚ whose structure is chemically based on steroid nucleus‚ the nucleus is a hydrogenated cycloplentanoperhydrophenanthrene ring system which is seventeen carbon atoms arranged in four rings” (types of steroids‚ Androgenic‚ Cortico‚ Anabolic-Side effects of steroids). In layman’s terms “Steroids are a class of chemical substances that all

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    Are Professional Athletes Overpaid? In recent years‚ the salaries of many professional athletes have soared‚ allowing them to collect millions every year for merely being on a team. Worshipped by their talent and the appeal of extreme wealth‚ many of these athletes do not see themselves as role models‚ which‚ in turn‚ affects society’s younger generation. Although many of these athletes are perhaps the world’s most talented in their fields‚ their significantly high salaries are unjustifiable

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    Many people around the world held the view that professional athletes are paid too much money for little effort. So‚ do they deserve huge salaries? Undoubtedly‚ there is a long and tough way towards becoming a great and the famous sports star‚ not only persistent efforts but also talent are required. Few people on this field could accomplish great things like them. As a reward‚ they deserve a higher compensation. However‚ in my opinion‚ they are paid a crazy amount of salary that is far more than

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