Athletes have been looked up to as role models for as long as sports have existed. There is so much attraction and admiration about being a professional athlete. Sports can have a great impact on people and society. Professional Athletes should be held as role models for the youth because they are at the center stage of attention in this world. The term role model is defined as a person whose behavior‚ example‚ or success is or can be emulated by others‚ especially the younger generation. Setting
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When working with adults‚ whether it’s in or out of a school environment‚ you must be able to respect one another and it is always important to maintain professionalism. You should be able to support other adults such as‚ Members of staff‚ professionals who come in to support pupils and Parents in a practical and sensitive manner. There are several levels of support known as ‘PIPE’. This acronym helps us to remember the levels of support we need to provide to other adults. Practical: Practical
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represent your country at the highest level” -Terri McKeever (bustle.com). Whether you are a professional athlete or an amateur athlete it has always been a dream to represent your country at the Olympics. The Question is should professional athletes be able to compete? Some think they shouldn’t but professional athletes have worked just as hard or maybe even harder than anyone else to get to that level. Professional athletes are the top athletes in the world which would create more revenue for the Olympics
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Is It Fair For Professional Athletes to Receive Such High Salaries? Professional athletes are persons who do sports for a living. These are people who earn on the average $48‚ 310 per year‚ though top athletes can earn millions even in just one game. The topmost earner is Tiger Woods who earns $80.3 million per year (Forbes 2004) and Michael Schumacher who earns $80 million (Forbes 2004). Because of the exuberant salaries that high-ranking professional athletes receive and the above-average
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Professional Counseling CNLS/502 August 27‚ 201 Professional Counseling Counseling can be refer as a voluntary and confidential process that takes place within the context of a professional‚ which includes individuals‚ groups‚ or members of a family. The goal of a counselor is to listen to their patients to gain a more concrete understanding of their clients concerns. Once understanding is gained the counselor works with the client to help effectively identify the concerns the
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Professional sports in big cities Kentucky is a state known for its college basketball‚ in the past couple of years the University of Louisville has been in the Final Four during the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament (NCAA)‚ bringing pride and joy to many cardinal fans; but it makes you wonder about the effects of introducing a National Basketball Association team to Louisville‚ which is in fact something city officials are looking to invest in. While there would be some benefits
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Everybody has made mistakes in their life‚ but that doesn’t mean that people should have to suffer for the rest of their life because of their mistakes. Just like everybody else‚ professional athletes who have been involved in illegal behavior should have the right to return to their old life once they have paid their debt to society. To keep athletes from playing in their sport goes against our country’s bill of rights‚ destroys the athlete’s life‚ and would leave them out of a job. Athletes who
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The use of performance-enhancing drugs‚ commonly abbreviated as PEDs‚ in professional sports has been around since the 1960s and since then‚ there has been numerous situations in which Olympic athletes have lost medals‚ or platers were given lifelong bans from professional sports because of testing positive for these illegal drugs (“Performance Enhancing…” 1). The several types of PEDs include anabolic steroids‚ stimulants‚ human growth hormone‚ abbreviated as HGH‚ and diuretics (“Performance Enhancing…”
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Essay I think professional athletes should have to take drug test‚ for the sake of the sport that they play and those who look up to them as a role model. If they didn’t have to‚ it would make the game unfair and may draw attention away from the game because using illegal drugs to enhance your performance is cheating. So many children and teenagers look up to athletes and idol them. As a professional athlete‚ they should set a good example and be a role model. If professional athletes are abusing
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Athletes Are Overpaid What/who are athletes really playing for? Professional athletes are getting overpaid‚ but no one is really stopping and thinking about it. I think that Professional athletes shouldn’t get paid as much money.But on the other hand‚ many professional athletes may disagree and say that it’s the right amount of money and not too much. However I think that the facts that support my opinion overshadow the counter statement because there is a bundle of information that exists to support
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