and improved dramatically with 277 teams playing in the premier league‚ whereas in 1992‚ when it first started‚ there was only 22 teams that had played. As the game has improved and more teams have been formed‚ soccer has become very popular in the European countries. These countries have contributed a lot to the games as there are many teams for each country‚ some countries have more than one teams which are entered in different leagues. With more teams comes more supporters as there are teams for
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have in common? While these individuals share the characteristic of being a professional athlete‚ all three men have been linked to the use of performance enhancing drugs. Performance enhancing drugs have existed for years‚ but they recently have become a debated topic in the sports world. This is because athletes use these drugs‚ such as steroids and testosterone boosters‚ to enhance their abilities in their respective sports. While these drugs have the ability to help athletes‚ they have the ability
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difficult it is to make it into professional sports and that ultimately sports is a business and like any other business athletes receive a salary for a service they provide. Many people believe athletes are being paid for little work‚ but in fact they work at the same level or even a higher level as other workers do. Making it into the pros is not an easy either. It takes a tremendous number of hours of hard work and dedication every day to earn a job in professional sports. These athletes sometimes
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games for that matter‚ because your drug test came back positive.” My stomach dropped‚ and I just sat in the locker room not knowing what to do. Professional athletes should be drug tested because they are an influence to many kids of all ages‚ for their own personal safety‚ and for the future of their sport. Kids of all ages pay attention to professional athletes because they are an example to more people than they know. “For many male high school athletes‚ pro athletes are major influences (Schwab)
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Basic athletes who may have no chances or aspirations to make it into the big leagues where their idols may reside. Young adults want to be like their heroes quicker than humanly possible. Performance enhancing drugs are not just present in professional sports‚ but even more common in triple A baseball and minor league sports. Some of these athletic “idols” have set the standards of greatness to unreachable levels. Performance enhancing drugs have sadly
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as sports have exsted. There is just something attractive about the thought of being in good physical condition and being talented in sports. But‚ are athlets the kind of people that children should be looking up to for direction and guidance? Many children often look up to the professional athletes as role models. In fact‚ in 1995 Sports Illustrated for Kids did a survey for kids who were ages 7 through 12 about who their role model was. The majority of the kids answered that a professional athlete
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Paul Walsh Dr. Aziz Psychology 1000 WHY ATHLETES FEEL THE PRESSURE TO USE STEROIDS Why do so many Athletes feel that they need to use performance enhancing drugs? Our society loves to place athletes on an iconic status they expect to see a good show day in and day out. They want to see bigger athletes playing‚ bigger home runs in baseball‚ bigger hits in football‚ and faster times ran in track meets. Our society is very demanding in these issues they want to see these big plays on sportscenters
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with pure talent‚ strength‚ and hard work‚ Barry Bonds hit his 756 homeruns while using Performance Enhancing Drugs. Although professional athletes are supposed to be role models‚ they are not taking responsibility for their actions when taking P.E.D’s. Big-time athletes‚ like Barry Bonds‚ Mark McGuire‚ and Sammy Sosa‚ have all opened the doors to a whole new way sports will be played. So what are some of the most prominent people in society today telling all of America? They’re telling them two
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“Professional athletes are extremely overpaid for the jobs they do.” The issue of overpaid pro athletes has been around for numerous years. The fact that a man that plays football and plays on a regular basis‚ plays for about 15-16 weeks. That man gets paid over a million dollars at least! I mean if you think about the fact that these players get paid more than the president in most situations‚ It seems hugely absurd! To think that that man plays for such a small amount of time and gets paid so
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performance enhancing drugs are the norm in the professional sports worlds. Whether it is football or basketball players‚ many professional athletes are getting exposed to PEDs. As a result‚ a lot of athletes are consuming performance enhancing drugs because athletes are living in a culture where PEDs are acceptable in all sports profession. There are certainly many positive effects when it comes to consuming performance enhancing drugs‚ but most professional athletes do not really consider the long lasting
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