Jeremy Reuben Tang Choon Yang U1480059A SS1003 Assignment 1 Topic: Are professional athletes overpaid? Introduction There has been an incessant debate about whether professional athletes genuinely deserve the extravagant salaries that are transacted to their bank accounts throughout the lifespan of their contracts. Professional athletes are physically gifted human beings who excel at a certain sport and receive an income through their hard work and determination. These individuals are the cream
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Although they have a sense of control on what they see‚ they actually do not because the content was created by a limited amount of power sources. The most followed sports news accounts on twitter are sportscenter and ESPN with over thirty million followers. The information they post is retweeted or further talked about by smaller sport news accounts‚ such as bleacher report with three and a half million followers (Twitter). The main media companies decide what is published to the mass followers and
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deserve all those millions of dollars? In my opinion‚ they are definitely being paid an excessive amount of money. Professional athletes are paid too much money in an unfair way because they are paid more than the people who “perform more valuable services”‚ and the money they earn could be reinvested into the community instead‚ along with the expensive game tickets. First of all‚ professional athletes are being paid more than the people who “perform more valuable services.” In Scholastic News‚ it states
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the governance of contemporary sport. Contemporary sport is considered to be sport from the second half of the 20th century which is the period in which there was first an inkling and then the realization of the fact that international sport had became globalised. Ideally‚ sport advocates for many of the character traits that society desires including fairplay‚ sportsmanship‚ hard work‚ dedication toward a desired goal and compliance to authority. Unfortunately‚ sport is no longer considered a social
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Role in Sports in Popular Culture University of Phoenix Matt Biering‚ Paul J.Orozoo‚ Rebecca Young & Morena Noriega SOC/105 Carol French August 13‚ 2012 Many people around the world have enjoyed playing many sports and have been for a very long time. "Of course ancient Olympics‚ medieval aristocrats‚ cave people‚ and hordes of peasants kicking a ball from one village to the next is‚ despite the genealogy‚ rather far removed from sports as we know them today" (History of Sports‚ 2012)
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Argumentative Draft 20 November 2012 My intended audience for this essay‚ is professional sports league commissioners that think they have done enough to keep the game safe. Concussions have continued to affect professional athletes‚ meaning there needs to be something done to better protect them. My purpose is to get professional sport leagues to alter the equipment used in the sport and change some of the rules used in the sport‚ to better protect the athletes. My message is that there have been many
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It is hard to know what exactly to do in any situation that is illegal‚ even in the sporting realm. As a society we tend to look at any athlete‚ no matter what league they are in; from college‚ minor league and major leagues‚ as if they get anything and everything they want. Almost as if they are invisible to any crimes and believe that because they are in the public eye‚ it means they can get out of it. One should believe that athletes are just like the rest of us and should be punished like we
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Wrong Thinking Practicing sports allows people to reap a variety of benefits. Participating in sports helps you maintain a healthy lifestyle by getting the exercise your body needs and can also serve as a stress reliever. Some people take sports more seriously than others and want to pursue a career as professional athletes. Many athletes push themselves to work towards perfection in an attempt to reach this dream. However‚ along the way many athletes lose sight not only of what they are working
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Impact of the Recession on the Sports Industry Sports all over the world have become a big business. But with this rising recession‚ the general environment has had some negative effects on these industries. Its mostly the professional sports that this has been having a huge affect on. The national football league is seriously debating having a lockout due to financial hardship‚ and other sports businesses and leagues are also taking a hit. Apparel stores all over the world are
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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 are being kept from playing their sport should be protected by the bill of rights. The eighth amendment states
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