Brandon Clark English 101 8:45-10:50 Tuesday‚ Thursday 02-14-2013 Argument Paper Time for Change in Amateur Sports College athletes are held to a high standard‚ to act‚ perform and live like professionals. Why not pay them like professionals to? Sure you don’t have to pay them as much as professional athletes but there are a lot of reasons why student athletes should get paid rather than just the scholarship itself. When fans watch these student athletes play there is a major profit in money
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asking price. When Washington offered $78.4 million‚ the negotiations started. The Washington Bullets‚ General Manager Wes Unseld was cautious about the negotiations‚ keeping in mind the salary cap. Unseld’s first offer of $78.4 million was the amount the franchise could manage to pay for without manipulating salaries and bonuses. Unseld viewed the offer of $78.4
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run the risk of an employee uproar. Next‚ Browning was asked by Continental to reduce salary and administrative costs. Continental’s management saw these high costs as a weakness. Simultaneously‚ he was supposed to communicate a sense of urgency of the absolute collapse of White Cap if things did not change quickly. At the same time‚ Browning was to do this without disrupting the marketplace image of White Cap as well as without weakening its employee loyalty. These changes needed to be accomplished
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Basketball Association. Drafted in 2008 with the first overall pick after only one year in college‚ Rose quickly burst onto the scene as a star player in the NBA averaging twenty one points and seven assists thus earning him rookie of the year in 2008. After winning rookie of the year Rose had all the confidence to do more in his professional career such as being a three time all star‚ all NBA first team three times and being the youngest MVP in NBA history. Also‚ outside of the NBA he won the
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scorer by the time he graduated in 1974. Larry Bird was drafted by the Boston Celtics with the sixth overall pick in the 1978 draft. The Celtics gave Bird a contract worth $3.25 million over five years. Bird’s new contract made him the highest paid rookie in the history of team sports at that time. Bird averaged 21.3 points per game‚ and averaged 143 steals and 2‚955 minutes per season played. He led the Celtics to 3 championships and was also awarded MVP (most valuable player) 3 times. After helping
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high school team‚ St. Vincent and St.Mary’s Academy. He won “Mr. Basketball of Ohio” three years consecutively. After high school‚ LeBron was drafted straight into the NBA‚ and was the very 1st draft pick. His first year in the NBA‚ LeBron won the “Rookie of the Year” award. He has already earned 1 national championship‚ 2 olympic medals‚ and 3 NBA MVP’s. James played with the Cleveland Cavaliers his first 7 seasons straight out of high school. In 2010‚ LeBron signed a contract with the Miami Heat
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Banking industry in Bangladesh The commercial banking system dominates Bangladesh’s financial sector. Bangladesh Bank is the Central Bank of Bangladesh and the chief regulatory authority in the sector. The banking system is composed of four state-owned commercial banks‚ five specialized development banks‚ thirty private commercial Banks and nine foreign commercial banks. The Nobel-prize winning Grameen Bank is a specialized micro-finance institution‚ which revolutionized the concept of micro-credit
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unpredictability of the league. There is no predetermined winner in the games. There is a competitive balance between the teams in order to ensure an uncertain outcome. In order to achieve this‚ certain measures have been taken such as salary caps and the draft system. The salary cap is a set amount of money that
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NBA rumors are in full swing now and the chances of Dwyane wade playing for a team other than Miami Heat next season keep getting bigger by the day. One of the biggest names on the NBA Free Agency market‚ Dwyane Wade‚ may be close to signing a new contract‚ and this time with another team. After meeting with the 34-year-old Miami superstar in New York‚ the Denver Nuggets believed that they had a 50-50 chance at signing Dwyane wade as a free agent‚ according to people familiar with the situation
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took all his strength to hold back and not "pop them right in the nose". It took months for even Jackie’s own teammates to accept him and even longer for opposing players. However‚ after a long and hard rookie year‚ Major League Baseball recognized Jackie efforts by awarding him the prestigious Rookie of the Year award. Of course‚ Jackie earned every vote for the award‚ hitting .338 with 10 home runs and 54 stolen bases including 2 steals of home. He also had the most hit by pitches‚ an astounding 74
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