fired for moral reasons‚ bad publicity‚ or any reasons in-between. So why is it that when a college or professional athlete is charged with the same crime‚ they are still allowed to continue to play? Granted‚ there have been instances that the convicted athlete has been asked to leave the team. For instance‚ Marcus Vick‚ who was finally dismissed from Virginia Tech’s football team after a series of incidents (Lipka‚ 2006)—but more often than not‚ this is not the case. Possibly even more importantly
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Should Athletes be allowed Recreational Drugs? In professional sports‚ the topic of drugs‚ both recreational and performance enhancing‚ has been a major issue and has been discussed and viewed over time after time but the result has always been the same. Professional sports people are not allowed to use recreational or performance enhancing drugs. The part of this law that says performance-enhancing drugs are banned should be left in to make sport fair‚ but professional sports people SHOULD be allowed
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Should drones be allowed in warfare? Innocent people have been lost due to terrorist attacks. So why is the U.S. retaliating with drones unfair? Drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) are controlled by pilots. There are no people physically in the drone. Drones also have a precise aim‚ and many innocent people would be spared. Drones should be allowed during warfare. Since drones have an accurate aim‚ it would be less likely to injure or kill innocent people. Drones are not expensive to make
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vulgar language; however‚ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn shows such a major piece of our history‚ that all of the students should be allowed‚ or even required to read this novel. In order for people to learn about our history and how we have developed to where we are today‚ we need to read these amazing pieces of literature. Mark Twain is a significant author in history who writes about the honest truth of American history. This novel is a piece of literature that needs to be read by everyone
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higher levels of play‚ athletes should have the choice of using their natural gifts and/or using performance enhancing drugs. Neither an athlete who has a gene that prompts a superior physique nor an athlete who uses steroids should be deemed cheaters‚ for they are pushing sports to a new level and creating an equal level of play. As competition has escalated‚ the
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Should cell phones be allowed in schools? Nowaday‚ Many children have cell phones to talking on their phones and texting massages. It has become a part of everyday life. And children take the cell phone anywhere although going to schools. As far as I am concerned ph‚ students shouldn’t cell phone in schools for several reasons : too much of a temptation‚ cheating on tests‚ distractions for classmates. 1. Cell phones is too much of a temptation for some children. For instance ‚game
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Guns Must Be Allowed On Campus With college shootings on the rise‚ the recent debate between colleges is on allowing students and staff to conceal and carry on campus. College students and staff should be permitted to carry guns on campus with a concealed carry license‚ to protect themselves and others from sexuall assualt‚ combat school shootings‚ and make campus safer. The number of college students who are sexually assaulted is rising and not going away. “One in 5 women and one in 16 men are
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Should Circuses be Allowed to have Animals? Animals have been part of the circus since Roman times‚ but should they really be there? Should innocent animals be mistreated so they can ‘perform’ and entertain the public? I believe it’s cruel and animals should be banned from circuses. If you knew how the animals were really treated ‘behind the scenes’ you probably wouldn’t want to go to a circus again. Whilst the animals are being trained‚ their trainers use bull hooks and electric rods to make
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Cell Phones should not be Allowed in School – No When I first read the question‚ should cell phones be allowed in school?‚ my gut reaction is NO. If students are allowed to have cell phones in class then there is going to be a lot more cheating‚ more distractions‚ and less classroom focus. In order to keep students from cheating there would have to be more than just a few different tests made up. The distraction of students texting‚ reading texts‚ and such would go through the roof‚ and with the
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An American is someone that possesses the courage to stand up for what is right in any situation. No one should ever have to suffer for what they believe in because someone else doesn’t approve and America is a place where we strive to allow everyone their own beliefs and happiness. Anyone‚ no matter where they are originally from‚ should be allowed to follow their dreams and live the life that they see for themselves. Not very long ago‚ a 19-year-old boy named Hamzah Aljahmi closed his eyes‚ never
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