Why is a professional athlete able to get away with certain crimes that a normal everyday person couldn’t get away with? There isn’t a good enough answer to that question today. Some judges and law enforcement seem to look passed the wrong doing of a professional athlete because of their social status or importance to the league or association. Obviously this is unjust‚ athletes can’t get away with what whatever they want just because of the status they hold. One definition of the judicial system
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Should Drugs Be Legalized In his essay “Drugs”‚ Gore Vidal calls into question the legalization of drugs for three main reasons: not everyone will become addicted to drugs‚ crime will decrease with said legalization‚ and man has the right to make his own decisions‚ and do what he thinks is best for his life. Although Vidal wrote his essay in the 1970s‚ drug legalization is still a highly debated topic of today. Vidal wants his audience to agree with his logic‚ that drugs should be legalized‚ sold
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paid $420‚000 a year. If college athletes were paid it could be the difference between a “Big 10” college team that pays a lot or a less popular division that doesn’t pay much at all. Most people believe that college student athletes should be paid for playing a collegiate sport while going to school. Social media is reining over our lives nowadays with the glamorous lives of professional athletes fancy cars‚ houses‚ and clothes. That is every collegiate athletes goal‚ to play sports and make a lot
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Driving with a “C” average It is your sixteenth birthday you are finally able to get your licence‚ you have been waiting for this moment for so long‚ but you remember that you have a “D” in math class.. Students should not be required to have a “C” average in school to be able to drive. Learning how to drive does not consist on staying up late to study.Responsibility at school is different from responsibility on the road‚ also driving skills are not related to school grades. The responsibilities
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freedom and right to vote for who they believe should win. While‚ some citizens do not take advantage of their right to vote for reasons that may be understandable or they just choose not to. Those that do not vote could make a difference for their town‚ county‚ state‚ and country. Americans could form a petition or send a bill through America’s government that states that all Americans are required to vote. All American citizens should be required to vote because a record can be kept and observed
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For many years there has been a huge discussion on whether college athletes should be paid. John Thelin wrote an article called “Here’s Why We Shouldn’t Pay College Athletes‚” stating his reasons on why he believes that athletes should not be paid. He gives a general example explaining how the tax system would impact the players base salary of $100‚000. After all taxes are taken into account‚ he states that the athlete would make about $65‚100. He then compares this to the fact that many out of state
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and weakness of bones. According to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (2015) “Dietary supplements manufactures have reported that nearly 2‚100 deaths‚ hospitalizations‚ life threating illness and other serious medical incidents are resulting from their supplements products.” It is not always good to take supplements instead people should eat food that will really help
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effect are probabilistic. a. Students learn that studying hard produces good grades in most instances‚ but not
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Should you only reward youth athletes who earn their trophies? Participation trophies the easy way out. Participation trophies not only harm youth athletes‚ nut are a waste of money in youth organizations. Giving participation trophies decreases motivation. It is ok to give participation awards to 6-8 year old’s‚ but not to older youth athletes. Participation trophies should not be given because it teaches kids that you can get an award for just showing up. According to the "Trophies for All" youth
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given out to college athletes every year. Some believe the scholarships are not enough and that athletes should be paid like the professional players. Others believe the scholarships should be enough. This focuses the controversial question‚ should college athletes be payed like professional athletes? College athletes and other people believe that college athletes should receive a salary. Many reasons go into why college athletes should obtain a pay check. First‚ the athletes are putting themselves
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