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    Although some individuals and fans believe that professional athletes are paid far too much‚ it is not a fair accusation made against these highly thought of individuals. Some complaints are about how much athletes are paid‚ yet they are still willing to pay outrageous prices to attend these major sporting events. Why is that? “And while so many are under the impression that this paycheck has one too many zeros in it‚ I believe that these individuals are dedicating themselves so fully to their occupation

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    A debate has ensued over whether or not colleges should be able to pay their athletes‚ due to athletic programs bringing in so much money for schools. Not paying college athletes would be good because students already receive compensation towards college‚ students are given many auditions to become professional‚ and college is not a job. On the other hand‚ others argue that college athletes should be paid because schools and coaches are rich from the students’ work students do not have any time to

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    Are Athletes Greedy

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    Did you know some athletes are becoming greedy and whiney? Athletes are leading to the end of pro sports. Athletes are becoming greedy. Athletes are getting paid to play for fun. Athletes are doing the job they love but people risking their lives are getting 10 times less money. Athletes are leading to the end of pro sports. Athletes are making team go bankrupt. The Texas Rangers a MLB team went bankrupt in 2010. Athletes are setting a bad example for kids. The kids that watch them learn about tons

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    SOME SPORTSMEN ARE MORE INTERESTED OF MAKING MONEY THAN PLAYING THE GAME Spectator sports is very popular everywhere in the world. In Malaysia‚ the most popular one is football or soccer. Tennis and basketball are sports that have worldwide appeal. Fans are willing to pay a lot of money to see high quality sports. Thus‚ there has developed in the most popular sports a group of athletes known as professional sportsmen. They are paid for playing in a team. Their payments are not paltry sums.

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    Overpaid or Justly Compensated Professional athletes sign huge contracts up to $20 million dollars per season‚ but it does not quite mean that they are overpaid. These athletes play sports for professional teams which is not that easy to get into. There is only a .03 percent chance for a college basketball player to make it into the NBA‚ which the chances seem nearly impossible. These athletes also have to work hard to stay in shape all year round‚ because their jobs depend on it. They also

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    The Salary of The Sports Stars is Fair. Successful sport players are much more popular and earn quite more than individuals in other important professions. Whether sports stars deserve this is a topic of frequent debate. Some argue that these huge salaries are fully justified while others deem it unfair that doctors earn less. In this essay I will explain why I believe sports stars deserve their huge salaries because they are unique and represent our ideals of human perfection. It is a well-known

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    fairness for althletes

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    The controversy over whether professional athletes deserve to enjoy higher salary than other occupations or not has consumed uncountable pages of mass media. On the one hand‚ a handful of people claims that these athletes deserve to be paid higher by dint of their endless efforts in the whole life. On the other hand‚ others emphasize that other jobs should be paid more for its important positions in society. As far as this debate is concerned‚ I share the same views with the second stance. One of

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    Who Should We Put a Price on Talent? Steve Yeager played for the L.A Dodgers until 1976‚ the year of his tragic accident. Yeager was waiting in the deck circle when the bat of his teammate shattered. A jagged chunk of wood splintered off the bat and flew directly into Yeager’s throat. He collapsed‚ and while blood spurting from his neck‚ he was rushed to the hospital. Somehow‚ he ending up surviving‚ but money had a great deal on his case. Most baseball players get paid payed over four million dollars

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    Athletes Are Overpaid What would a typical person do for a million dollars? Who would not want to be paid millions of dollars to play a sport? Most people would agree that athletes are overpaid due to them seeing what athletes do with their money Athletes are overpaid because there are more jobs which require more effort and deserves to be paid more‚ most of those athletes do not live up close to their pay‚ and the money could benefit other matters. First off‚ in the whole world

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    Writing task 1 The graph and box illustrate the global rate use by sector from 1990 to 2000 and the water consumption in Brazil and Conso in 2000. The overview of this two picture is there are a rapid increase in water usage in agriculture and citizens from big countries us more water than those small countries. From the graph of global water us by sector‚ we could see there are three sectors of water use such as agriculture‚ industrial use and domestic use. In 1990‚ water use for industrial

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