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    Athletes

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    December 4‚ 2013 History 287 The Vietnam War Romance Of War In the book‚ “Novel Without a Name‚” by Duong Thu Huong‚ the novel is told from the North Vietnamese viewpoint in the Vietnam War. There are many themes that are shown throughout the novel. However‚ the three main themes are the effects of the war to its soldiers‚ the relationships and the love between each soldier‚ and the symbolism of nature throughout the novel. I will explain how the war has an effect on these three main themes

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    College Athletes

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    College athletes are manipulated every day. Student athletes are working day in and day out to meet academic standards and to keep their level of play competitive. These athletes need to be rewarded and credited for their achievements. Not only are these athletes not being rewarded but they are also living with no money. Because the athletes are living off of no money they are very vulnerable to taking money from boosters and others that are willing to help them out. The problem with this is

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    Athletes Are Overpaid

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    Athletes Salaries Have you ever thought that athletes are overpaid? Athletes are showing children that they could easily make millions by playing a few games. A majority of people don’t even watch sports but athletes are still paid all of that money. Some athletes are selfish and still‚ think that all of that money isn’t enough. Athletes are paid too much money and people aren’t doing anything about it. Athletes are showing and teaching kids wrong value. Athletes make millions of dollars a

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    Athletes Are Not Overpaid

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    These athletes are not overpaid because of these three reasons... Some athletes do think they are a little overpaid but some think they are not overpaid. Athletes are not overpaid because they have a short career so not a long time to make money‚ also because they train‚ travel and push themselves to the limit to make people happy‚ and lastly because the injuries are a constant threat and can cause chronic health problems to these athletes. The first reason that athletes are not overpaid

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    Are Athletes Overpaid?

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    When sports exploded in the 1900’s athletes were paid like regular working citizens. Most athletes had to work over the summer to keep their mortgages paid. In present day‚ professional athletes are dished out astronomical salaries in exchange for their play. Many of these athletes have the opportunity to be set for life within the first years of their contracts. Eighteen and nineteen year olds are given multi-million dollar contracts. While these athletes are getting paid these ridiculous amounts

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    Steroids and Athletes

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    Engl. 1302.03 Dr. Suzann Spaniel 8 April 2013 Steroids‚ PEDs and Athletes According to Bouchard (2011)‚ The use of performance enhancing drugs (PED’s) in sports has been at the center of an international ethical debate for many years (p.1). Athletes taking PEDs and doping traces back to ancient Greek times‚ athletes enhanced their endurance by using natural stimulants (Bouchard‚ 2011). The use of substances to aide athletes perform better‚ grew dramatically in the early twentieth century‚ but

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    Pressures of an Athlete

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    Athletes dealing with pressure: Sidney Crosby Vincent Paul Mr. Greenley PSE 4U May 29th‚ 2013 It was on a Saturday‚ the date was January 1st‚ 2008‚ and millions of hockey fans young and old tuned in front of TV screens and the Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park‚ New York in preparation for the most exciting hockey game of the century. The locker doors opened‚ and each player one by one followed until there was just me left‚ I took a last look behind me at the empty room and went

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    Athletes Pay

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    beyond that of an athletic scholarship. Which leads me to believe college-athletes who generate millions of dollars in revenue for their college-universities should receive a source of payment from the NCAA. Scholarships that’s student athletes receive to play sports in college do not cover the full cost of college universities. In the world of sports ‚ starting from high school a scholarship is an ideal dream of any athlete at any capacity. Scholarships are deemed as a free education and oppurtunity

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    Athletes-Students?

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    My topic for this research paper is “Should College athletes get paid for playing a sport?” My implied audience for this topic would be athletes‚ coaches‚ athletic directors‚ and NCAA coordinators. I will inform them why college athletes should get paid for what they do day in and day out. Also‚ I will show how playing a sport is the equivalent to a full time job and since athletes usually do not have enough free time to get a job than they should receive some spending money. As stated by Robert

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    Athlete compensation

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    Athlete Compensation The idea of paying college athletes has been an ongoing debate since the early 1900s. With current television revenue resulting from NCAA football bowl games and March Madness in basketball‚ there is now a commotion for compensating both football and basketball players beyond that of an athletic scholarship. Because of the title “Student-athlete”‚ college athletes have the obligation to be a student first‚ and an athlete second and should not be paid to play. There have been

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