Overpaid Athletes Being a professional athlete comes with many perks that go far beyond the sport itself. Players in the fields of basketball, baseball, hockey, and many more, have been known to make a lot of money. Some probably make more in one year than many of us will ever make in our entire ...

Athletes vs. Doctors Who are the real heroes? Professional athletes have a profound role in society. They are seen as modern day heroes. These superstars are idolized and enjoyed by many aspiring young athletes. The sole purpose of a professional athlete in society is for entertainment. The...

Athletic training was founded in the early 1950's. At first there were only a few members centered mostly in colleges and universities. Today, athletic training has grown to 22,700 certified and student members' worldwide. For a student to become certified they must first get a four y...

One of the major problems in today's sports scene is the use of performance enhancing drugs. Professional athletes are always looking to get a leg up on the competition, but this is taking it too far. Even though certain performance enhancing drugs are banned, the drug tests are not frequent enoug...

Meritocracy The Downfall of Sports A meritocracy is an environment in which individuals are rewarded for their ability to produce. An example of a meritocracy is the sports world at large. In the sports world, athletes are chosen based on their raw talent and ability to score poin...

There is only one thing that entertains me when the fall season comes around. Any gridiron enthusiast knows exactly what I am referring too. I love everything about professional football. From the great end zone catches to the bone crunching hits. When I sit down for the twelve o'c...

If you followed the Summer Olympics in Athens Greece, you heard about Ukraine's bronze-medal-winning rower Olena Olefirenko testing positive for stimulants after finishing third in the women's quadruple sculls event. Olefirenko and the Ukraine team were stripped of the bronze medal. You also he...

Professional Sports Due to the greediness of sports figures, professional athletes are not punished in the same manner as other professionals are. It is like they are in a completely different group that uses an entirely different set of morals. Te...

In today's world, the public watch professional sports such as baseball, basketball, football and hockey, as a form of escape from the rigors of everyday life, stress from work, and everyday household environment. Children idolize Allen Iverson, among other athletes, for his prowess in his res...

Professional athletes bring about an aura of disgust to many American citizens. The "greedy", "overpaid" "criminals" that we call athletes sicken many upper class individuals. Whenever a professional athlete signs a multi-million dollar deal, America always hears ab...

Article # 1 13. Legal Issue The points highlighted in the article show what sports have to change to allow closer ties between amateur and professional sports. I highlighted the most important parts of each section. Including the impact of professional sport, how to address the problem? develo...

Cory Maxson from August Wilson's " Fences" and Kiswana from "Kiswana Brown" face a similar conflict; both of the characters have problems relating to their parents. However not all conflicts are inevitable some problems are brought on themselves.Cory Maxson lives in Pittsburgh in the late 1950's wi...

Matt KelleyRhetoricSpeech #2 Professional Athletes are OverpaidEvery young child who has ever been involved in athletics has dreamed of being a professional in that sport. Why do you think that everyone wants to be a pro athlete. Sure it is because they get to...

Does god play a role in Professional Athletics? Does God play a role in Professional Athletics? Christianity plays a very important role in society today. Seeing all the different ways that Christianity affects the way we live our lives, I noticed that professional sports is greatly influenced by Ch...

High School Athletics: Good or Bad Imfluence?" In America we have laws, laws against killing, laws against stealing, and its excepted that as a member of American society you will live by these laws. In West Canaan, Texas, there is another society, which has its own set of laws. Football is a way ...