2009 NFL Draft

the event. The controversy impacted the three’s social circle and fans. Background of Controversy Both Taylor Swift and Kanye West have had a bumpy relationship together over the past couple years which led to this controversy. On September 13th, 2009, Kanye West interrupts Taylor Swift acceptance award during the MTV Video Music Awards. A year later in the 2010 MTV VMA Awards, Taylor Swift performs a forgiving song in tribute the incident called Innocent. Although Kanye West has been…

Critical Commentary of “The accidental celebritisation of Caster Semenya” by Dr Jaime Shultz Individuals that are deemed ‘Celebrities’ are omnipresent these days, in the news, on television, in the papers…. Many, such as movie stars and musicians, choose their celebrity status and take every opportunity to promote that status, including the current US election season. Others have their status thrust upon them. One such case of ascribed celebrity status is that of Caster Semenya whose celebrity…

Mrs. Ledbetter was not compensated for the injustice, but it brought the case front and center that even after the tragic outcome something good came out of it. On January 29, 2009, President Barack Obama signed The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which stated the 180 days statute of limitations would reset every time an individual received a discriminatory paycheck. It also promoted voluntary compliance by employers, for example…

Introduction We teach girls to shrink themselves, to make themselves smaller. We say to girls, “You can have ambition, but not too much. You should aim to be successful, but not too successful, otherwise you would threaten the man. If you are the bread winner in your relationship with a man, you have to pretend that you’re not. Especially in public. Otherwise you will emasculate him -Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (TED | We Should All Be Feminists). This quote describes one of the biggest problem…

Therefore, this proved that its okay for a companies to pay a women less based on there gender if they don’t comply with the 180-day rule. The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act was later declared effective and signed by President Barack Obama on January 29, 2009. The act allows individuals subjected to pay discrimination to seek help and allow charges to be filed alleging wage discrimination. You would think that after this act it would help women in the work place but in actuality it hinders women…

Throughout history, men have dominated in all cultures. Today, women make up almost half of the workforce, yet they get paid less than men. This needs to change. It is unconstitutional not pay women equally. Women receive the same amount of education as men do. Women deserve equal opportunities for equal work. The debate of gender-based wage imbalance, commonly referred to as the wage gap, has been the subject of large debates; “Congress first addressed the issue more than four decades ago in…

Caster Semenya is an athlete who has identified herself as a woman and has her whole life. However, it changed when she was required to do a gender testing. In this test, she found out that she had no ovaries or uterus, but she did have testes that could produce testosterone. Because of this result, there was a huge debate whether she would be allowed to race as a woman because she had a huge advantage over the others. However, Dr. Myron Genel, a professor at Yale University, states that she is…

Bowl champion (XXXIV) 7× Pro Bowl (1999–2005) 3× First-team All-Pro (1999, 2001, 2003) Second-team All-Pro (2000) NFL 2000s All-Decade Team Outland Trophy (1996) UPI Lineman of the Year (1996) 2× Lombardi Award (1995, 1996) 2× Unanimous All-American (1995, 1996) USA Today High School All-American (1993) Orlando Pace was drafted by the St. Louis Rams in 1997 as the #1 pick in the draft. He played for the rams for 12 years. He won the super bowl in 2000 with a score of 16 to 23, with the rams…

England Patriots (NFL). He is one of two players to win five Super Bowls and the only player to win them all playing for one team. Tom Brady began his professional football career after playing college football for the University of Michigan, and was drafted by the Patriots in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL Draft. Brady didn’t just go to college for sports. He got his degree in organizational studies in the University of Michigan. Which served as a very useful thing to have in the NFL,…

NFL football is one of America’s favorite past times. Every Sunday in the fall millions of fans pile into stadiums across the country to with hope that their team has a successful season, and can hopefully go all the way and reach the Super Bowl. Cleveland Browns fans hope for this every year, but are let down again and again. At the time of writing this essay the Cleveland Browns are 0-12 and are well on their way to being winless. If they can’t manage to win a game they will be only the…