Amateur sports

position based on gender might sound like an absurd thought in today’s culture. Unfortunately, gender discrimination still exists in today’s society and is especially commonplace in women’s professional sports. Men appear to have led the way in success, talent and, agility in professional sports for as long as we can remember. However, the truth of it is many women athletes go without proper recognition for their talent, receiving equal pay, and even without equal treatment, all due to the mere…

hard-working, very rewarding person such as a doctor, firefighter, someone who risks their life to fight for freedom, or even the president of the United States of America make? Only a fraction of what Cam Newton, quarterback of the Carolina Panthers, makes. Sports involves at least two competitive opponents that compete against each other for entertainment purposes. Millions of people come to watch these events every year, and even one-third of the United States watched the Super Bowl last…

Colleges get millions of dollars for their sports departments, but how much do the athletes get out of it? Athletes are some of the hardest working people out there and they deserve to get paid for their work on the team. There are many reasons why athletes should get paid. They spend all the time with the sport, but some never become professionals in their sport so there was no point in their hard work. Because athletes don 't get paid some have to turn to illegal sponsoring. The biggest reason…

Ameatur athletics at the college level of sports is a huge business. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) generates millions of revenue every year and colleges and their programs get paid. Yet, the players that are on the court or field bringing in the millions of revenue get no reward no money their way. Ameatur athletes barely can afford meals, clothing, and other possessions while professional athletes get everything and more for doing the same job. Goldman responded to this…

Around the world professional athletes are paid between hundreds of thousands dollar to millions of dollars to play a sport, whether its catching, throwing, shooting, passing, or hitting a ball. These types of money should be given to American who are contributing to our society. American like firemen. police officer, or soldiers are being payed less money who are risking their lives every day. Teachers who work five days a week grading papers, teaching new material, and provide instruction in…

There are some several reasons why top sports people are paid high income. Famous athletes must experienced many years of training to develop the skills and fitness required and sometimes they could risk their lives and health. The number of people having real talent in each sport fields are often very few and sometimes they is unique. For example, it is rare to find someone with the tennis skills of Roger Federer who is regarded as the greatest tennis player of all time and it can be argued…

Performance Enhancing Drugs have affected numerous well known athletes in today’s society. Baseball Player Alex Rodriguez face many allegations of using performance enhancing drugs throughout his professional baseball career. According to Gottlieb, Performance enhancing drugs many of Rodriguez’ successes early into his career were contributed to performance enhancing drugs.(citation..) In this paper you will learn about ethical dilemmas, core beliefs, resolution, evaluation, and the comparison…

I think it’s not cool to use PEDs in sports. Even though it has been shown that taking these drugs improves performance. I remember an old Gatorade commercial where it talks about how Gatorade originated with the Florida Gator football team. Toward the end the narrator says” those boys drank that stuff and they became a second-half team.” Gatorade helps with endurance but it’s not a drug. It replaces fluids and electrolytes during physical activity. It’s legal. It doesn’t make you bigger,…

themselves. Participating in team sports does help to build character. In the article, “Team Sport Build Character” by JuniorC, it shows great examples and reasons of why team sports build up teamwork and trust that everybody needs in the world. Dawn Arcuri, mother of three young athletes, agrees that team sports build character and are helpful in developing kids. By contrast, in the article, “Obviously, sports do not build character” by Anthony…

youth. People live stressful lives, and sometimes they need a break from all of the work, and athletes provide that. Sports give people something to talk about, something fun to do. Many people in America like sports and enjoy watching them with their friends and family. Pro athletes are also part of a huge money making business. According to foxsports.com, all professional sports organizations combined bring in thousands of millions of dollars in revenue each year. It is a huge business in…