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    "I will not be taking my pay rise as I don't believe that I should be earning more than a doctor". Quotes footballing sensation Craig Bellamy. Footballers are only for entertainment value only. I think that footballers are paid too much and dont deserve it as there are other people in the world that have no money and are just ignored. Doctors and soldiers are paid an inadequate amount for their hard work in comparison to footballers. Footballers in the 21st century are earning a weekly salary…

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    Video games, the latest iPhone, game consoles, and flat screen televisions are examples of new technologies that drive today’s youth to stay inside all day. Professional athletes are the light at the end of the long technological tunnel. These athletes provide a sense of what hard work is and where it can take you. Although the physical aspects of what athletes can do are what is most observed by people, the psychological factors that athletes help young people develop are also very important.…

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    Why Athletes Get Paid

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    How much does society really need to pay professionals? They don't even do anything positive to society. They don't even do anything positive to society, and they are bad role models. Athletes are payed way too much money. Most come from a poor background and even though it's inspiring they don't know how handle money. Some of these high paid athletes don't even know how to cash a check. Athletes don't contribute to society .Athletes get paid way too much money for just playing sports A lot…

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    “We have some of the best medical people in the world that work for us. Our wellness policy, our concussion programming, our protocols — I’ll put them up there against any on the planet. That is a new science in a way, too.” A quote from Triple H WWE’s Executive Vice President of Talent said to The Wrap. WWE pays for all in-ring related injuries and any associated rehabilitation. Additionally, WWE leads the entertainment industry with its Talent Wellness Program, which is administered…

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    I separate my life into two parts: before professional wrestling and after professional wrestling. It sounds ridiculous but professional wrestling has made me the person I am today. I started watching wrestling when I was about nine years old. Before that time and up to that time, I had no friends. Literally, no one I knew I would have considered a friend. It wasn't for a lack of trying on my part, maybe it was because of a lack of social skills. I was the fat kid in class. I wasn't the only fat…

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    wasn’t a huge fan of any of these things separately, let alone all in one wrestling practice. If you asked me in middle school how I would look back on my wrestling days, and how those days would develop me over the years, I would have shrugged. That’s a confusing question, I can’t see the future, and who are you to be asking the questions, huh? If you instead asked me now, hypothetically interested reader, how I think wrestling affected me, (besides the obvious brain damage) I would have a…

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    George Wagner Essay

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    wrestler back then, which later became known as a golden era, during a time when kayfabe was alive and well (For those who don’t know wrestling terms, kayfabe essentially means that nobody knew professional wrestling was pre-determined). But when Wagner adopted his in-ring persona of “Gorgeous” George, both his and the sport’s popularity exploded. That’s right, watching wrestling used to be a household activity. What a time to be alive. Known for his cheating tactics and ridiculing of fans,…

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    Shally and Katz express struggles common to men such as good vs. evil, power vs. submissiveness, and work vs. ownership. Gender, like race and class, is a part of professional wrestling. Professional wrestling leaves little surprise that boys to act act masculine. As Katz says, “we get a very traditional and very conservative version of masculinity represented as an ideal of physical strength, the ability to control and scare other people, to intimidate, and especially to not back away from…

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    Cm Punk Essay

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    Was it a case of art imitating real life or did the WWE give former WWE wrestler CM Punk the raspberry by mocking him at the Backlash pay-per-view event this past Sunday? It's no secret that the WWE and former wrestling superstar and World Champion CM Punk have been at odds over several issues. In fact, he is still sitting on the sidelines awaiting a ruling related to a defamation lawsuit brought against him by WWE physician Chris Amann. After leaving the organization amid all the controversy,…

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    until he was the age of 12 even seen her at the time was the promoter for Capitol wrestling corporation at this time then senior began bringing his son on the road with him attending many venues and promotions…

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