Amateur

Professional athletes are overpaid. Society knows that. It is outrageous that athletes get paid millions of dollars just to entertain fans. Athletes are overpaid. Do they deserve that much money? One reason is their financial issues. You don’t hear about bankruptcy in the real world that often, but these athletes have been fighting for every penny. Kenny Anderson, a former basketball player complained about insurance for eight cars! Who has eight cars these days! Not the average person.…

Could you imagine getting paid over one million dollars, just for running, throwing, and catching, it’s unbelievable! Well, most athletes today get paid over ten million dollars, and with that amount of money, it could break the economy. Therefore, athletes are overpaid. Athletes in the past have shown to not be very financially smart. First, 78% of NFL players went into bankruptcy after retirement. Similarly, 60% of NBA players go bankrupt after five years of retirement. Therefore, this would…

Do you want to earn millions of dollars? Do you want to travel and go to various cities or countries? Do you want to earn endorsements and enjoy the benefits from companies such as Nike or Adidas? You’re in luck, as all it will take to be able to earn all of the perks mentioned is a relatively simple formula. Just be athletically inclined with the talent to play a specific sport of your choosing. Pertaining to that, you’ll also have to be highly proficient in some areas. Size, strength, speed,…

Everyday people face challenges and wish there was a way to overcome them, and in some cases people feel the need to use something to enhance their level of performance. This is similarly the case in competitive sports, players have a lot of pressure to succeed because of money, endorsements, and even national pride. These pressures often promote professional athletes to adopt unethical ways to cheat such as doping. Doping by definition is “the use of a substance (such as an anabolic steroid or…

The philosopher Michel Foucault once described discourse as “Systems of thoughts composed of ideas, attitudes, and courses of action, beliefs and practices that systematically construct the subjects and the worlds of which they speak.” As masterfully presented by Foucault, discourse involves language and how individuals in certain communities, or “worlds” use language to communicate with each other. In part, language creates distinct discourse communities involving those who share similarities…

As a person who comes from a country with less developed sport industry, I can say that I had no idea about the different opportunities and various career paths I can pursue. With each chapter we covered during the semester, I have discovered another career path that I can follow with desire therefore I first want to talk about the other sport related career opportunities I had an interest before deciding my ultimate goal. The sport agency is one of those options which I don’t have interest…

Over the years, pro sports players have made thousands and even millions! They are considered by many people, some of the richest people in America. Today there are many sport players playing baseball, football, basketball, and soccer. Now, there is a conflict among people in the United States about who should be paid more. The two jobs are United States military personnel and pro sport players. In my opinion, I choose that pro players should be payed more and I will show why. One of the…

I feel that the plantation metaphor still exists in today’s sporting world. Many athletes are pressured into contracts and decision making, that they are not always comfortable with. The way in which they are often pressured into these decision is with the use of money. Owners of major sporting teams are able to control high performance athletes because they are fully aware of the hefty salaries they get paid and that these athletes have become accustomed to a certain type of life style. Owners…

Throughout the years, professional athletes salaries have skyrocketed. The majority of the revenue to the companies is due to the public's willingness to pay to attend events or watch them online. Also because of the revenue the companies are generating, they have more money to pay players to convince them to join their team. Some believe that the athletes deserve and have earned their pay. They believe that they need the large salary to cover medical bills or to save for retirement. However,…

In these Modern times, I don’t agree on the large salaries paid to athletes and movie stars. I am not against these jobs, but I feel more could be done with the salaries that are paid to these individuals. There are other work fields that are more serious and even harder than being an athlete or movie star. Being a movie star is not an overnight process, just going to an audition can’t guarantee you a job on the spot. Most movie stars had to start off with an agent. They get a script, usually…