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Flavian Amphitheater, best known as “Colosseum”, is the Rome’s greatest arena which is built mainly for the purpose of holding large sports event. As history records indicate, the Colosseum can hold around 50,000 spectators at a time, which means the Colosseum is at least twice the size of the Oracle Stadium of Golden State Warriors. There are many fun facts about the Colosseum, according to the book “Art: a Brief History,” author Marilyn Stokstad described the cruel opening performance in…

created a new basis for male power and privilege (Hartmann 1976). In 1972 as women were fighting for equality in society, the passage of Title IX meant women in the U.S. have a legal basis from which to push for greater equity in high school and college athletics. Men have always been the talk when it comes to sports, so when women were able to play sports freely people asked “Can a woman be strong, aggressive, competitive, and still be considered feminine?” Rohrbaugh (1979). Sports are good…

Should everyone get a trophy? Youth athletes should not get participation trophies. Participation trophies are a waste of scarce funds. Receiving participation trophies discourages youth athletes and tells them that if they do not try they will still get an award. On the other hand some people believe that spending a few dollars to see a kid smile is worth it. Trophies should only be given to the youth athletes that do the best. Participation trophies are a waste of scarce funds.…

College athletes vs professional athletes My essay will be on comparing of professional athletes and college athletes. This is a big topic, because someone would say that collegiate athletes are more rushed for time. There are big diffrences between two though. I will be explaining them to you today. If you go up to any colliegiate athlete and ask them if they have time to go out an party on thursday night, the majority would answer and say no, espically if it is a football player, you may…

training while playing and maintaining their studies. In the article Are players School Employees? by Reed Karaim shows how students have the right to unionize, along with class-action lawsuits demanding more compensation and better treatment for college athletes, has amplified debate over whether they should be paid. Reed Karaim discusses how the top of collegiate competition deserves greater compensation for their efforts rather than scholarships. Meaning these athlete’s deserve…

College is very important and plays a major role for anyone that attends. It is where they learn life lessons, and find out who they really are as a person. Very few people are fortunate enough to be able to go to college, much less being able to continue to play sports. College can be very expensive for some people but some can also use their talent from the sport to get scholarships. Which brings up the reason of why college athletes should be paid. Most of the athletes aren 't able to receive…

athletes should receive compensation. College athletes have two arenas: the classroom and the game. One of the main questions debated over is: “Is it the university 's job to pay athletes?” College athletes generate money for their universities, while universities, offer students athletic scholarships to attend the school. Being a college-athlete can be very time-consuming, leading people to differ in opinion. The proponents of providing compensation for college athletes claim other students…

For decades college athletes were supposed play solely for the love of game. It is this love that helps classify college players as "amateurs." Under this title the NCAA says that these players should not be given compensation. Compensating college athletes, however, may be coming more rapidly than the NCAA would like. With events like the Northwestern ruling and other recent court rulings, it seems that college athletes will be given compensation in the very near future. There are many people…

Do you like football? Well I do and an I know a lot about it. It is the best sport to learn about. Do you know anything about football? Well if you do or don’t, after you read this you will know a lot more. First, you will learn about how many players are needed to play, second, how it is played, lastly, how much the average NFL player gets paid, and what the goal of football. First are you wondering how many players is involved to play the game? Well to start off on one team, the coaches are…

Parity written by Scoop Jackson, argues that College athletics is a business instead of what we perceive it as. He States that college athletes sign an agreement that is a mutual agreement in which one-party is undercompensated. He points out that we have a fascination with thinking that students are being taken advantage of by multimillion-dollar colleges. The broad point of this article is how people choose to romanticize the college aspect of College athletics, to present it as if there is an…