Continuing professional development

It’s always a crushing blow to athletics when one of the greats is exposed for doping. Coaches and athletes alike have been finding ways to twist the latest scientific developments for their benefit.While some argue that sports cannot move forward without performance-enhancing drugs, the majority views doping as unethical. As with any debated issue, there are some who support doping. Authors such as Ian Steadman defend the use of performance-enhancing drugs on the grounds that they are the…

world of sports. Professional sports have been in our country for close to one hundred years; while various sports have progressed at their own pace, industrialization has progressed at even a faster rate. Some of America’s most loved sports such as basketball, football, and boxing have endured the test of stabilization during times of segregation. All of these sports are now integrated and are doing well financially, but the industry is still segregated by gender. Professional sports have…

different factors that play in the role of how professional athletes are caused t o make money-draining decisions that lead them to losing all their money. Overall, Billy Corben effectively persuades his claim to the audience about how athletes lose all their money. He supports his claims with the majority use of quantities evidence, personal experience, and anecdotes. Corben starts out his argument with the broad claim that it is easy for professional athletes to lose all of their money.…

US heroin and cocaine are illegal due to the effect these drugs could have on a person 's health, but athletes were combining these two drugs just so they would be able magnify their skills within the sport they play. From high school sports to professional, athletes have used all sorts of performance-enhancing drugs. Ever since different sports associations such as the MLB, NBA, NFL etc. have hammered down on the use of performance-enhancing drugs with the help of the federal government, the…

a wide variety of different nationalities of both players and clips of those watching the game. The idea that the football pitch brings a predominantly male audience together to bond over this competition is an entrenched culture that surrounds professional sport in general. Therefore football is seen as a male bonding activity, for those playing, those in the crowd and those watching at home. This is an example of one of Vivian Burr’s ideas that humans construct their identity by combining…

Professional sports are sports in which athletes receive a disbursement for their performance ("Definition of Professional Sports in English” 1). Professional sports originated in the United States during the mid-nineteenth century. According to the article “Beginning of Organized Sports in America,” this distinctive league was “formed on capitalistic ideas” and soon developed into a nationwide phenomenon. Sports play a substantial role in cultures across the globe. In America, the success of…

Schools are not mandate to pay college athletes professional salaries, but they should be paying athletes a stipend and provide them financial support when needed. College athletes are very vulnerable, and their rights should be protected. It is not right for schools and the NCAA to be solely the beneficiary…

engineer is not an easy thing to reach in the life. It requires a lot of work, study and responsibility. There are many examples of successful engineers in our life. Those engineers are different from the other engineers not only because they are professional, but also the have other skills or features that makes them different than the other. An example of those great engineers is professor Henry Petroski. He is a professor in civil engineering, but also he is an author who uses his major to…

Money and wealth has badly influenced an undergoing change in our society for 21st century Americans today. We all want money and love spending money even more on food, clothes, technology, vehicles, and etc. There should be certain limit in “wanting more money”. Although money is amazing to possess, it is starting to affect people especially in the sports industry with player’s always wanting more money every year. On the other hand we have soldier in the Navy, Army, Marines, and Air Force all…

Buffalo Bills was put on trial in 1995 for murdering his wife and her friend and was later found not guilty (Berlins). This case brought nationwide awareness for domestic violence among professional athletes. Since the “trail of the century” more and more accusations and arrests of domestic violence of professional athletes have been made, but not all of them have been put to light. “Statistics show that in 2013, players in 21 of the league 's [NFL’s] 32 teams were…