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    time. Some sports pay more money to men than to women for playing the same sport. Including that they charge more money to watch men play then women. For the Women's Fifa world cup pay imbalances that have the US women's soccer team taking home only 2 million in prize money compared to the 35 million awarded to Germanys mens team last year. Even in news women aren't given the same about of coverage as men. Espn only gives 2% of time in its sports center coverage to women athletics. Child logic…

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    Pay Gap Persuasive Essay

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    The Wage Gap: Sports Edition The U.S. women’s national soccer team has a radiant, ambitious history. Over three decades, it has traveled from non-existent to the top of the soccer world. Although, that doesn’t mean they are treated that way. There is still gender based bias against them, specifically involving a large wage gap. Recently, the team took a step toward equality. In 2015, members of the US womens team their names being Carli Lloyd, Becky Sauerbrunn, Hope Solo, Alex Morgan, and Megan…

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    not matter at all how hard they work at their sport, they will never receive the recognition they deserve. They will lose all desire to work hard when it comes to that next level because they know it will never be recognized. The professional sport world will continue to lose more and more participation if they do not fix the problem at…

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    “God” is given to the spirit or being who is worshipped as the creator and ruler of the world. Also, we use word “God” to people when they are really good at something. Nowadays, people call Lionel Messi as the “God of Soccer”. Lionel Messi was born on June 24th, 1987 in Rosario, Argentina to a working-class family(최재훈 16). His father Jorge Messi was a factory steel worker, and his mother Celia Cuccittini was a part-time cleaner. He has three siblings: two elder brothers Rodrigo and Matias and a…

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    Brazil Research Paper

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    due to the hundreds of years that Brazil was a colony. Architecture, Catholicism, and the Portuguese language are all results of the colonization. The traditions of Native Americans, Immigrants and those of the African slaves also contributed towards Brazil’s culture (Encarta 2009). The food, music and religion was also shaped by the traditions of Africans and the indigenous people (Freyre 1986). Brazil is known for the samba dance and its carnivals, which are famous world over. The carnivals…

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    Comparison Essay

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    The sports industry is a multi-billion dollar forum, displaying and promoting only the best athletes in the world. This population of people includes every level or division of talent; from small high school teams to the national leagues. The amount of people participating gets smaller and smaller as they work their way up the chain. Therefore, the margin of the best athletes is even narrower. Two such talented athletes are LeBron James and Lionel Messi, who are the most popular and skilled…

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    Every World cup fills fans with joy and hopefulness that their country can do them proud and for the top countries there is an unimaginable amount of pressure to win the tournament. The World cup has seen great players like Pele, Franz Beckenbauer, Zinedine Zidane, Diego Maradona and many others grace the tournament and win the competition, but not every world cup goes according to plan as underdogs can rip up the script and ruin what was meant to happen, In this article I will be discussing…

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    Individuals have the ability to encode, process, store, and retrieve information through listening, visualization, and experienced (hands-on) learning. Our brains feed on new material by the processes of reading and writing. Collectively forming literacy. Different individuals have their own ways of using this notion. The interactions I have had with soccer proves that there is a direct correlation with literacy. These practices of reading and writing on soccer are centered on the ability to…

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    Injuries In Sports Essay

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    negative impact. There has also been debates that it is not the surface that is causing the injuries but the type of shoes that athletes are wearing. Shoes offer external support, joint stability and surface traction which are very important for player success. It is also important to note that if a shoe is not performing well then injuries are more likely to occur. A study between Nike cleat on two on natural grass and artificial turf showed no significance differences on the surface traction…

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    Doodle Jump

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    Mobile phone gaming has come along way over the years. Many phone makers have tried and failed, but it was not until Apple released the iPhone that we truly saw the emergence mobile gaming for the masses. Nowadays you can see people from all walks of life tapping their screens on the train trying to beat their best scores. Even though the graphics and processing power of mobile phones has improved by leaps and bounds the most popular games are not necessarily the ones with the most versatile…

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