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Jeffrey Thompson 11-15-15 Period 2 My paper is about what it takes to become an NFL player. An NFL player makes roughly about 400,000 dollars a year to 10,000,000 a year. Well it depends how good you are and what position you play, but for the tight end position it’s 400,000 - 10,000,000 dollars. In order to become an NFL player you must either got college for three years or be out of high school for three years. The reason why I want to become a pro player is because when…

Many universities guarantee students athletes for a good education and to help pursue the sport they dream to succeed on; however, these students physical and mental state is being affected because of certain circumstances given by these institutions. For instance, Football athlete’s specifically, are suffering not only because of overtraining, but as well because of the pressure and the responsibilities given by their colleges. Because football has become a huge profit for America’s…

Penelope Eckert’s paper Linguistic Variation as Social Practice seeks to investigate the social dynamics within the male/female and jock/burnout matrix, as well as the linguistic qualities each subset expresses and compare it to the linguistic variables in the Northern Cities Vowel Shift, which is comprised of the following phonological qualities include the raising of /æ/, the fronting of /ɑ/, the lowering of /ɔ/, the backing and lowering of /ɛ/, the backing of /ʌ/, and the lowering and backing…

4, 2012, the NFL began hiring replacement officials for the start of the 2012 season, most of whom were officials from high schools or lower college divisions. On September 26, 2012, an agreement was reached between the NFL and the NFL Referees Association to end the lockout after mounting criticism of the NFL and the performance of the replacement officials. The new eight-year agreement covers the 2012 to the 2019 seasons and states…

The Athletes that are in this article make too much money. The athletes are teaching people especially our children the wrong values. The athletes also make too much money and are complaining about not making enough. Many sports fans are taking the team’s side and are also agreeing that they don’t make enough money and are complaining that if we don’t pay the players the amount they want then they won’t stay and they won’t have anything to watch. Athletes are teaching our kids the wrong…

“THE BILLIONAIRE (2011)” THE REVIEWS In this story, there is a guy name Top Aitthiphat Kulapopngvanich who had facing difficulty to become young entrepreneur. At the age of 16 he dropped out from school due to incapability to catch up his studies because he plays online game too often. He became an arm dealer sells his online game weapons to his online-gamers and earned extra income. He learned how to make money with his hobbies. Soon after, as it is an illegal thing to do online, his online…

Why Take a Walk? MILLIONS of people seem to think that if they can’t join a Gym and spend a lot of time working out, they might as well forget about health benefits from exercise. Yet, that isn’t true. Dr. Russell Pate of the University of South Carolina says: “I think we have to officially sanction the idea that a nice, comfortable walk around the block after dinner is a very desirable thing to do.” But will a walk really do you that much good? Does walking have health benefits that are truly…

Who wouldn’t want to get a college education for close to free? Some college athletes don’t believe this is enough for the hard work they put in for the college sports they play in. For college athletes, scholarships should be enough payment for the time spent since they are there to get a degree and not to get paid. Between the scholarships earned, time spent, and not being an employee the college athlete really has a great opportunity. Students receive more scholarship and financial…

Should schools enforce that athletes must pay the school to play a desired sport of their choice? Pay-to-play is an opportunity schools have to demand students to pay the school to participate in an aspired sport. Schools should require students to pay to play a sport. By enforcing a pay-to-play policy, the school and students would be benefitted in many different ways. Three reasons why schools should enforce a pay-to-play policy are, schools would receive more funding for sports and other…

Athletes get paid million of dollars a year. That’s more than doctors, and even the president. It may seem unfair, but the athletes deserve their pay. Some people think that these athletes are paid way too much. Others think that the athletes deserve it. Athletes need the money to pay for medical bills and enough to suffice for the rest of their lives. Athletes have short careers. Athletes work hard to inspire and entertain us. Athletes deserve their high salaries. Don’t you think? To…