National Collegiate Athletic Association

Pro athletes are the highest paid occupation in the world. For What? For them to run down a field score and touch down or skate down the ice to score a goal, or even stand at base hitting a ball out the park. All though things are what we as kids do growing up, so why do they get paid so much as adults to do things we all did growing up? Athletes get paid too much for what they do, no matter if they play the whole game or are injured; they still get paid the same amount of money. It’s just a…

popular with athletes of all kinds and also with the general public both athletic and non-athletic. With its swoosh or checkmark and renowned slogan “Let’s Go”, Nike has already chosen its target audience. These types of commercials from Nike have become their theme and focus and they use them to motivate both athletic and non-athletic people…

Ticket scalping is an act of reselling tickets in the secondary market at inflated price. It occurs in many sports events, particularly in major rugby tournaments. Resellers (scalpers) will purchase heaps of tickets at one price and resell it at higher price due to excess demand in the market. This action causes outcry from the public. There are three main aspects to address and essentially propose a policy to curb ticket scalping, which are why and how ticket scalping arises, which party…

College athletes are a part of some of the most hardworking students at a college. They put in lots of time and effort to do what they do. Student athletes are very strong individuals. They balance their grades in school, while maintaining good skill levels in their sports, and also balancing their personal lives and any other clubs that they are in. The problem we encounter today is that most athletes are dropping out and are struggling for financial reasons. Most athletes go to classes, and…

Playing a sport is fun, but being paid big dollars for it, majority of society find that ludicrous. It’s understable why many people oppose the high salaries athletes make because it’s hard to believe a person can make that much from playing ball and having fun. Society view athletes as an overpaid profession from their emotions. There’s have to be why athletes make on average millions a year. They are not paid that “ridiculous” amount for no apparent reason. Athletes are behind the success of…

Jerry Jones biggest risk was taken when he created the new stadium for the Dallas Cowboys back in 2009 which is now recognized as the glorious AT&T stadium. When designing the stadium, Jerry Jones knew what would appeal to the fans. He designed the stadium under his view on professional sports and was able to create an entertainment mecca for the city of Arlington, Texas (12). In 2013, Jerry Jones signed over the naming rights of the stadium to AT&T because he knew this would be good for the…

Are professionals athletes really worth all the money they are given for their “careers”? Athletes are not overpaid. They dedicate their lives to one sole sport while missing out on important personal life things, just to entertain us. Although it may look like they live elegant lives their job comes with many disadvantages as well. I believe athletes deserve what they earn because while playing their sports injuries are a constant threat that can end or alter their lives, many jobs wouldn’t…

Even though their are starving people in America still today, should athletes still get all the money? Athletes worked hard to get where they are, but there are kids all over America who deserve a chance at life, however athletes get way too much money. Athletes do not deserve that much money, the starving children of America need that money. The athletes worked hard to get where they are, but the children in America that are starving deserve that money that gets wasted. When athletes get that…

Are Athletes Paid too Much? Have you ever thought about how much professional athletes are getting paid? If you have do you think that they are getting paid too much or a good amount? I believe that they are getting paid too much and here’s why. Athletes are getting paid too much because many people who save lives don’t get paid as much as professional athletes, tickets to games cost lots of money due to the amount of money athletes are getting paid, and the money used to pay the athletes could…

The Pulitzer prize has been the dream of lots of people since 1917. Mostly writers, journalists, and photographers. The Pulitzer prize is an American award established after the newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer, a Hungarian-American and it represents the incentive to excellence. The Pulitzer prize is a serie of prizes awarded each year regarding someone who accomplished an excellent work in one of the 21 categories such as journalism, arts, literature, newspaper, drama, music, photography.…