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The Olympics, this time only comes around every four years. But even centuries ago they still had the Olympics. But now i'm here to talk about how the Olympics benefited the ancient civilizations. The ancient civilizations benefited from this because it made jobs for them.This made jobs for the people because the only people that could care for the horse and mules were the wealthy. The wealthy had to pay for " training and up keep for the chariot driver and the horses or mules." So if they…

College Athlete Compensation A popular issue in the world of sports today is the compensation of college athletes. The big question is, how much compensation do these college students deserve for being part of the school’s athletic program? These kids train hard, risk injury and give their sport their all every day while they still are on a college schedule taking regular courses. By generating ticket and merchandise sales, these kids make an enormous amount of money for the Universities and…

Researchers in human behavior study how it affects whom we are, how we act, and asks how we get that behavior. Could this be passed on through our ancestors, our mom, or our dad? Can we change our ways in how we live life? Do we become the way we are just because we inherit the behavior or is it our surroundings? “Fences” tells the story of a Black family who are living in a rough situation. The question is if their behavior is more connected with nature or nurture. In the story “Fences”…

Star athletes are getting paid loads more than they really should. The athletes are obtaining millions of dollars when they should be giving that money to other things. There are athletes out there barely earning money at all, while others are being paid millions of dollars. Star competitors are getting paid way too much, all they get paid for is playing a game, there are good athletes that don’t get paid, plus people out there doing better thing get paid less. Athletes get paid way too much…

(Towers 1). People around this time period began to move organized pastimes for leisure and shortly thereafter baseball truly became the “National Pastime” as people started playing and attending baseball games (Fischer 453). As a result, sport sections began to appear in newspapers; mostly about baseball, however (Inabinett 14). In addition to consumption, athletics became a staple for manual workers as a stress relief and entertainment. This is shown in the quote,“ Perhaps the most important,…

Introduction: The concept of character is not new; however, many college sports programs focus not only on building winning teams, but also building strong character in athletes. For instance, not all college athletes get the chance to play professional; therefore, coaches strive to implement characteristics in their athletes to be successful on and off the field. Why is this prevalent? While it is true that the origin for this phenomenon lies in traditional beliefs that character trumps talent…

players who get injured are likely to have early ending careers and they could face poverty because of this. Lastly, there is a very high injury risk in basketball. You are going to get injured eventually if you play basketball. Especially at the collegiate and pro level. But in college getting hurt is much worse than it is in the pros. First of all, in a D1 college if you are playing a sport you aren’t allowed to have an…

The Battle of The Bone Rivalry This past week the biggest rivalry football game of the year was played in Chino Hills. The game was between the Chino Hills Huskies and the Chino Hills Bulldogs; this is a rivalry that has been going on since the start of the schools. The nickname that was given to the big game was the “ Battle of the Bone.” This rivalry is a center piece to both schools, even after Chino Hills High School moved to a new sport division and could not compete against the Bulldogs…

sport. Before the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the highlights and stories of the track and field were national and athletes got more notoriety. Now, athletes struggle for sponsorship to maintain a good lifestyle because they cannot get enough money to compete and satisfy their daily needs such as housing, clothing, and other amenities. Although the US Track and Field Association denies…

Imagine you are about to go into 9th grade and your all excited to try out for volleyball. You find out from the school website that sports have been discontinued. How would you feel if the one thing that you have been most excited about is discontinued? For some students sports are a stress reliever. When you are stressed you can just forget all about everything and go practice for a while playing your sport. Some schools are thinking about discontinuing school sports just to save money. Some…