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The world I live in is filled with many technological advances. I am grateful and take advantage of many of these technologies. I flew nineteen hundred miles in a airliner from California to Missouri in under 6 hours. The vehicles we ride in are controlled by onboard computers. We take for granted the everday use of modern technologies in the form of smart phones, I pads, laptops, computers, printers, telephones, fax machines, television, radios, I-Watches, and other similar type devices. We…

abused children are likely to repeat the cycle as adults, unconsciously repeating what they went through.” (Smith) Although not all children who were abused will be abusers as adults, there 's a high chance because of the memories they still have. In a CBS interview, Barkley said, “I dont even like the term [beating]. When the media talks about beating a child we called it spanking our kids or whipping our kids" (Peterson). This goes to show that adults sometimes feel that this is the right way…

The National Football League had the same concern when CBS first started broadcasting a few regular season games nationwide. The opposition argued that fans would not want to come to the games if they could view the game on television. When the NFL Championship game was first televised in 1958, not only did it revolutionize the league, fans were so excited seeing the game on television that they flocked…

The creation of the internet and social media has permanently changed how people interact with one another. Millions of people log on to the internet daily for the purpose of interaction. Additionally, according to Nils Smith, social media is the most popular activity on the internet. This twenty-first century phenomenon is a great opportunity for churches to capitalize on this innovative technology using it as a ministry tool for evangelism. Thousands of people use social media daily, but…

he’s bred to be the better athlete because this goes back all the way to the Civil War when during the slave trade … the slave owner would breed his big black to his big woman so that he could have a big black kid.” Jimmy “the Greek” Snyder, former CBS Sports analyst. Snyder’s comment is one of numerous public examples of racist beliefs in sports. Another public example is Marge Schott president and CEO of MLB’s Cincinnati Reds franchise from 1984 to 1999, she was fined and suspended for…

Child abuse is a major problem in todays society, but now there are more and more instances in which parents, who believe in disciplining their children, are being accused of abuse. People are now struggling with how to categorize these incidents as either parental discipline or child abuse. Although many believe that parental discipline is no different than child abuse, there is a fine line that is drawn between the two. While child abuse is committed out of hatred and violence, parents…

The Ultimate Paycheck The NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) and College and University Athletic Departments are only profitable because of one reason and that is the athletes that agree to come play for the colleges and universities. The athletes are what make college athletics so successful. The NCAA is one of the most profitable nonprofit organizations in the country. According to Marc Edelman in the article “The Case for Paying College Athletes”, The college sports industry…

Every little kid grows up dreaming of playing in the NFL, NBA, MLB and so much more. Only 7.6 million of those kids go on to play varsity sports in high school (Koebler). Seven percent of those athletes go on to play a college sport without pay (Scholarshipstats.com). Less than two percent of college athletes go on to play in a professional sport (Cheney-Rice). Eighty-six percent of college athletes live in poverty after graduation (Hayes). If the NCAA paid them for their contributions while…

There is people who watch the news, complain about society and do nothing to change it. Then there is people who are willing to change it but let’s be honest, the majority of people just stay home and complain at their fancy television screens. But now to the people who actually go out and try to change it. Are they trying to change it because they know both sides of the story or do they just know the side that the media gave them? It is a fifty to fifty chance, they could either be doing the…

of players who get none of the proceeds,” (Should College Athletes). Another way that the NCAA earns revenue from this tournament is the TV networks. The NCAA gave the rights to televise and broadcast the games to the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) and Turner Broadcasting System (TBS). Both companies combined paid a total of $771 to televise the event in 2011 (Should College Athletes). “That’s three-quarters of a billion dollars built on the backs of amateurs--on unpaid labor. The whole…