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In recent years, college sports have become extremely popular in the United States. Sports enthusiasts watch the games, buy the apparel and cheer on their favorite players; much like in professional sports. But there is one big difference between college and professional athletes. Unlike professionals, college athletes should not paid. These student-athletes go to college to get an education, not to be paid to play a sport. Through scholarships, many athletes are already being compensated for…

Everyone wants to become either an athlete or a genius. There are different perspectives on these two subjects and different rewards. Athletes get up early and go practice. Smart kids study when they get home. Some people have both of these things, athletically gifted and genetically smart, but when they grow up they have to chose, and that is going to be a difficult task. Athletes are usually the people who get all the attention. They are the “popular” kids. Professional athletes put in around…

Throughout the history of mankind societies typically valued others based off how that society or individual works. However, we should really value and learn FROM others based off how they play and use their free time. According to WBUR News “Sport reflects culture. If the culture of baseball is American, the culture of soccer has been largely fashioned in Europe. Soccer was formalized in England in the mid-nineteenth century and rapidly spread to Europe and South America (WBUR, 2005). This…

author of this article, is an outdoor recreation fanatic, operates a kayaking company, managed a ski resort as well as lives for these sports and paintball, presents all of these statistics out of 100,000 exposures each year. “Paintball: 0.2, Tackle Football/Downhill Skiing: 3.8, Ice Hockey: 3.7, and Soccer/Baseball: 2.8”. Paintball is only 0.2 injuries per 100,000, compared to soccer at 2.8. That is astonishing. The predetermined assumption that any other sport is safer than paintball is proven…

Many people will argue that paying college athletes will ruin college organizations and that athletes will choose a school due to the highest bidder instead of the actual program “Paying student athletes erodes that association. If a high-school football prodigy reported that he chose Michigan not for its academic quality, tradition, or beautiful campus but because it outbid all other suitors, a connection to the university’s values would be lost.”(Yankah) That’s all blown out of proportion.…

When you play a sport, is mental agility more important than physical prowess or both of them are equally as important? From the evidence received in the excerpt “Why We Run?” from Bernd Heinrich and in the article “What Can Be Better Than A Touchdown?” from Kelefa Sanneh. The answer to the question is actually that mental agility is more important than physical prowess so you can play any kind of sport really well. To start with, metal agility is a more important attribute than physical prowess…

Ever since being introduced into the sport of soccer, I have been changed by the learning experiences that I have endured through my endless determination to become a varsity soccer player. Junior year was in the midst and so were tryouts for soccer, during the winter season. So, I tried out and was selected into junior varsity. My season was very fine as I was a starter for either center back or striker. In the end of the season, during the banquet, the Varsity coach pulled me over to talk to…

the most marketable sports, football and basketball, generate the most revenue based on viewership and advertisements. The athletes whom share a large part in generating the money collected by the NCAA don’t make a dime for their hard work. Although these college athletes are granted with tuition assistance and possible dorm benefits, the risks outweigh the rewards. The NCAA should allow athletes to earn a profit…

first started football I wasn't good because I had a terrible coach who didn't teach me the fundamentals of football and a that point I had wanted to quit But my parents encouraged me not to.When I first started football I wasn't good because I had a terrible coach who didn't teach me the fundamentals of football and a that point I had wanted to quit But my. parents encouraged me not to quit and then 4 years after training me and playing baseball I start it back up.When I started football…

Many boys growing up playing hockey dreamed of becoming pro hockey players, playing in the National Hockey League (NHL) and eventually winning the Stanley Cup, the championship trophy of the NHL. Unlike them, girls who grew up playing hockey played to increase their chances on being able to go to college on a scholarship or maybe play in the Olympics, if they were lucky. Many of these girls saw their hockey careers end after they graduated college. A few of the lucky ones, who were skilled…