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    Colleges get millions of dollars for their sports departments, but how much do the athletes get out of it? Athletes are some of the hardest working people out there and they deserve to get paid for their work on the team. There are many reasons why athletes should get paid. They spend all the time with the sport, but some never become professionals in their sport so there was no point in their hard work. Because athletes don 't get paid some have to turn to illegal sponsoring. The biggest reason…

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    obesity. Obesity is a problem that does need to be solved but sports aren’t the only way to get active. Sports are helpful to get kids in shape, but some kids don’t have fun playing football or soccer. Kids need an activity that they enjoy so they will keep wanting to do that activity. Sports make a lot of money from football and soccer games. Schools want to make the most money as possible so they keep the program that brings in the most money. Sadly kicking theatre kids out the…

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    000 and 60,000 and they think that nfl players should not get paid that much. nfl players think they should get paid that much because they hit each other hard and get ruff and are at high risk of injury and injuries in the older life. Like when football players hit head on head it bruises their brain and can cause brain damage.There are other things…

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    The Reality of Participation Awards Suppose you are seven years old and involved in a sport. You, along with your teammates, worked extremely hard all season and won the championship. At the end of the season, your team, as well as the other teams, are given participation awards for simply being involved with the activity. How would the participation award make you feel? Participation trophies cause a lot of controversy with people. Do participation trophies have a positive impact, or are…

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    Ameatur athletics at the college level of sports is a huge business. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) generates millions of revenue every year and colleges and their programs get paid. Yet, the players that are on the court or field bringing in the millions of revenue get no reward no money their way. Ameatur athletes barely can afford meals, clothing, and other possessions while professional athletes get everything and more for doing the same job. Goldman responded to this…

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    1. Although the role of genes plays a factor in athletic performance, the process of translating it to the actual playing field is a lot more difficult and important. For this reason, I do believe that sports are fair. In Farrey’s argument, he points out studies that showed that genes appear to deserve credit for about two-thirds of vertical leaping ability and that balance and flexibility are at least somewhat inherited. However, most of becoming a great performer in sport is all in the head…

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    Professional Athletes Paid

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    $100,000 a year. Firefighter only makes around $47,000 a year and police officers makes about $60,000 a year. Soldiers who fight for our country and make such great personal sacrifices only makes about $30,000 a year. While an average salary for a football player is about $795,000, basketball player about $2.2…

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    There are some several reasons why top sports people are paid high income. Famous athletes must experienced many years of training to develop the skills and fitness required and sometimes they could risk their lives and health. The number of people having real talent in each sport fields are often very few and sometimes they is unique. For example, it is rare to find someone with the tennis skills of Roger Federer who is regarded as the greatest tennis player of all time and it can be argued…

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    Should Athletes Be Paid

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    you sign up for as many as you can and get the grants you are eligible for. Generally any job that you enjoy should pay depending on how much it affects real world economy. Last I checked, football doesn’t produce anything except entertainment and should be paid less than regular actors because football is football and won’t change unlike…

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    Performance Enhancing Drugs have affected numerous well known athletes in today’s society. Baseball Player Alex Rodriguez face many allegations of using performance enhancing drugs throughout his professional baseball career. According to Gottlieb, Performance enhancing drugs many of Rodriguez’ successes early into his career were contributed to performance enhancing drugs.(citation..) In this paper you will learn about ethical dilemmas, core beliefs, resolution, evaluation, and the comparison…

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