Professional sports leagues

likes baseball and wants to become a professional baseball player and likes the New York Yankees the might consider Brett Gardner. He is a great role model to look up to and is a good inspiration to many. Gardner was not that great of a baseball player in his younger days. Now that he is around the age of 30 he is one of the better players defensively and offensively. The outfield is not the easiest position to play but he gets the job done and does it well. He has been to the all-star game, he is a gold glove winner, and has won many other awards to. He had to work his way up, it did not come overnight. Majority of professional baseball started playing when they were very young and with t-ball. If a young child is playing t-ball and is not good they can find a role model like Brett Gardner himself. The young child can think to himself he is not the only one who had struggles and watch Brett Gardner for…

(1)My dream, ever since I was young, was to be a professional football player. I’ve been playing ever since I was young and knew that’s what I wanted to be. Growing up around sports my whole life was so fun for me, loving to compete with others was the best feeling ever. I played other kinds of sports but football stood out for me. There are lots of requirements for this occupation. (3,10)You’ve got to be able to communicate well with others, be really active, and do things over and…

Article Review 1 For the first article review of the semester I read Chris Smith’s “Why lt's Time To Legalize Steroids In Professional Sports”. Within this article Smith insists that using performance enhancing drugs, steroids, and doping should be made legal by sports leagues because many athletes have and are currently taking them so by making the use of these treatments lawful it will level out the playing field among athletes. Smith also says that “Not only would the playing field suddenly…

“The use of steroids should be tamed and deemed illegal. They should be removed from all professional sports with major punishments if rules are violated” (Wivel). So why do athletes use steroids? Many athletes use steroids, or PEDs (Performance Enhancing Drugs), to boost their performance on the field, but do they not worry about the repercussions later in life? Steroids cause great distress to your body, and may even cause premature death. They increase your chances of having a heart attack…

Steroids have brought more attention to professional sports, making athletes bigger and better leading those sports to be more exiting, bringing in more fans to sporting venues, while increasing revenue with ticket and jersey sales. What do the people want? Spectators want sports to be more competitive and exiting. So why are their unlawful limitations on players getting their body's into tip top shape however they can? There are unfair rules set down by the professional leagues, limiting…

Are athletes overpaid? I believe an athlete is paid for how good and talented he/she is. I believe only the best athletes who are at their prime are the ones who are paid the most, and every other average athlete make enough for a good living and with certain perks all professional athletes have. In sports usually the best athletes are the ones in commercials, tv shows, getting sponsorship deals, etc. , average athletes are not usually know and have small fan bases. The athletes who are in there…

Oklahoma State University is the leading sports geographer and his research from 1974 in his book A Geography of American Sport from Cabin Creek to Anaheim is the foundation of sport geography research. In 1974, when Rooney did his research, he determined “The region encompassing Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and spilling over into several adjacent states is truly phenomenal as a player source region” (Rooney, 1974 p. 156). Rooney defined a player being from a certain state based on the high…

As many people know professional athletes tend to be paid very well. Whether they play soccer, basketball, or golf they make more money than many people could ever dream of. Whether it is all deserved or not is the biggest question. In Reed and O’Connors article Are Professional Athletes Overpaid they provide this information, “According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, an Army General with over 20 years of service makes approximately $192,864 a year. The 2014 median compensation for a General…

A professional basketball player in the NBA will earn $5.15 million each year. A baseball player in the NLB will make $17.9 million in only five short years. These athletes spend their entire lives playing games because it is what they truly love to do. A professional football player makes 20.1 million dollars a year in the NFL versus a Radiologists paycheck, which is $315,000 a year (Youn). The average teacher makes almost $40,000 dollars a year while your average basketball player is raking…

participate in sports every single day. From gym class, to amateur sports, to the big leagues; homophobia is a very prevalent issue throughout today's sports world. This problem has proved detrimental to many LGBT athletes’ emotions, mental health, and ability to play the sport they love due to their sexual orientation. A study showed, "84% of participants have witnessed or experienced homophobia in sports" (Dennison). Throughout all levels of sports it is extremely likely a LGBT athlete will…