Professional

Straits was the site of the 2015 PGA Championship. This tournament is one of the four majors that is played throughout the professional golf season. The majors are the most elite tournaments in professional golf. Other than that, the straits course will also be the host of the 2020 Ryder Cup. The Ryder Cup is one of the most special events, if not the most special event in professional golf. The Ryder Cup rolls around every two years. The U.S. and Europe, comprised of 12 players from each team,…

viewer’s obsession with the melodrama. The modern media landscape is scattered with reality shows that viewers know that are not real; that basically, is professional wrestling. In the same vein as soap operas, melodrama can be established in abundance within professional wrestling’s storylines, wrestler persona types, and physical action. Professional wrestling is overly exaggerated and is used to appeal and to arouse a desired emotional response from the audience. Once the wrestler…

A football player makes, at minimum $435,000 a year. That is 99,089 Chicken McNugget Happy Meals from McDonalds. In fact, many professional athletes get paid millions of dollars. Some people think that these athletes are overpaid. Others disagree and sy they deserve the money they receive. People who say they are overpaid argue that nurses and police, people who save lives, don’t get paid that much. Those who disagree say athletes go through grueling practices and games to make their fans, us,…

Video games, the latest iPhone, game consoles, and flat screen televisions are examples of new technologies that drive today’s youth to stay inside all day. Professional athletes are the light at the end of the long technological tunnel. These athletes provide a sense of what hard work is and where it can take you. Although the physical aspects of what athletes can do are what is most observed by people, the psychological factors that athletes help young people develop are also very important.…

Throughout the years, professional athletes salaries have skyrocketed. The majority of the revenue to the companies is due to the public's willingness to pay to attend events or watch them online. Also because of the revenue the companies are generating, they have more money to pay players to convince them to join their team. Some believe that the athletes deserve and have earned their pay. They believe that they need the large salary to cover medical bills or to save for retirement. However,…

hold paramount the safety and welfare of the public. New innovative technologies are created buy engineers and they could be perfected so that everyone can benefit from them. 2. Social responsibilities of professional engineers Many engineers serve their communities offering their professional expertise. Engineers design systems that can in some way benefit the lives of the public. An example of an engineer designing a system that benefits others is Arturo Vittori who invented the Warka Water…

“Broke” in the 30 for 30 series uncovers the unfortunate truth about professional athletes’ inability to control their finances. It was originally written in 2012 to either prove or disprove Sports Illustrated’s report which stated 60 percent of NBA players and over 70 percent of NFL players file for bankruptcy within five years post-retirement. ESPN did in fact prove this staggering statistic. The glamourous thoughts that all professional athletes are wealthy, high-rolling celebrities that…

to the rule is about sixty percent of professional athletes. Some, who are making double, even triple that amount of money in five to fifteen years. Professional sports is one of the main entertainment sources in the United States, and most of the country’s most beloved athletes play in one of the following three professional leagues: the National Football league, Major league Baseball, and the National Basketball Association. There are many ways a professional athlete can become broke after…

Merriam-Webster Dictionary, professionalism is: “the skill, good judgement, and polite behavior that is expected from a person who is trained to do a job well”. In regards to becoming a Licensed Professional Counselor, these elements are key to achieving success. The most important components of acting as a professional and achieving success are: motivation, resilience, teamwork, people skills, high quality work, and self-development. I once read an article on these traits and it has stuck with…

oday, athletes are getting paid more than ever. If you are a professional athlete at the highest levels, you are most likely making millions of dollars. "How is this fair?" some may ask. People getting paid millions of dollars just to dribble a ball and put it through a hoop, or running with a ball to the other side of the field, or even kicking a ball into a net may seem ludicrous. Some may even say they shouldn't even be paid at all. These people are missing the big picture. It's all about…