...Gage Meyers Mrs. Byers Comp. 1-4 15 April 2014 Athletes Do Not Deserve What They Are Paid It would be great to make 31.3 million dollars a year. Adding an additional 47 million dollars in endorsements for simply playing a game that an athlete loves. Michael Jordan, along with several other professional athletes, think getting paid millions of dollars is perfect. In the 1996 season, after playing 3,106 minutes, Michael Jordan made 170,000 dollars a day which is the equivalent of 160.97 dollars a second (Christian Science Monitor). Another unbelievable statistic is Mike Tyson's earnings in his match with Peter McNeeley. In a single second, he made 281,000 dollars (Christian Science Monitor). Alex Rodriguez will be paid $29 million this season, making him the highest paid player in baseball (Newsday). Rodriguez’s salary is $4 million more than the entire 25-man roster of the Houston Astros will make this year (Newsday). Athletes do not deserve all that money. President Obama’s salary is 400,000 dollars. President Obama is the leader of the ‘United States of America, and he is paid less than a professional athlete that sits on the bench in any professional sport. Professional athletes are easily the most over paid job in America. Professional athletes are overpaid in several professional sports. Professional sports generate massive revenues, and the athletes who play these sports are being paid tremendously high salaries. New York Yankees baseball star, Alex Rodriguez, signed a contract...
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...| Debate Paper | Are professional athletes overpaid compared to other leading occupations? | Joe Harris | XBCOM/275 | 5/19/2014 | Introduction A. Are professional athletes overpaid? B. Professional athletes are not overpaid Body A. Comparison of athletes salaries to that of other major professions B. Professional athletes are making too much money (Opposing Argument) C. Reason #1 D. Reason #2 E. Reason #3 Conclusion A. Conclusion B. Restated Argument C. Lead-out Everyone loves to watch sports, well almost everyone. I know that I do, but it seems to me that fans debate on who the best teams and players are, in any of the multiple major sports associations, year in and year out but the one question that has never been answered is, are these athletes being overpaid? Now for the sake of this particular debate I have chosen to compare athletes in all of the major sports compensation to that of someone who is considered to hold a more prestigious role in society. Professional athlete’s compensation does not just stem from the money that they receive via contract from their leagues, but also from the endorsement deals that are signed with other companies. Keeping that in mind, here is a list of the top 5 highest paid professional athletes: 1. Tiger Woods (Golf) with an annual salary of $78.1 million, in which $65 million comes from endorsement deals and $13.1 million from his respective employer the P.G...
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...(Cassavaugh). Athletes can lose scholarship money because of an injury, poor play or misconduct. There has been controversy that student athletes should be paid. How does one determine who should be paid, how much and where does this money come from? Athletes are amateurs who should concentrate on their education. How does one determine if an athlete is an amateur or a professional? An amateur is one who cannot receive money in the form of salaries or endorsements. They play a sport for the love and desire of it. A professional on the other hand gets paid a salary or money for endorsements. Professionals are also more skilled and concentrate one hundred percent on their sport. Amateurs do not have the time to only commit to a sport since they have to attend classes or work to support themselves. If student Athletes did get paid, college sports would lose their competitive hype. Let’s look at football on a college level compared to the pros. Athletes playing on a college level (amateur) give every play their all trying to do whatever it takes to win with hopes of someday be picked to go pro. Pro football players on the other hand, do not give every play one hundred percent. They are afraid of being hurt and know regardless of the game’s outcome they will still get paid. What if the athlete does not make it to the professional level? These student athletes need to make sure they have an education they can fall back on. These student athletes are students first before the athlete. In...
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...Assignment Five College Athletes and Compensation Professor Adam Lawrence Strayer University June 9, 2013 PART I: PROBLEM The goal of this paper is to focus on evidence that college athletes, specifically, football players should be compensated for the talents they demonstrate on the field; for many reasons. It is well documented that college presidents, coaches, athletic directors often think of athletics as the “front porch” of their campuses (Weaver, 2011), as it relates to college revenues. Weaver further maintains that college athletes, especially football players, are needed to generate the revenues to build both and support a winning football team, and athletics department. And historically colleges rely on ticket sales, game programs, and advertising revenues, to do so. Additionally, coaches’ salary and facility renovations also are factor in terms of colleges and universities needing to generate revenues as well. But before the former can be brought to fruition colleges must first persuade the most talented athletes to their school. What criteria do colleges and universities utilize when recruiting athletes with regard to talent, academics, finances, and student population? Additionally, what perks are colleges and universities offering these athletes to entice them at a minimum to the said front porch? Let’s start by first exploring how colleges and universities generate revenues. First, warning sign (problem) is that billions in annual revenues...
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...during the 2000 Olympic Games where she won three Gold Medals and two Bronze Medals. She was later sentenced to six months in prison for lying to the court and stripped off of all of her medals. Throughout history, there have been many stories of athletes using performance enhancing drugs, but none more than in the last 20 years. As technology advances in science as well as the media, more drugs has been engineer to enhance performance as well as the test to detect such drugs, as the results get to the hands of the media, the entire world would be at noticed in a manner of minutes. The fact is that performance enhancing drugs have existed since the time of the ancient Greek during the original Olympic Games from 776 BC – 393 BC. The question is why should we care? If most athletes are using it, is it a plain level field? And why is the government involved? Should the government be involved? Let’s examine the issue and conclude what should be the ethical choice. I will first begin asking why do athletes choose to use performance enhancing drugs. The obvious answer would be to gain an advantage on the competition, which is the selfish reason. But why not, Should we be looking after ourselves? An egoist approach to this issue, if the athlete can take a drug that makes them better...
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...Professional athletes face the recurring dilemma of negotiating or renegotiating their contracts and according to Alvin Grier, the director of the midwest operations for Elite Sports Agency, “don’t know anything about NFL negotiating strategies”. He strongly recommends that all pro athletes hire an agent or attorney to perform the tedious negotiations citing it is their money and their livelihood on the line. He compiled seven strategies to negotiating a contract that helps athletes maximize their salaries: (1) be careful of the incentive laden contract, (2) know exactly how much of the contract is deferred, (3) only the signing bonus is guaranteed, (4) attempt to get a large signing bonus, (5) front-load your salary, (6) get a roster bonus after the third contract year, and (7) put off guaranteed base-salary until the last years. His strategies seem to be common sense but the average professional athlete entering the professional ranks is only 20 years old and has had little to no college education. The foundation for many successful renegotiated contracts is the athlete’s past performance and the team’s “what have you done for me lately” attitude. A productive player currently on the team’s roster has a better chance of signing a lucrative deal than one who has yet to prove himself. Contradictory to this is the player(s) selected in the annual sporting draft. The players selected highest in the draft are in a better position to negotiate a great deal than those drafted in lower...
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...Colorado Seminary (University of Denver) v. National Collegiate Athletic Association This action was brought by the University of Denver (“DU”) and several of its student-athletes to enjoin the National Collegiate Athletic Association (“NCAA”) from imposing sanctions against DU and declaring several of its hockey players ineligible. Colorado Seminary (Univ. of Denver) v. Nat’l Collegiate Athletic Ass’n, 570 F.2d 320, 321 (10th Cir. 1978), aff’d, Colorado Seminary (Univ. of Denver) v. Nat’l Collegiate Athletic Ass’n, 417 F.Supp. 885 (D.Co. 1976). Because DU refused to enforce the ineligibility of several of its hockey players despite the NCAA’s declaration of such, the DU hockey team was put on a two-year probation period, all DU athletic teams were unable to participate in post-season NCAA events and have its regular season games be televised, and the University was forced to forfeit its 1973 national title. 570 F.2d at 321. Plaintiffs claimed that the NCAA violated their due process and equal protection rights through its ineligibility declaration, however the trial court disagreed, denying Plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment in favor of Defendant’s, albeit with some conditions. 417 F.Supp. at 893, 900. Plaintiffs appealed the denial, but the 10th Circuit affirmed the trial court’s decision and ultimately held that: the “students’ interest in participating in intercollegiate athletics did not rise to level of the constitutionally-protected property or liberty interest...
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...Matt Miller COM 210-003 Persuasive Speech 4/4/12 Topic: Should college athletes be paid to play sports? Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience why collegiate athletes should not be paid to play. Introduction Opening Comment: Image that you just scored the game-winning basket in the NCAA basketball tournament championship. Your shot just helped the school get tens of millions of dollars. Now by a show of hands, how many of you think that you should earn a share of that money? Central Idea: One of the most controversial and prominent topics in sports today is whether or not schools should pay their student-athletes to play their sports. I am going to argue as to why they should not be paid to play. Preview of Main Points: I will talk about five key reasons as to why collegiate athletes do not deserve to be paid to play. These are because of already established scholarships, would lead to decreased competition, the fact that there isn’t enough money for schools to give out already, a removal of innocence would occur, and recruiting would suffer among schools. Transition: First, I will explain why collegiate athletes already receive enough money from scholarships and free tuition. Body I. Tuition and the “Student” A. Already receiving thousands of dollars from athletic scholarships 1. According to a Parade Magazine article, Division I student athletes can receive between $20,000 and $50,000 per year. 2. A study done by...
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...PERSUASIVE PT 2: SOLUTIONS AND ADVANTAGES College Athletes—Pay or not to Pay, That is the Question? Encouraging today's youth to attend a higher education institution is more important that ever before. Students attend these higher academic institutions by either sports or academic achievement. Focusing on the student population that attends for sports –related purposes, scouts tracked these students to pose the student to attend the represented institutions in the areas of mostly football or basketball. It is not that scouts do not focus on other sports, such as soccer or baseball; just that the marketability of college football or basketball appears to get the most attention from the institutions as well sports media. Obtaining a higher education leads to better-paying jobs and a potentially a better way of life. What about the urban student that lives in poverty that this may be his or her way to a better-living remains based on their athletic talents? They may be great at "hooping" or "can throw the distance" but can they write a term paper? The answer that may surprise most is the answer is yes; they can. However, they cannot afford to attend the local university in their home state let alone another state altogether. So, if they get into the university on a scholarship, play their heart out, and get their championship team to the bowl what do they get for all their hard work? Do all they deserve is a pat on the back when the college receives millions? What...
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...Kori Bogard Dr. Karin Mendoza Intermediate English Composition (ENGL-2989-076) 29 March 2013 Word Count: 1,766 Steroids should be legalized Abstract The use of steroids and illegal performance-enhancing drugs appears to be growing in professional athletics. More and more high profile athletes are being busted for their use and consequently ostracized by fans and those in the athletic community. Beyond that, there are thousands of other professional and amateur athletes who have resorted to these drugs as well. As someone who has found a passion for all things fitness, and aspires to open up my own gym and train athletes someday, this issue is of high importance to me. Although many have accepted steroids as illegal and a type of cheating, these drugs should be legalized in sports. While it is widely accepted that performance-enhancing drugs pose health risks, I think it is the athletes’ own choice whether or not these risks are worth the benefit. In this research, I will argue why it makes sense to lift the current ban on steroids in professional sports. The effects of steroids are well known. They will help increase athletic performance and they also come with negative side effects. In a study done by clinical biochemists, it was found that use of anabolic steroids combined with exercise was highly effective. This research took 43 volunteers and divided them into four groups. One group of people took a placebo pill and exercised, one group took a placebo with no exercise...
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...The Positive Effects of Basketball Athletes Endorsements by Aristotle Philip Rodriguez Villar October 2015 Chapter 1 The Problem and Its Background Introduction; The use of athletes in advertising campaigns is an ever growing trend. Marketers look for ways to have their products stand out from competing brands. While athletes have been found to endorse both high and low status products, measuring consumers’ attitudes and purchase intentions of these products endorsed by the athletes is important to the success of the product in the marketplace. The success of these endorsed products in the marketplace may also come from star power, which is characterized as unique characteristics possessed by the individual that makes them star worthy.The researcher is familiar with his chosen topic because since he was a little kid he has been a huge fan of basketball and the researcher watched how the basketball industry market and sell their names. He has been updated every releases such as their equipment and other stuff. The researcher preferred this topic because the basketball industry merchandisebecomes one of his collections since he was fond of playing basketball. The researcher findtheir selling items very easy, comfortable, versatile and fashionable to use. For example, a Nike LeBron 12 is very useful in his basketball games and also in fashion sense it is very appealing. One of the most effective and positive associates by transferring different qualities to the product...
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...Ethnicity Should racial profiling be a legitimate law-enforcement policy in some areas? Should Affirmative Action for state university enrollment be continued? Should the primary method of public school funding--property taxes in individual school districts--be amended to create more fairness in schools? Should high-school history classes and social-studies curriculum be changed to reflect diversity and multicultural perspectives? Should Christmas, Easter, and other religious observances be considered national holidays? If a university offers "African-American Studies" or "Black Studies" as courses, should it also offer "European-American Studies" or "White Studies"? How do certain television programs perpetuate racial or ethnic stereotypes? Should Columbus Day be discontinued in favor of a new post-colonial perspective? Should schools only purchase textbooks that offer revised or alternative histories of historical events? What should be done about racial disparities in the sentencing of criminals? Should the American government pay reparations and return land to Native Americans? Should hate groups have the right to distribute literature on university campuses? If research shows that certain racial or ethnic groups receive poorer medical care on average, how should this problem be corrected? Should governmental organizations have staffs that accurately reflect the racial, ethnic, and gender balance in society? Gender and Sexuality What should be done to eliminate...
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...Public Relations is a recognized and constructive force in modern society. We can see it at work in the policies and actions of almost every organization, business, and cause in the world. In its modern sense, public relations was brought into being by the ever increasing complexity of the economic, social, and political problems that have assailed the human race in the years since World war I. Its roots are fixed in the basic fact that public opinion, confused, obscure, and unpredictable as it may seem, is the ultimate ruling force in the free world. A fundamental function of public relations is to help public opinion reach conclusions by providing it with facts and interpretations of facts John Hill, The Making of a Public Relations Man, Chicago: NTC Business Book 1993 PRO624 SPORT PUBLIC RELATIONS 1. Introduction 2. Focusing on the Sport Organization-Media Relationship 3. Managing the Sport Organization-Media Relationship 4. Sports Marketing and Public Relations 5. Strategies and Tactics 6. Communicating in Times of Crisis 7. Using the Internet in Sport Public Relations 8. Addressing Legal and Ethical Considerations 1. Introduction: - Globally people has been realizing the importance of healthy living thus seeking for an avenue to do so - Events like walkathon, marathon, jogathon, aerobics, Tai Chi and many more has been the inspiration for many to stay healthy - Therefore, sports has become the big business today and it has influence the emergence...
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...Media Influence On Sport When communication is spread not just between two individuals but rather between tens of millions of people it is known as mass media. Mass media is known as the central nervous system of society. "Mass media has many different purposes, such as providing information, entertaining, persuading and also by carrying a vague general function of culture to millions of people."(Frederick 18). In order for mass media to exist, there must be an audience. Today's society is very selective; each receiver reacts differently through his or her own experience and orientation according to mass media. Therefore, mass media exists in many different forms such as magazines, television, newspapers, internet, motion pictures, and even plays. Some examples of these forms of mass media are cosmopolitan magazine for young modern women and TSN television network for sports fans. With such extreme varieties of mass media existing in today's societies there are three major constraints that seem to have an impressionable impact. These constraints can keep mass media very restricted. The major constraint of mass media is competition. Each form of mass media wants to be the one to target the audience, so therefore competition between mass media is very strong, because capturing the inside of the sports world is critical. Apart from the competition among the various forms of media there is also competition among each form of the media example Fox network competes...
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...participants, either in teams or competing as individuals. Sport is generally recognised as activities which are based in physical athleticism or physical dexterity, with the largest major competitions such as the Olympic Games admitting only sports meeting this definition,[3] and other organisations such as the Council of Europe using definitions precluding activities without a physical element from classification as sports.[2] However, a number of competitive, but non-physical, activities claim recognition as mind sports. The International Olympic Committee (through ARISF) recognises both chess and bridge as bona fide sports, and SportAccord, the international sports federation association, recognises five non-physical sports,[4][5] although limits the amount of mind games which can be admitted as sports.[1] Sports are usually governed by a set of rules or customs, which serve to ensure fair competition, and allow consistent adjudication of the winner. Winning can be determined by physical events such as scoring goals or crossing a line first, or by the determination of judges who are scoring elements of the sporting performance, including objective or subjective measures such as technical performance or artistic impression. In organised sport, records of performance are often kept, and for popular sports, this information may be widely announced or reported in sport news. In addition, sport is a major source of entertainment for non-participants, with spectator sports drawing large...
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