...for cancer or creating world peace, I don’t know if anybody deserves to get that much money.” I believe professional athletes, actors, and vocalists get paid way to much. These professionals should not get paid more than our service men and women, some do not represent an appropriate view for juveniles, and they shouldn’t get paid because athletes don’t stand for the National Anthem. If these professionals are going to act disorderly then they don’t need to be representing America. We don’t need those famous commonality to be representing America like a bunch of barbarians. Why do famous professionals get paid more than service men and women? Service men and women try to make sure all Americans are safe and protected. People in the armed forces only get paid a little over $1,000 a month depending on the months of experience. The troops work very hard for the U.S to be safe and their salary doesn't quite show our appreciation. Athletes, vocalists, and actors don’t do anything but entertain the United States yet they get paid over a million dollars....
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...WHY BEING FAMOUS IS NOT THAT GREAT Ah, fame! We love celebrities and wish that we were like them. So that we can get paid loads of money, have everyone know what our names, know our life stories, have everyone love us and of course the greatest gift of all, entertaining people. When I was a teenager, I dreamt about being a famous filmmaker. I was always writing stories since I was child and I was getting more and more into writing when I got older. And I thought filmmaking was the thing for me and that was what I wanted to do more than anything in the world.But when I told people this, they all made fun of me. Even my so-called "friends". No-one took me seriously. So my filmmaking ambition didn't get off the ground. I thought I should give up my creativity for good. What's the point of telling stories if no-one cares? Then I realized, you don't need fame as filmmaker or author to show people how creative you are. So that's why I turned to posting stories on this site. And I get a lot of views from all over the world and that makes me very happy.Now that I'm an adult, I'm actually glad I never became a big filmmaker or a celebrity. And here's why: No matter where you are, people just won't leave you alone. If you want your privacy, there is no chance. You want to have a nice quiet meal in a restaurant. Just you and your family, but fans keep interrupting you asking for your autographs. It is nice to make a fan happy, but when you have to do it over and over and over and...
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...Soccer Players Wages Soccer is the most popular sport in the world with billions of people in all countries following their team. But despite soccer’s popularity, it does not seen right that soccer players should get paid the amounts they do when their job is not as worthwhile and life threatening as other jobs like soldiers and doctors. Currently the top ten players in the world earn between $15million to $50million a year, compare this with normal jobs where people earn $32,000 a year. The highest earning player is David Beckham who earns approximately $966,000 per week, working out to be $50 million per year (Kaitlin Madden).The only way to control the salaries of soccer players is for the soccer bodies such as UEFA and FIFA to put a cap on the amount of money a team is allowed to spend on player wages. No countries currently have a cap although Italian soccer teams had looked into it a few years ago but never went through with it. A cap system would not only lower wages but would ensure fairness between all the teams in a league. It is hard to justify these soccer players getting paid so much when they no longer seem to have any passion for the game. When players are representing their country playing for the national team many no longer sing the national anthem when it is being played before the game unlike the rugby players who sing there national anthem with such pride. It seems that soccer players are now only in it for the money and they don’t even care about winning...
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...realise this potential, Is managed as an attraction, Provides an appropriate level of facilities and services, May or may not charge an admission for entry”. (Walsh – heron and Stevens (1990) citied by Swarbrooke (2002) The term visitor attraction can be difficult to define because people can be easily confused as to the purpose of visitor attractions. Because many visitor attractions are different because some are either natural or manmade. Visitor attractions are classified by whether they are purposely built attractions, natural attractions or non-purpose built attraction C) London Eye: The London Eye is the tallest Ferris wheel in Europe, and the most popular paid tourist attraction in the United Kingdom, visited by over 3.5 million people annually each year. The London eye is situated in central London and is become a landmark for London with many tourists visiting every year. St Paul’s cathedral: is a Church of England cathedral in the city of London. The cathedral is one of London’s most iconic sights and is one of the most famous buildings in the capital. According to visit England, st Paul’s cathedral had over a million visitors in 2008 and 2009. This proves that it is a famous attraction for tourists. (Source:...
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...DO THE RIGHT THING by Spike Lee Second Draft March 1, 1988; Brooklyn, N.Y. Forty Acres and a Mule Filmworks, Inc. YA-DIG SHO-NUFF BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY WGA #45816 INT: WE LOVE RADIO STATION STOREFRONT--DAY EXTREME CLOSE UP MISTER SEÑOR LOVE DADDY Waaaake up! Wake up! Wake up! Wake up! Up ya wake! Up ya wake! Up ya wake! CAMERA MOVES BACK SLOWLY TO REVEAL MISTER SEÑOR LOVE DADDY, a DJ, a radio personality, behind a microphone. MISTER SEÑOR LOVE DADDY This is Mister Señor Love Daddy. Your voice of choice. The world's only twelve-hour strongman, here on WE LOVE radio, 108 FM. The last on your dial, but the first in ya hearts, and that's the truth, Ruth! The CAMERA, which is STILL PULLING BACK, shows that Mister Señor Love Daddy is actually sitting in a storefront window. The control booth looks directly out onto the street. This is WE LOVE RADIO, a modest station with a loyal following, right in the heart of the neighborhood. The OPENING SHOT will be a TRICK SHOT--the CAMERA PULLING BACK through the storefront window. MISTER SEÑOR LOVE DADDY Here I am. Am I here? Y'know it. It ya know. This is Mister Señor Love Daddy, doing the nasty to ya ears, ya ears to the nasty. I'se play only da platters dat matter, da matters dat platter and that's the truth, Ruth. He hits the cart machine and we hear a station...
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...Talking about a topic comes at ease when the issue at hand affects the individual. Many people have talked about the topic of inequality and done much research on it, but many of them just are not passionate enough to get into people's skin. Nevertheless there is an individual by the name of Barbara Ehrenreich who has covered the topic of inequality pretty in depth. Mrs Ehrenreich studied theoretical physics at Reed College and earned a Phd in cell biology from the Rockefeller University, in addition, she one of the biggest influencers in a nonprofit movement of the 60’s which advocated for people's right to a better healthcare. Despite all the accomplishments mentioned above the reason why she is most known is her famous book Nickel and Dimed. In the book the author dives into the various consequences of income inequality: in order to do this she choses a job in which she is paid the minimum wage, then she tries to survive an entire month with the money she is paid, however, if she does not receive enough money she moves onto the next job in a different location. Furthermore the book tries to demonstrate one of the most popular theories when talking about the reason why income inequality exist, which is conflict theory. Conflict theory is shown very evident throughout the book as the concept of the theory is...
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...are approximately 319 million people living in the United States, but there are approximately 482 million people in China that work in sweatshops. These people make less than two dollars a day. Often times hundreds of people are working in one big room, smells of sweat, tears, and a low sense of moral fill the air. We are talking about hard working people that work hard for their money, but get treated so poorly. A hardworking man goes and clocks in to make a better future for himself, and he has enough to barely get by on a day to day basis. This is just inhumane and coldhearted. It is easy for us to look down on China for doing this to their people, however; we treat our student athletes in the same manner. These student athletes struggle daily with the same problem. Juggling at least twelve hours of credits, with at least ten hours of practice a week, not including games. How can a student athlete possibly have time for a job? These students barely have enough time to study. Practice is often times long and hard, and once that is over with it is time to study or do homework. Sleep? As a student athlete there is no such thing as sleep. Sleep is just one of the thousands of things college athletes have to worry about. Also, earning extra money can be an almost impossible feat with the lack of extra time in a week. In a paraphrase of a famous rapper named Jay Z, “College athletes have 99 problems, and money is one.” When it comes to college, people have to go through many trials...
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...exploited and why reforms are needed in college athletics. Which explores the effect of money on college sports programs and the way in which college sports programs can distract everyone from academics. It will discuss some of the methods the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) has employed in an attempt to cure this exploitation. This will fairly compensate student-athletes for their work while preserving the amateur nature of college athletics. It will show 3 reason why it is most disappointing, and about how college sports operate. One thing that disappointing about college sport is that they don’t get pay for playing their sport. Dan Zirin believe that colleges needs to start giving back to the athletes who make the money for the colleges. The athletes are the one who bring in the huge profits to their schools but they don’t receive nothing in return. I think the athletes that play the sport should get a little of money because there working hard for their team to won and bringing money to the schools. Even though they have media attention and promotional commercials many people don’t know that they player aren’t getting pay at all. The president of NCAA Mark Emmert said that he expect college athletes to play as part of their educational experience and for their sport, not to be paid a salary. Even if they get pay they wouldn’t know how it will works. Like would people get pay less if there playing the profitable sport, or will women get paid less than men...
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...Why do some entertainment or sports figures engage in self-destructive activities? The reason why entertainment and sports figures engage in self-destructive activities could be due to the way they were raised as a child. That means they grew up in a non materialistic household, because the important things were paying the bills, and trying to keep a roof over their head. The only thing that is required of them is to go to school get your education, play some sports or join the fine arts department. They have completed all the requirements of the home life. Now they make it in the big. They are in a whole new league. Their egos have gone from I’ve come from a poor background with local attention to making getting all this attention on a national level. They now have more money than they are use to having. They can now afford the luxuries that everyone else has. The first thing that the buy is the biggest car that is fully loaded, they shop in stores that were never thought of before, because the money wasn’t there. Everybody is their friend, even the people that talked down to them. They were into substance abuse on the low end, and now that they are in the big league they have moved up to the higher end of the substance abuse, they are going out partying every night of the week, they go to the local bar and buys rounds of drinks for everyone. The famous status has now made them aware that the local scene is not enough. Because of their financial status they can now afford...
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...least head Ronald Reagan’s famous quote “Mr Gorbachev tear down this wall!” A powerful quote defining freedom and liberty, but why? Many people today don’t truly know the power of that simple line, boldly defying the oppression in Berlin that personally affected tens of thousands of people. But why? You may ask, What’s so bad about dividing a city? Well, below are just a few examples of some things that would be faced by normal people during the occupation of Berlin. One of the first things you could have faced was being separated from your family. As unthinkable as it sounds today many people were separated from the rest of their families, sometimes permanently. The wall was put up over night, with no warning, the ban on travel was effective immediately. That meant if you lived on the east side of the wall you wouldn’t be able to cross the wall, even to visit you family. Technically their were ways to get a visa to temporally cross the boarder, however the likelihood of you actually getting one was very slim. I previously mentioned that the Berlin wall was a symbol of tyranny,...
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... gave you this name? why did he/ she give you this name? How do others usually call you a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. i. j. k. l. m. n. o. p. q. r. s. t. u. v. w. x. y. z. a) Are you a student or do you have a job? What is your major? Do you like your major and why? What do you want to do when you graduate? Are you keep focusing on this major for a long time? Why did you choose to study that? Do you want to change major? Why? What was the first school you attended? What subjects do you like and dislike? Do you like your high school? What was your feeling about the first day you went to school/college? Which school are you studying in? Why did you choose this university/school? Which city do you study in? Why did you select this city? Do you like your professors and classmates? Why? Where do you prefer to study? Do you...
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...need to be able to have food three times a day, have a house, be able to send their children to school to get an education and even have a car? Realistically, all of this plus a little more can be done with an income of between $45,000 and $55,000 easily. For some reason, it was decided by us, people who labor is harder than the most, like janitors, factory workers, and even factory workers, should be paid less than someone that sits on a desk all day or someone that gets paid to play a game for living. Athletes today are the highest paid people in the world, with the exclusion of Donald Trump and Bill Gates. If you think about it, it is absurd to believe that someone is really worth millions of dollars and all they do is play a sport. Millions of people would do this for free if they had the chance. For that reason, I believe professional athletes are overpaid for many reasons. In USA Today Magazine, under section Your Life it says, “Although many professional athletes apparently still feel underpaid, just two percent of the public agrees, according to a survey conducted by Roper Starch Worldwide. In fact, the vast majority of Americans think athletes are overpaid.”(USA Today) This is ridiculous to hear for these athletes already making millions of dollars which is way more than they deserve. Also, in this article it states that professional athletes get paid what our economy will bear. For instance, if the attendance at a sporting events were to either increase...
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...thoughts about this industry , majority usually prejudice that people who related to this are indecent and indulged in play . To be come a famous and well known person it leads to the situation that a lot of people heard about my name but does not really understand the person I really am . As mentioned ,they assume I am a arrogant and dissipate kind of girl. I can not understand why so many people still have those preconception for this industry .I feel so disappointed and indignant over the judgments of others about me when I am totally different. First of all, Acting has always been my dream since I was a kid. when I found the opportunity that helps me reach closer to my dream , I seized it immediately without any hesitation. From then till now I just want to do my best to be an great actress that can inspire people and deliver messages through all the roles that I receive. However ,not many people that I know felt what I feel in acting even my parents, some even look at me with a discriminate eyes. They think that this is not orthodox job, is just what you do when you are young then when you get old you have to find “real” job to cover everything in your life,”It is not a noble and stable jobs” they say. The point of view of majority for this industry is that (1) it is a must to exchange yourself in order to be famous which include sexual matter . (2) to become successful in showbiz, artists need wealthy people who willing to spend money on them. (3)it can only last 3 or...
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...that is being asked here. The answer can go both ways. There are some people that view them as role models and some that do not. I personally think that it’s the parent or guardian place to be role models for today’s children. Kids this day in age have so much access to so many different things such as the internet and there is hardly anything that you can’t find on television now. There isn’t anything wrong with kids admiring athletes and wanting to be like them. But how often does that child actually see that athlete or famous person that they are admiring, it is very rare. There are a lot of times where those athletes or professionals did not have role models themselves and that is why you see them become famous they do not know how to handle them fame and glory that comes with it. As parents we should do things that help our children grow as a person and be responsible. To take a quote from Charles Barkley, he said (and this is not a direct quote) I am not a role model. I am not paid to be a role model. Parents should be role models. Just because I can dunk a basketball does not mean I should raise your kid. Read more: http://www.city-data.com/forum/sports/738186-should-parents-role-models-athletes.html#ixzz0gCGHSlUw Rather they like it or not athletes are role models especially if they have children of their own. You have athletes that are using performance enhancing drugs or illegal drugs, and how do they explain that to their children when they are caught or found out...
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...The success for athletes is based on the number of fans and sponsors a player has. Sports organizations rely on the records of the teams and not the player that work to death to make those wins.The athletes of a team don’t get paid enough from their team's commissioners so for their money they rely on their sponsors.To make sports famous the sports organization relies on sponsors and fan bases.The fan bases and sponsors invest in the sports organization instead of the teams. Players in the sports organization only get paid ten percent of their paychecks from their sponsors.Players with a less salary cap get paid more after taxes than the players with a more greater salary cap.Players have to pay two different tax payments a year, one of them is regular tax and a thing they like to call jock taxes.Players who protest the national anthem will lose sponsors which means they lose money but most of them protest for publicity.The overrated players such as Stephen Curry or Lebron James get paid less than the underrated players after taxes such as D'Angelo Russell and Chris Paul. Some of the players that are doing...
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