Wear and Tear on Professional Athletes Many individuals think that becoming a professional athlete would be one of the greatest achievements/jobs that they could ever accomplish. Not only do professional athletes get paid a very handsome salary but they get to enjoy the luxury of having a sport as a career title. However, most people do not release how much more strain and stress is put on one’s body by becoming a professional athlete. Professional athletes are expected to push their bodies past the extreme, to have potentialy unhealthy diets, and may have to face many injuries. One of the leading causes of athletes shorter live span is injuries.
Pursuing your dreams is one of the greatest things in life but can also be one of the most challenging. Today’s society has a lot to do with how much occupation holders are making and are partly responsible for the millions of dollars that some of the most blossoming athletes in the nation are being paid. These players belong
The athletes are encountered with pressure that is unfair and high demand from the public which makes the decision between right and wrong harder for them and it is why Alex took steroids once they were offered. So Moller’s argument comes down to whether or not the blame are being put on the players. But since the decision lies in the players hands, the public affects their decision almost provoking it which shifts the blame to the public. Also Moller uses a logos argument to illustrate some players that were also cheating and the extent they were willing to gain an edge. Some of them were Sammy Sosa, Johnny Damon, Pete Rose and others.
Although the similarities in practice routines between college athletes and professionals are very clear, their incomes differ greatly. The amount of practice these student-athletes have, working long and hard to perfect their craft, generates money and exposure for their respective universities. It must be realized that as a result of being student-athletes, these men and women lose out on many experiences the regular college student does not, and it is due to this fact that all college athletes should receive compensation through their universities and the NCAA. Money and Exposure for The University The NCAA generates a very large amount of money from college sports considering they sign billion dollar deals with top TV stations in the nation to show their athletes on television. They also make enormous amount of money in ticket and merchandise sales.
Ashley Kizzie Due date: April 30, 2010 Dr. Swinford/ ENG 120 Final Term Paper DHEA Suggesting Fairness Sports play a big role in society for it keeps it fans standing to their feet, loving the entertainment it brings. People love to show support to their favorite, competitive athletes but when athletes know that they have to keep their fans interested, they may rely on an alternative that not only cheats themselves but the entire sports industry. Performance enhancing drugs have been a serious issue in the sports era for years. Enhancers are considered a form of cheating and should not be tolerated in any sport under any circumstance. Basketball and baseball, in particular, are two very popular sports in which performance enhancers
Jock, cheerleaders and druggies are stereotyped in the media today. Jocks are stereotyped by their appearance, actions and their dialogue. Jocks are stereotyped by their appearance because they were tight shirts, jerseys, or letterman jackets. In the movie Friday Night Lights the players wear their letterman jackets constantly throughout the movie. Jocks are also stereotyped by their actions because they act tough and mean.
In the beginning of the ad the “slap” sound is weaker and the drills and exercises seem more challenging for the players. As the commercial goes on and the teams develop better chemistry, the sound grows stronger and the teamwork sounds much more uniform. Eventually, the “slap” turns into crowds cheering while players prepare for a game. The music grows louder and louder until the players run off onto the floor to take their places in the challenges that wait ahead in the game. I believe this is an effective ad because it gets its main point, that those who wear Jordan Brand shoes are hard-working and driven individuals, to the audience easily, keeping them entertained with action packed sports sequences.
They are: new pressures, bigger rewards for winning, temptation, and trickle-down corruption. Each one of these pitfalls has led to cheating in all arenas of business and can especially be seen in the use of steroids by athletes. The first pitfall that leads to cheating according to Callahan is new pressures. As Callahan says, “[New pressures] in today’s competitive economy, where success and job security can’t be taken for granted, it’s increasingly tempting to leave your ethics at home” (Callahan 20). This is especially true in sports.
But this drug is ruining the game just as fast as it is ruing people’s lives. It’s being abused in many ways because in today’s world, you need to be the biggest, the strongest, and the fastest in order to be the best. Steroids give athletes an easy way to do that. Professional’s use it, and it rains down through college athletes, who only want to become professionals, and all the way down to youth athletes, who only want to be like their idols. What all these athletes are overlooking is the serious harm that it can do to your body, inside and out.
In many sports today steroids is becoming a more and more evident problem. The game has evolved and the many athletes believe that the only way to keep up is with steroids. While steroids can give someone an edge over another it is cheating and there should be a zero tolerance rule set up in all sports at all levels Athletes that use these performance enhancing drugs should be immediately ejected from whatever organization they are members of. I see this as the only logical punishment for doing such a thing as cheating. Many athletes use anabolic steroids to increase muscle mass and strength.