In the 1996-1997 season, NBA’s Michael Jordan was paid $33,450,000 for the year, or just over $1.06 per second, an outrageous amount of money for a player to play the game he loves to play. He was paid $178,000 a day whether he played or not. There is no doubt that professional athletes are talented, but when Kevin Garnett, who is not even a college graduate, makes over 16 million dollars a year, that becomes a problem. While that may seem outrageous, deliberations over pro athletes salaries are nothing new. When baseball’s Babe Ruth was reportedly asked about earning a larger salary than the United States President Herbert Hoover during the Great Depression in the 1930’s Ruth defended his salary in response, “Why not?
In the 1984 Olympics Jordan won the gold medal. He won rookie of the year and averaged 28.2 points per game, 6.5 rebounds per game and 5.9 assists per game, which is really good for a rookie player. In his second year in the NBA the Chicago Bulls with Michael Jordan versed the Boston Celtics in the first round of the Eastern Playoffs. Where Jordan scored 63 points against the Boston Celtics. Which is a remarkable achievement for any player in the NBA.
When came time to play his former school, Wellpinit, he started his first game. He scored only three points, but shut down his best friend/ best enemy, Rowdy. Reardan went on to beat Wellpinit by 44 points. Sherman Alexie has been noted for his love of basketball as a player, and a fan. He happens to be a huge fan of the Oklahoma City Thunder, and even testified for the then Seattle Supersonics to stay in Seattle until there lease at the KeyArena in Seattle was to expire in the year 2010.
Basketball Acquaints Me a Lot A basketball game is held in our medical school every three years which means every one of us has the only opportunity to be honored. The winning team is supposed to be awarded prizes, including money, cell phones and mp4 players. Accordingly, the faculty of the winner will also be rewarded a considerable sum of money which is used as budgets of scientific research and scholarship for independent innovation. The same situation where the seniors are dominant in the competition happened every time. Members of the defending champion always enjoyed it and took it for granted that they were unbeatable and absorbed in the past.
This year playing football for Springfield is not the same as last year in high school because I’m not as close with the people on my college team. Last year we had so many exciting games being the top team in New York. I specifically remember the game--we played St. Anthony’s to open up the season. I remember that game perfectly like it happened yesterday. St. Anthony’s usually beats us, but it’s a close game every single time.
March Madness The month of March, besides its reputation as the gateway to spring, also provides three of the craziest weeks of the year. March brings March Madness, the annual conclusion to U.S. men’s College basketball season were sixty-eight teams will play in single elimination tournament showcasing the best college teams in the country. March Madness means in those precious three weeks, little work will be accomplished as office pools will swing into full effect. This is the time of the year where America will celebrate college basketball as a rite of passage. This is also the time of the year where the imaginary sickness appears and happy hour spots will become more popular at noon rather than four.
The NBA’s popularity and wealth increased dramatically by the time Michael Jordan had been drafted by the Bulls. Through new technologies Michael Jordan and NBA games could be seen around the world. The NBA became a global television goldmine because it was able to capitalize off of Jordan’s global recognition and popularity. Before Michael Jordan had been a Chicago bull the franchise’s wealth had been a meager nineteen million, which number quickly grew to over one hundred and ninety million in a matter of years. The NBA was not the only company to capitalize off of the Michael Jordan phenomenon, corporations such as Nike and Coca-Cola made billions worldwide off of Jordan.
For example, average points per game and free throw percentage. Not only are his numbers better during regular season play, but also he keeps the edge in playoff statistics. For example, Jordan holds the highest scoring average in playoff history and he is at a 83.3% made free throw average while playing 42 minutes. Outside of statistics, MJ was a college standout and therefore had more experience playing at a higher level. Jordan was the team, meaning that he was always way above everyone else on his team in points.
American kids under 12 now directly influence an astronomical 700 billion dollars a year…” The American Psychological Association (2004) estimates 40,000 television commercials target children each year. Children lack skills to differentiate
Not surprisingly, Bryant was offered scholarships to almost every major college and university in the country. Not only was he a brilliant basketball player, he was also a good student, scoring an above-average 1,100 on his Scholastic Aptitude Test. Bryant and his parents remained coy about his future, however. They realized that they faced a momentous decision: whether to bypass college completely and go straight into the NBA draft. Vanessa met Kobe Bryant in November 1999.