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?
The biggest reason that I am the most influential, however, is my endless array of media outlets. I own newspapers and television stations around the world, but one of my largest assets is the Fox News Corporation. Fox has had a stranglehold on sports broadcasting since the mid 1980’s, and there is no foreseeable reason for that to change. My exploits to take over broadcasting of the NFL, the most popular sport in America today, was the single biggest sports movement of the 80’s. As I was quoted in 1993, shortly after aquiring the rights to televise all NFC games on Fox, leaving CBS, NBC, and ABC to scramble for the leftovers, “We're a network now.
He was also a 9 time all pro defensive lineman 1. Received the rick smith spirit award of tx 2. He also received the Lombardi award in 1974 Now I will talk about one of the most popular quarterbacks Dallas has ever had Troy Aikman II. Troy Aikman was drafted by Dallas in 1989 during the first round (1st pick) A. Inducted into the pro football hall of fame in 2006 * He played 12 seasons with Dallas from 1989-2000 (played 165) * Including 3 Super bowl wins (SB XXVII (27), XXVIII (28), XXX (30)\ B. He was the Cowboys all time leading passer * Received the Walter Peyton man of the year award in 1997 Now I will talk about one of the best running backs in the history of the NFL, Emmitt Smith III.
Very few of the athletes have done anything worthy of giving them praise. In my day that’s a line I never thought I would use; athletes were just people with incredible talent and they were thankful for being paid for that talent. Today, they ask for millions of dollars which, by the way, comes from the fans directly through ticket sales or indirectly through television rights or merchandise sales. To be fair, many of these athletes don’t portray themselves to be role models, and then others who want to be shouldn’t
From the movie MoneyBall we see big names/good players in sports means good teams and good teams means more money for the franchise which leads to more commercialization and ultimately what everyone wants more money. Another example of commercialization in sports is Jordon Spieth he just one on the biggest stage in golf The Masters he is 21 years old and not only did he make 1.3 million dollars for winning but he is now making just as much or more with sponsorships since he has won. These examples illustrate the fact that sports have been highly commercialized. Sport has changed its form and elements. It is not just entertainment, sports have gained commercial recognition.
Moises Garcia English 1301 M02 10/13/11 Lionel Messi V.S. Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez In football soccer today, among all of the great players, there are two truly distinguished players: Lionel Messi; who is Argentinean and Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez; who is Mexican. They are both recognized for being the top goal scorers not only in their team and league but in all of the football soccer federation. With their charisma and skills they have won thousands of fans and are respected by their teammates and other great soccer players. Although Chicharito at the moment, is the top goal scorer in Europe, most Consider Messi the best soccer player in the world.
How Student-Athletes Could Be Paid and its Effects Ever since I was a little girl, I would sit on the couch with my two older brothers, wearing my favorite college football player’s jersey. We would watch the college teams play, screaming at the television, arguing at a referees call or disapproving at a quarterback’s decision. Then after the game, my brothers would plug in their Xbox 360 and play the latest version of the NCAA football video game. They would pick the team with their favorite player that they had been cheering on when we were watching the game on the television. Just recently, a question crossed my mind after I had watched my brothers do this routine for so long now.
Wouldn’t it be amazing to make millions of dollars by playing one game or tournament? Well famous athletes feel they do. Many people feel that professional athletes are extremely overpaid. People feel professional athletes are getting to much money in a society where incomes are traditionally based on the value of one's work. Average Americans work standard hours and get paid a dismal amount compared to an athlete.
Rugby is a perfect sport to build nationalism. It is played worldwide and in the movie Invictus they were playing for the most elusive title of World Cup champions. Competing against other nations brings the whole country together even when they are going through hard times domestically. An example of this is the Olympics, no mater how someone feels about their country at the time of the Olympics they still want their country to be the best. Also the country that wins the most medals is always thought of as a world power even though they are only playing sports.
John Unitas was the standout quarterback for the Colts at the time who led his team to victory on a second drive to seal the win. This game later became known as "The Greatest Game Ever Played." Unitas then went on to be a Hall of Fame quarterback with 40,239 passing yards and 290 touchdown passes. He holds a record for having had at least one touchdown pass in 47 consecutive games. That record may stand forever.