Athletes should be able to decide for themselves whether or not they are mature enough to play professional sports. Kobe Bryant and Mike Tyson are only two of the most famous names in sports. ... The feeling that athletes are not ready for professional sports because of their age alone is simply not right. ... There is proof that the athletes can handle the pressure and responsibility of professional sports. ... The onlything that separates us is their uniqueness is athletics whereas ours might be crafts, computers, researching new prescription drugs and so on. ...

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These fantasies lead to the idolizing of a person's favorite sports figures. ... Michel Irving use to be a good role model until prying into his personal life showed his love for prostitutes and drugs. ... Several other high-profile athletes have been accused of wife beating, drug use and lesser offenses. ... Sports are for mere entertainment, not as a place to get morals from. ... Professional sports are played as a method of keeping people entertained. ...

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Sports Heroes as Role Models Lots of people go through their life having a hero or a role model to look up too. ... In the sports field there are positive and negative role models. ... Uses drugs, has sex with many women and he is also a cross dresser. ...

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It seems as though there has been a lot of negative examples in sports world lately. One of the negative examples was published in the December 23rd issue of Sports Illustrated of last year. ... Today in sports there is a large amount of violent attitudes and actions, this example is just one of them. ... One of these programs that does keep kids drug free is Athletes Against Drugs. ... Sports is one alternative to gangs and drugs and Athletes Against Drugs helps the kids to make the choice to choose an activity like sports over these other two harmful choices. ...

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Sports nutrition is a part of the athlete's training, and those who fuel optimally improve performance and health. (Bonci 462) There are many goals for sports nutrition. ... Once a drug enters the body, the body begins to process the drug that includes four processes: 1. absorption 2. distribution 3. metabolism 4. excretion When drugs are administered orally, absorption is much more complex than when administered intravenously. The drug has to bypass a number of barriers before it can get into the blood stream and do its thing. ... Drugs are absorbed faster when administered in...

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Lots of people go through their life having a hero or a role model to look up too. It could either be a family member, friend, professional athletes or even a fictional comic character. A hero or role model could be anyone that you want it to be. When a person has a hero or a role model they want ...

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Imagine being swarmed by the media after stepping out of your thirty two thousand dollar car, leaving practice to go to a photo shoot for the cover of Sports Illustrated. ... In some cases, young athletes seethe high paying professional ranks as an avenue for escape from an impoverished lifestyle; a lifestyle of substandard housing, high crime rates and drugs. ... Playing games on television, movies, shows and every boy's dream, a spot on sports center. ... As Brian Shaw said of a nineteen year old Kobe Bryant in Sports Illustrated magazine, "nobody was going to listen to him when he w...

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All you hear about is the negative image of black people and sports. ... Think about it basketball has it's own way of bring black people together for one common goal to rout for his or her team when they could be on the corner selling drugs or killing someone. ... No, why because they play sports and I think this is unfair to the players and coaches how are trying their best to do the right thing. How would you like it if some one always had a negative attitude to you because you played sports? ...

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