If we only take into consideration the utility that a job has for a society then it is obvious that a basketball player should not earn more than a teacher, a fireman or a police officer. ... Rashard Lewis earned $19million in 2011 and was scoring under 10points per game for the Washington Wizards while being one of the 5 highest paid NBA players that year. ... He averaged 17points per game while averaging 28points per game for a career. ... These players are not even really professionals; they practice 4 times a week and have a game every weekend. ... Buying a courtside seat for a single Los ...

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New Haven, Connecticut, home to Yale University was the home to the first intercollegiate football game against Columbia in 1872. ... Each customer paid 25 cents to see the game." ... College basketball's history came later within the twentieth century. ... The rapid growth of the National Basketball Association (NBA) led to an increased interest in intercollegiate basketball game and many NBA stars were recruited from college.   ... Each team playing in the BCS game receives $13,000,000 and will receive $17,000,000 in the final years of the agreement. ...

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It was a game between Princeton and Rutgers, and the first "cheers" called were "Rah rah rah! ... "While sports like football and basketball stagnated years ago, cheerleading is attracting new participants by the truckload; last year the four millionth cheerleader joined a squad. ...

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In modern times statistics relating to a players contribution in a game have become increasingly significant and distances, times and heights form the foundation of sports such as athletics and motor-racing. ...

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Is any cliché in American public discourse quite as stale as "liberal media bias-? Probably not, unless it's "tax-and-spend liberal."" Is there a literate adult living in this country who hasn't heard or read that dull, deceptive phrase literally hundreds or even thousands of times? Not unless said person resides permanently in a wilderness beyond range of all TV, radio, newspaper delivery, and the U.S. Postal Service. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate