I want to be a baseball player!" ... If this was said in 1999, the boy's mother probably would have said, "Let's go to the store and buy you a baseball glove so you can start to practice." ... It is a business in which owner and players attempt to coincide. ... Since only the top players in each individual tournament receive pay and there happened to be different players almost every time. ... In baseball, about 220 of the 831 players on this year's opening day rosters-27 percent-made $1 million or more. ...

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Some examples: Cal Ripken Jr. was an all-state soccer player in high school before he signed to play professional baseball. Deion Sanders, football and baseball professional, was an all-state basketball player in high school. ... Jackie Joyner-Kersee was a star basketball player in high school before becoming an Olympic gold medallist in track. ... This trend of specialization has taken the greatest toll on baseball. ... One example is Tucson's Amphitheater High, which got nine Mexican baseball players in "98 (A. ...

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In a recent playoff game an Ottawa Senators player was bumped into Joseph and the go ahead goal was scored. ... In the NHL rulebook if a player makes contact with an official they will be suspended and punished by the league. ... In a similar play Ottawa Sen's player Andre Roy shoved an official aside in a much less harmful incident but received a three game suspension mainly because he is minor player. ... Attorney Fred Wiesman compared Rodman's behavior to that of Major League Baseball player, Albert Belle, when he said, "It's the same bullying, arrogant, obnoxious behavior. ....

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This is true with "backyard sports"; sports like football, baseball, basketball, soccer, or any other of the activities that children play in the yard. ... If one of those players does not feel like playing because of an injury, the coach can see this as a blow to the team, and can demand the player to get back into the game. ... In professional sports, the player is either released, or traded for new employees. ... If that person wants the player gone, the player is gone, no questions asked. The player whole financial status is now controlled by one single person, that person not being ...

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The precious seconds pass as the players stoop into their positions. ... The players of all three major professional sports in the city, football, baseball and hockey, feel the responsibility to return their good fortune to the community that embraced them, and they fully realize that their work does not end as soon as they exit the arena. ... Not to be out-contributed by the Steelers organization, the Pirates baseball team and the Penguins hockey team also contribute to the good of the community. ... Their contributions and charitable events are many, and include participation in Race for ...

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When a high school baseball player who is hoping for a college scholarship watches a big league slugger hitting the ball 450 feet he feels like he needs to do something to get that extra edge. ... (Yesalis) This is directly related to the professional ranks in which it is believed that 50% of all professional baseball players use steroids. ... Baseball is one of the most controversial sports and is seeing the most use of steroids. ... Another baseball player, Ken Caminiti, admitt...

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Alex Rodriguez is one of the greatest players in Major League Baseball. On August 5, 2013, the Major League Baseball suspended Rodriguez for 211 games for violating the league's Performance Enhancing Drug policy. He was one of the 13 players suspended for their roles during the biogenesis baseball scandal. The Drug Joint Prevention and Treatment Program is a program that was established by an agreement between the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball and the MLB Players Association. The goal of this agreement was to discourage and end the use of banned substances such as anabolic steroi...

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On a similar note, the use of drugs within sports have and will constantly spark controversy for wither or not a players performance was accomplished honest and aboveboard or enhanced through the use of supplements. For instance, according to the Hall of Shame scholastic news, in the year 2013 no players were elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame located in Cooperstown, New York as a result of the sports doping of steroids. Many honorable players who have never been affiliated with sports doping were also kept out of the Hall of Fame. ... "PED (performance enhancing drug) abuse ha...

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Tuning into a professional sporting event in the twenty-first century, a person might spot at least one of the following: a coach arguing with an official, a player arguing with an official, a brawl between players, or a player being ejected from the game. ... This is no surprise, seeing how player salaries have skyrocketed over the past few decades in the major sports such as basketball, football, baseball, and hockey. ... Some of these players go out there and play hard, but it is only to increase their value in the market. ...

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In today's sports, Major League Baseball, has been directly affected with PED's more than any other sport. ... However, during this period, the interest with baseball was at an all-time high. Players were achieving feats that fans thought could never be achieved. ... Not only would the playing field suddenly be even for all players, it would be at a higher level. ... This is an issue that needs to be solved for the betterment of the fan experience and player safety....

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Athletes and Performance-Enhancing Drugs Drug use among athletes has become a common action. Many athletes have or still use performance-enhancing drugs. Not all of these drugs are illegal. In fact, many of these products are available at nutrition stores or on the Internet (Lurie 2). Performan...

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Therefore I am only discussing the salaries of players in the National Basketball Association (NBA), Major League Baseball (MLB), National Hockey League (NHL), and National Football League (NFL). ... To give a better statistic according to MLB statistics of the players who are drafted each year in the MLB draft only 8.3% make it through the minor leagues to the major league level. That means that even once you reach a level that you are being paid to play baseball you statistically only have a 1 in 10 chance of making it to the major league level. ... Another factor is size and body type, for...

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Some of the major topics in the field right now are: the long term effects from concussions on soccer players, overworking the shoulder in baseball, long term effects from chest injuries in football, reoccurring oankle sprains, and ACL and MCL injuries to female athletes. ...

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Through out time everyone has wanted to be the superstar and the most valuable player. ... When controversy surrounds a player it tends to bring attention towards the ball club. ... Certain players use their own personal attitude to bring their own line of fans. ... In 1999 two NFL players: Rae Carruth and Ray Lewis, where been charged with murder. ... Many other athletes commit crimes while they are on the baseball diamond, football field, basketball court, boxing ring or the ice of a hockey arena. ...

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Why are coaches held to a higher standard when the players do most of the work? In addition to their hefty training and practice schedule, players have their studies to focus on as well. ... Their view of an amateur player is wrong. ... Local baseball teams, like the Lancaster barnstormers, are in the Atlantic League and are not affiliated with any professional team. ... The world of amateur sports is very popular from racing to baseball. ...

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College athletes spend the almost the same amount of time practicing, working out, and playing games as professionals do, but college players also have to manage going to class and completing their school work. ... The majority of the athletes here are not on full rides and even if some players are there are still other essences they have to cover: books, food, housing, and personal needs. ... For the majority of football, basketball, and baseball players, the only reason they go to college and play is because it is a rule. ... On the contrary, I see why NCAA players are not paid. Most athlete...

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Is Steroid Use Worth The Risk? Why do athletes take steroids? Almost all steroid users are taking steroids because they believe it is the only way to develop muscle and strength. Further more, almost all athletes are taking steroids because they want to get as much strength and size as they possib...

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This excerpt taken from the beginning of Varsity Blues, which premiered in 1998, shows the way of life for high school football players. ... Similar events like this one have also taken place, one involving a former professional baseball player and manager. In April 1999, Ray Knight former Cincinnati Reds coach and player was charged with simple battery, disorderly conduct, and affray (fighting in a public place). ...

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Whether it's steroids in major league baseball or bar fights and women in hockey and basketball respectively. ... The NBA has also created a program to help young up and coming players called the NBADL. It's sort of like the minor leagues in major league baseball, which is another way to develop young stars. ...

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It would change it by causing a draft out of high school for colleges to draft players and buy them and then they would have to do it all over again once they decide to leave college (Wieberg). Author of "College Sports and the Myth of Amateurism"," Allen Sack, writes on his own experiences as a scholarship football player at the University of Norte Dame. ... There is still the argument that players are not compensated enough for all the revenue they bring in. ... Horne also totaled the amount of benefits players receive, including travel, room, board, food, tuition, and extras and it came t...

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One study found, "Each individual football player was nearly 20% more likely to experience a concussion than a girl playing basketball" (Ganley 274). ... "Making all goal posts and fixed structures in the vicinity of playing surfaces padded and mobile so as to lessen impact forces could reduce brain injury in soccer, basketball, and baseball in 2010" (Russell 6). ... Russell notes that checking a player into the boards in hockey was one of the leading causes of injury sustained in the sport (6). The NHL has made checking from behind and leaving the ice surface to hit anothe...

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Many players need legal advice and help with their taxes; this is all part of the job. ... Agents may feel rejected by players when they first start out, this is not because they are bad agents it is because they are young and in-experienced. ... The average salaries for professional athletes in 2001 were about 1.2 million in the National Football League, 4.2 million dollars in the National Basketball Association, 2.3 million dollars in Major League Baseball and about 1.5 million in the National Hockey League (Wuest 511). ...

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History Seventy-five years ago, people would have to either go to a sporting event or read it in the newspaper to find out about the outcome of a baseball, football, and a basketball game, and a tennis and a boxing match. 1920 was when sporting events were brought through spark transmitters, code, and the converted telephone (microphone). ... On August 5 1921, the first professional baseball game that was on the radio was played by the country's first radio station, KDKA in Pittsburgh, PA. ... Above average players are described with outstanding talent although they accomplish very l...

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Rick Wolff, a former professional baseball player and coach, claims there are several factors contributing to this phenomenon such as: parents and coaches putting excessive pressure on children, specialization in one sport, over competitiveness, anxiety and loss of interest. ... However, the game is structured so that children try to get all players on the fewest amount of chairs. ...

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