A player like LeBron James who is one of the biggest names in sports today and who earns around $55million dollars every year was vastly criticized for his play during the 2011 NBA finals. 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 Angeles Lakers game can cost up to $15.000 and the worst seats for a soccer game between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid can cost up to 400euros while the Camp Nou (The stadium w...

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Research Hypothesis Most sources will have more stable and comprehensive arguments as to why the use of performance-enhancing drugs should not be legalized however a final conclusion cannot be reached as the final outcome of this research question is moderately opinion based. ... He declares that the results show that the amount of sportsman using PED has almost negligible effect on the spectatorship of the sport and that the crowd simply enjoy the thrill of the game itself rather than aspects that occur off the field. Allison states that in sports such as American Football, the increase in ...

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The NCAA stated that "statistics show that more than 80% of sports fans monitor social media sites while they are watching the game on television and over 60% do when they are actually at the game. ... Take Tim Tebow for example, who had more than 9,000 people tweeting every second after he threw a touchdown pass in the playoff game against the New York Jets. ...

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