He then heads back into the locker room, showers and relaxes a bit getting ready for pre-game activities. ... He will then retreat to the clubhouse until game time. The typical game lasts about 3 hours at which point he should go back to the hotel right? ... Oh and by the way he is expected to perform in a night game at 7:00. ... This brings us to the final major reason that athletes deserve as much money as the can get, because being an athlete is what they do, it is their job. ...

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We find that the PGA simply watches its game grow richer purses, more television exposure and more people playing golf. ... Though Finchem (Tour commissioner who was President Carter economic adviser in 1978-79.) game has grown increasingly large, he admits that competing for the sports dollar long-term is much more challenging now than it was five years ago. ...

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Yet, in this great year of play, baseball experienced something that caused many critics and followers to re-look the history books and become skeptical of the game all together. ... Furthermore, this year's featuring hall of fame class, which consisted of some of the game's best, had no electees due to their connection to the "steroid " era. ... To say all the other stuff is just "a part of the game" is absurd when considering performance-enhancing drugs have been just as part of the game as all the other forms of cheating. ... Based on these accounts, one could easily conclude that...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This boom could be considered to be even more vital to the growth in popularity of the game than the population. ... Major opponents of the decision felt that having night games would take away from the "purity " and "innocence " of the game. ... With time the innovation was accepted league wide, which brings up the comparison of the integration of the game to the installation of the night game. Like integration, the appeal of the night game to the owners was profitability. ... This new market were even more endeared to the game of baseball when they were able to see people of their sam...

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Think back to when sports were just plain fun and you could play all day, and you were good at every game, too. You were 10. It still sounds the same out there on the field.... Hey, batter, batter.... It's still fun, and when it's muddy, it's even more fun. Fun and funner -- that's all sports had...

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• Grade Level: High School