I look at things in life differently. I look at some things with a positive attitude and some things with a negative attitude. There is one thing in my life that means everything to me. That one thing is being an athlete. And to me that is the thing I am most optimistic about in my life. To me there are so many great reasons to being an athlete. For example there is, people look up to you, you make some of the best friends that you will ever meet, and finally it always gives you something to do, and I believe makes you a better person.
To start off, what is better than having people that are younger than you saying that they want to be like you when it comes to sports, which in my case is baseball. There is no greater feeling then that. Every time I see something like that it just puts chills down my back, and makes me want to go out there every time and give it everything that I have. I mean the dream of being in the major leagues means everything to me, and it makes even more special knowing you have thousands of people rooting for you every time you go out and play. That is a priceless moment, and it would make all the hard work that comes with being an athlete worth it. I know when I was little I used to say I wanted to be like the baseball players that were older than me, and now that I am there I work hard hoping that someday I will have the same thing happening to me. .
In addition, the next reason I am so optimistic about being an athlete is because you make some of the best friends that you will ever make through being an athlete. When you are on a team with other kids your age you know that there will be that bond, and friendships will be made. I know that all of my best friends have come from me being sports and playing or even competing against them. I think the reason that you form such good friendships together is because it is like you are in a battle together, and you know that you have to work together or you want succeed.
The Conflict between Athletics and Academics Athletics and academics go hand and hand, in college. ... Without athletics schools wouldn't be the same. Athletics belong in the academic life. ... This is not because athletics are bad for academics. ... They do; a sense of being a family, in athletics. ...
Abandoning intercollegiate athletics, however, is not the answer. ... So, to bring college athletics into balance with educational values, it is necessary to develop a broad framework for reform. ... The NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiage Athletics) recruiting process is much less stringent and allows for prospective student athletes. College Athletics have many benefits as well as disadvantages. ... In conclusion, College Athletics have benefits as well as many disadvantages. ...
Many people believe that drug use in professional athletics is not a serious problem, however it is more widespread and serious than people think. In professional athletics the use of drugs is looked upon as somewhat of a serious problem, but is also very discrete and low key. ... Today, drug use in sport has reached enormous proportions in society and is destroying athletics from the ground up. Nowhere is the problem more serious than in professional athletics, where athletes, coaches and trainers misuse drugs in search of ways of ways to improve performance. ... That is what professional ath...
Particularly in high school athletics, women have begun their march toward equality. ... The total amounts of athletics aid must be substantially proportionate to the ratio of male and female athletes. ... Participation in men's athletics has increased 39%" (Grant 3). ... The WNBA has to be the finest strive for equality in athletics for women. ... "Since the WNBA started, there has been a significant increase in female participation in athletics all across the country, including high school athletics" (WNBA 3). ...
Communism, a system in which an authority plans and controls the economy claiming to make progress towards a higher social order in which all goods are shared equally, is the identical attempt, unfounded and devoid of reasoning, of Title IX: Student Participation in Athletics, Part Three: Effectively Accommodating Interests and Abilities; In the assessment of the "interests and abilities" portion of the Title IX regulations, a three part test governs. ... There are a multitude of reasons why men's sports deserve more money than women's sports, including the facts that they generate f...
He has helped me in every conceivable capacity, from athletics, to fixing something around the house, to understanding what the right thing to do is in any given tough situation. ... In athletics, he has taught me never to give up no matter what. ... The fact that he even stayed in athletics is remarkable, given the family circumstances. ... When he tells me to never give up in anything, whether it is athletics or academics, I can't help but think of all that he had to endure to make the grade both as an athlete and student. ...
Exploitation and hypocrisy are givens in college athletics. ... With this responsibility emerges at best indifference and at worst complicate the corruption in college athletics. ... The critics argue the issue of amateurism versus professionalism in college athletics. ... Economist Andrew Zimbalist feels that intercollegiate athletics is a unique industry. ... This is essentially professionalizing college athletics in Division 1 schools. ...
Athletics are a great representation of this male-dominated society. Homophobic locker culture, hegemonic masculinity in athletics, and domestic violence among athletes are all prime examples of how our society still continues to keep men as the dominating sex in athletics today. ... This idea is also known as Conflict Theory in athletics. ... This is once again a culture in the realm of these athletics that does not want to be changed. ... What is worse is that the media and the coaches of these athletics do not condemn this kind of violence. ...
