Soccer Opinion Research Paper

Cleats. Shin guards. Socks. Uniform. A mud crusted ball and rain soaked under armour. I shove it all in the seat while struggling to hold my headphones, blankets, and snacks for the long car ride ahead. My sister and I argue over who gets to stretch out in the backseat while the other sits curled in the front attempting to find a comfortable position. The early morning light has started to seep through the clouds, promising a shining day ahead, perfect for a soccer match. For the remaining minutes of the drive I visualize the game in my mind, barely containing my excitement of getting to play my favorite sport.

“Some people believe football is a matter of life and death. I'm very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that.”

I never thought that I’d care about sports in my high school. Throughout my childhood, I accepted that I had sold my soul to the devil that is musical theatre; it wasn’t until I attended Thomas Jefferson high school that I realized the heartache that would come with that decision. The only problem I have with my high school is that it is sport focused, and could show more love towards the theatre department. Not only has the school spent money updating the sports equipment and gymnasiums, but it continues to neglect the deteriorating stage that gets used and rented out by many dance competitions, concerts, and play productions.

I’m a fourth year varsity soccer player at an all-boys private school of less than 550 students. Despite our small enrollment, for athletics we play in the division of the largest schools, mainly ones with enrollments over 2000 students. We can argue the fairness of our placement as long as we like, but it won’t change our position. We have to accept the challenge of playing larger schools.

Imagine a business that was bringing in millions of dollars every year in revenue solely off the employees, and the individuals who are working to bring in the money, do not see a cent of it. This is essentially how college athletes feel at their respective universities. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is seeing $11 billion dollars in revenue come through their doors annually, and not one penny goes back to the student athletes who, in reality, create that money. The money is passed down through the executives, directors and coaches, but none is given to the players. With putting in an average to 43 hours per week, which is more than the average work week, student athletes can be compared to

Colleges bring an incredible amount of money by their sport teams alones. According to John Brill, a sports journalist writer, “College football and basketball generate more than the National Basketball Association, a total of more than $6 billion yearly.” The money made from these sporting events are not being used correctly which is frustrating many college athletes. The money that is being

Athletes are dominated, managed, and controlled. They do not receive a wage compensation for their contribution to economic returns. Athletes are sometimes mistreated physically and mentally; and denied rights and freedoms of other citizens. The debate over whether or not to pay collegiate athletes, specifically Division 1, has increased greatly. Many people believe college athletic associations; such as the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Associations) treat college athletes unfairly. College athletes have been dedicating time, hard work, and much more to their schools' athletic departments. People are making millions of dollars off of these athletes while, they are living in poverty. Things need to change; these players need to

Billions and billions of dollars going... where? The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) makes almost 11 billion dollars a year from college athletics but where does that money go? Well, the money for sure does not end up in the hands of these collegiate student-athletes, those men, and women who make them all that money in the first place. These billionaires want all the money for themselves. They are selfish. They are self-centered. They are money-hungry. They are part of the problem with college athletics. They are scared to lose just a small portion of this exorbitant pile of riches that they make to pay these hard working, devoted athletes. How could this problem be solved? You should be 100 percent sure of what you would do in this situation. They are putting themselves on the line just to make the NCAA money and not get any in return. Just take a minute and process what these athletes are doing and how they are not getting repaid by these networks mostly NCAA.

The athletic department of colleges are a great source of revenue that colleges never wish to lose or deplete profits. In an article noted by Ryan Vanderford, “In 2012, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (“NCAA”) reported $871.6 million in revenue. In the 2012-13 fiscal year, the University of Alabama’s Athletic Department alone made $143.4 million, combining proceeds from ticket sales, donations to the athletic department, media rights, branding, and numerous other revenue streams”.(Vanderford 1) There is no changing this, schools can afford to pay athletes something in return for the hard work they put in to the sport. This is a business, the bosses that sit back and collect all the profits are the coaches, NCAA and the colleges,

What was interesting about what I read on my topic was that this topic has been talked about for years. Former player collegiate athletes actually took this discuss to court. People have been buying their jerseys, and putting them on video games to make money off them. You would see that every year they come out with sport magazines with college stars on them. I still ask myself to this day, “why athletes can not just receive at least two hundred dollars a month during their season in which the sport starts ?” A point about the topic that was so repetitive was college

Last Tuesday evening saw a marvelous sight: nearly the entire Mid-County Surf Blue soccer team, 11- and 12-year-old boys, came to the Board of Director's monthly meeting along with their parents. They came to protest the Board's barring of their coach Sean Clark from the upcoming season. Several of them stood up in front of the Board and the nearly 40 other attendees and spoke in support of their coach, telling the Board how much Sean and the team meant to them, and imploring the Board to reconsider their decision. We parents spoke as well, but it was the boys' testimony and pleas that shone that night. We parents added our voices as well to those of the boys, asking the Board to act promptly. We are all still

I will talk about a few possibilities that other organizations use that might work for them. Alex Moyer is for paying college athletes he finds it unfair that college sports is the largest sports enterprise in the United States and the fact that the average head football coach brings in 1.9 million dollars and the head basketball coach average is 1.2 million now most people would love to have this pay. And if that was not enough money for you, you have coaches like Nick Saban 7 million a year and Coach K from Duke who yearly income is 9.2 million (Sanderson and Siegfried 115). This is what makes Moyer so angry that you have millionaire coaches and administers but the people that do the grunt of the work do not get to see a dime of the profits, is the athletes themselves. These athletes put in hours of work and the put their bodies on the line every week for our entertainment and for their dreams. I personally do not think people realize this enough how dangerous the game really is and how fast a kid’s future can be taken away from them. Now at the same time I am not saying that the coach does not deserve to get paid, sure he puts probably puts in more hours of work but they also are not risking the physical health. From the sources that I have read most people would be ok with paying them a trivial amount to help them and most think it might convince them to

    Saturdays in the fall bring together millions of people to celebrate college football, a ritual that bonds the community in stadiums and in living rooms across America. This American sport takes a heavy financial toll in colleges everywhere. Just one in four colleges across America make money on their football team (mostly large division I schools). College teams spend millions of dollars stockpiling athletes and struggle to keep pace with rivals. With college football teams soaking up most of the money for transportation, uniforms, and football equipment, the women's teams are having to deal with cut scholarships and women's sporting events. That money drain is at the heart of debate

I would like to bring this to your concern the lack of space in the weight room. This school has such a good group of athletics and all were missing is a bigger weight room.

As of three weeks ago, I now work for the Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC) as a Partnership Strategy Assistant. The LAFC is a brand soccer organization and will have its inaugural season in 2018. There are a few things that make this organization in particular very unique. Unlike most of the organizations involved with Major League Soccer (MLS), we are not a team, we are a football club. This is more than just a distinction in name but rather the foundation of our day to day operations. Much of what we do expands far outside the bounds of typical team’s functions. We have an increased engagement with the community and have a group of members – not just fans. Our Supporters are called the 3252. They have had a hand in many decisions