Professional sports

The gender wage gap in professional sports is much higher than most people think and it’s not going to end anytime soon. Women make half of what the Men make, if not less.     In the NBA, the average salary is $4,500,000.00 and in the WNBA the average salary is $72,000.00. In the professional basketball aspect, WNBA players earn 4,428,000.00 less, or not even 2 percent of what NBA players earn. In the 2014-15 NBA season, the highest paid athlete, Kobe Bryant, made $23,500,000.00 and in 2013, the

it's okay to use performance enhancing drugs (PEDS) . It gives the most unfair advantage in sports such as Increased leanness and muscle definition, Increased muscle mass, General weight gain, Increased strength, Increased effectiveness of training, Improved recovery rate Euphoria (feelings of positivity and confidence), and Increased aggressiveness. This is why I think PEDS do not belong in professional sports. The nationals football leagues (NFL) policy on PEDS isn’t as strict as people think

In the United States since World War II, the world of sport has undergone dramatic changes. The first decade after the war witnessed the resurgence of baseball as the national sport, particularly with the unveiling of a hero-athlete, the formation and development of the National Basketball Association, and the transformation of professional football into a powerhouse organization vying with baseball as the national sport. That competition continues to this day, with the profound irony that in some

Should steroids be made legal in professional sports? Strength, power, energy, pain, and corruption; these are the pros and cons of steroids and other performance enhancing drugs, PEDs. Year after year every sport has had its issues with athletes using these illegal drugs to help their performance on the field. Many trust that allowing steroids and other PEDs to be legal would help professional sports, because it will make the game more fair and equal. Even though PEDs are illegal, athletes still

Did you know in some cases PEDs, or Performance Enhancing Drugs, have been used on people 12 years or younger? People in sports have always wanted an edge and use PEDs, even at young ages. Because of this the world of sports need to enforce anti-doping rules more. One Reason the world of sports need to enforce anti doping rules more is because the use of PEDs is a form of cheating. First of all, EPO’s, a type of PED, is injected into the bloodstream and increase the amount of red blood cells in the

Athletic endeavors have long been an integral part of human society from some of the earliest development of civilization. Sports have always served as a metaphor for life and the triumphs of human performance which are readily displayed by many historical and contemporary competitors are the subject of praise and admiration for millions of people. Thus, professional athletes occupy a surprisingly important position in world culture and their exploits can have wide reaching consequences that extend

Professional sports in the United States have served as a staple for consumer entertainment for over a century, while at the same time providing a sense of unity that a community can rally behind. When an owner wants to acquire or create a new franchise, they rely heavily on the surrounding community to help fund and support its creation. While many of these individuals have adequate funds to do this on their own, they argue that the community will reap a large expense of the reward from establishing

Since the beginning of sports athletes have sought a way to get an advantage over their opponents; Whether it be in ancient rome using berries to give a sight stimulation during competition or today injecting steroids to shave that extra second off your run, the use of PED’s are all over sports and are not leaving anytime soon. Steroid use in sports should be legalized because they will revolutionize the modern athlete, save thousands of money on drug tests, and no more athletes will lose their careers

Nathan Seneker Professor Nancy Levant English 132.72 15 July 2015 Abstract This paper examines the use of performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) in professional sports. In all professional sports like baseball, basketball, football, and organized fighting, PEDs have been used to enhance athletes, however there is a question of ethics in the use of PEDs. Some examples of PEDs are anabolic steroids, doping, and stimulants. All of these effect an athlete’s performance in a different way, although their

Cause and Effect of Fantasy Sports on Fans and Professional Sports Fantasy sports are a popular activity in the contemporary world today. More than 32 million people across the world are participating in this activity. In 2009, it was estimated that 27 million people living in North America participated in this popular sporting activity. In this sport, the competition among individual participants is based on an online environment. Further, this activity has grown into a pop-culture (Howie Luke,