Von Miller's Argumentative Essay

Did you know that 80 percent of NFL players will go broke or file for bankruptcy within their first 2 years of retiring. Often players will forget that they have personal lives and futures to think about. The only thing is though that NFL players live in the moment and not the future. The NFL players are part to blame for the reasoning of going broke but at the same time so is the NFL they know that most of the athletes come from poor backgrounds and neighbourhoods. It's hard when the player makes it to the pros and for them not to help out their friends and family. Even players putting their money into bad investments and it coming back to haunt them .NFL players are more likely to go broke then any other sport because the lack of knowledge

There are many little boys and girls who want to grow up and be professional athletes. They have hopes and dreams and put in the hard work and effort to achieve them. What they do not know is how different their lives are if they make it in this profession. While the men are able to live pretty comfortably, the women usually struggle to make a living, and they most often live with other teammates or family to help split the bills. They are often “forced” to play all year round, even overseas. This pay difference can discourage the girls that want to become professional athletes. Thus, limiting the sports available for women to play and places to play in. Professional female athletes should be paid the same amount as professional male athletes because women should have equal representation and pay as the men, women are just as successful in sports as the men, and the best players are getting paid by foreign leagues to not

Why college athletes should be paid for the risk of injury in college? The pros and cons of college athletes being paid for their time in college? College athletes should be paid because players get hurt in college and that affects their potential professional career and their income for the rest of their career because of the injury.

Jared Odrick was born on December 31, 1987 in Lancaster Pennsylvania. His parents are Howard Odrick and Jan Falk. In March 2010, his dad was laid off from his advertising sales job after nearly four years at a company in New Jersey. Two weeks after he was laid off, his wife was also laid off after nearly 20 years in the corporate offices at Tiffany and Co.. Although Jared is not expected to help out with money, he still does. He also has two sisters and a half brother. While his brother was playing football, he tore his ACL and didn’t know who to call, so he ended up calling Jared. Jared responded and told him that everything would be fine and told him that he knew someone who once took their whole knee out playing. His brother’s injuries caused him to miss the whole 2013 season.

Well we are over a week into free agency and the Cowboys have done next to nothing in many fans eyes. Most of cowboys nation is screaming their frustrations or better yet tweeting it. However many don't realize just what the Cowboys are doing. In my eyes they're following their blueprint to win not only now but for years to come.

The Pittsburgh Steelers have arguably the most passionate fan base in all of football, making them a marketing and business giant, however, these key strengths for the Steelers are somewhat counterweighted by their weaknesses. To the naked eye the Steelers really have no stand-out drawbacks, they sell out practically every game at Heinz Field, but when taking a closer in depth look at the organization it appears that the Steelers suffer from the same downfalls as the rest of the National Football League. NFL fans are some of the oldest fans in all of sports, these fans that are of old age will soon not be physically able to go to as many games as they once have, the Steelers have one of the oldest fan demographics. Season tickets are passed

While some believe that athletes should have their own choice at making a decision to go pro straight out of high school, they should not do so because they will not be able to manage their million dollar contracts respectively. Speaking of contracts, the NBA should eliminate guaranteed contracts for rookies drafted in the first round of the NBA draft. They should do this because a careless high school kid, could just go into the draft not knowing, or caring on how much they are going to make, with the lack of experience on handling millions of dollars. This is very unrepsonsibible for a teenager, and not only for the high school athlete, but also for the basketball association as well. This is because of there noncommitment to have these players

and months later so did his grandmother. Days later Mathieu was adopted by his aunt and uncle, Shelia and Tyrone Mathieu, at the age of 5. There Tyrann showed his athletic talent, playing with local kids around the neighborhood and showing his athletic abilities. Mathieu joined the little league baseball team and also played football. Mathieu was an outstanding baseball player and gained the attention of local fans. Eventually years later mathieu had the field he played at named after him. Once Mathieu hit high school he began getting the attention of everyone in the state, including college scouts, Mathieu did track & field and played football for St. Augustine High School. Mathieu was outstanding in track & field participating in long jump

In “2BR02B” by Kurt Vonnegut,” Vonnegut maintains that we cannot put a cap on the population. The cap creates problems and deteriorates a much-needed stigma behind the idea of death. Death is and always has been the last experience a human has and it is their right to do so as they desire. Thus, this everlasting conflict in humanity supports that there can be no cap.

My first topic/ issue is with the NFL and their team owners; the basic idea of this issue is how the NFL swindles the state and the taxpayers to buy them new things while on the other side the tax payers get bent over. In this article from “the Atlantic” it says how the Seahawks built a new stadium and the cost 560 million, 390 million which was tax payers money. They only pay 1 million for rent while the rest is just a profit to the team and the owners, the tax payers are paying a lot of money to build a new stadium while a lot of it is just going back into a billionaires pocket (Paul Allen). I don 't like it, I think paying guys millions to play football and act like idiots most of the time is ridiculous. Most of these guys are very uneducated

In Where Men Win Glory, Jon Krakauer uses Tillman's journals and letters, interviews with his wife and friends, conversations with the soldiers that served with him, and extensive research on the ground in Afghanistan to paint a complex picture of the events and actions that led to his death. Before he joined in the army, Tillman became familiar to fans as an undersized, overachieving Arizona Cardinals safety whose defense could not be matched. With his morals and curiosity, Tillman’s personality exceeded expectations. America became fascinated when he traded the fame and fortune of the NFL for boot camp.

People rebel when no justice being served. It is understandable why people act a certain way. Have you ever loved someone more than yourself? A person is your biggest pride and joy to be safe? Can you imagine how it feels to no longer have your pride and joy with in a split second, due to the way they look? The exctuaray pain of a death of a child is a mother 's worst nightmare.They feel it is the only way to raise attention. In the city of Ferguson, Michael Brown was an unarmed black teen and was shot by police; this was the beginning of a wave of uprisings against police brutality nationwide.

Most people think that athletes are overpaid and see huge contracts come out every year. It’s not everyday that an athlete wakes up to a 20 million dollar contract. In fact, they actually worked for it over many years of training and dedication.

Did you know that the highest paid Cubs player will make 19 million dollars, the average pay is 6 million dollars, and the lowest is $417,000. Even the lowest pay is pretty high. Athletes are being paid a ton of money,and it’s getting to be too much. Athletes are overpaid and are very irresponsible and don’t deserve to make what they do.

Young athlete’s main goal to attain is to become a professional athlete. Plenty wants to become a professional athlete due to the money, others for the love of the particular sport that they are interested in. There is a downside in becoming a professional athlete, that many young players are not aware of. This downside is that professional athletes’ go broke faster than they are drafted into the leagues. Many professional players such as NBA and NFL players go broke due to career duration, overspending, family issues, and lack of financial knowledge.