In the last ten years many young and talented high school basketball players have chosen to enter the NBA draft. These 17 and 18 year olds decide to skip college, and instead they choose to take a big risk and enter the NBA, hoping to become stars and earn millions of dollars. In many cases, these youngsters’ careers are a failure because they don’t turn out as talented as they thought to be. They end up spending only a few seasons in the NBA because they are not good enough to compete at that level
How Can Being a High School Athlete Affect You after High School? In 2014, 7.8 million people played high school sports.The number of participants in high school sports increased for the 25th consecutive year according to the annual High School Athletics Participation Survey conducted by the National Federation of State High School Associations (nfhs news). There are an estimated 41 million American kids playing competitive youth sports. The number of children involved in youth sports has risen
Envision some of your favorite things to do in life. Now picture someone coming and taking those beloved things away. To some kids, being an athlete is the highlight of their school career. Unfortunately, some schools are now talking, if not already implementing, the cutting of athletics. Their main explanation as to why athletics should vacate schools is because they are too expensive to keep up with. These children are now being denied the opportunity to have fun playing sports while gaining the
High School Athletes and Drug Abuse Interesting fact?? Drug abuse has become a big problem lately. In recent years, high schools have started to drug test athletes because of the increase in drug abuse. It states in the article “Doing rises among High Schoolers, but few districts test”, that “About 20 percent of high schools in the U.S. have student drug testing policies”. High school sports used to be about having fun, but now students want to have a more competitive edge. This leads high school
follows; athletics, family, and then school. Basketball was my only focus and it soon started to show
homeschooled should also be able to play school sports in public or private schools. A young teenager has quickly become a tennis prodigy, and has been training intensely hard for a couple of years. His trainer has decided the only possible way for him to accomplish his goals and strive for his dreams is to be homeschooled and concentrate on his future in tennis. Because of the rules for homeschooled athletes, his dreams could be snatched away. Many athletes around the country are being mistreated
Do athletes need to be involved in a gym class? There are several different perspectives regarding the issue being discussed about athletes in P.E. Taking a physical education class can provide many health benefits to students and also allows a much needed break from sitting in a chair all day. All students should be strongly encouraged to participate in P.E class even if they attend extracurricular activities(sports). Is it necessary to make P.E. an assigned class? The Institute of Medicine
in high school one out of five teens tries drugs, leaving the ones that don’t try them labeled as “losers”. Every teen is vulnerable to take drugs in high school due to its reachable Access. So should school athletes be drugs tested? Yes. Yes they absolutely do. The reason why is because they are admired by other students, the use of drugs is extremely damaging and athletes can be exposed to illicit drugs that can help better their performance, which is clearly not fair. School athletes tend to
Mandatory drug testing was not allowed in public schools until June 2002 when the Supreme Court allowed for public schools to do random drug testing (Carroll 23). This decision allowed for drug testing in all schools throughout the United States not just for athletes but also students who are in any activities within the school, for example clubs and competitive events (Carroll 23). Even though drug testing is now allowed by the Supreme Court many schools do not yet have mandatory drug test policies
tears lost; the average lifestyle of an student athlete is rough. We compete against the best, so we know we must train like the best. Some may say we are crazy to do the things we do, but others such as the athletes know that it is way more than just a game. Even though we cherish the game and we do whatever we need to do so that we can thrive in the game, we know there are other things that must come first, such as school. I know at my high school ineligibility is when a student has two F’s, but
Peyton Manning. Steve Nash. Here are just a few great athletes that most of us have heard of. But what is it that makes us look up to them? What is it that makes them great? The truth is that sports are only a small part of what makes a person worthy of looking up to. Background information (if applicable): The participation in high school sports this year topped 7.8 million athletes nationwide, which includes 54% of all high school students taking part in athletics (Chen). Credibility statement
Weight Loss by Athletes and Health Concerns Waking up, sophomore Mike Fumagalli would peel off the garbage bags and layers of clothing he had worn to bed the night before hoping to "sweat away" some extra weight. Throughout the day, he would ask teachers to use their trashcans and would spit constantly. Sometimes, he would even cut his hair or sit in a sauna, all to lose a couple more pounds. Many people may wonder why someone would go to such extreme measures just to lose a few pounds
Abstract: Since the beginning of sports competition, athletes have always looked for some kind of an edge over their competitors. They will do whatever it takes to be one of the elite and that includes injecting supplements into their bodies to make them bigger, stronger, and faster. Steroid use is probably one of the most common drug misuses in sports competition. Athletes found that with anabolic steroids one could become a better athlete twice as fast. Not until 1975 was the drug first
Ever since Mark McGwire, a St. Louis Cardinals baseball player, broke the home run record of Roger Maris, a New York Yankee outfielder best known for hitting sixty-one home runs in 1961, the media has been frantic. This frenzy is not only about McGwire's accomplishment of hitting a Herculean seventy home runs but is about another subject, performance-enhancing drugs. Mark McGwire is not only using creatine, but he is also taking androstenedione. Creatine is an amino acid that fuels muscle contraction
consumption of androstenedione. When users take too much, androgen shuts off the bodyís own making of testosterone, which can damage normal testicular function (Quinn). When athletes take androstenedione, it gives them an unfair advantage over other athletes. No one will ever know if Mark McGwire or any other athletes could have done their achievements without taking andro. "The International Olympics Committee, the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the National Football League, the National
people also believe that the only way to achieve a muscular build is by using steroids, yet again, this is wrong. Many people who work hard achieve an excellent physique naturally. Male bodybuilders and athletes make up most of the steroid users in the U.S.; female athletes and teenaged athletes use steroids as well. One of the most famous steroid users is Arnold Schwarzenegger. Schwarzenegger has held the title of Mr. Universe and Mr. Olympia. He used steroids before the health risks were known
Title: Should college athletes be able to go to NBA straight out of high school? “I can’t get a degree in two semesters, so it's kind of pointless I feel like i'm wasting my time” that's Ben Simmons on the NCAA. Students are forced to go to college for one year if they wished to go the NBA. Is that fair to students who wish to skip college and are good enough to go to the NBA straight out of high school. Athletes should be able to pursue to go to the NBA straight out of high school. In 2005 the NBA
Aboriginal Athletes in the World of Professional Sports Terrence and Jordin Tootoo grew up in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, in Canada’s arctic region. They were like other Inuit children in Rankin Inlet in many respects: They were brought up to respect the customs of their people and they enjoyed the resources the land around them provided- they learned to hunt and fish for food like the others. However, the brothers were also different from their peers in one main respect- they were blessed with a love
The Elements of a Real Athlete When you think of an athlete, what comes to mind? The first things that probably come to mind are sports, entertainment, and physical abilities. If these are the first things you think of, then how would athletes significant? If you look at athletes from a different perspective, their significance can be seen. From this point of view one can see that athletes are significant because they provide role models, contribute to our business world, bring countries or
expanding with no signs of stopping. It has spread into every major sport, with usage by every age and race. The use continues to grow, even with a lengthy list of serious health, legal, and ethical concerns. Because of our society's adoration of muscle, athletes put their athletic goals higher on their priority list than their long-term health. From Hulk Hogan to Arnold Schwarzenegger, our heroes all fit the superhuman mold. The government has tried various laws and programs to cut down on usage, but these