Thursday, June 19, 2014
Feature Lede- Final Article
As most of us know, the 2014 baseball season hasn't been the best we've seen from the Boston Red Sox. However, on Tuesday June 17th Boston fans were pleasantly surprised. The Red Sox beat the Minnesota Twins with a score of 2-1. It was clear who was the superstar of the game for the Sox was, Brock Holt. As a rookie, Holt has played several different positions this season. On Tuesday, Holt made both hits for the Red Sox that won them the game. Holt also made an amazing catch at the end of the third inning. Left fielder, Jonny Gomes signalled that he couldn't see the ball, luckily Holt saw and made the catch. In the end, the Sox beat the twins giving boston fans hope for this season.
Persuasive Sports Essay
People say that privacy is privilege, and if your life is thrown into the spot light, privacy is hard to come by. We all know the case of Donald Sterling, the owner of the NBA team the Clippers. A tape of him making rasict remarks serviced on TMZ. The person who taped this conversation was Sterlings mistress(parade.condenast.com). Because this tape was put out in public it was brought to the attention of the NBA. The NBA banned Sterling from the NBA or life. He was also told to pay a 2.5 million dollar fine(theblaze.com). However, the small but very important detail everyone seems to be ignoring is the fact that this conversation was taped in private and Donald Sterling had no idea he was being recorded.
Clearly, Sterling is not a very good person and makes poor life choices. I mean the man is married and he brings the woman that he's cheating on her with to games and in public like it's no big deal. After the press conference that was held announcing that Sterling was banned from the NBA and had to pay a 2.5 million dollar fine, it was said that the NBA wanted to make Sterling sell the clippers. Most of the country believes that this is a smart decision. Someone who owns a team that employs African American athletes should know better than to make racist and affense remarks like Sterling did. Something like that doesn't deserve to own a successful basketball team like the Clippers, which is very true. However, to be fair you have to look at the situation from all angles.
Yes, everything that Donald sterling said was wrong and completely inappropriate and being banned from the NBA along with a 2.5 million dollar fine seems justifed. However, making him sell his team is taking it too far. The conservation that leaked to the media was spoken in private. Sterling also did not know that he was being recorded. V. Stiviano more than likely leaked that tape to the press because she wanted attention and money. Also, Donald Sterling whos the team with his wife. Forcing him to give up the team will mean making her give the team as well. If Shelly Sterling wants to sell her part of the team than thats fine.But she should be able to make that decision on her own and not be force to because of her husbands ignorants. Donald Sterling is a poor example of the human race, but he should not be forced to sell his team over a private conversion.
Clearly, Sterling is not a very good person and makes poor life choices. I mean the man is married and he brings the woman that he's cheating on her with to games and in public like it's no big deal. After the press conference that was held announcing that Sterling was banned from the NBA and had to pay a 2.5 million dollar fine, it was said that the NBA wanted to make Sterling sell the clippers. Most of the country believes that this is a smart decision. Someone who owns a team that employs African American athletes should know better than to make racist and affense remarks like Sterling did. Something like that doesn't deserve to own a successful basketball team like the Clippers, which is very true. However, to be fair you have to look at the situation from all angles.
Yes, everything that Donald sterling said was wrong and completely inappropriate and being banned from the NBA along with a 2.5 million dollar fine seems justifed. However, making him sell his team is taking it too far. The conservation that leaked to the media was spoken in private. Sterling also did not know that he was being recorded. V. Stiviano more than likely leaked that tape to the press because she wanted attention and money. Also, Donald Sterling whos the team with his wife. Forcing him to give up the team will mean making her give the team as well. If Shelly Sterling wants to sell her part of the team than thats fine.But she should be able to make that decision on her own and not be force to because of her husbands ignorants. Donald Sterling is a poor example of the human race, but he should not be forced to sell his team over a private conversion.
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
NCAA Unionization
1. Yes, college athletes should be allowed to unionize. If they feel that creating a union with help make their team stronger and more functional, than they should be allowed to do it.
2. Unionizing is one thing, but I don't believe that college athletes should be getting paid to play a sport at the college they go to. The goal of going to college is to get an education so you can earn a degree and work at a good job. If you choose to play a sport thats great, and you might even get reconized by important people in the professional sports world. However, until that happens athletes should not be getting paid to play a sport at the college they go to because thats not the main reason why they are there.
3. Even though I don't support the idea of college athletes recieving a salary for playing a college sport, athletes should still recieve a degree even if they are getting a salary. Students and their familys pay a lot of money to go to college to earn a degree. If a school is giving college athletes a salary, that was their choice. So they shouldn't take away the chance for the students to earn a degree, because that could limit them in the future. And also, their family paid a large sum of money for no reason.
2. Unionizing is one thing, but I don't believe that college athletes should be getting paid to play a sport at the college they go to. The goal of going to college is to get an education so you can earn a degree and work at a good job. If you choose to play a sport thats great, and you might even get reconized by important people in the professional sports world. However, until that happens athletes should not be getting paid to play a sport at the college they go to because thats not the main reason why they are there.
3. Even though I don't support the idea of college athletes recieving a salary for playing a college sport, athletes should still recieve a degree even if they are getting a salary. Students and their familys pay a lot of money to go to college to earn a degree. If a school is giving college athletes a salary, that was their choice. So they shouldn't take away the chance for the students to earn a degree, because that could limit them in the future. And also, their family paid a large sum of money for no reason.
Friday, June 13, 2014
A Leage Of Their Own
Now adays, there a only a few professional womens leagues left. However, I don't think its because people still believe that men are superior to women. Throughout history, women have proved that they deserve as much respect as men do and that they can do anything they want to. The way people view women and respect women has changed dramatically. So I don't think that the beliefs that people had in the 1940's reflects the lack of professional women's sports leagues today. I believe that the reason women only have profession basketball and soccer leagues has a lot to do with popularity. Even though there are several different womens sports that are popular, basketball and soccer maybe the two most watched womens sports leagues, and that's why they are professional.
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