In Trevor Martin's documentary, "Schooled - The Price of College Sports"(2013). He implied that student athletes should be paid. The director first give the opinions of players by interviewing different players; he then gave coach and staff opinions by interviewing a researching them as well and to conclude he won the hearts of the viewers by telling a sad story about a player and showed an interview done on him to show how hurt he was. His purpose was to catch the viewers attention in order to get his message across about college players deserving pay and expose the NCAA. He seemed to have an older audience in mind because he wanted to catch their attention and persuade them to act on it.
Friday, March 20, 2015
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
The $100,000 offer
If you believed you would receive $100,000 and then didn't, would you be mad? Almost every person on this planet would say yes. JJ Nelson, former UAB receiver is believed to have been ripped off by the very well known company, Adidas. The article written based on this topic was titled "JJ Nelson: Adidas never offered deal". This article says " Adidas said it would pay the top three fastest players who ran the 40-yard dash in it's shoes and signed a contract to endorse the brand before they ran $100,000". I think that this is an amazing deal and that Adidas had every right to want an endorsement signed before basically just giving away $100,000. JJ Nelson says that addidas never gave him the chance to sign the endorsment contract but he claims he was given a different type of contract.
I believe that JJ Nelson should have signed the endorsment only if he is false about Adidas withholding the contract from him. If Adidas did in fact withhold the endorsment contract than I am under the empression that it is only their fault that JJ did not sign with them. Under those circumstances I believe that JJ Nelson deserves to recieve a pay of $100,000. On the other hand, if JJ Nelson is simply making up excuses but in fact did not want to sign the contract than he is full responsible for not being eligable to get the $100,000 payment from Adidas.
I believe that JJ Nelson should have signed the endorsment only if he is false about Adidas withholding the contract from him. If Adidas did in fact withhold the endorsment contract than I am under the empression that it is only their fault that JJ did not sign with them. Under those circumstances I believe that JJ Nelson deserves to recieve a pay of $100,000. On the other hand, if JJ Nelson is simply making up excuses but in fact did not want to sign the contract than he is full responsible for not being eligable to get the $100,000 payment from Adidas.
The fight for the win
Brazil lost to Germany 1-7 in the semi-finals of the 2014 Fifa World Cup allowing Germany to arguably pull off the most extrodinary World Cup win of all time and move on to the next round of the World Cup. This game took place in July 8, 2014 at the Estudiado Mineirao in Belo Horizonte.
Both teams were expected to play a tough game and both expected to win. Germany was ranked 2nd and Brazil was right behind at 3rd place. Brazil had reached this game undefeated along with Germany who ended up stealing the win quickly. Germany was scoring goals left and right leaving he score at 0-5 with Germany taking the lead at halftime. Leading 0-5 at halftime Germany had scored 4 goals within 6 minutes and scoring through the second half ending with a last minute goal from Brazil ending the game 1-7.
Germany set the record of the largest leading margin in any World Cup semi-final.This game was an incredibly important game to both teams as well as the fans. Germany's players and fans had to be escorted out of the stadium. This was due to the fact that Brazil's fans could potantially harm anyone who supported the opposing team as shown in previous games. This win lead to an even bigger win for Germany in the finals, naming Germany as the first Eurpoean nation to win in South America.
¨we worked a lot and, if any group deserves it, it's this team.¨ said Germany's coach. He strongly believed the Germany had performed the best out of every team that competed in Brazil which clearly showed in the results. The team was said to have worked for this opprotnity for 10 years and the win was well deserved. Brazil is a great team that unfortunatly could not keep up with Germany in this competition.
¨Every player in this team gave everything they had.¨ also said by the Germany coach, He knew how hard his team had worked and had no doubt at all that everyone had given 110% into that game.
Brazil knew they had played a bad game and although they lost, they still gave full respect to Germany. ¨Not even the Germans can tell you how this happened – but it’s because of their skills and you have to respect that. We have to learn to deal with it.¨ said the Brazilian coach. Their coach didn't just teach this team how to win but also how to lose. Brazil knew that they had let their fans down but still gave Germany the respect they deserved. Brazil knew that they played a bad game but continued to try to win the third place match.
Brazil began to fall apart after Germany scored their first goal. The Brazilian coach stated, ¨We got disorganised and panicked after the first goal and then it all went wrong for us.¨ Germany had scored an incredible first goal, causig the Brazilian players to panick. This is not uncommon but id very unfortunate to have happend to Brazil due to the competition. Their passes were being intersepted and the game was seen as to be controlled by Germany. By half-time everyone knew who the voctors would be but Brazil never gave up. Both teams faught for their dreams but there could only be one winner.
Both teams were expected to play a tough game and both expected to win. Germany was ranked 2nd and Brazil was right behind at 3rd place. Brazil had reached this game undefeated along with Germany who ended up stealing the win quickly. Germany was scoring goals left and right leaving he score at 0-5 with Germany taking the lead at halftime. Leading 0-5 at halftime Germany had scored 4 goals within 6 minutes and scoring through the second half ending with a last minute goal from Brazil ending the game 1-7.
Germany set the record of the largest leading margin in any World Cup semi-final.This game was an incredibly important game to both teams as well as the fans. Germany's players and fans had to be escorted out of the stadium. This was due to the fact that Brazil's fans could potantially harm anyone who supported the opposing team as shown in previous games. This win lead to an even bigger win for Germany in the finals, naming Germany as the first Eurpoean nation to win in South America.
¨we worked a lot and, if any group deserves it, it's this team.¨ said Germany's coach. He strongly believed the Germany had performed the best out of every team that competed in Brazil which clearly showed in the results. The team was said to have worked for this opprotnity for 10 years and the win was well deserved. Brazil is a great team that unfortunatly could not keep up with Germany in this competition.
¨Every player in this team gave everything they had.¨ also said by the Germany coach, He knew how hard his team had worked and had no doubt at all that everyone had given 110% into that game.
Brazil knew they had played a bad game and although they lost, they still gave full respect to Germany. ¨Not even the Germans can tell you how this happened – but it’s because of their skills and you have to respect that. We have to learn to deal with it.¨ said the Brazilian coach. Their coach didn't just teach this team how to win but also how to lose. Brazil knew that they had let their fans down but still gave Germany the respect they deserved. Brazil knew that they played a bad game but continued to try to win the third place match.
Brazil began to fall apart after Germany scored their first goal. The Brazilian coach stated, ¨We got disorganised and panicked after the first goal and then it all went wrong for us.¨ Germany had scored an incredible first goal, causig the Brazilian players to panick. This is not uncommon but id very unfortunate to have happend to Brazil due to the competition. Their passes were being intersepted and the game was seen as to be controlled by Germany. By half-time everyone knew who the voctors would be but Brazil never gave up. Both teams faught for their dreams but there could only be one winner.
Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Hoop Dreams
Dreams, everyone has them. Goals, everyone wants to achieve them. Nothing gives someone a better feeling than succeeding and reaching a HUGE goal/dream. Although, sometimes goals can turn into responsibilities and eventually turn into something that is no longer as magnificent as it first was thought to be. In the movie Hoop Dreams, two young gentleman's wants turned into needs. That is how the fun and excitement of anything can be taken away.
Do you play a sport? If so, than answer this simple question....Why do you play? Do you play because it's something you love and enjoy? YES? okay, so now imagine that you were told you had to take that talent of yours and exploit it to the world in order to be able to move forward in life and that you ABSOLUTELY had to stay good at it no matter what. The doesn't seem as fun does it? Well...this is how things went for both William and Arthur. Both boys were very talented at basketball but ended up needing to rely on their talent in order to attend college.
Both boys carried much weight on their shoulders and were put under a lot of pressure. Both boys eventually got scholarships to colleges but was it really what either of them wanted? Arthur had to attend a school that was not his favorite in order to be able to afford any college at all, and William had a baby at home. These two boys were driven and hard working but neither went on to play basketball outside of college, and they often seemed unhappy. One even stated the basketball had turned into a job for him. This is something that happens to many people who have to rely on scholarships in order to afford college, This is a tough way to live but sometimes it's the only way.
Small dreams turn into Big dreams and then eventually are achieved. Many things that we humans want are only what we want until we finally get them and then we realize that what we wanted may not really be what we thought. Not everything is as glamorous as we believe them to be and when reality hits, it's hard to accept it. This world is full of opportunities but we must be ready for whatever life throws at us and I believe that William and Arthur were ready and accepting of this fact.
Do you play a sport? If so, than answer this simple question....Why do you play? Do you play because it's something you love and enjoy? YES? okay, so now imagine that you were told you had to take that talent of yours and exploit it to the world in order to be able to move forward in life and that you ABSOLUTELY had to stay good at it no matter what. The doesn't seem as fun does it? Well...this is how things went for both William and Arthur. Both boys were very talented at basketball but ended up needing to rely on their talent in order to attend college.
Both boys carried much weight on their shoulders and were put under a lot of pressure. Both boys eventually got scholarships to colleges but was it really what either of them wanted? Arthur had to attend a school that was not his favorite in order to be able to afford any college at all, and William had a baby at home. These two boys were driven and hard working but neither went on to play basketball outside of college, and they often seemed unhappy. One even stated the basketball had turned into a job for him. This is something that happens to many people who have to rely on scholarships in order to afford college, This is a tough way to live but sometimes it's the only way.
Small dreams turn into Big dreams and then eventually are achieved. Many things that we humans want are only what we want until we finally get them and then we realize that what we wanted may not really be what we thought. Not everything is as glamorous as we believe them to be and when reality hits, it's hard to accept it. This world is full of opportunities but we must be ready for whatever life throws at us and I believe that William and Arthur were ready and accepting of this fact.
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