Hana the main I disagree with is where you say that you can't keep playing Girls Lacrosse after graduation. I also play a sport in college, it being rugby, and my athletic career is only beginning. After college I plan on playing rugby at a local club wherever I am living. When I start getting older I will move from competitive mens level and play old boys. My father played rugby until he was 52  and the only reason he had to quit is because he had a plate put in his neck. Even still he has continued to referee and coach the game he loves. I hope to play for even longer then him. It is shame that sports like football pretty much need after a school or a pro team isn't paying for it anymore. Most sports however do continue after college. Its just get busy with things like work and having a family. So playing a sport after school will be hard but It can be done. So be more positive your girls lacrosse career will continue for a long time if you want it to.

I completely agree with Kat's stance on studying abroad.  For many people this is the on opportunity in their life where they can live over seas so why not take advantage of it. I personally want to study away my junior year but unfortunately there are many things that can get in the way from letting a student go. For example I plan on trying to get 2 degrees at my time at furman. This means there are very few programs if any that I can fit in my schedule. I also play on the rugby team here which has its main season in the fall. Most of the study away programs at furman are in the fall so\ the programs that would be best for me academically. So as amazing as studying abroad would be It will be very hard for me to work it into my schedule. Hopefully I will be able to make it happen.

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Here are some facts that will make help you understand my topic better.

In the NBA: 78 percent of players are african american,17 percent are caucasian, 4 percent latino and 1 percent asian

In the NFL: 66 percent of players are African american, 31 percent caucasian and 3 percent everyone else.

Yet in the United States: America is 61 percent white, 17 percent latino, 13 percent african american, 4 percent asian and the rest is other.

So why do people say minorities are miss represented in coaching and the management of sports when people are saying the majority is not represented enough as players?


If you were to google the swiss professional soccer players the first names that come are
Xherdan Shaqiri
Granit Xhaka
Ricardo Rodriguez
Valon Behrami
Gokan Inler
Haris Seferovic
Blerim Dzemaili
Admir Mehdmi
Joseph Drimic
Stephan Lichtsteiner

The first 9 players all have names that aren't ethnically swiss. The swiss national team is not very swiss at all.

Many countries in Europe have problems with immigration and this is causing what the definition of being Swiss or Belgian to change. Especially on the field,

Jack I do not understand why you state that we pay athletes to much money. I am a avid sports fan and yes you could argue that by watching a team on tv and owning a couple of jerseys I am paying a player but truthfully Im not. The people who pay athletes are there billionaire owners. These billionaire owners get 10s of millions of dollars a year just for owning something they enjoy. I do not see any problem why athletes get paid so much. It comes down to freedom and if people are willing to pay them that much to have them play for there team who is society to say no. In Europe for soccer and even rugby they have transfer fees where superstars might command a price of 100 million dollars just to sign for a team before there own contract. This is a crazy amount of money but along as its coming from private hands there is nothing wrong with it. You also have to think that the fast majority of pro athletes don't get paid anywhere close to as much as the numbers you stated. 99 percent of pro athletes will never make 35 million dollars in a career let alone a year. Yes you can argue that an athlete makes 2 million dollars in 3 years that is enough to live off of because the average person makes that in a lifetime but that is not true. If I was to give some one a hundred dollars every week for a year they could make that last the entire year. If i gave someone 5200 dollars all at once it will definitely not last. So yes athletes make a ton of money for what some say is a hobby but who are we to say how much you can make for doing something you love. If someone loves coding who are we to say they have to get paid less since they enjoy it. Superstar athletes are the best at what hey do and as a society we should reward people who are the best at there profession. That is why I don't see anything wrong with how much athletes get paid.