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Professional Athletes


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Professional Athletes
A discussion of the loss of personal identity that many professional athletes experience in promoting their image.
1,454 words (approx. 5.8 pages) | 11 sources | MLA | 2008 United States


Paper Summary:

This paper looks at the life of the professional athlete. It particularly focuses on the loss of their personal identity, an aspect that is seldom publicized. The paper purports that the more of himself a professional athlete gives to promote his image as a professional athlete, the more his image may overshadow him as a person and his personal identity. The paper provides examples from current professional athletes.

From the Paper:

"Adewale Ogunleye, Chicago Bears defensive end, admits he, as well as, a number of other professional athletes do not make a point to advertise their fears online, even though they may, at times, experience fear, due to their positions as professional athletes. "We may not look like it on Sundays, but we're human like anybody else. We bleed, we laugh, we cry and we have fear," (Drehs) Ogunleye said. And once your salary increases, Ogunleye says, so does the anxiety. "The more you make, the more you have to lose," the defensive end said. "If I was an undrafted free agent, I probably still would have thought somebody was trying to rob me that night in Miami. But I wouldn't have been as worried about it." (Drehs)"

Sample of Sources Used:

  • Beal, Becky, and Charlene Wilson. "2 'Chicks Dig Scars'." Understanding Lifestyle Sport: Consumption, Identity, and Difference. London: Routledge, 2004. 31-54.
  • Drehs, Wayne. (2007, Nov. 30).The Professional Athlete as Target: 'Am I Next?' abc NEWS. 4 Dec 2007 <http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/story?id=3940887&page=1>
  • "Getting It Write; Athletes Maintain Personal Blogs to Break News, Express Opinions Connect with Their Loyal Fan Bases." The Washington Times 12 May 2007: C01.
  • iStockphoto. (2007). 4 Dec 2007 <h http://www.istockphoto.com/>.
  • Marino, Gordon. "Sidelined: Life after Football." The Christian Century 23 Mar. 2004: 9.

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APA Citation:

Professional Athletes (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 10, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Term-Paper-Professional-Athletes/110033

MLA Citation:

"Professional Athletes" 15 January 2012. Web. 10 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Term-Paper-Professional-Athletes/110033>




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