Sports and athletes : opposing viewpoints / Christine Watkins, book editor.
by Watkins, Christine [book editor.].
Material type: BookSeries: Opposing viewpoints series. Publisher: Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2009Description: 227 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780737745429 (hardcover); 9780737745436 (pbk.).Subject(s): Sports -- Juvenile literature | Athletes -- Juvenile literature | Sports -- Juvenile literatureGenre/Form: Young adult literature.Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chapter 1: DO SPORTS BENEFIT CHILDREN? -- Sports Benefit Children -- Sportrs Can Harm Children Who Train Too Vigorously -- Some Female Athletes Develope Unhealthy Practices -- Professional Athletes Should Be Role Models -- Athletes Should Be Role Models Only for Athletics -- Sports Can Benefit Children with Disabilities -- Chapter 2: SHOULD COLLEGE SPORTS BE REFORMED? -- Academic Achievement Is Improving for College Athletes -- Academic Fraud Is Rampant in College Athletics -- College Athletes Should Be Paid -- College Athletes Should Not Be Paid -- College Athletic Recruiting Should Be Reformed -- College Athletic Recruiting Needs Government Intervention -- College Athletic Programs Are Recruiting Middle School Students -- Chapter 3: Diversity in Hiring Should Not Be Mandatory in Professional Baseball -- Title IX Is Unfair to Men's Sports -- Title IX is Not Unfair to Men's Sports -- Only the Wealthy Can Afford Competitive Sports -- Chapter 4: IS DRUG USE A PROBLEM IN SPORTS? -- Performance-Enhancing Drugs Should Be Banned from Sports -- Performance-Enhancing Drugs Should Not Be Banned From Sports -- Young Athletes Use Steroids -- Steroid Use Among Youth Is Declining -- Testing Athletes for Drugs Is Appropriate -- Testing Student Athletes for Drugs Is Not Appropriate -- Male Student Athletes Are Drug Tested More Often than Females.
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