English Presentaitons

The presentation I decided to write about was Nick’s presentation about obesity in the U.S. I knew that obesity was a problem but I didn’t realize it was this bad, according to his presentation, obesity in the U.S. is a major problem because 34% of people are obese. That is 1 out of every 3 people. Also, I learned that African Americans and Hispanics are more likely to become obese than Caucasians, also Asians are the least likely to become obese. This was hard for me to understand because I had always thought it didn’t matter what race you were, I thought your eating habits and how regularly you exercise was what decided if you were obese. This presentation made an impact on me because knowing that 1 in 3 Americans are obese something needs to be done and I not only have to control my eating habits, but help others control there’s. 

Drafting Athletes out of High School

One of the major controversies throughout pro ports for some time has been drafting high school athletes straight to the pros. The sports this has been an issue the most in has been in the NBA. In the NBA, Commisioner David Stern has restricted this by saying at least one year of college has to be completed. In response to this many high school athletes who certainly have the talent have been arguing this, and I am going to have to take the side of the high school athletes. The high school athletes should be able to be drafted from highschool because everybody has the right to make a living and if basketball is their way of making a living and the NBA is resricting it, than that is not right. Also many notable NBA stars today skipped college such as the two best players in the league, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James, proving college is not necassary to excell in pro sports.

Carmelo Anthony

In english this semester, I have been reading about Carmelo Anthony and the recent trade rumors. These rumors are a huge deal beacause not only the best player on the Nuggets, Carmelo Anthony is involved in these rumors but also our hometown hero, Chaunce Billups is. There have been multiple rumors such as Carmelo Anthony and Chaunce Billups for Devin Harris, Derrick Favors, and two first-round draft picks but recently, the owner of the Nets, Mikhail Prokhorov, has said they trade is dead. Although many people believe they are still working "behind the scenes," we have to asssume thats out of the picture. So now although the best offers are out the window (Nets deal and Clippers deal us Blake Griffin),  there are still extremely attractive offers and I have come to the conclusion that Carmelo Anthony will be traded before seasons end or the nuggets will keep him hopeing to use a franchise tag that will hopefully be included in the new collective bargaining agreement.