Family Time.

Spending time with your family is the most important thing in life. For professional athletes, they barely get to spend time with their kids and spouses. Being on the road, getting traded to a different time, and doing endorsement deals; keeps them busy and way for months. Some athletes live in the city or state they're playing in and other they have to fly back and forth from one place to another. Athletes children doesn't get to see their father/mother all the time which is not good for the kids especially the spouse. The spouse has a lot to deal with because they don't know if they are cheating on them or if they are not hurt. Its hard for them not seeing their husbands/wives all the time. Elements Consulting and Life Coaching said "Being on the road, being traded, financial ups and downs, changes from majors to the minors, marriage, children, career-ending injuries, adjusting to new cities and social circles, on- and off-season transitions; not only must the professional athlete learn to cope with these, but they are all unique situations the spouse of a professional athlete must face, while being the family 'glue'". Moving from city to city, changing the kids school, and finding an job plays a major role for the families because they don't know when their husband/wife is getting traded.

Sports Relocation said "Generally speaking, we know that our clients are unable to take the time off in order to relocate their families. It is something that on such tight time schedules is hard for them to manage, and they need to know that the team handling their move is capable and reliable. This is particularly true in the cases of those we have seen who have had to deal with the mid-season trade, because it is already stressful- then to add moving a family, well, that is when things become very complicated. Our team makes these things simple, we create a perfect plan that works with you and your family to ensure that the entire move is as smooth as possible''.  Most families live with the athletes in the city they are in but most of the time they leave their family for months then go back after the season is over. Most families get to see them play at these games when they won't too. Like Drew Brees, from the Saints, he gives his wife, kids, mother, father, and grandmother tickets to all his games so they can see him play. I know its hard to joggle work and family especially being famous, but these athletes sometimes need to think about their kids and spouses more then playing a sport.

Work Cited:

http://www.elementsconsulting.biz/families.php

http://www.sportsrelocation.com/blog/2011/01/12/family-life-for-professional-athletes-sportsrelocation-com/

Home Sweet Home!!

Money can buy anything in the world. One thing that all pro athletes need to have is a big house which is called a mansion. Its ridiculous that athletes have to buy a house with 8 bathrooms and 10 bedrooms when theres only one person living there. Shaquel O'neal has his own basketball court, Chad Ochocinco has his own football field, and Serena Williams has her own tennis court; it too much for an house. Most houses has flat screen tvs everywhere in the house, a big kitchen, and all these expensive house furitures and appliances. We see way athletes are broke and don't have enough money after they retire or get injured.  Here are some prices  on professional athletes houses:

• NY Yankees Mark Teixeira's house cost $3.995M
• Pittsburgh Steelers Hines Ward's house cost  $7.5M
• Cleveland Indians Derek Lowe house cost $3.495M
• Michael Jordan's house cost $29M
• Tennis player Mats Wilander's house cost $6M
• Patriots Tom Brady's house cost $20M

Thats a lot of money for one house. I would never pay that much money for a house.

Michael Jordan's house is so nice and big. I love the outside of the mansion and the basketball court. Michael Jordan's house includes nine bedrooms, 15 baths and five fireplaces. There's also a three-bedroom guesthouse, pool area, outdoor tennis court and three climate-controlled multi-car garages. An indoor basketball complex features a full-size regulation court with specially cushioned hardwood flooring and competition-quality high intensity lighting. It has a sound system set up to provide perfect acoustics within the court space. It has 56,000 square feet of living space.Professional Athlete Homes said "Jordan’s new home is 28,000 sq-ft on 3 acres and includes 3 separate structures: guest house, pool house, and a 2-story guard house. The main house when complete will have a huge luxurious entryway, giant fireplace, an elevator, 11 bedrooms, a massive media center, basketball court and a lavish workout facility. Jordan bought the 2 lot property for $4.8M and is investing an additional $7.6M into the construction; once complete, he’ll have invested upwards of $20M in his new home". His house is beautiful and I wish I could live in there for an week.

All athletes has families that lives with them not only their spouse and their kids; they have friends, their mothers, and family members living there with them. Some athletes buy big house to show off their egos to women and groupies. Im not going to lie, if i had the money I would buy a big house too.

Faithful or Not Faithful

When it comes to cheating, professional athletes can't be faithful to there wives or husbands. Most of the cheating starts when they travel on the road for a game, after the game in there hotels, at clubs, at there other home they have, and in there own home. I think when they travel to all their games, most of they girls they cheat with are groupies. What gets them caught up, they get the girl pregnant or makes the girl they cheat with fall in love with them and go crazy. Some athletes keep having the affair with the girl or guy for years. The women they cheat with thinks that the athlete will leave their wives from them, and sometimes thats not the case. Morgan Whitaker said "Half of all marriages in the US will end in divorce, but for NFL players and other professional athletes, between 60 and 80 percent of marriages will ultimately fail. Infidelity is considered to be a contributing factor in these higher divorce rates". 

For example Tiger Woods was caught with cheating. He cheated on his wife with a cocktail waitress name Rachel Uchitel. He ruined his marriage and family with her. Tiger thought that she would keep her mouth shut, but she didn't. She told her friends "I’m having an affair with Tiger Woods. We’re in love!" She even read me text messages Tiger sent her that said ‘I love you, babe. It’s always going to be just you and me. The showbiz spy also said that they were sextig and that he also said that he's didn't care about his wife. How could he say that about someone he loves and married for six year and has kids with. Tiger and his wife got a divorce because he got caught cheating.

If your going to cheat, don't get married. Thats all i have to say!!

Work Cited:

http://www.showbizspy.com/article/195549/tiger-woods-affair-claims.html

http://www.thegrio.com/news/the-culture-of-women-on-the-site-for-pro-athletes.php

Fame and Drugs

Fame and drugs is not only in the sport industry; it’s also in the music industry and film industry too.  When it comes to drugs in sports, the most common drug is steroids.  Steroids help build strength and muscles while working out and it can also make you crazy too. Plenty of football players use this drug to gain muscle to tackle and push players on the field. That’s why so many football and also wrestlers looks so big. Track stars, football players, baseball players, basketball players, tennis player, and wrestler uses steroids to make them faster and stronger to play. Now in the sports industry, they have a drug test system to test all professional athletes that’s on a team or is an individual athlete of drugs. If the test shows that they have some type of drug in them; they can’t play that season. That’s where fame comes to the picture. Every celebrity uses their fame to get whatever they want. Most athletes use their fame as their advantage when it comes to girls, the club life, and etc. I hate how ignorant some athletes are with their money. 
They just buy unnecessary things like: 10 cars, horses, big mansions with 8 rooms- when they are the only person in the house, and jewelry.  Fame can change athletes when they make a lot of money. Most of them change their lifestyle and how they do things. That’s why all these players use most of their money on drugs. In how stuff works and I quote “Professional cycling has been repeatedly rocked by revelations and allegations of drug use. Every two years as the Olympic Games begin, we hear about athletes using or at least being tested for performance-enhancing drugs. Major League Baseball is still trying to repair its image from the steroid era. And the list goes on. Some athletes get away with using drugs; others wind up suspended from their sport or even in jail, and still others die prematurely. It's a risky and complex game within a game that plays itself out on a public stage. In this article, we'll discuss why some athletes take drugs, what the major classes of drugs and their side effects are, and how people test for drug use”.

            I agree with that because not all athletes get caught or suspended for taking drugs. They coaches wants to win so much they don’t worry about the drug use.