Option #1: Professionals and Professionalization

According to the definitions we’ve been using in the course material relative to professionals and professionalization, is a professional athlete a professional worker? Why or why not? Are athletes in some fields more professional than others? Does your answer change if you approach it from a conflict versus a structural-functional perspective?

Your paper should meet the following requirements:

3- pages in length, not including cover and reference pages.
Formatted according to the CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA Requirements
Cite a minimum of two academic, peer-reviewed, scholarly sources to support your responses in addition to your textbook. The CSU-Global Library is a great place to find these scholarly sources.

You are expected to convey complex ideas in a clear, concise, and organized fashion, using the required and recommended readings from the course for analytical support.

Refer to the Critical Thinking Rubric available in the Module 6folder for grading details.

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Professional Sports

Professional athletes by definition are supposed to be professional workers. However, based on the conventional definition of “professional”, and “professionalization”, one may wonder whether or not the athletes are really professional workers. However, to understand the reality of it all, it would be important to begin by reviewing the definition of professional work as well as professionalism. A professional a person who is a member of gets paid through a professional activity. The word also describes the levels of education as well as …

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