Why College Athletes Should Get Compensation Imagine spending hours and hours a week working as hard as you can at a very hard task and getting almost nothing in return. This is what college athletes go through when they voluntarily play for their school. More of their time is spent on their sport per week than on education. Some of the college sports require very hard mental and physical work that could possibly result in a future career. Also collegiate sport organizations have millions to
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controversy regarding professional athletes and their salaries. People think that many athletes receive obscene salaries‚ but I think that they deserve that money. They work incredibly hard‚ they are part of the advancement of the human race‚ and they generate large sums of revenue for their organizations. I do not think that talented‚ well deserving athletes are overpaid. Athletes put in years of hard work to develop their skills which earn them these large salaries. If professional athletes weren’t exceptionally
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college Athletes Be Paid to play These days athletes are getting paid under federal labor laws and entitled to form unions and negotiate wages‚ hours and working conditions. Most college athletes these days are getting paid under the table according to Kenneth J. Cooper. This article explains why college athletes go to certain colleges. Donald Remy‚ the NCAA’s general counsel and vice president for legal affairs‚ says court precedents and tax laws have upheld the status of college athletes as students
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complain that college athletes should be "compensated" for their work on the field. We hear that because college athletes generate money to the university they should get money back. Maybe we should pay high school athletes too‚ they generate money. College athletes in major universities don’t pay for transportation‚ tuition or team facilities. On top of a free ride the school should pay them as well? Not a chance. I have some very good reasons why college athletes should not be paid. One of the big
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When deciding to play a sport in college‚ that sport eventually becomes one of your main focus. Being an athlete is not an easy thing because college athletes spend hours of practice and keeping their grades up. So it is nearly impossible for them to get a job. Without a job‚ these athletes have no guaranteed money coming in so they can pay for financial stuff. Many people argue‚ “Oh they have athletic scholarships”‚ but it does not cover all costs incurred from registration to graduation. The athletic
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College athletes‚ the football and basketball player go through very hard time because the sports arena is characterized by injuries‚ politics and unfair dismissal from the team. According to Tyson Hartnett‚ “Why College Athletes Should Be Paid” says‚ many players often get scholarships from a period of one or two years which covers college tuition fee‚ meal-plan‚ housing and textbook and these benefits‚ participating in college sports is considered a full time job and also the NCAA produce billion
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college sports right now is the controversial topic that ask‚ “Should college athletes be paid?” In August‚ a federal judge decided that players in top college football and men’s basketball programs- the big-money sports- are entitled to receive payment if their “names‚ images‚ and likenesses” are used in video games or TV broadcasts‚ according to Veronica Majerol‚ author of the article “Should College Athletes Be Paid”. It is a subject that has been around for a long period of time‚ and is now
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College athletes come after school and during school everyday for practice. College athletes also travel from place to place and they have to play games every week and sometimes there games are on weekend. Some athletes that play dangerous sports like football and baseball could get hurt for playing their sport. I believe that athletes should get paid for playing for many different reasons. College athletes should be paid for playing because they put their bodies on the line when they play in their
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Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania Department of Business Administration & Computer Science Spring 2013 Title of the Course: Principles of Economics Number of Course: Econ 101-03 Number of credits: 3 Prerequisites: Math proficiency test Class Meets: M W 3:35 – 4:50 pm‚ 211 Raub Hall Instructor: Dr. Ruben Berrios‚ rberrios@lhu.edu Office: Akeley Hall 120‚ telephone: 484-2447 Office Hours: M 1:00 – 3:30‚ T 10:30 – 12:00‚ W 9:00 – 12:00‚ 1:00 – 3:00‚ TH 9:30 – 12‚ or by appointment
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extravagant parties and feasts‚ famous film actors‚ singers‚ or sportsmen are absolutely celebrities of contemporary society who can earn a huge money that normal people cannot even imagine. Personally I cannot be convinced that this is justified. Nowadays‚ in most countries‚ it is not uncommon that these celebrities‚ or so called ’stars’‚ make an incredible money with very little effort. For instance‚ through an endorsement of certain cosmetics brand‚ an actor/actress could probably get a payment reaching
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