English 1106 20 April 2015 Should Student-Athletes be Paid? Introduction In the modern college sports era‚ the call for student-athletes to be paid has escalated. These athletes are now apart of a nearly billion-dollar industry in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). There are arguments for both sides. Those who believe that the athletes should be paid make the argument that schools and the NCAA are making millions of dollars off these athletes and are not being compensated for their
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Paying College Athletes College athletes spend countless of hours practicing and studying the game they love in order to perform. The amount of money these athletes bring into their schools is ridiculous.The coach’s salary for an average D1 school is about 1.64 million dollars a year‚ Some athletes have received help from others‚these athletes have been kicked out of the sport they love and were forced drop out of school due to the loss of their scholarship.It’s not fair for these athletes to bring
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Imagine playing a childhood favorite game and making millions of dollars. This is what athletes all around the world do for a living. They have astronomical salaries‚ and hardly work to make their money. Also‚ they don’t save lives but earn more money than people who do. While they are always putting a burden on their bodies‚ they don’t deserve this much money. Athletes barely work for their money. Approximately 50 percent of NBA players play about 30 minutes per game‚ yet still‚ make 7‚000
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Should College Athletes be Paid? “But‚ is money such a big problem for these student-athletes? Don’t they receive scholarships? How much more money do they need?” (Meshefejian). College athletes getting paid is a big issue because it leads to many question on if they do get paid or don’t. If college athletes got paid they would have to deal with how much they should get paid and who gets paid the most. But many that say they should get paid is because they raise a lot of money for their schools and
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Marquiss got paid for his work he does on the basketball court and football field. Marquiss and other sports players in college should only have to focus on playing the sports they play. College athletes like Marquiss should get paid because they are very important to a school‚ pay would help with tuition and athletes can get overwhelmed. The first reason that college athletes are very important to a school. People who play sports in college don’t get paid for the work they do. They could get hurt or
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"More than 460‚000 college athletes make up the 19‚000 teams that send more than 54‚000 participants to compete each year in the NCAA’s 90 championships in 24 sports across 3 divisions" (NCAA). This statistic is imprinted on the cover page of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) official website. These teams are watched closely by many fans all year and bring in a large amount of money. The issue with the NCAA is that even though these 460‚000 college athletes play their desired sport
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There should be no salary caps on professional athletes. Professional athletes are paid more because of how of many people go to certain sports games. If a sports team generates more money‚ then athletes will be paid more. People would think teachers or firefighters should be paid more‚ but neither of those jobs is making as much money as a sports franchise. So if a sports team makes a lot of money‚ then it can pay more to its players. There are more people‚ who go to professional sports games than
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Hundreds of Millions of dollars all around the world are being used to pay our athletes. My question is should they be paid this astronomical amount of money. Certain athletes earn millions while various people all around the world can barely afford the necessities‚ such as food‚ water and shelter. This is a problem that desperately needs to be addressed. To achieve this we should employ taxes‚ but the money made off this should go to charity‚ also we should lower salary caps‚ thus we restrict the
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English 1013 4 April 2005 Argument I believe professional athletes are overpaid. These athletes are making millions of dollars to have fun and play. They are getting paid to do what elementary kids do every day. Professional athletes are should be paid about sixty to ninety thousand a year. The reason I say this much is because they are at a professional level and have worked hard to get to that status. In theory‚ professional athletes are overpaid because the U.S. is more focused on entertainment
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VerQueshia Hayes Should college athletes be paid? Why or Why not? Some kids grow up with the love of different sports from their childhood. It maybe soccer‚ football‚ basketball‚ or even golf; whatever it might be‚ it becomes a part of their childhood memories. In fact‚ they might even take the dream to high school or maybe even college. If it is not a profession you should not get paid. First‚ a Student-Athlete and the word student always come first. Another reason would be that paying every
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