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    Student Athletes Get Paid

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    that they could succeed and reach their ultimate goal‚ but imagine how much time a student would need if they go to school and on top of that they have to juggle playing a sport. College students who do both are called student athletes because they are students and athletes. On average‚ a “Division I spend about 40 hours a week on athletic activities‚” and on top of that‚ if full time students‚ they would spend an average of 15 to 18 hours in class (New). The sport they practice could be seen as a

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    Athletes and Brothers as Role Models In today’s world‚ sport stars and other athletes are looked up to by all ages. When a star athlete does something good for charity or helps in a fundraiser‚ they set a positive example. But when a star athlete does something bad‚ like get arrested‚ do drugs‚ or drinks‚ they give kids the wrong idea. Often in society‚ we focus more on stars negative actions instead of their positive actions. Courage and determination aren’t the only lessons we can learn

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    paid $420‚000 a year. If college athletes were paid it could be the difference between a “Big 10” college team that pays a lot or a less popular division that doesn’t pay much at all. Most people believe that college student athletes should be paid for playing a collegiate sport while going to school. Social media is reining over our lives nowadays with the glamorous lives of professional athletes fancy cars‚ houses‚ and clothes. That is every collegiate athletes goal‚ to play sports and make a lot

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    importance of college athletes. They question often referred to is‚ should college athletes be paid to play their sport? Now me personally‚ I’m gonna have to agree and say that they should be paid for playing their sport. Vince Lombardi quoted and said‚ “The price of success is hard work‚ dedication to the job at hand‚ and the determination that whether we win or lose‚ we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.” Now there are hundreds of thousands of college athletes all over the world

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    Pro Athletes Right to Protest You are on the field and the national anthem starts. You know the flag and national anthem stands for the men and women who fought and justice and freedom for all‚ but you have not felt all in America have had the justice and freedom they need. Athletes should take a more stands. Pro Athletes have not gone to far because they take major risks for protesting‚ it’s their opinion‚ and we need a solution. Pro Athletes can get in trouble for sharing their opinions for sharing

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    Paying College Athletes This problem with paying college athletes has been introduced in lots of courts throughout the years. The question where these millions of dollars should go. Should all this money go into paying college athletes for the sports that they play in college? They play these sports and help build a good reputation for the college that they attend‚ but the answer for whether to pay them is simple. I do not believe that college athletes should be paid in college. This might be

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    Even though there are many amazing athletes not every single athlete deserves to earn ten of millions of dollars. There are very few athletes that deserve to make that much. The one athlete that makes the most money is Lebron James‚ he makes the most money in the NBA. The best athletes in the games might deserve to make that much money. Others do not. Some athletes that make a lot of money decide to spend their money wisely. Some give their money to charity‚ or travel to a different country to give

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    whole.  Whether continued participation in this industry adds importantly to the firm’s ability to be successful in other industries in which it may have business interests. As a general proposition‚ if an industry ~ overall profit prospects are above average‚ the industry can be considered attractive; if its profit prospects are below average‚ it is unattractive.

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    professional athletes and actors are paid to much. Professional athletes and actors get paid a substantial amount of money for one game‚ or movie. While our men and women in the United States Military are struggling to feed their families. It is a sad commentary on our societal values that these entertainers are taking in seven million dollars a years or more. While teachers‚ police officers‚ and firefighters make less than one percent of the income of some athletes and actors. Even if an athlete or actor

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    Race Car Drivers Athletes

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    Are Race Car Drivers Athletes? When people hear the word athlete‚ the first people they probably think of are athletes like Reggie Bush‚ Kevin Garnett‚ or Sidney Crosby. The last kind of person that is probably thought of is a race car driver. Which raises the question‚ is a race car driver a true athlete? Much of this depends on how you would define the word athlete. According to The Merriam Webster Dictionary‚ athlete is defined as “a person who is trained to compete in athletics” (Merriam-Webster)

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