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    How will colleges distribute salaries? College athletes attract revenue for colleges throughout the process of tournaments‚ while not receiving a single penny. Students should focus more on school and less on sports‚ “student” comes before “athlete” and a college becomes a learning environment. They should not acquire a salary -- due to the fact that they have received a scholarship decreasing the expenses or are even left with no debts‚ have the chance to sign a contract with a professional team

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    economy yet his salary still does not equate to that of any professional athlete. However‚ I’ve seen a few presidents on television and despite their powers‚ authority‚ and admiration‚ I wouldn’t pay to go see them make legislative decisions and pass papers around all day. On the contrary‚ I would pay to see LaBron James or Chris Paul put a move on a defender and finger roll or slam dunk it home- that’s enjoyment. Guo once stated in an editorial titled Professional AthletesSalaries‚ “Sports were

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    Do you think pro athletes deserve high salaries ? Some of you may say "no" while others say "yes." I think yes because they have to take on more risks ‚ the 4 - 8 month season ‚ then they would have to start training in the off season . These pro athletes have to dedicate their lives to sports like basketball ‚ football ‚ baseball ‚ soccer ‚ and hockey. One reason they deserve high salaries is because they have to take on risks. In pro sports athletes get into big collisions or

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    with the following statement? Professional athletes‚ such football and basketball players‚ do not deserve the high salaries that they are paid. With a growing awareness of maintaining health‚ sports‚ in this day and age‚ have gradually become indispensable parts of daily life. Some well-known professional athletes have even been considered as role models to the many teenagers. A question‚ however‚ may be laid on whether athletes deserve high salaries. From my view‚ the answer is definitely positive

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    AthletesSalaries Professional sports in America have always been a popular subject among the public. The sports industry has prospered so much from the country’s 270 million consumers that it is now one of the leading billion dollar industries in the world. Even though professional sporting events bring one of the largest fan bases in the world‚ a growing majority of fans are becoming more and more disenchanted with the high-priced industry due to escalating salaries. Many fans are tired of

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    Premier‚ it explores various professional athletes and their annual income. It is directed towards anyone interested in sports and athletes’ incomes. I would give this source credibility because Trent Frayne was a legendary sports writer whose career stretched over 60 years. In “The Ultimate Goal: The Almighty Buck” Frayne writes about different athletes ranging from the MLB player Ruben Sierra to NHL player Kevin Lowe and their different annual salaries. He writes about how different players

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    The salary gap between genders has been a predominant issue in the sports arena. Women are continually paid less than their male counterparts‚ but men experience pay differentials between each other in some sports. In male dominated sports‚ such as hockey‚ baseball‚ and basketball‚ there is a variation in an individual’s salary that adversely affects the team’s performance and vice versa. In a capitalist society‚ everybody is paid what their work is worth. Sports such as hockey‚ basketball‚ and

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    it and player salaries are no exception. Teams of different sport like basketball‚ baseball‚ soccer and football spend a lot of money on their players which is ridiculous not just for the fact that they paying that amount of money but the fact that millions of money which can be minimize are being paid to a player that if he decide not to play‚ no one will harm player‚ which brings me to saying that reduce the ability of the richest teams to bid up the price of players and‚ salaries are sure to fall

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    | CEO Compensation | | Introduction Recently CEO compensation packages have high rocketed making many people question the validity of their compensation. Many questions have been risen to find out if CEO compensation if excessive. Through this paper we will discuss why we feel CEOs in America are grossly overpaid. We will start off by talking about the ethics on the matter and then the pay-performance connection within organizations. We will also touch on the real wages of employees and how

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    professions like nurses‚ doctors and teachers earn only a small fraction of the income of these "stars". These days‚ there is a controversy concerning the millions of dollars that famous athletes and entertainers earn every year. Some people argue that these celebrities are overpaid and do not deserve high salaries for what they do‚ on the other hand‚ others believe that the celebrities deserve this money on the social and economical level. Actors are paid much more than what they work for

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