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    go to college is privilege not a necessity. The ability to play sports at the collegiate level is a choice of the student; it isn’t mandatory. Student athletes have the ability to go to college because they excell at a sport/sports‚ That is one of the greatest opportunities but some feel that‚this opportunity isn’t good enough. The greedy people want more than the ability to play a sport and go to college for free.Those greedy people are the college athletes who want to get paid. College athletes

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    Argument Topic Thesis: College athletes who are facing an injury during their season should be assisted by a consoler or a sport psychologist for the overall welfare of players (because they are at risk of a psychological breakdown.) A conflicting argument could be that athletes are always receiving special treatment and should be treated the same as any other college student. My main audience that I would be speaking to would be sport organizations‚ coaches‚ student athletes‚ and just students not

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    agree that college students should get paid for playing sports‚ what do you think? College Football Athletes should get paid for playing football for there college. The athletes are ones who are playing the sports. Paying the college athletes will teach them economic responsibility. The college is making money for the college athletes playing football. Some colleges will not be able to pay the same amount ot some students. Should college athletes get paid for playing football? The athletes are ones

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    Paying College Athletes Basketball legend‚ Michael Jordan once said‚ “in college I never realized the opportunities available to a pro athlete. I’ve been given the chance to meet all kinds of people‚ to travel and expand my financial capabilities‚ to get ideas and learn about life‚ to create a world apart from basketball.” College players still do not have the same amenities that professional athletes have. Why not give the college athlete a portion of what professionals get since they are working

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    sports are no longer fun and games‚ sports are a business‚ and college sports are no different. Division I college sports provide a huge source of universities’ income. The school receives money from ticket sales‚ television contracts‚ and sport-related merchandise‚ along with many other sports related revenue builders. The athletes on the other hand‚ receive their scholarship and little more. While the idea of receiving a free college education is something few would complain about; when the issue

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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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    Should college athletes have to go to class? This is a very debatable question that many Americans have opinions on. As athletes reach the end of their high school career‚ they usually know if they are going to continue to play sports in college. Some college athletes know they are going to leave school early to pursue their dream as a professional. The NCAA ( National Collegiate Athletic Association) does not want athletes to coast through college until that time comes. Critics of student athlete

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    Every year‚ there is a big debate on whether or not college athletes should receive pay for their play. The reasons and rhetoric to why they should be paid are enticing; players are the ones who earn the money for the schools‚ playing a sport at a major Division 1 University has the effect of a full-time job‚ the players are treated as slaves by their schools’ sports program. Although they exist in great number‚ these reasons for “pay for play” are invalid and are outweighed by the opposing side

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    2013 It’s time to pay My topic is about why ALL college athletes of every college sport should be paid some sort of money. Now a days in the collegiate world of sports‚ colleges and Universities are generating millions upon millions of dollars through the athletic programs. From football all the way down to the golf team. Yet‚ the people who bring these millions of dollars in aren’t getting paid for it. I’m speaking about the athletes. The athlete’s adults and even children have come to know

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    College athletes should not get paid. You might think I’m crazy or selfish‚ but I am neither. College Athletes get so many great benefits until they really do not need a pay check. Most college athletes receive scholarships. Even more many college athletes receive “full ride scholarships.” According to www.bigfuture.collegeboard.org Division I is the biggest and most competitive NCAA division. Colleges that compete in Division I must offer scholarships — many of them full — to their student-athletes

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