College athletics is a billion-dollar industry with revenue generated from hard-working‚ unpaid athletes. A college sport competition‚ such as football‚ basketball‚ and baseball‚ can be found on the television‚ radio‚ and Internet‚ almost every day. Intercollegiate athletics generate amazing ratings and revenue for both the media and universities due to their immense popularity in the United States. College athletics are big business and big money. In spite of this‚ the topic of paying college athletes
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legal and ethical issues. Two well renowned scholars tackle this issue in their co-authored book entitled "College Athletes for Hire‚ The Evolution and Legacy of the NCAA’s Amateur Myth" written by Allen L. Sack and Ellen J. Staurowsky. In their book‚ the authors enlighten the reader on such issues as athletic scholarships‚ professionalism in college sports‚ and favoritism for athletes as well as many more important legal‚ and ethical issues that we as a country need to address. In this paper
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Some people believe that college athletes should be paid and others do not. The only thing wrong with paying athletes is they get paid in other ways. College athletes get scholarships‚ housing‚ coaches‚ and opportunities no other college student has. So maybe they shouldn’t get paid but when you step back and look at the whole picture; coaches get paid a lot of money for example coming from Nick Saban (football coach of University of Alabama) he makes over $7 million a year. But think of the team
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telling them that they could be an athlete? So this is my question to you: should kids strive to become an athlete or should they focus on other things? Who should kids idolize: a snobby‚ rich‚ selfish‚ athlete or a noble peace award winner? In my opinion sports should not be pursued by most kids because it could hurt them in the long run. So do the kids even have a chance? Well yes‚ but not a very big one. In almost all of the surveys about kids’ dream job‚ an athlete is almost always in the top 3‚
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We Pay College Athletes? Should we pay college athletes? That is a big topic in NCAA sports right now. People think that college athletes work hard and that they deserve to get paid. Michael Wilbon is one of these people. At first he was against paying college athletes‚ but now he is all for it. He says that he is interested in seeing the people that make revenue share a little piece of it. Then you have people like a reporter from the Daily Evergreen. He is against paying the athletes. He states
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With all the money that colleges and universities bring in from the ticket sales‚ memorabilia sales‚ and other items sold from the school athletics many people are questioning the fact if college athletes should get paid. Every year the NCAA and colleges bring in millions and millions of dollars from ticket sales and jersey sellings that come from the hard work of the athletes. The athletes risk career ending injuries and do not get anything in return. College athletes should get a cut from all
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Pay College Athletes Currently‚ sports are clearly used for a business opportunity‚ not for the love of the game. Did you know that in 2011 the NCAA signed a 14-year contract with CBS and Time Warner Cable worth 10.8 billion dollars for just three weekends of men’s college basketball? The NCAA claims to be a non-profit association but they make an average of 11 billion dollars in annual revenue. Many people don’t realize the NCAA treats student-athletes like employees. College basketball and football
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Are Female College Athletes pressured into dysfunctional eating disorder to maintain thin physical features? Female student athletes have a dual roll in trying to maintain academic and athletic excellence while in college. These athletes are expected to perform at the highest athletic level possible‚ and then asked to sustain their physical appearance. “For some female college athletes‚ such concerns and pressures may contribute to eating disorders
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Student Athlete Compensation Paying college football players has been an ongoing debate since the early 1900s. It has been so controversial‚ because while a majority of athletes believe they should be getting paid‚ many of the general public‚ such as students and fans‚ do not agree. Student athlete compensation was only legal for a few years in the early college athlete days around seventy years ago‚ and since then it has been illegal. Some student athletes have been bribed by certain schools
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Should College Athletes Be Paid? The NCAA is a multibillion-dollar business. They generated over 845 billion dollars last year. The President‚ Mark Emert‚ does not believe college athletes should be paid. He makes about 1.7 million dollars yearly and only has to pay 419 employees. Something seems wrong with this situation. If coaches and administrators are making millions of dollars from the players‚ why are the players not making any of the money? College athletes deserve to get a profit
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