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    Amanda. ”Viewpoint: Why College Athletes Should Not Be Paid." USA TODAY College. N.p.‚ 2 Nov. 2011. Web. 28 Oct. 2014. Bokshan argues that college athletes should not be paid because of where the money would come from. This article has ethos because it is written by a college student who is studying sports management. Because she is a sports management major‚ it shows she is knowledgeable when it comes to sports.  This source will provide good information on why the athletes should not be paid. The

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    Why College Athletes Should Get Compensation Imagine spending hours and hours a week working as hard as you can at a very hard task and getting almost nothing in return. This is what college athletes go through when they voluntarily play for their school. More of their time is spent on their sport per week than on education. Some of the college sports require very hard mental and physical work that could possibly result in a future career. Also collegiate sport organizations have millions to

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    Colleges get millions of dollars for their sports departments but how much do the athletes get out of it? Athletes are some of the hardest working people out there and they deserve to get paid for their work on the team. There are many reasons why athletes should get paid. They spend all the time with the sport but some never go pro so there was no point to their hard work. Because athletes don’t get paid some have to turn to illegal sponsoring. Biggest reason is that the athletes play the game but

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    believe that college athletes deserve to get paid while many other believe that they should not. While there are many common arguments why college athletes should not get paid such as they are on scholarship‚ they are amateurs‚ and paying college athletes would ruin college sports. College athletes should get paid and there are various reasons why they deserve some form of monetary compensation. The typical American work week is said to be 40 hours‚ “while the typical division 1 college football player

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    Should College Athletes Get Paid to Play “It’s Time for College Athletes to Get Paid”‚ an article written by AJ Enno‚ examines college athletics are a key source of income‚ and they attract students to their colleges. The article states‚ universities depend on their athletes to produce and maintain the popularity of their school’s name. He acknowledges college athletes are supposed to be the best of the best on that level‚ so this is why they should get paid. Enno also states‚ college athletes make

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    legend Kareem Abdul Jabar in his text “College Athletes of the World‚ Unite‚” argues that college athletes get exploited. He supports his argument by giving examples of his own experiences‚ providing numbers that make his argument credible‚ and by making some type of comparisons to explain his reasoning. Jabar’s purpose is to inform people the value of a college athlete in order for the athletes’ to “bring an end to the indentured servitude of college athletes and start paying them what they are worth

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    NUTRITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND DIETARY HABITS OF COLLEGE ATHLETES MAY 2013 APPROVAL This thesis entitled “NUTRITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND DIETARY HABITS OF COLLEGE ATHLETES” prepared and submitted by ________________ is hereby accepted as partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and Dietetics. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The researcher would like to thank the following who have made this study possible: God Almighty‚ for all His blessings

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    Athletes and their other side Sexual assault has been going on for many years. Sexual assault is extremely common among colleges. Sexual assault by itself is a horrible crime‚ but when athletes commit this horrible crime‚ they sometimes get an easier sentence. In today society they should have a class on sexual education and actually explain the term “sex”. “Athletes should have to take this class especially because studies show that many Athletes accused of sexual assault have been protected by

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    Persuasive speech $53.4 Million the combined salary of the top 15 paid coaches in division 1 college football‚ $0 the combined salary of all student-athletes. Over the past few decades‚ college athletics have gained popularity across the United States. Whether it is football‚ basketball‚ or baseball‚ ever since the turn of the century‚ intercollegiate sports have brought in a surplus of revenue to their respective Universities. A recent study found that the University of Texas’ Athletic Program

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    changes are needed‚ and some say that the whole rule should be abolished‚ and all athletes should be paid. With my personal knowledge of secrecy and how people can secretly hide items of interest‚ some students would possibly work at Pizza Hut‚ have a boosters guy order a $10 dollar pizza and leave a $500 dollar tip. We all know that that’s not right to do‚ but some regulations need to be lifted. If you let college athlete’s work within the school‚ such as in the cafeteria‚ or the library‚ the NCAA

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