Paying College Athletes Year after year‚ they put the madness in March. They bring traditions unlike any others to the network every Saturday of fall. They make millions upon millions of dollars for their respective universities. Yet‚ today’s college athletes see absolutely none of that money. Rod Gilmore‚ a football analyst for ESPN‚ in the article‚ “College Football Players Deserve Pay for Play‚” claims that athletes should have a share in money in this multibillion-dollar entertainment
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Should College Athletes Be Paid? Frankly‚ there is no simple answer to the question of salaries for college athletes. The NY Times Upfront article “Should College Athletes Be Paid?” poses two fantastic arguments; “yes” says Joe Nocera‚ author of Indentured: The Inside Story of the Rebellion Against the NCAA‚ and “no” says Bob Williams‚ Sr. Vice President of Communications a NCAA. Although Mr. Nocera makes the valid point of how much revenue college athletes earn for their schools‚ Williams states
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Hobbies? We often look at college athletes as miniature stars. The question is‚ why should student’s athlete get a paycheck for playing amateur level sports? Athletes complain about how they do not get enough for playing a sport. They are forgetting that they are being rewarded with a half or full scholarship. The main goal for these athletes is being academically successful. Not who has the best jump shot or who fumbled a ball‚ that does not matter. The essence of playing college level has been taken
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"Should College Athletes be paid?" Have you ever had a job and never got paid for it? It has never happened to me and hopefully it never does but unfortunately college athletes do not a choice. The Chris Webber scandal brought up the question "Should college athletes be paid?" Webber decided to receive thousands of dollars along with his University of Michigan teammates from Ed Martin. Martin was the former Michigan booster who was arrested on charges of money laundering. There was also "unproven
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The Ball and Chain The term‚ “student athlete” is a polarizing one. In today’s America‚ college sports -- particularly football and basketball‚ are as much a part of the sports enthusiast’s landscape as is any professional sport. In any case‚ with enthusiasm comes money. In this case‚ billions of dollars are generated by television viewership‚ merchandise sales and university boosters. College athletes are the driving force behind an industry where television executives‚ university presidents‚ athletic
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NCAA Tourney -- the colleges‚ the conferences‚ the networks‚ the announcers and analysts‚ the coaches‚ the fans who win their office pools -- everybody‚ that is‚ but the stars of the show: the players themselves.” (ESPN) The National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) essential principles about the role of student-athletes and its economic model received a partial rebuke from the courts. On Aug. 8‚ 2014‚ a federal judge ruled that the NCAA’s rule prohibiting student-athletes from being compensated
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Introduction Did you know that college athletes are shorted million of dollars in monetary value? Of course‚ the obvious argument would be the athletes are receiving an expensive‚ high-quality education and that is sufficient. However‚ when really looking at the factual numbers‚ there is a huge discrepancy. College student athletes should be monetarily compensated in direct proportion to the revenue that is generated by the program’s university. Athletes are clearly being taken advantage of and exploited
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Paying College Athletes: The Struggles of Black Student Athletes College athletics provide a way for a lot of students to pay for a college education. These athletes work hard at their selected sport in order to keep the scholarships. Regardless of all this hard work‚ these athletes have nothing to show for it. A percentage of the athletes are black and come from poor inner city community where their families struggle to keep the bills paid and to keep food on the table. These black athletes
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When it comes to college athletics‚ there always will be a problem that arises. It is one of the most controversial topics there is. One of the main issues within athletics is the idea of whether to pay college athletes or not. Several studies have been done along with articles from various sources. This has been on the rise especially since “March Madness” is coming up. “March Madness” may only consist of three weekends‚ however‚ an 11 billion dollar deal is made to televise the games (Wilbon).
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Making Millions: Should College Athletes be Paid? How much time and effort are student-athletes actually getting credit for? Should college athletes be paid for playing? The coaches of most college sports teams are getting all the rewards while the players are doing all the work. Paying athletes could improve attitudes and create more motivation. There are three main arguments as to why college athletes should be paid to play sports: athletes will be more motivated for academic studies‚ schools
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