First of all‚ the risk factor involved with collegiate sports is all to high to not compensate players. If a student-athlete is hurt or unsuccessful‚ the coaches and administrators can thus waive a player and left with nothing. Moreover‚ no one mentions the lifetime of health care bills that await some student-athletes in contact sports. How can a "free education" compensate them for debilitating injuries caused during their time on campus? And how can we as fans truly enjoy a football game knowing
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NCAA may not seem like that big of a deal at first glance‚ it affects millions of students‚ parents‚ colleges‚ and coaches all over the United States. Players compete for colleges‚ parents pay to support their child in college‚ coaches instruct thousands of college athletes on how to play‚ and colleges admit young athletes right out of
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Should athletes be required to finish college in order to play in the pros? I believe that they should be required. Athletes should have an education in case they do not make it in the pros. Many athletes run out of the money they made while playing. By getting an education the athlete secures his/her future. Many athletes do not make it into the pros.Many athletes that did not complete college or high school have made it into the pros‚ but statistics show that only a small percentile actually
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Jeren McGhee Jenna Tucker Research Paper November 10‚ 2011 Paying College Athletes? Might Not Be a Bad Thing College athletes are some of the hardest working individuals around. Athletes have a routine that includes brutal practices‚ intense games‚ and difficult college courses. College athletes carry a tremendous weight on their shoulders. Compensation for college athletes has been a controversial subject for years. Many individuals have their arguments in support of each side
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College Athletes Shouldn’t Be Compensated Some people‚ like one of our classmates named Isaac Harris‚ believe that college athletes should get paid. That isn’t how it should be‚ though. College athletes should not receive compensation anytime soon because they already get paid‚ every college students will want compensation‚ and college athletes simply get to live the dream. First off‚ college athletes already get paid. They get paid in a way that many others wish they could. They get paid with
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or not college athletes should get paid is of heated debate in todays times. While many believe that student athletes are entitled to income‚ It remains undougtibly a concern of moral interest to universities across the country. This paper is going to explain the pros and cons that come with allowing student athletes the right to receive a salary. Should college athletes be paid? Let’s take a quick glance at the pros and cons of each perspective. For starters‚ in my opinion‚ yes‚ college athletes
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Success among College Athletes Do student athletes make the most of their opportunity to obtain a post-secondary education? Do they have the same academic success as those students that are not athletes? Are student athletes just “dumb jocks?” The answers to these questions might surprise you. Much research has been done to dispel the myth that athletes going to college are only there to play sports with little regard to their education. Programs have been created to assure that colleges and universities
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scream and complain that college athletes should be "compensated" for their work on the field. We hear that because college athletes generate money to the university they should get money back. Maybe we should pay high school athletes too‚ they generate money. College athletes in major universities don’t pay for transportation‚ tuition or team facilities. On top of a free ride the school should pay them as well? Not a chance. I have some very good reasons why college athletes should not be paid. One
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2 20 December 2016 Should College Athletes get Paid? College athletes need the money too! All college athletes need money to help them get stuff to get them through college‚ and life. Also in some cases‚ some college athletes are already starting their families‚ so they need the money to help support their family. College athletes need to live like everyone else‚ and what does everyone need to live‚ they need money. This is the backfire of paying college athletes‚ they would rather have their
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College athletes come after school and during school everyday for practice. College athletes also travel from place to place and they have to play games every week and sometimes there games are on weekend. Some athletes that play dangerous sports like football and baseball could get hurt for playing their sport. I believe that athletes should get paid for playing for many different reasons. College athletes should be paid for playing because they put their bodies on the line when they play in their
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