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    or not college athletes should get paid has been a controversial question for a while now. Twenty years ago there were only six sports related channels on television. Today‚ there are over 150. This is mainly due to college athletics‚ ranging from football‚ men’s and women’s basketball‚ volleyball‚ baseball‚ and softball. This fact alone would make one question why the profits are not going to the hard-working athletes. They are the ones who make the main event possible. Without the athletes‚ there

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    College athlete salary has been a controversial issue for many years. Many debate that they do not need a salary and that all they need is the scholarship that they were given to get into the school. At the same time people argue that they need compensation for putting their bodies and careers on the line‚ they bring in lots of profit for the school‚ and need money moving forward in their professional career and in life after college. Kevin Ware‚ guard for the 2013 NCAA men’s basketball

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    Every parent wants their children to get a scholarship to attend college. It is estimated that a four-year college degree can cost over $100‚000. Receiving scholarship money sometimes is the only way a student is able to attend college. Scholarships can pay for your academic‚ housing and athletic needs. A major discussion made today is about paying student-athletes to play for a college. College athletics have become a big time business especially in football and men’s basketball. According to

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    like if college athletes got paid? I could‚ especially with the help of this new article I read‚ written by Veronica Majerol for The New York Time Upfront. I chose this topic because I thought it would be interesting to know why they aren’t paid. I would say that they should be. So some reasons I think that college athletes should be paid are that some college athletes are unhappy with the title unfairly placed on them: amateur. College athletes should be treated as professional athletes. Their games

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    Are college athletes at higher risk of developing eating disorders? An eating disorder is characterized by abnormal eating habits. Due to unique pressures in the sport environment‚ there is an increased risk for disordered eating behaviors of male athletes. Out of the 203 students from three different colleges‚ almost 20% reported a level of symptoms to be considered symtomatic. None of them were classified with a clinical eating disorder. In Sundgot-Borgens study‚ she reported that 1.3% of athletes

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    Why College Athletes Should Be allowed to be Paid: College athletes should be allowed to be paid to play for many reasons‚ but today’s college athletes are subject to the “pay for play” rule‚ which states ‘that an individual will lose his or her amateur status and will not be eligible for intercollegiate competition in any sport’’ (Steve Wieberg). However‚ ultimately the rule hurts student athletes because many college students need help simply surviving financially if student athletes are

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    and Fellow students Well...Well...Well...Look at what we have here. Many students some who may want to become college athletes. But guess what? You are not going to get paid. Why is it that determined college athletes do not get paid‚ while other people with a job do? College athletes wake up everyday‚ to work day and night‚ practicing the sport they specialize in. I’m positive these athletes dedicate nearly all of their work and time for this sport‚ however do not get rewarded for it. Similar to when

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    Competition The age-old question: Should college athletes receive compensation for competition? College athletes already receive a scholarship to go to school. Much of the NCAA’s revenue is from selling athletes’ names and pictures. Athletes in college usually find themselves struggling with finding a job that cooperates with their schedule. College athletes will most likely receive a small compensation for competing in the NCAA at some point in the future. These athletes should receive some sort of pension

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    in our society today‚ such as whether or not college athletes should be paid or not. Even though college athletes receive many luxuries they still have to make there own living and support themselves. As reported by “Pay or Scholarship” written by Teengagement‚ it states‚ “Athletes are employees because they work under the control of the college.” As many people know a business has employees‚ if an athlete can be considered an employee to the college shouldn’t they be paid like and employee? Everyone

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    money for their schools but still don’t get paid. Some kids even have to quit playing their sports because they don’t have enough money to cover all of the expenses of school. Not all the athletes should be paid just the athletes that bring in the revenue for their school‚ the ones that earn it. College athletes need to get paid because they are unable to hold a job as well as competitively play their sport‚ Some of them are getting paid illegally‚ They make most of the money for their schools shouldn’t

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