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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Should college athletes get paid for playing? Over decades‚ Division 1 athletes have been pouring their heart and soul into their sport they worked so hard for day after day‚ week after week. For years‚ athletes talents has Got them to a university where they can show their ability and talents. When you are at the division 1 level it is more competition then any other division and there job is to bring a Championship. A true athlete plays the game that their heart desires
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College or "Secondary Education" is often catergorized as an essential aspect of life’s development. Throughout high school we are equipped with the skills neccessary to determine our life’s goals and choice of career. Once all tests are taken and classes passed‚ it all boils down to our choice of college; That is‚ if we choose to attend. Many factors contribute to the overall decision of what educational institution a student wishes to attend. Furthermore‚ one of the first and most difficult decisions
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towards the electoral college along with the pros and cons leading to my choice. I will explain why the people should want to keep it along with why some don’t want to trust it. I will also explain what will happen if it goes away because we know what it does. The Electoral College always has it’s print on the elections and more importantly on the very close elections. It has done it’s job the over 200 plus years and throughout fifty presidential elections. So the electoral college is promising and durable
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Every four years‚ the Electoral College enjoys a fleeting moment of fame. But the impact of the college on presidential elections is far greater and more controversial than its brief life indicates. ======================================… ======================================… HOW DOES THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE WORK ? Each state has a number of electors equal to the number of its U.S. senators (2 in each state) plus the number of its U.S. representatives‚ which varies according to the state’s
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Rhetorical Analysis Do you think college athletes should be paid? Al Woods believes college athletes should be paid because the schools are making money off the players‚ some athletes are being paid under the table‚ and athletes are giving up on education. However‚ Krikor Meshefejian believes that college students should not be paid because students receive scholarships‚ the payment system is problematic‚ and the experience is payment enough. Meshefejian has the better argument that students should
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"College is not a place to go to make money‚ it’s where you learn how to make money." say famous sports journalist Colin Cowherd. For decades people have been debating whether or not the NCAA should pay their college athletes. While people believe that the NCAA is making their money off of basically free labor‚ people don’t realize they’re getting free education and multiple benefits for being an athlete. First‚ student athletes have advantages over regular students because they receive free education
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Chanchez Smith Professor Nicholas Benca English Composition 102 24 November 2013 “Should College Athletes Be Paid? For years the question‚ “Should college athletes be paid?” has appeared in the debatable world. College athletes across the nation have argued that they deserve compensation for the particular sport in which they participate in. “We deserve a check for what we do‚” Southern Miss football player‚ Urell Johnson stated. “Win or lose‚ our sport is our job. We work all day‚ every
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Lorenza Ross November 15‚ 2011 ENGLD-110 Ms. Jamie Jones Should college athletes be paid for playing sports? College athletes today are competing in sports at high level. Athletes today feel as though they should get a payment for the sport they compete in. Paying athletes would be difficult for certain schools because there would be an issue involving money. If the student athlete can find a way‚ he or she should be able to endorse products or make money off their jersey if people want to
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The article “Want to clean up college athletics? Pay the players.” the author‚ Ryan Swanson explains the unlikeness of paying college players‚ but explains the benefits of paying college students who are playing sports in college. Ryan explains that some coaches want to pay the players for more motivation and so they can keep themselves financially safe and to pay for tuition‚ an example would be in 1980 Southern Methodist University had illicitly paid their football players‚ another example would
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