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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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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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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Paying College Athletes Money is everything in today’s society. We buy our food with money. We buy our clothes with money. We buy everything with money and people are constantly demanding for more‚ but what about those without a job? What about students in college who have to focus on their education and can’t get a job to make money? What about the student athletes that play sports for the school; bringing in millions of dollars of revenue every year? They get paid nothing while their coaches
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The college experience is one that allows an individual to pursue his or her academic interest in a controlled environment while having freedom to be independent. This experience often has a monetary value referred to as tuition. If even more were added onto this experience like an opportunity to practice and improve with some of the best athletes as well as exposure and recognition‚ the value of the experience increases. Along with the increase in value should come an increase in price‚ instead
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Advertisement/endorsement deals for the athletes College Athletes feel like that they should somewhat get a portion of the money that the colleges are making off of them‚ especially if companies and shoe brands are wanting to use them as the face of their brand. A lot of the athletes come from a background where they may not have a lot of money from their families to support to support the college athlete throughout college. Some of the athletes do not even get a full scholarship and ma only get
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typical life of a college football player at the University of Texas under the current guidelines of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Every year millions of people flock to stadiums across the country to watch their local collegiate teams participate in athletic competitions. Along with the entertainment provided to the fans‚ the schools give the people of that university a sense of pride and bragging rights amongst other teams. Over the years‚ the popularity of college sports (especially
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you couldn’t catch a ball‚ to the time when it hurts just to stand‚ there are risks with any sport. So whenever college athletes step on the court‚ field‚ or wherever they compete‚ they are putting their bodies at risk‚ as well as future paychecks. In the history of NCAA there have been many professional careers either derailed or stopped forever because of injuries. In the 2006 college football season one of the best players‚ Michael Bush was playing for the Louisville Cardinals when he suffered
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Becoming an athlete‚ let alone a college athlete‚ is not a path paved in gold. There are times you will be doubted‚ challenged‚ and cast aside. There will be mornings you are awake before the sun rises. There will be nights you cry yourself to sleep. You will push your body to points where it will fail. In fact‚ you might be blindsided by an injury that ends it all. There will be coaches that will give you a false sense of security or flat out lie to you‚ and there will be coaches that change your
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