March 29‚ 2012 English 112 (B) Research Paper 1 Should We Pay College Athletes? Should we pay college athletes? That is a big topic in NCAA sports right now. People think that college athletes work hard and that they deserve to get paid. Michael Wilbon is one of these people. At first he was against paying college athletes‚ but now he is all for it. He says that he is interested in seeing the people that make revenue share a little piece of it. Then you have people like a reporter from the
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focused on sports‚ more than school‚ which is a kind of a Good thing. That’s because it pushes kids in school to have good grades. Especially‚ the only way to play in sports‚ is to have good grades. If you don’t have passing grades‚ you can’t be involved in any sports. So‚ coaches tell their athletes to be a student athlete. Which means‚ school first and sports after. Also‚ if kids really want to play in the sport their interested in. They would be responsible for getting there work done. Sports even
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Paying College Athletes Max Scherzer‚ a professional baseball player‚ said “When you get drafted out of high school‚ you’re going to be going into the minor leagues‚ and that can take three to five or six years — multiple years — in the minor leagues‚ and you’re forfeiting your right to further your education”. He said this when he was talking to CSN’s‚ Santana Moss‚ on him choosing college over going pro right away. Scherzer choose to go to college‚ and not get paid‚ so he could get his education
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Many big colleges had budgets that would make teams such as Alabama‚ Georgia‚ Miami‚ Oregon‚ Etc. laugh about what they were able to provide for sports. There have been questions for years about whether a college athlete should be paid or not and if athletes deserve to be paid for what they do at that level‚ after already being paid to go to school there‚ for most of the players. When athletes go to college they still put themselves in the same physical danger as a professional athlete does. The
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The world of college athletics is one of the many wonders of sports. The NCAA is a billion dollar organization that sets the guidelines and rules for the college sports world. They put limits on what student-athletes can and cannot do. College universities generate so much revenue from basically exploiting these athletes. “Only approximately 7% of high school athletes go on to compete at the collegiate level” (O’ Rourke). This prestigious group is filled with hardworking‚ talented and blessed individuals
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College sports have been around for many years now. Many college athletes have come and gone‚ playing for their respective school. Before‚ college athletes would participate in college sports for college spirit and to represent their school. In today’s time‚ many NCAA Division 1 college games are being televised and promoted by the colleges themselves. According to U.S News “The NCAA‚ as a whole‚ makes 6 billion dollars annually”. Many colleges also have wealthy supporters who spend lots of many
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Are Professional Athletes paid too much? Healthcare workers save lives on a daily basis for sixty thousand dollars a year‚ while professional athletes receive millions of dollars merely to entertain. Athletes should be paid well because they must train harder physically than other people‚ they must work even when they are not working‚ and their chosen profession sometimes entails great physical risks. Society believes that once a person is athletic they automatically qualify to become
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Athletes‚ under the age of 21 years‚ should be eligible to be drafted into a professional sports team. Playing in a professional sport is a career and setting a limit based on age to when someone can start his or her career is absurd. “Currently‚ to be eligible for the NBA Draft‚ a player has to be at least 19-years-old or one year removed from high school.” (Jessop.2014) In the one year removed from high school‚ the athlete can choose to attend college and declare if he or she would be eligible
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Athletes are worth the money that they are paid. Being debatably the most hardworking people alive on this planet‚ the companies they work for make billions of dollars in revenue every year‚ they should at least be earning a sliver of the companies income. Along with that‚ these athletes make good use of the money they earn‚ by donating to charities‚ and giving back to their communities. Companies like the NHL and the NBA are multi million dollar or even billion dollar companies. Athletes are paid
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telling them that they could be an athlete? So this is my question to you: should kids strive to become an athlete or should they focus on other things? Who should kids idolize: a snobby‚ rich‚ selfish‚ athlete or a noble peace award winner? In my opinion sports should not be pursued by most kids because it could hurt them in the long run. So do the kids even have a chance? Well yes‚ but not a very big one. In almost all of the surveys about kids’ dream job‚ an athlete is almost always in the top 3‚
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