their star athletes’ performance on the field. The role athletes play in the production of profit from merchandise‚ ticket sales‚ and advertising has created the question: Should athletes get paid? Based out of “Student athletes deserve payment in multimillion-dollar industry”‚ published in the University Star‚ as the main text describes the reasons why athletes should be paid. The editorial staff argues about the profit the NCAA makes‚ how athletic scholarships work‚ and how some athletes come from
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College football is a multi - billion dollar industry and everyone gets paid except for the players the ones that actually play in the games. Although the players are not employees they should get paid. Imagine you’re a full time student and you’re working at a full time job and for all of your hard work and dedication you help your company make lots of money but out of all that money that you help make you get none of it. But your boss and all the people with higher positions than you gets paid
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people for 3 plus hours at a time. Sports athletes are one of the most paid hard working people for your entertainment in our country. Are sports stars paid too much? Professional athletes are not paid too much because they work really hard. The owner of the team pays the players‚ and a small percentage of players make it to that level. Am athlete’s chances of playing in the professional leagues. Only a small percentage of high school and college athletes make it to the professional leagues. High
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Who Should We Put a Price on Talent? Steve Yeager played for the L.A Dodgers until 1976‚ the year of his tragic accident. Yeager was waiting in the deck circle when the bat of his teammate shattered. A jagged chunk of wood splintered off the bat and flew directly into Yeager’s throat. He collapsed‚ and while blood spurting from his neck‚ he was rushed to the hospital. Somehow‚ he ending up surviving‚ but money had a great deal on his case. Most baseball players get paid payed over four million dollars
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Compensating the Student-Athlete for Participation in Intercollegiate Athletics. Sports Lawyers Journal 3‚ 25-50. This journal takes a look at the difficulty of being an NCAA athlete and the detrimental affects it has over the well-being of the athlete’s health. This journal is in support of paying NCAA athletes with it’s underlying argument that the NCAA regulations prohibit scholarship athletes to work which on turn effects the overall wellbeing of the student athlete. Overall‚ this journal states
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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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division one student athletes should get paid or not. I believe student athletes should receive some benefits from playing such competitive sports. Playing a division one sport can be very time consuming; therefore players do not have enough time to get a job to make money for them. Also‚ many athletes come from poverty stricken families‚ and if they’re struggling financially they have no one to turn to‚ because of the NCAA rules saying that division one collegiate athletes can’t receive money
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Matt Lawrence Father Hudgin AP English December 21st‚ 2012 College Athletes: Should they be paid? The debate of whether college athletes should be paid has gone on for years. From famous sportscasters to the common man‚ everyone has their own opinion whether the student-athletes should receive a “stipend” or certain wage per month to cover food‚ gas‚ and other various essentials. A great example of this is from Ramogi Huma‚ a former linebacker for UCLA. “Even though the school was providing
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Danny Rizzo Ms. Franta English 3A 10 February 2015 College Athletes Paid? 43.3 hours a week 3.3 hours more than the average American work week. That’s how many hours the Division I athlete devotes to their sport. That is basically a job. The school makes billions of dollars from these athletes from donations‚ ticket sales‚ media rights‚ advertising‚ and anything else with a price tag. But the athletes see none of that money not even money for food‚ rent or just spending money. The NCAA currently
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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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