have been playing football. Every single Friday since I was young‚ I have gone to support the Bethel Park football team under the lights no matter what. Weather‚ distance‚ and access to a vehicle never stood in my way. Each player was a role model for me‚ and I wanted to be just like them. In my younger years of playing‚ I was just known as the “average” football player; I was slightly above “bad” but slightly below “good”. As I grew older‚ I started to talk to varsity football players‚ and I asked them
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College athletics is a billion-dollar industry with revenue generated from hard-working‚ unpaid athletes. A college sport competition‚ such as football‚ basketball‚ and baseball‚ can be found on the television‚ radio‚ and Internet‚ almost every day. Intercollegiate athletics generate amazing ratings and revenue for both the media and universities due to their immense popularity in the United States. College athletics are big business and big money. In spite of this‚ the topic of paying college athletes
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Summary/Response Essay March 21‚ 2015 Should College Athletes Be Paid? The article‚ titled “Should college athletes be paid?” was written by Allen Sack and published on March 7‚ 2008 in the Christian Science Monitor. Allen Sack is a professor at University of New Haven. He attended college at University of Notre Dame‚ where he was on the 1966 National Championship football team. He has a published book‚ many journal articles and has given multiple presentations on the management of sport industries
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Just imagine what other people might feel in sports. Some may feel that they want to get pushed harder‚ some may want to stop playing. But‚ some kids want to get push‚ and become better at the sport you love. Most people think that sports are bad because kids get hurt a lot and that it is expensive. I think that if your kids like the sport that they are doing then I think it is worth the amount of money sports cost. If your kid doesn’t like the sport why are you letting him/her play the sport. Just
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game. I do think the players from both sides should definitely see some type of benefit.” (Marvin Williams). Marvin Williams was a college basketball player who thinks that the NCAA will be able to pay their players. As Marvin says the NCAA is capable of doing this so if one of the most successful college basketball players ever and who was behind the scenes for many years he will know best about what is going on. This is one of the biggest reasons why the NCAA basketball should pay their athletes
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Should the NCAA pay college athletes for all the hard work and dedication? There are a lot of suspicions about players already getting payed. Some colleges have already paid the families of the student athletes. Most of these student athletes have worked so hard their whole life to be able to get to a stage in their lives where they can finally help provide for their families and make something of themselves by succeeding in life. Most of all these student athletes are just trying to make it in
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not children should get paid for doing chores. Personally‚ I believe that children shouldn’t be getting paid for chores. Why should kids get paid to do chores when parents aren’t? It doesn’t make sense if you think about it. I mean‚ an allowance is okay‚ but having to pay your children just to keep their house clean isn’t a good idea. Anyways‚ I’ll be trying to prove why children getting paid for chores is a bad idea. My first point is that chores aren’t like a paying job‚ and should be done regardless
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Every year‚ there is a big debate on whether or not college athletes should receive pay for their play. The reasons and rhetoric to why they should be paid are enticing; players are the ones who earn the money for the schools‚ playing a sport at a major Division 1 University has the effect of a full-time job‚ the players are treated as slaves by their schools’ sports program. Although they exist in great number‚ these reasons for “pay for play” are invalid and are outweighed by the opposing side
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Should college athletes have to go to class? This is a very debatable question that many Americans have opinions on. As athletes reach the end of their high school career‚ they usually know if they are going to continue to play sports in college. Some college athletes know they are going to leave school early to pursue their dream as a professional. The NCAA ( National Collegiate Athletic Association) does not want athletes to coast through college until that time comes. Critics of student athlete
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Should College Athletes be Paid? “But‚ is money such a big problem for these student-athletes? Don’t they receive scholarships? How much more money do they need?” (Meshefejian). College athletes getting paid is a big issue because it leads to many question on if they do get paid or don’t. If college athletes got paid they would have to deal with how much they should get paid and who gets paid the most. But many that say they should get paid is because they raise a lot of money for their schools and
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