Athlete Compensation The idea of paying college athletes has been an ongoing debate since the early 1900s. With current television revenue resulting from NCAA football bowl games and March Madness in basketball‚ there is now a commotion for compensating both football and basketball players beyond that of an athletic scholarship. Because of the title “Student-athlete”‚ college athletes have the obligation to be a student first‚ and an athlete second and should not be paid to play. There have been
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I am a woman yet I am not convinced that women deserve equal pay in sports. Don’t get me wrong‚ women are great athletes. But it’s a proven fact that women’s sports don’t bring in as much revenue as their counterparts. People are just less interested in watching the WNBA compared to the NBA. Can you blame them? I‚ for one‚ would much rather pay to watch the Celtics vs. the Knicks over the Storm vs. the Sparks. But what do you guys think? Should women finally be paid the same amount or not? Is this
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throughout athletes. While it is known that some athletes that are injured struggle emotionally‚ not all injured players experience noticeable emotional disturbance. The biggest reality of today’s sports is that many athletes have or will sustain career ending injuries. But another huge reality of injuries is that not only does the human body become damaged‚ but the mind aswell‚ although attention is not often paid to how not going through mental rehab alongside physical rehab can prevent athletes from
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opinion‚ athletes are way overpaid. They are only playing a game against another team and they get paid thousands of dollars just to do so when people who save other people’s lives don’t get paid enough. On the other hand‚ we sometimes take the time out of our day to watch people play football‚ basketball‚ baseball‚ etc. We stand in front of our TV to watch and cheer them on. They play for us. There are a couple reasons why I think athletes are overpaid. Those reasons are that athletes make up to
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Athletes in the past did not always accumulate as much wealth as today’s multi millionaire athletes. Although many resent the high salaries they earn‚ the industry they earned their way into raises billions of dollars in revenue. Not too mention the hard work and rigorous schedule athlete must go through‚ only a small percentage of society are capable playing in professional sports leagues. To compensate fairly compensate athletes for their popularity‚ world class abilities‚ and demanding work schedule
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Do you think athletes deserve the amount of money they make ? I do not think athletes are overpaid. Athletes are not overpaid because they dedicate their lives to their sport‚ have short careers and have chronic health problems. To begin with‚ athletes dedicate their lives to their sport. According to Mackenzie Carro “Athletes like LeBron James dedicate their lives to their sport- to training to traveling and pushing themselves to the limit.” This shows how dedicated athletes are to their sport
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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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For decades‚ people continuously compete for the title of being the best at something. While people can be the best at one specific thing‚ CrossFit athletes strive to excel at multiple tasks. CrossFit requires world athletes to succeed various tasks and to possess determination in order to be the best. CrossFit was created by the Founder and CEO Greg Glassman. The workout can be described as extreme levels of prolonged activity that generally work a majority of the body. CrossFit achieves extreme
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Did you ever realize that in most of the cases numerous of athletes never graduate? It is sad to see young student athletes setting for much less education than they deserve. Neil H.Petrie in his essay is expressing himself against the attitude toward student athletes‚ and collegiate system. Petrie said "the system uses and then discards after the final buzzer." I found it true because there is so much pressure on athletes that it compromises their potential and academic careers. Petrie addresses
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always the poor or the underclass that always ends up homeless. In many cases famous athletes‚ celebrities‚ and the upper class end up homeless around the world and it shocks us all. But the chances of an athlete becoming financially or structurally unstable is something Americans think can’t occur because athletes make so much money in their profession‚ but more times than not it does. Homelessness
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