Assignment Five College Athletes and Compensation Professor Adam Lawrence Strayer University June 9‚ 2013 PART I: PROBLEM The goal of this paper is to focus on evidence that college athletes‚ specifically‚ football players should be compensated for the talents they demonstrate on the field; for many reasons. It is well documented that college presidents‚ coaches‚ athletic directors often think of athletics as the “front porch” of their campuses (Weaver‚ 2011)‚ as it relates to college
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People often don’t understand what student athletes go through on a daily basis. Some will even stereotype believing they do not excel in academics and will focus more on sports. I interviewed Jesus Flores‚ an eighteen year old student athlete who was recently awarded the scholar of the week and is a part of a playoff bound football team‚ the C.C Winn Mavericks. Jesus‚ who is one of my teammates in this football team‚ states that in order to balance academics and sports it takes: discipline‚ excellent
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an abundance literature on the subject of the representation of female athletes in the media‚ from television coverage and newspapers to magazines and websites. From ancient Greece where it was not allowed for women to partake in or even watch the Olympic Games and the power and independence of the Amazonian tribal warrior woman‚ to present day and the struggles with underrepresentation and misrepresentation of female athletes in sport media (George‚ Hartley‚ Paris‚ 2001; Creedon‚ 1994; Bernstein
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235 former student athletes invited‚ but only 88 returned their invite and attended the game. The former athletes that attended the game and participated in the survey were from all sports at U of L. On the survey there was a section for which sport each athlete played. In attendance there were 22 basketball‚ 8 hockey‚ 11 baseball‚ 28 football‚ 7 tennis‚ and 12 soccer players. Out of the 88 student athletes I was only able to use 24 for my sample. 24 out the 88 student athletes had played in the
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dangerous ones and don’t make as much money as you? While athletes devote their lives into their job‚ nurses‚ doctors‚ construction workers‚ firefighters‚ and military fighters don’t even gain that much and they serve this country (Nurses make 71‚000 dollars‚ doctors make 189‚000 dollars‚ construction workers make about from 20‚230 and 59‚900 dollars‚ and military fighters make 76‚841 dollars). A numerous amount of people believe that athletes are overpaid. Compared to people who work and dedicate their
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Eric Tuiloma Prof. Elder English 102 24 April 2012 Income for College Football Athletes College football athletes have been selling their jerseys‚ selling signature footballs‚ and committing crimes in order to be able to feed and support themselves financially to survive in the real world. Student athletes don’t have enough time on their hands to work during the season or during off season workouts. It’s considered a year round sport due to the fact that in offseason‚ college football players
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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 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)‚ and the athletes involved. The NCAA defines itself as a non for profit‚ voluntary association that regulates the organization and wellbeing of college student-athletes‚ made up of over 1‚200 colleges and universities (McCormick.‚ McCormick‚ 2006). I will later argue that the NCAA does not accurately fit this definition as they do not care for the wellbeing of their ‘student-athletes’ as much as they care for the revenue and profit that college
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"To an Athlete Dying Young" Many people fear dying at a young age. Along with that come fears of not being able to fulfill all their dreams‚ not being able to live a prosperous life and take full advantage of their time on earth. It is a sad fate that is uncontrollable by any human‚ and to view a young and premature death in a positive light would be horrendous to many. However‚ Alfred Edward Housman does exactly that in his poem "To an Athlete Dying Young." Housman implies in his poem that it is
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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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