Should College Athletes be Paid? General Purpose Statement: to convince Specific Purpose Statement: By the end of my presentation‚ I hope to convince you on the fact that college athletes should not be paid to play their sport(s). Attention Getter: When you go from playing sports in college to playing sports in the major league‚ what changes? Your title goes from student athlete to professional athlete. Notice how while in college‚ your title is student athlete‚ not professional. You are
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college athletics and in turn college athletes. The line between college athletes as Student-Athletes and college athletes as Athlete-Students has continued to blur‚ causing some major issues to arise with regards to athletics and academics. Some of the most primary issues currently affecting NCAA athletes are: academic support‚ the NBA age rule‚ eligibility and scholarships‚ and the academic progress rate (APR). Academic Support The perception of many student-athletes on college campuses‚ especially
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.For years‚ professional athletes have made millions of dollars due to salary and endorsements. Many average working people think that athletes should make as much money as an average person.Many think athletes do not do enough to make as much as he or she does while these athletes are out each day working hard to make ends meat. Professional athletes should make more money than an average person One reason athletes deserve their pay is because of the entertainment they bring to the world .The
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house and car. But not if they are a college athlete because they don’t get paid. Even though their school made a lot of money off their blood‚ sweat‚ and tears they still don’t get paid one penny. There is no doubt that college athletes should be paid. They should be paid because they work hard and put their bodies on the line‚ they would make college sports more competitive‚ and they also bring in hundreds of millions of dollars. College athletes should be paid because they work hard and put
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Are professional athletes overpaid? Do they warrant the astronomically high salaries they make each year? The simple answer is no. No one person playing a sport that is meant for entertainment should make more than a whole family working at jobs that contribute to people’s health‚ or make a city safer. Do athletes deserve high salaries? Maybe so‚ but as of right now there is so much separation between the pay of an athlete and the pay of the average american that athletes are quite frankly not worth
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(“overshadowed”). Alex Rodriguez used performance enhancing drugs‚ which help improve their running speed‚ strength‚ and skill (“Doping”). Athletes are pressured into taking these drugs in many different ways by the people that surround them‚ like their family members‚ coaches‚ fans‚ and themselves. They want to keep improving as they evolve. They want to be the best athlete they can be. Tyson Gay‚ known as the second fastest joint sprinter of all time with a time of 9.69 seconds‚ behind Usain Bolt (“Banned”)
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kids more than a lot of people might know. Being a student athlete is honestly very difficult for young men and women to live up to. Even though it is a difficult task‚ it comes with its benefits. Young men and women learn a variety of things that they can use in life. Student athletes learn things like dedication‚ time management‚ responsibility‚ and social skills‚ just to name a couple. More than likely responsibility is what student athletes learn the most from sports. Like everything in life‚ students
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In today’s world‚ sport stars and other athletes are looked up to by all ages. Everyoneloves them. They look great in the eyes of the everyday public. They appear ontelevision‚ they perform like rock stars‚ and do this with the entire world watching. Nowonder we make heroes out of our favorites. They are seen‚ as heroes because they can dothings that most of us can’t. They hit fastballs at 95 mph‚ leap at balls in mid air‚ ordefy gravity and throw down a dunk. Their words are repeated and broadcasted
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“Should College Athletes get Paid?” Stephanie Sturgill submitted the article “Should student athletes get paid?” to break down both sides of the argument that was evolving in the sports world today. She described how both the pros and the cons would have a direct effect on the student athletes within these universities. Within Sturgill’s article her facts about the topic at hand are very clear. She lets you see both sides of the argument no matter your view on the debate.
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the highest level” -Terri McKeever (bustle.com). Whether you are a professional athlete or an amateur athlete it has always been a dream to represent your country at the Olympics. The Question is should professional athletes be able to compete? Some think they shouldn’t but professional athletes have worked just as hard or maybe even harder than anyone else to get to that level. Professional athletes are the top athletes in the world which would create more revenue for the Olympics‚ a sense of national
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