players get something in return? Should college football players get paid? Some may think that graduating from a four-year university with a degree should be considered way before playing football once a week and treating the college game like some sort of a developmental league for the NFL. Others may take into consideration that all the blood and sweat college football players put into the game should be returned with "funding" in their own pockets. I honestly don’t think any college athlete‚ let
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The College Athlete Fight: Should College Athletes Be Able to Take Profit for Their Likeness? The NCAA profits over six billion($6‚000‚000‚000) dollars annually(USnews.com). However‚ college athletes never get to see any of that money. Though some may argue that they risk careerending injuries each time they come onto the field or basketball court‚ this still does not influence the mind of the NCAA to start paying the players in any way. But on the flip side the students do get a quality e
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Why College Athletes Should Get Paid December 3rd‚ 2013 The single most debated topic when it comes to compensating student-athletes concerns whether student athletes should be paid beyond the full cost of attending school. The pay for play doctrine‚ in which athletes would earn a portion of the revenue they help generate‚ is a highly controversial topic that has become more popular in recent years. The arguments in favor of pay for play originate from the fact that
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Classes. Game time. Stress. College athletes have a plentiful amount on their plate. Not knowing where money would come from adds more on top of school and sports. Paying athletes would eliminate stress. The NCAA refuses to pay athletes‚ but it’s not that they don’t have money. They have billions of dollars off of capitalizing‚ ticket sales‚ and team winnings. So why don’t they pay players? College athletes should get paid because their sports are jobs‚ paying would make sports more competitive
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Making Millions: Should College Athletes be Paid? How much time and effort are student-athletes actually getting credit for? Should college athletes be paid for playing? The coaches of most college sports teams are getting all the rewards while the players are doing all the work. Paying athletes could improve attitudes and create more motivation. There are three main arguments as to why college athletes should be paid to play sports: athletes will be more motivated for academic studies‚ schools
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L College Athletes Being Paid Sep 18‚ 2013 1916 words 8 pages Should College Athletes Be Paid? For over a century‚ college sports have been among the most popular and loved sports in the American media‚ with the biggest event being March Madness. This event alone generates almost a billion dollars for the NCAA every year. They are well rewarded for the advertising and publicity that they generate around college sports. The athletes however‚ are not. Most athletes in major NCAA Division 1 schools
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trying their hardest doesn’t matter. As pro linebacker James Harrison said‚ “You’re not going to be rewarded for doing your job‚ and in fact‚ if you simply show up and don’t perform‚ you won’t have a job for long. But if you’re the best at what you do and work harder than your competitors‚ rewards will come.” (Armideo‚ Travis) By just competing for the trophy‚ kids don’t truly enjoy the sport. Completing tasks beneficial to their future is a better use of their time. By producing useless participation
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Maybe college athletes should get paid because they half to work really hard to get on the college teams and leagues. The players play sports a lot as kids too get into college basketball‚ football‚ lacrosse‚ and college soccer. College players spend a lot of time practising and planning for all of their games and they even show more hustle than the players from the NBA. This already proves that they could and should get paid. As much as we all love watching sports we also love how the different
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Athletes are worth the money that they are paid. Being debatably the most hardworking people alive on this planet‚ the companies they work for make billions of dollars in revenue every year‚ they should at least be earning a sliver of the companies income. Along with that‚ these athletes make good use of the money they earn‚ by donating to charities‚ and giving back to their communities. Companies like the NHL and the NBA are multi million dollar or even billion dollar companies. Athletes are paid
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Should College Athletes Be Paid George McCray Research and Writing Professor Pittell Strayer University Corruption‚ scandals‚ suspensions‚ firings and a systems that is systematically flawed all the while the fact of the matter is that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a organization that is bringing in billions of dollars each year yet the labor force generating the money gets a scholarship that many athletes believe doesn’t pay enough for everything that is needed
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