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    College Athletes Deserve To Be Paid November 17‚ 2011 College Athletes Deserve To Be Paid Almost every week there is some sort of story that makes the news about a university breaking the NCAA rules. The debate is bigger than ever to start paying college athletes to play sports. It does not matter which sport it is‚ athletes need more than just a scholarship to pay for expenses outside of tuition‚ room‚ and board. A scholarship is strictly limited to these‚ but what about the expenses outside

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    Paycheck. Money. Big houses. Expensive cars. Professional athletes get paid a lot of money for their work‚ so much that they can buy the most expensive cars‚ houses‚ and other items too. For example‚"...Steelers wideout Antonio Brown busted out a custom Rolls-Royce…”(Brinston). While some people may disagree‚ professional athletes are overpaid because they make a lot more money than the people who risk their lives every day for our country‚ also they only work until their 30’s or 40’s‚ and they only

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    Should College Athletes be Paid? Would you allow a program that makes several million dollars a year to pay 85 of its hardest working employs to be paid zero dollars and zero cents? You might be screaming you head off at the injustice. In most cases I would agree with you‚ but let me explain. This program is a typical NCAA Division I college football team. College athletes should continue to not be paid under any circumstance. Of all the money generated by the athletic department of a university

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    current financial crisis‚ people pay more and more attention to salaries‚ which are the money that people get paid for the work they do. Obviously‚ there will be some people who get high salaries‚ while other people get less. This leads to an argument about whether everyone deserves the money they get. Some people say that famous people‚ such as movie and sports stars‚ get paid far too much money. However‚ these stars definitely deserve the money which they receive because of three reasons: they make

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    Should college athletes get paid? It is a question that as been asked for decades. Although it is a violation of NCAA rules to pay college athletes‚ many colleges have still done so. In the past‚ colleges have bribed athletes during the recruiting process‚ offering them cash to come play for their school. Jersey’s‚ cards‚ collectibles‚ bobbleheads and a variety of other items are sold in merchandise stories around the nation. Professional athletes get paid millions of dollars to wear certain brands

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    Professional athletes‚ specifically in the NFL‚ NBA‚ and MLB‚ often are rewarded extremely substantial contracts and lucrative endorsement deals and it has been argued that their salaries should be reduced to smaller wages but they are paid in the way that they are for good reason. There merchandise is sold for more money than their salary is worth‚ the risk getting injured is high and they can only do for their job for a short amount of time. Athletes are not overpaid because the Teams make much

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    What would you do if you won 1 000 000 $ Why people want to be a rich man? What is does rich mean? In what do people see the richness? (Where do people find richness?) And how can people become rich?  Some people thinks and wants to be rich‚ because they love money‚ they want expencive (espensive‚ costly) possessions such as: things‚ cars‚ great homes and ect.  Some ones want to be a rich‚ because they love contribute‚ to help someone‚ poors‚ olds‚ who has need.  Some ones consider

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    Paying Student-Athletes Paying Student-Athletes           Imagine this; Mr. Perfect‚ a highly successful college football student-athlete‚ is shattering every record once held in the sport. He is on the cover of ESPN and SI magazine. His face is plastered on televisions nationwide. Everyone knows his face and name. He has all the fame that he dreamed of‚ but he has no money. NCAA rules state that no student-athlete can obtain a job. His full ride scholarship‚ after classes and books‚ barely

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    Les Brown-You Deserve I’m going to start off by saying I’m a huge fan of Mr Brown. I believe he is a great motivator with a dynamic personality. Years ago‚ Mr Brown was the keynote speaker at one of my family reunions. His speech‚ although tailored to family‚ was mainly about the power we have as individuals to achieve personal greatness. I’m not the only one who left that reunion feeling better about myself and my family as awhole. When we watched the speech in class‚ I was pleasantly surprised

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    The first college sporting event was in 1852. It was a rowing competition between the Yale and Harvard rowing teams. Since then college athletics have grown into multi-million dollar industries. In 2008 the University of Alabama made the most money with their athletic program – making a total profit of $123‚769‚841. The athletes themselves did not receive any of the money the school made on the sales. College sports are also widely watched online and on television which allows additional people to

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