not pay kids for grades. There would be less money for things like field trips and other school activities. Also‚ money can’t buy smarts‚ motivation or school success. And they would not because they are interested in learning‚ they would be only be learning because they are interested in getting money. People should remember that paying kids for grades won’t help their motivation or school success now and it surely won’t help when they go to college and aren’t paid for their grades. This is an important
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College Athletes: To pay or not to pay? After being established in 1905 with the help of former President of the United States‚ Theodore Roosevelt‚ the NCAA has become on of the most profitable organizations in America. The NCAA makes approximately 11 million dollars from CBS alone for just the three weekends of March Madness. Many other college sports bring each of their respected programs millions upon millions of dollars each year. This is why college athletes have must be paid a salary by the
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considers athletes to be the perfect role models for children. Athletes teach kids determination‚ how to stay encouraged‚ be physically active‚ and proper behavior. These life skills may be very important in a child’s lifetime. Looking up to these amazing people should diminish laziness‚ and other degrading qualities‚ and hopefully change the way society is viewed forever. Athletes make such marvelous role models‚ because they encourage kids to stay physically active. To illustrate‚ athletes go to
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Sports are a big part of my life. I played baseball‚ basketball‚ and football all through elementary school‚ and I still do. It’s not easy‚ but I survived. You have to keep your grades up‚ keep a steady job to pay for equipment‚ and other finances‚ and do extra work so it’s not as hard on your parents. From the perspective of a boy that plays sports‚ you will see how challenging it actually is. A child who plays sports often has trouble getting their school work done. It is challenging going
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Kids should get paid for good grades because then they might actually try harder in school. A majority of kids just slack off and don’t care about their grades. Kids want money and if you pay them to do good during school‚ it will help. Some kids might not go along with it because they’ll probably think it’s just a way to bribe them. (In a way‚ you are bribing them.) I guarantee that most kids will have higher grades and will do better in school if you actually give them something they want. Schools
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Some people believe that college athletes should be paid and others do not. The only thing wrong with paying athletes is they get paid in other ways. College athletes get scholarships‚ housing‚ coaches‚ and opportunities no other college student has. So maybe they shouldn’t get paid but when you step back and look at the whole picture; coaches get paid a lot of money for example coming from Nick Saban (football coach of University of Alabama) he makes over $7 million a year. But think of the team
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“You go to Chapel Hill and try to go to a Carolina-Duke game‚ good luck trying to find a ticket. It’s nationally televised. There’s so much money that goes behind just one basketball game. I do think the players from both sides should definitely see some type of benefit.” (Marvin Williams). Marvin Williams was a college basketball player who thinks that the NCAA will be able to pay their players. As Marvin says the NCAA is capable of doing this so if one of the most successful college basketball
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Colleges get millions of dollars for their sports departments but how much do the athletes get out of it? Athletes are some of the hardest working people out there and they deserve to get paid for their work on the team. There are many reasons why athletes should get paid. They spend all the time with the sport but some never go pro so there was no point to their hard work. Because athletes don’t get paid some have to turn to illegal sponsoring. Biggest reason is that the athletes play the game but
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College Athletes Shouldn’t Be Compensated Some people‚ like one of our classmates named Isaac Harris‚ believe that college athletes should get paid. That isn’t how it should be‚ though. College athletes should not receive compensation anytime soon because they already get paid‚ every college students will want compensation‚ and college athletes simply get to live the dream. First off‚ college athletes already get paid. They get paid in a way that many others wish they could. They get paid with
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Those in favor of preventing concussions in sports say that sports leagues need to up there rules on limiting hits to the head so all players are safer. To begin with‚ most officials do not have the medical background to determine a concussion‚ which means they’ll miss most signs of a concussion. Without a doubt‚ officials need to know what they’re dealing with to protect our players from developing worse outcomes. According to Jon McClement‚ “They should have this covered” (1). Officials should
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