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    Compensation for College Athletes Athletes have to be dedicated to the game they play. Dedication means something different to each person; it is how the person responds to adversity that makes all the difference for when they play again. When student athletes have to practice they must be committed to their sport. This means student athletes must make their sport their second full time job‚ their first full time job is their schooling. Division 1 football players spend 43.3 hours a week practicing

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    amount is growing at a rate of 4.5% year over year…” Yes giving talented athletes scholarships is great. The state is giving the athlete an opportunity to get a free education just due solely on the fact that they play their sport very well. But why should athletes on scholarships be paid any typeof salary if everything school related is basically taken care of. On the other hand why do only student athlete get this chance to be paid. How abut people who have academic scholarships‚ they’re not any less

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    English 1013 4 April 2005 Argument I believe professional athletes are overpaid. These athletes are making millions of dollars to have fun and play. They are getting paid to do what elementary kids do every day. Professional athletes are should be paid about sixty to ninety thousand a year. The reason I say this much is because they are at a professional level and have worked hard to get to that status. In theory‚ professional athletes are overpaid because the U.S. is more focused on entertainment

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    Bri Oliver A.P English 3B Mrs. Scott 25 Jan. 2012 Student Athlete Requirements: Too Strenuous or not Enough? When kids are little‚ most everyone will participate in some sort of little league sports program. Most of those children will then continue on to play that sport threw high school and if they are lucky‚ even threw college. When a child is young and in sports‚ the responsibility that ensures that grades are being maintained falls into the hands of the parents‚ so therefore it is a rare

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    Should Student-Athletes Get Paid Wilson Hinds Professor Dorothy Valentine‚ Strayer University 5 December 2012 Abstract For many students‚ the college experience is measured by the success of their NCAA-sanctioned athletic programs. Without the experience and athletic performance the student athlete brings‚ most colleges would not reap the benefit of these significant revenue-generating activities. At best‚ current NCAA regulations need to be revisited to ensure all avenues are addressed

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    Athletes: Paid Too Much or Just Enough? Did you know that the average pay for an NBA player is five million dollars? (Pawson) Although many athletes are paid millions‚ athletes should be paid as much as they are. Not all athletes are paid millions of dollars‚ and they are in a franchise‚ unlike civil services. Did you know that the average pay for an NBA player is five million dollars? Although many athletes are paid millions‚ athletes should be paid as much as they are. Not all athletes are paid

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    When deciding to play a sport in college‚ that sport eventually becomes one of your main focus. Being an athlete is not an easy thing because college athletes spend hours of practice and keeping their grades up. So it is nearly impossible for them to get a job. Without a job‚ these athletes have no guaranteed money coming in so they can pay for financial stuff. Many people argue‚ “Oh they have athletic scholarships”‚ but it does not cover all costs incurred from registration to graduation. The athletic

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    twelve-years of education at school. Children start to learn fundamental knowledge and sociality at elementary school and all the knowledge would nourish them to be a better person in future. If so‚ do schools support appropriate educational environment for children? Or what kind of knowledge and attitude do children receive from school? According to article “School Is Bad for Children” published in the magazine The Saturday Evening Post in 1969 by John Holt‚ the author argues various criticisms and

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    university to recruit more individuals they would need to understand the world we live in. The world of sports is being more acceptable of the diversity of athletes to play in a sport. I believe that the university believes that a free education is good enough for athletes who did not grow up well enough. I think a big issue that USD can do is help the athletes who stress with money by identifying the social class among the team. By doing this‚ a coach staff or collective group of members from the university

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    www.thelancet.com Medicine and Sport Vol 366 December 2005 S21 The rules of sport define a level playing field on which athletes compete. Antidoping policies exist‚ in theory‚ to encourage fair play. However‚ we believe they are unfounded‚ dangerous‚ and excessively costly. The need for rules in sports cannot be dismissed. But the anchoring of today’s antidoping regulations in the notion of fair play is misguided‚ since other factors that affect performance—eg‚ biological and environmental

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