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    Athletes are playing in sports every left and right all around the world. But many people think they are getting paid too much. But many don’t think that they do because they earn their money‚ have chronic health problems when they retire‚ and they dedicate their lives to their sport. To begin with‚ athletes do get paid a lot but don’t you think they earn it? Athletes get paid billions and doctors don’t get paid that much but athletes get paid more because they earn it. They earn it like LeBron

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    The Dilemma to Pay College Athletes The United States is the only country in the world that hosts big-time sports at institutions of higher learning. This should not‚ in and of itself‚ be controversial. What has become debatable is whether college athletes of high revenue-producing sports deserve to receive compensation for being the basis of a billion dollar business. In other words‚ do certain college athletes deserve to be paid to play? Although this may seem like a good idea to some‚ it ignores

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    Basic Comp Dr. Finley College is an experience that I feel everyone should have a chance‚ especially the American college experience coeds‚ parties‚ dorm life‚ and coeds. With college though also comes a lot of responsibility. It comes in the form school work. The work load in college can force you to stay up late into the night typing papers and studying for test. That and social life is all most college student have to deal with when away at school. Their commitment to their school only goes

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    Hundreds of Millions of dollars all around the world are being used to pay our athletes. My question is should they be paid this astronomical amount of money. Certain athletes earn millions while various people all around the world can barely afford the necessities‚ such as food‚ water and shelter. This is a problem that desperately needs to be addressed. To achieve this we should employ taxes‚ but the money made off this should go to charity‚ also we should lower salary caps‚ thus we restrict the

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    Student athletes are constantly given rules and regulations that they must follow to be college eligible. One of those regulations is a required education GPA based on the schools division and student body. There are many schools that have allegedly ignored this regulation and allowed athletes that did not meet the requirements to play at the college level. Preferential treatment among student athletes is a major problem for the NCAA. Universities set standards that all students must follow. So when

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    student-athletes in the United States and none of them are getting paid to play sports in college even though they are practicing for over forty hours per week. Some people say that the student-athletes have already gotten paid with scholarship money‚ however‚ they don’t get to choose where that money goes. Scholarship money that they receive goes toward tuition and room and board. College athletes often need money to pay for food‚ but unfortunately they can’t use that scholarship money. College student-athletes

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    without ever doing their job. That’s how it is for many athletes who sit on the bench and don’t play a single game‚ yet are paid millions of dollars anyways. Professional athletes are paid way too much for the careers they have chosen. Careers that are beneficial to our society have a lower pay grade than the majority of these athletes. The President of the United States annual pay of $400‚000‚ is less than most athletes pay. Also‚ the highest paid doctor makes an average of $500‚000 annually‚ and the

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    soilders are helpless and deserve amisty but in reaity there is no need to give them smist.One reason They do not deserve amisty is because most oof the children volenteer. Someone might wonder why these children would do something so horrible but they do this because they want revenge for their parents/ family’s death. Another reason these children should not be given amnesty is because by giving them amnesty that shows commanders that what they are doing is ok and that they do not need to stop. Commander

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    College athletics have gained immense popularity among Americans over the past few decades. This has resulted into increased revenues for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the participating colleges which has fuelled the debate of whether college athletes should be compensated beyond their athletic scholarships. Athletes should not receive payment for their athletic play for reasons such they already receive a full scholarship‚ which athletes would get paid‚ and undermines what

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    NCAA are unwilling to examine their case college athletes are taking matters into their own hands. At a Northwestern University‚ a Division I college in Chicago‚ these players became tired of not receiving any compensation aside from their scholarships and they made a decision that made the NCAA realize they were serious. They were aware that suing for compensation could be a losing battle they took the next step. What these players decided the best thing to do was unionize in a way similar to employees

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