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    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 view them from anywhere. The agencies that broadcast the sporting events must pay to broadcast it; this brings even more profit to the college that the athletes never see. College athletes should be paid a salary in addition to the scholarship that they get for a sport. In some cases‚a college’s

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    Being a student athlete should be a privilege‚ a reward; it should always come second‚ after the students’ education. It seems that student athletes get special treatments‚ getting away with having low grades‚ having an extended time to do assignments‚ or even being excused from them. There needs to be a more strict policy in order to be on a high school sports team and to play in games. After all‚ high schools do not require students to participate in team or individual sports. Most high school

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    Should College Athletes be Paid? Maybe it was the annual spectacle of March Madness and the fact that UCONN came out of nowhere as an underdog to win their 3rd national NCAA men’s basketball title. Maybe it was the excitement of watching the UCONN football team playing in its first ever BCS Bowl against Oklahoma last year. Whatever he reason‚ the media and sports critics always ignite a fresh debate over the merits of paying college athletes for their services to the schools. Over the past few

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    Too Much Diversity? President Bill Baldwin of Bladwin Scientific Instruments has a diversity issue on his hands between his Latino supervisors and Vietnamese assemblers. Tran‚ a Vietnamese assembler has complained to Mr. Baldwin regarding the disrespect shown by the Latino supervisors to the Vietnamese assemblers. Tran states that the supervisors are rude to them‚ speak negatively about them in Spanish‚ and disrespected the work they did (Mathis‚ Jackson‚ Nkomo‚ Fottler

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    College Athletes Shouldn’t Be Paid While catching up on some game day scores for college football‚ an article popped up on the side with a title reading‚ College Athletes Deserve To Be Paid. I noticed it was written by Michael Wilbon‚ one of the hosts from the ESPN show‚ Pardon the Interruption. Already disagreeing with the title before even reading it‚ I was skeptical‚ but I clicked on the link and started to read. Wilbon brought up a number of decent points throughout the article‚ but for

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    Should College Athletes Be Paid? Believe it or not‚ student athletes currently on a full scholarship to play their desired sport are struggling to live. Simply‚ because scholarships do not provide the full cost to be able to live a healthy lifestyle. Essentially‚ athletes may be starving themselves because they have no other options. Place yourself in their shoe for a second‚ although that may be a fairly large shoe to fill. With many athletes not coming from a wealthy background‚ they have limited

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    been much debate over the past year or so as to if college athletes should be paid‚ independently of their scholarship‚ for their hard work and dedication to their school and team. The life as a student-athlete is not easy because of the time dedicated to athletics and the time they need to dedicate to their studies. For example‚ the life of a Division 1 athlete might include waking up‚ going to class‚ going to workout and practice‚ staying after for film sessions‚ and then only getting to do their

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    situation regarding driver safety will eventually improve over time. Another consequence is that texting can be distracting in other situations than automobile accidents. When people are crossing streets‚ they can be distracted by texting and possibly get run over by a car‚ resulting in either a death or an injury. Another instance is when a person is talking to somebody‚ texting can distract either person from the conversation. Or for example‚ in class‚ you’re listening to the teacher lecture and one

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    doesn’t get paid to play football. Johnny Manziel‚ a player from the Cleveland Browns‚ gets paid $420‚000 a year. If college athletes were paid it could be the difference between a “Big 10” college team that pays a lot or a less popular division that doesn’t pay much at all. Most people believe that college student athletes should be paid for playing a collegiate sport while going to school. Social media is reining over our lives nowadays with the glamorous lives of professional athletes fancy cars

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