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    ALL college athletes of every college sport should be paid some sort of money. Now a days in the collegiate world of sports‚ colleges and Universities are generating millions upon millions of dollars through the athletic programs. From football all the way down to the golf team. Yet‚ the people who bring these millions of dollars in aren’t getting paid for it. I’m speaking about the athletes. The athlete’s adults and even children have come to know‚ love and cheer on every single game‚ get not once

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    Topic: Do colleges put too much stock into standardized test Many students have the desire to succeed when taking college entrance tests‚ but some students have been proven as bad test takers which means they understand the concepts but are not able to put them on paper. Colleges should not deny prospective students just because their test scores are not as high as the next students; colleges should realize that students are more than just a standardized test score. Tests cannot predict how successful

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    Is there too much reality TV? On the other hand shows like big brother only occur for a certain part of the year‚ however when big brother is on it is on for a long time therefore it consumes a lot of TV airtime. Even so a lot of the British public enjoy big brother and text in there votes every week. It might also be argued that people only watch reality TV because there is nothing else on TV at these times. On big brother alcohol is the most comely drunk beverage no one drinks water when

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    The National College Athlete association is very huge and well known across many of our earth’s countries. There are some of the most known sports in this “league”. The most popular and well known sports would be football and basketball and lesser of baseball and lacrosse. The big key for the NCAA and its funding would be football and basketball. They are huge keys in the popularity and TV shows and such. There’s a question to be had and that is how much are they really making? Who is making them

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    College athletes‚ the football and basketball player go through very hard time because the sports arena is characterized by injuries‚ politics and unfair dismissal from the team. According to Tyson Hartnett‚ “Why College Athletes Should Be Paid” says‚ many players often get scholarships from a period of one or two years which covers college tuition fee‚ meal-plan‚ housing and textbook and these benefits‚ participating in college sports is considered a full time job and also the NCAA produce billion

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    The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) claims to be a nonprofit organization. Athletes enter the NCAA to play out their dreams of furthering their high school sports career to the next level. They receive scholarships that cover all or most of their school tuition and other fees but end up wanting more for their dedication. They expect more because they are hardworking athletes. To keep high ranked players from attending other colleges‚ coaches and other college faculty pay players under

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    In William Wordsworth’s "The World is Too Much With Us‚" this poem heeds warning to his generation. This warning is that they are losing sight of what is actually important in this world: nature and God. To some people both of these are the same thing "...as if lacking appreciation for the natural gifts of God is not sin enough‚ we add to it the insult of pride for our rape of His land" (Wordsworth). With his words‚ Wordsworth makes this message perpetual and everlasting. William Wordsworth

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    the thought of being paid at the end of the month. College athletes‚ however‚ go to practice every day‚ knowing they will not receive any pay for their work. Everyone expects them to play for the fun of the game‚ but in this capitalistic world today‚ is that really enough? Even though college athletes are considered amateur student athletes‚ they already earn scholarships‚ and colleges might have a few problems with money‚ colleges should pay athletes because the athletes earn the colleges billions

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    Mr. Segura 09/10 /11 Do people work better if they are paid more? I have to say that most people will do more work if they are paid more money. That’s also one of the main reasons why people seek new and better paying jobs in the working World.Sure‚ there is a mental and a physical limit of the amount of work that a person is able to do within a certain amount of time. Yes‚ there are times during the year when those limits are exceeded for a short interval. Well‚ if you have a reasonable employer

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    Should college athletes be paid actual cash for their contribution to the sport they participate in? Now I know a lot of people would argue that‚ “athletes do get paid‚ in scholarships”‚ but what about the big time D1 athletes that have their jersey’s being sold and being put on magazine covers? I mean some of these athletes we hear about daily are being publicized like celebrities. In Division 1 sports the big time conferences and schools have big time athletes that bring the universities they are

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