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    Sports Marketing Individual Case Study Student-Athlete pay or no pay Meredyth Frye Student-Athlete or Athlete-Student? Introduction. We are in a heavily demanding athletic world that everyone feels they are entitled to money for their skills and that it is never too early to be paid millions if they think they deserve it. These athletes are infatuated with the life of the professional league players and the life these players live. The amount of money they make‚ the cars they own‚ or the houses

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    slavery is the plantation system involving universities taking advantage from the forced amateurism of student athletes in the present day of sports. In the world of college‚ athletics today schools have become a billion dollar industry profiting from the exploitation involving thousands of college athletes who are given only a scholarship‚ which more than 50 percent of college athletes push aside for another goal. This goal chased by millions but only grasped by few is the opportunity to play professionally

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    Testing‚ is there too much of it? What should we do about it less testing or leave it alone. I believe there should be less testing because it takes up valuable time‚ money‚ and there are too many of them. In this section I will be talking about how many tests we take. Between preschool and being a senior we take about 112 tests. Taking all of those tests takes up about 20-25 hours each year. I’m not saying to end all tests just to get rid of some of them so we don’t take as many. Getting rid of

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    College athlete salary has been a controversial issue for many years. Many debate that they do not need a salary and that all they need is the scholarship that they were given to get into the school. At the same time people argue that they need compensation for putting their bodies and careers on the line‚ they bring in lots of profit for the school‚ and need money moving forward in their professional career and in life after college. Kevin Ware‚ guard for the 2013 NCAA men’s basketball

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    football players being paid has been widely discussed‚ but in reality the fact that this is even a discussion is just ridiculous. College football isn’t a job‚ it is an extracurricular activity students can take part in while in college. Behind this common idea is college football players already are being seen as more privileged and that is not fair to other students and paying college football players will increase that perception. Also if the college football players were paid there must be an organized

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    Therefore‚ it would be unfair for departments that can pay their players to do so. The figures come from the NCAA annual report of revenue and expenses for Division I sports. This is one of my main arguments against paying football players. Bokshan‚ Amanda. ”Viewpoint: Why College Athletes Should Not Be Paid." USA TODAY College. N.p.‚ 2 Nov. 2011. Web. 28 Oct. 2014. Bokshan argues that college athletes should not be paid because of where the money would come from. This article has ethos because it

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    College athletes are given a scholarship based on their abilities in a certain sport. Each college athlete has the chance to improve their chance of becoming a better athlete in any sport they play‚ but they have to put their mind to it and work hard every day to become better. On average‚ a college athlete will spend between thirty and forty hours a week just trying to get better and become the best athlete that they can be and live up to their potential. Every year a college program will spend

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    Pro Athletes Right to Protest You are on the field and the national anthem starts. You know the flag and national anthem stands for the men and women who fought and justice and freedom for all‚ but you have not felt all in America have had the justice and freedom they need. Athletes should take a more stands. Pro Athletes have not gone to far because they take major risks for protesting‚ it’s their opinion‚ and we need a solution. Pro Athletes can get in trouble for sharing their opinions for sharing

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    How many college athletes aren’t poor? The college athletes refers to the people who play sport that is organized by institutions. Only one out of twenty five would become pro. I think they should be paid to know how to administrate the money‚ so it wood be good for them. Also they are in danger while they are playing. First of all‚ they should be paid‚ because they put their body in danger and they can get hurt. If they get hurt‚ they lose their scholarship‚ and they don’t finish their careers

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    that some people think that rule changes are needed‚ and some say that the whole rule should be abolished‚ and all athletes should be paid. With my personal knowledge of secrecy and how people can secretly hide items of interest‚ some students would possibly work at Pizza Hut‚ have a boosters guy order a $10 dollar pizza and leave a $500 dollar tip. We all know that that’s not right to do‚ but some regulations need to be lifted. If you let college athlete’s work within the school‚ such as in the cafeteria

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