First‚ I would like to thank everyone who came out today. All those people at home and all of the incredible athletes in front of me. I would also like to thank my family for personally being there for me though our fight. This is the first and the last time earning something so wonderful along with all these others. It is an absolute honor to be here tonight receiving this accomplished award here at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Joining people like Wayne Gretzky and other talented individuals who have
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It is 6:00 a.m. on Friday morning‚ and Sharon is about to awaken her eighteen month old baby‚ Jessica‚ to prepare her for a long weekend of make-up‚ hairspray‚ and gowns. Jessica is one of the thousands of babies forced into the many children’s beauty pageants each year. Sharon is among the many over-demanding parents who pressure their young and innocent children into beauty pageants each year and this is wrong. Beauty pageants were started many years ago but became more prominent in the society
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puts it “It is just a daily reminder to keep me focused on what is right” (Henry). Others do it to express themselves or as a right of passage‚ like turning eighteen years old. As in my daughters case she waited until she was eighteen and up at college with her friends. To say the least I wasn’t very happy with her decision‚ I thought of it as a form of rebellion. However‚ it was her first real adult decision all on her own. After all who hasn’t done something like this when we were young?
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that only 23 college universities have the money to pay all of their athletes‚ according to the List Land webpage. The topic of college athletes being paid has always been a debatable topic‚ and is still to this day. Paying athletes isn’t smart because most athletes already receive a scholarship‚ playing college sports is a privilege‚ and last but not least‚ college athletes are irresponsible with their money. Therefore‚ college athletes should not be paid. No doubt that college athletes are phenomenal
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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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scream and complain that college athletes should be "compensated" for their work on the field. We hear that because college athletes generate money to the university they should get money back. Maybe we should pay high school athletes too‚ they generate money. College athletes in major universities don’t pay for transportation‚ tuition or team facilities. On top of a free ride the school should pay them as well? Not a chance. I have some very good reasons why college athletes should not be paid. One
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College Athletes: To pay or not to pay? After being established in 1905 with the help of former President of the United States‚ Theodore Roosevelt‚ the NCAA has become on of the most profitable organizations in America. The NCAA makes approximately 11 million dollars from CBS alone for just the three weekends of March Madness. Many other college sports bring each of their respected programs millions upon millions of dollars each year. This is why college athletes have must be paid a salary by the
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College Athletes Shouldn’t Be Compensated Some people‚ like one of our classmates named Isaac Harris‚ believe that college athletes should get paid. That isn’t how it should be‚ though. College athletes should not receive compensation anytime soon because they already get paid‚ every college students will want compensation‚ and college athletes simply get to live the dream. First off‚ college athletes already get paid. They get paid in a way that many others wish they could. They get paid with
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billion dollars in athletic scholarships are given out‚ because of this college athletes should not be paid. College athletes should not be paid because there’s not enough money to give scholarships and pay the athletes at the same time. For the athletes who are getting scholarships‚ the players are basically already getting paid to play for their team. If you get a scholarship you are obviously good enough to get noticed by colleges‚ who are just going to make you better. So‚ you’ll obviously get noticed
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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 is written by a college student who is studying sports management. Because she is a sports management major‚ it shows she is knowledgeable when it comes to sports. This source will provide good information on why the athletes should not be paid. The
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