9 December 2013 Paying College Athletes Are college athletes in need of extra income or can they live comfortably with just a scholarship? Many articles assert the contrary that college athletes do need extra cash outside of a scholarship‚ Steve Berkowitz of USA today assert” NCAA President Mark Emmert was credited with nearly $1.7 million in compensation during the 2011 calendar year‚ according to the association’s new federal tax return” this suggest that athletes should also be rewarded with
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Paying College Athletes Year after year‚ they put the madness in March. They bring traditions unlike any others to the network every Saturday of fall. They make millions upon millions of dollars for their respective universities. Yet‚ today’s college athletes see absolutely none of that money. Rod Gilmore‚ a football analyst for ESPN‚ in the article‚ “College Football Players Deserve Pay for Play‚” claims that athletes should have a share in money in this multibillion-dollar entertainment
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Should College Athletes Be Paid? Frankly‚ there is no simple answer to the question of salaries for college athletes. The NY Times Upfront article “Should College Athletes Be Paid?” poses two fantastic arguments; “yes” says Joe Nocera‚ author of Indentured: The Inside Story of the Rebellion Against the NCAA‚ and “no” says Bob Williams‚ Sr. Vice President of Communications a NCAA. Although Mr. Nocera makes the valid point of how much revenue college athletes earn for their schools‚ Williams states
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Hobbies? We often look at college athletes as miniature stars. The question is‚ why should student’s athlete get a paycheck for playing amateur level sports? Athletes complain about how they do not get enough for playing a sport. They are forgetting that they are being rewarded with a half or full scholarship. The main goal for these athletes is being academically successful. Not who has the best jump shot or who fumbled a ball‚ that does not matter. The essence of playing college level has been taken
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"Should College Athletes be paid?" Have you ever had a job and never got paid for it? It has never happened to me and hopefully it never does but unfortunately college athletes do not a choice. The Chris Webber scandal brought up the question "Should college athletes be paid?" Webber decided to receive thousands of dollars along with his University of Michigan teammates from Ed Martin. Martin was the former Michigan booster who was arrested on charges of money laundering. There was also "unproven
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I will be raising some differences and some similarities between college athletics and professional athletics and show how each pertains to social and individual obligations. I would like to first talk about some advantages of being a college athlete. First of all‚ there are no trade possibilities. Depending on the performance in the games‚ one may be set back to a non-starter role‚ but will still be part of the same team as long as the academic GPA is at‚ or above‚ the passing level. If not
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The Ball and Chain The term‚ “student athlete” is a polarizing one. In today’s America‚ college sports -- particularly football and basketball‚ are as much a part of the sports enthusiast’s landscape as is any professional sport. In any case‚ with enthusiasm comes money. In this case‚ billions of dollars are generated by television viewership‚ merchandise sales and university boosters. College athletes are the driving force behind an industry where television executives‚ university presidents‚ athletic
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NCAA Tourney -- the colleges‚ the conferences‚ the networks‚ the announcers and analysts‚ the coaches‚ the fans who win their office pools -- everybody‚ that is‚ but the stars of the show: the players themselves.” (ESPN) The National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) essential principles about the role of student-athletes and its economic model received a partial rebuke from the courts. On Aug. 8‚ 2014‚ a federal judge ruled that the NCAA’s rule prohibiting student-athletes from being compensated
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To Pay or Not to Pay College Athletes? In the article‚ “The Shame of College Sports‚” noted author and historian Taylor Branch discusses the injustice of the National Collegiate Athletic Association not paying their college athletes. Branch references and goes into detail about several legal cases‚ in which the NCAA blatantly takes advantage of players and their families. He lectures his audience on the extensive history of the NCAA‚ pointing out many ignoble and hypocritical actions committed
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What is going to happen to college sports? The sports them self’s are becoming bigger than the school instead of being a school activity‚ college sports are also becoming a separate entity through the help of the NCAA. In the book Game Over author Dave Zirin sheds light on how college players are exploited for profits for the faculty of the NCAA including the university’s coaches‚ some making over six figure salaries while the schools that endorse sports teams are making cuts to teaching and maintenance
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