Being a college athlete is an accomplishment to be proud of and provides personal benefits to the student. Every year more than 360‚000 students partake in intercollegiate sports programs endorsed by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (Athletic Participation and Wellness 153). The benefits that come from being talented and dedicated to a sport includes scholarships and social interaction with schools and people. However‚ many are concerned with how it may conflict with their educational
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whether or not college athletes should be paid. A majority of these college athletes receive scholarship money and grants from the school that they have been recruited by. These scholarship packages pay for the students’ tuition‚ books‚ meal plan‚ room and board fees. Because these athletes are given these things‚ many people may ask‚ “What more do they need?” Along with that question‚ another problem with paying them is‚ “where would all the money come from?” Which athletes should get paid the most
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Should professional athletes be required to take a drug test? Drugs affect everybody in certain ways. They can really mess with you mind and body. Depending on the drug‚ some can have lifelong implications. They can especially have a lifelong implication if used by teens that are still growing. If teens take drugs‚ they can really get hurt physically and mentally. Not only will they get hurt‚ they could get caught‚ and then their life will pretty much be thrown away and won the able to get good jobs
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Athletes are Not Above the Law: Double Standard Athletes Should any athlete be judged on what kind of person he or she is on or off the field‚ court‚ or swimming pool? The answer is yes‚ athletes should be punished for actions which occur in their own personal lives. In today’s world‚ sport stars and other athletes are looked up to by all ages. Everyone loves them. They look great in the eyes of the everyday public. They appear on television; they perform like rock stars‚ and do this with the
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Are Professional Athletes Paid Too Much For years‚ fans of the four major U.S sports NFL‚ MLB‚ NBA‚ and the NHL have been arguing over the question “Are Professional Athletes Paid To Much”? This question has been discussed and scrutinized by every fan from a novice up to the most die-hard fans. No matter how much fans think Michael Jordan was the greatest basketball player that they have ever watched it does not mean that an annual salary of $30‚000‚000 dollars was justified. In our present
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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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It’s about time: Stipends for College Athletes Imagine being a college football star and finding out that a jersey representing your school with your name and number on the back is not only selling for $110 in stores nationally‚ but it is profiting higher than some professional sports jerseys. Now‚ imagine that you as that student-athlete will not be making a single penny off your institution using your name for monetary profit. Why you ask? Because according to the governing body of collegiate
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College Athletes: The Struggles of Black Student Athletes College athletics provide a way for a lot of students to pay for a college education. These athletes work hard at their selected sport in order to keep the scholarships. Regardless of all this hard work‚ these athletes have nothing to show for it. A percentage of the athletes are black and come from poor inner city community where their families struggle to keep the bills paid and to keep food on the table. These black athletes are being
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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 students
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Assignment Five College Athletes and Compensation Professor Adam Lawrence Strayer University June 9‚ 2013 PART I: PROBLEM The goal of this paper is to focus on evidence that college athletes‚ specifically‚ football players should be compensated for the talents they demonstrate on the field; for many reasons. It is well documented that college presidents‚ coaches‚ athletic directors often think of athletics as the “front porch” of their campuses (Weaver‚ 2011)‚ as it relates to college
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