Should College Athletes Be Paid? Do you think college athletes should or should not be paid? This topic has been dispute for many years now. There are many arguments about this and both sides have very strong points. I believe that college athletes should be paid because they work hard and have proven that they will work harder than their competitors and will be the best they can be. They should be paid because they work hard‚ they have shown they can make it in a professional league and‚ that
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Sierra Wilson Bolender English 1010 11/28/16 Compensation of College Athletes The biggest achievement of student athlete in this day and age is committing to a big time NCAA Division I athletic program in his or her respective sport. It is an immense accomplishment‚ but an equally immense commitment. The term “signing your life away” more than an expression. The coaches and staff of those programs monitor every aspect of life in big time college athletic programs. College athletics has also become
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In every sport there’s always that one guy‚ the one who was born to play‚ the one the entire team looks for when they need a win. The Los Angeles Lakers have Kobe Bryant and now Dwight Howard‚ the Miami Heat have Lebron James‚ and the Milwaukee Bucks have Brandon Jennings. There have been these athletes and many more who fit into that category. These three men are in an elite group of their own‚ each of them didn’t attend a single class in college‚ and as a matter of fact they didn’t play a single
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College itself is difficult because students have to learn the material and then master it so that they could succeed and reach their ultimate goal‚ but imagine how much time a student would need if they go to school and on top of that they have to juggle playing a sport. College students who do both are called student athletes because they are students and athletes. On average‚ a “Division I spend about 40 hours a week on athletic activities‚” and on top of that‚ if full time students‚ they would
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The Struggle of Paying College Athletes The Coach of a football team is just as important as any player performing on the field. In fact his power over the team surpasses that of any one single player‚ the coach can determine whether an entire season is a victory or a loss. Perhaps this is why Colleges justify paying a coach millions of dollar a year‚ but the players who are out there beside him next to nothing. Although a lot of the players that perform on the field week by week do get
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Paying College Athletes Every single year‚ thousands of student athletes across the United States sign the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Form 08-3a‚ the “Student Athlete” form‚ which defers their right to receive payment for the use of their name and image (McCann). This form categorizes student athletes as amateurs who are not allowed to earn any sort of payment for playing their sports. Student athletes cannot ever earn one single penny from their college athletic careers‚ yet their
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retired professional ice hockey player‚ “the NCAA makes over 6 billion dollars yearly.” All this money goes to support championships and programs that benefit student athletes and for building operations. The NCAA is supposed to be a non-profit organization but they sell jerseys with the star athletes names on them. The “student-athletes” get none of the money that is made by selling their name on the jerseys. Even though they get a free education with their scholarship‚ college athletes should be
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College Athletes be reimbursed for Their Efforts? My fellow classmates‚ there is an issue that must be presented to all of you. College athletes: should they be paid for what they do? The answer is simple: yes college athletes should be reimbursed for their efforts. The NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) basketball athletes are being treated like slaves. They do all of the work‚ they might get a little reward‚ but they usually get nothing. Why should college athletes get paid
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the past few years college athletics have gained immense popularity across the United States. Whether it be football‚ basketball‚ or hockey‚ ever since the turn of the century‚ intercollegiate sports have brought in a surplus of revenue to their respective Universities‚ as well as increasing the popularity of the College’s reputation. For example‚ in a study conducted by the Orland Sentientnel‚ it was estimated that the University of Texas’ Athletic Program had the highest revenue of any other University
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without the college athletes. Many feel that because the schools benefit so greatly that the athletes deserve some compensation beyond the scholarships for tuition. College Athletes as a whole have been at the helm of discussion for years when it comes down to whether or not they should be paid. According to the Indianapolis Star‚ the NCAA made over 912 million dollars in 2013-2014. This astonishing fact alone can‚ for some‚ raise the bar in discussion when it comes to student athletes receiving benefits
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