College players need to get paid for what they do. When college players do not get paid‚ they do not get paid for the great things that they do on national TV. College players make more money for school playing their sport than people’s salaries. Did you know that just if you make it to the NCAA BCS game‚ you get at least six million dollars. That’s not even if you win. Sure student athletes get free things like free tuition‚ board‚ room fees‚ and food‚ but paying players would give them money for
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billion dollar industry and everyone gets paid except for the players the ones that actually play in the games. Although the players are not employees they should get paid. Imagine you’re a full time student and you’re working at a full time job and for all of your hard work and dedication you help your company make lots of money but out of all that money that you help make you get none of it. But your boss and all the people with higher positions than you gets paid. Now for a student athlete in college
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“Former college football player Ron Brace stated that college football is ‘like a job. We get up early‚ workout‚ meetings‚ class and practice. We’re giving up a big chunk of our life. I see no reason we shouldn’t be paid’” (Lemmons). These players are basically working full time jobs‚ and rarely have time to study for classes and do well in school. Many of these players would not have been admitted into these schools in the first place if it were not due to their athletic
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III Honors 6 April 2017 Should College Student Athletes be paid? The topic of whether or not student athletes in college should get paid has gotten increasingly larger each year. Lots of people say they should get paid to play their respective sports while lots of people say they shouldn’t. Even though The athletes knew they only get what they sign for in their scholarship offer and should not seek anymore‚ college athletes should get paid because some don’t get big enough scholarships to cover the
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get paid more money than normal jobs. They say that they do more work‚ and that they deserve more money for having jobs that require more training and skills. Although having a professional job should get paid high ‚ normal jobs such as a teacher shouldn’t get paid any less; therefore wages are not fair. First of all‚ some people have very dangerous jobs and don’t get paid enough. For example the military people. The military put their life on the line to protect our country‚ and yet get paid less
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As a current high school student involved in athletics‚ the main goal has become to receive a scholarship so that the burden of financial loans will not be as severe. A controversial issue has arisen as to whether or not college athletes should be paid or not. Although athletes are the primary source of revenue for the school‚ paying them would add more financial pressure to colleges and athletic programs‚ mislead their motivation‚ and create a tension within colleges and universities. In today’s
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Many women working full time are paid only 77-79 cents for every dollar paid to their male counterparts; this creates difficulty when trying to tend to their family’s basic needs such as paying for food‚ housing and other necessities. Equal pay is essential‚ but often employees do not receive the same amount of salary as others in their work field who put in the equal amount of work and effort in just because of their gender. While some argue that “[women] get paid less… because they work fewer hours
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STUDY Should men and women be paid the same in sports? Women’s sport has largely progressed in the last 50 years. Women now play a larger range of sports and have access to many opportunities to play sport at a professional level. Yet the athletic world is still largely male-dominated. Women and men rarely play sport together and women are paid less when compared to men playing the same form of professional sport. In a recently published list of the 100 highest paid athletes globally there were
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are affected by the law that prevents college athletes from getting paid (NCAA). "Everyone is making money off them except them‚"(Reshke).“The United States is a sports-obsessed nation‚ and National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) football and basketball contests are some of the most widely viewed‚ highly rated‚ heavily bet on‚ and highly profitable sporting events in the country‚” (Garcia). College athletes fail to get paid‚ they always put their health at risk when playing‚ and the sport takes
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Every person on this planet is unique and has something that they are good at. Most people‚ when given the opportunity‚ will try to pursue a career that reflects their strengths and interests. Some people aspire to be professional athletes‚ while others would like a science career. No matter what field one wishes to enter‚ however‚ a college degree is usually required‚ which in turn favors those who had high GPAs in high school. GPAs‚ if you don’t already know‚ are based on the grades students receive
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