athletes should not have a salary cap because they have put in more work‚ time‚ and dedication than others‚ and now they have more to strive for so they can be the top performer. Body Paragraph #1 Topic Sentence: Many professional athletes fought the pain and dedication to make the big money they make now. Supporting Evidence #1: According to the article “an athlete’s salary can range from $100‚000 to $1‚000‚000 (Professional athletes‚ 2014)”. Explanation: Not all athletes get paid millions
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Pay for Play Today‚ sports are no longer fun and games‚ sports are a business‚ and college sports are no different. Division I college sports provide a huge source of universities’ income. The school receives money from ticket sales‚ television contracts‚ and sport-related merchandise‚ along with many other sports related revenue builders. The athletes on the other hand‚ receive their scholarship and little more. While the idea of receiving a free college education is something few would complain
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effort in it‚ yet they don’t get paid. When athletes play a sport‚ they have even more stuff to worry about than a regular student. They have to worry about their grades‚ staying fit to play‚ stay healthy‚ attend to practice every day there’s practice‚ and then after practice go home and do all their work even though they are tired. How much do they get paid for going through all that? Zero dollars. College athletes should get paid to play too. The average salary of a third division college coach
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Salary Inequality and Performance in MLB Introduction/Overview: This paper will explore the effect of team chemistry on performance in Major League Baseball (MLB). In the 2000s‚ the Yankees were a team of great individual talent‚ however‚ their lack of team unity was noticeable. In the playoffs‚ when heart‚ guts‚ and team chemistry matter greatly‚ the Yankees fell short and were easily eliminated each year. It wasn’t until 2009‚ when the Yankees acquired jokester Nick Swisher‚ prankster
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work extremely hard‚ they do not deserve that high of a salary because there are people who do more for this country than just entertain. Everyone loves watching the olympics‚ football‚ or basketball‚ but that doesn’t mean that athletes should get paid in the tens of millions of dollars. Maybe that’s why the United States is so in debt is because people care more about sports than their own well being. First and foremost‚ athletes get paid more the military which shouldn’t be happening‚ the military
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athletes are paid fairly not all of them spend all their money they just don’t know what to do with it besides some people make more money just sitting around. Next‚ athletes are paid fairly they work hard for what they earn. One thing is for certain they have no idea how to have any financial help and they have no idea how to spend their money. Besides Ralph Lauren owns 100 million square feet in New York and made $66.7 million just renting it out. Meanwhile the average Bears player makes only $6 million
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drafted to play for a college you might get a full ride.Many colleges will profit off of their athletes not give their student athletes anything in return. So one of the biggest questions is should student athletes be paid more than just scholarships? My opinion like many others say that they should get paid for playing sports. Big name schools like Ohio State University‚ Notre Dame‚and Syracuse University are known for their sports program which brings in a lot of money and notoriety for the school
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says that ‘According to the public‚ an appropriate salary for a decent footballer would be seventy-five thousand pound– the same as for a top doctor. Since 1961 the average wage of a hard working miner has increased by 6% whilst the top footballer’s wage has increased by 1439% for kicking a ball around a football pitch. I understand that lots of people enjoy football and support teams because they are local etc. but don’t you think they’re paid a too much money? Christiano Ronaldo earned £15 million
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head-Emil Zatopek.” This quote shows that if you’re happy playing your favorite sport then money should be the last thing you should be worried about. The idea of paying college athletes has been thrown around for a couple years. Some student athletes feel that they bring in a great deal of money to their universities‚ but they do not see one penny of it. These students think they should be getting paid because they put a great deal of their time and effort into playing. Instead of paying students
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military should make this much too. This is not possible. Our military gets paid from tax income of the country. The United States gets $3.7 trillion in income tax. If you divided that among all the soldiers and pay them what pros get paid‚ this is how much it would be. It would be 7.8063324e+12‚ that’s a lot. My main three reasons for thinking pros should get paid more than soldiers are not enough money‚ just as much training‚ and they get paid from different sources. Athletes get paid from millions
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