Reaching Female College Athletes: Nutrition and Eating Disorders in Female College Athletes Stephanie J. Watson‚ B.S. Indiana State University Nutrition and Eating Disorders in Female College Athletes Athletes tend to be highly competitive‚ highly-achieving‚ and self-disciplined individuals (Mahan and Escott-Stump‚ 2000). Similar personality traits are seen in people with Anorexia Nervosa (AN). A lean body type is associated with enhanced strength and performance in many competitive
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Should College Athletes Be Paid? The NCAA is a multibillion-dollar business. They generated over 845 billion dollars last year. The President‚ Mark Emert‚ does not believe college athletes should be paid. He makes about 1.7 million dollars yearly and only has to pay 419 employees. Something seems wrong with this situation. If coaches and administrators are making millions of dollars from the players‚ why are the players not making any of the money? College athletes deserve to get a profit
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believe that college athletes deserve to get paid while many other believe that they should not. While there are many common arguments why college athletes should not get paid such as they are on scholarship‚ they are amateurs‚ and paying college athletes would ruin college sports. College athletes should get paid and there are various reasons why they deserve some form of monetary compensation. The typical American work week is said to be 40 hours‚ “while the typical division 1 college football player
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First of all‚ the risk factor involved with collegiate sports is all to high to not compensate players. If a student-athlete is hurt or unsuccessful‚ the coaches and administrators can thus waive a player and left with nothing. Moreover‚ no one mentions the lifetime of health care bills that await some student-athletes in contact sports. How can a "free education" compensate them for debilitating injuries caused during their time on campus? And how can we as fans truly enjoy a football game knowing
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Should athletes be required to finish college in order to play in the pros? I believe that they should be required. Athletes should have an education in case they do not make it in the pros. Many athletes run out of the money they made while playing. By getting an education the athlete secures his/her future. Many athletes do not make it into the pros.Many athletes that did not complete college or high school have made it into the pros‚ but statistics show that only a small percentile actually
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Success among College Athletes Do student athletes make the most of their opportunity to obtain a post-secondary education? Do they have the same academic success as those students that are not athletes? Are student athletes just “dumb jocks?” The answers to these questions might surprise you. Much research has been done to dispel the myth that athletes going to college are only there to play sports with little regard to their education. Programs have been created to assure that colleges and universities
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paid at the end of the month. College athletes‚ however‚ go to practice every day‚ knowing they will not receive any pay for their work. Everyone expects them to play for the fun of the game‚ but in this capitalistic world today‚ is that really enough? Even though college athletes are considered amateur student athletes‚ they already earn scholarships‚ and colleges might have a few problems with money‚ colleges should pay athletes because the athletes earn the colleges billions of dollars‚ others
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2 20 December 2016 Should College Athletes get Paid? College athletes need the money too! All college athletes need money to help them get stuff to get them through college‚ and life. Also in some cases‚ some college athletes are already starting their families‚ so they need the money to help support their family. College athletes need to live like everyone else‚ and what does everyone need to live‚ they need money. This is the backfire of paying college athletes‚ they would rather have their
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College athletes come after school and during school everyday for practice. College athletes also travel from place to place and they have to play games every week and sometimes there games are on weekend. Some athletes that play dangerous sports like football and baseball could get hurt for playing their sport. I believe that athletes should get paid for playing for many different reasons. College athletes should be paid for playing because they put their bodies on the line when they play in their
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29‚ 2014 Paying College Athletes Whether college athletes should get paid to play college sports is still to be determined. Some people say that college athletes should get paid because everybody else such as the coaches‚ the NCAA‚ and the college are all getting paid. Also some people say they shouldn’t get paid because the students didn’t go to college to get paid they went to get a degree. The pros of paying college athletes is college athletes would be able to provide for their
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