Rhetorical Analysis Do you think college athletes should be paid? Al Woods believes college athletes should be paid because the schools are making money off the players‚ some athletes are being paid under the table‚ and athletes are giving up on education. However‚ Krikor Meshefejian believes that college students should not be paid because students receive scholarships‚ the payment system is problematic‚ and the experience is payment enough. Meshefejian has the better argument that students should
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College basketball players get a free education while playing the sport they love. Being able to get graduate with a degree as well as playing basketball is great thing. Having a degree to fall back on if a professional career does not workout is worth more than any amount of money colleges would be able to provide. Though many people believe that this is just not enough and believe that players deserve more. It could be that people just do not realize the value of an education and degree. These
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Schooled is a documentary about if D1 college athletes should be paid even if they have a full ride scholarship. I think that if athletes can’t buy or afford things outside of school that they should be provided with money to do so. If these colleges are earning revenue off of these athletes‚ but the athletes themselves are seeing none of it. Not being able to do things outside of a sport like get a job is harder on kids who don’t have a full ride because they also have to pay for part of their tuition
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What if everyone got a reward for everything they did in life‚ would it have any real value to the award? Participation trophies are being handed out to every young athlete without any true meaning‚ which is sending the wrong message to these young athletes. If every young athlete gets a trophy‚ the less meaning each trophy will show. Which also leads to the false belief behind each participation award. Many might disagree with me and think rewarding young athletes with participation trophies is
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Should you only reward youth athletes who earn their trophies? Participation trophies the easy way out. Participation trophies not only harm youth athletes‚ nut are a waste of money in youth organizations. Giving participation trophies decreases motivation. It is ok to give participation awards to 6-8 year old’s‚ but not to older youth athletes. Participation trophies should not be given because it teaches kids that you can get an award for just showing up. According to the "Trophies for All" youth
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In the past 10 years of my life I have lived in two different locations. The first one is Knoxville‚ Tennessee and the second is Naples‚ Florida. They are similar in some ways and different in other ways. Both cities have a couple of months where their economy is strongest and months where it isn’t as busy. The enviroment between the two cities are very different‚ and lastly the type of people that live in the two cities. While there are differences‚ the two locations have similarities most people
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Prompt 3: Through comparing and contrasting my skills‚ I’ve come to the conclusion that my greatest one is fighting. Along with my ability to fight came a skill set of determination‚ competitiveness‚ and memorization. Although my skill is not academic‚ it gives me qualities that can help me in the classroom. I’ve developed a strong memory and a passion for success.This skill has honestly helped me better my life. I started boxing when I was 14 years old as an overweight kid who was struggling with
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He has made the news the past couple of weeks for all the wrong reasons. The father of UCLA men’s basketball star Lonzo Ball‚ Lavar Ball is embroiled in multiple controversies stemming from comments made regarding his sons. He has three sons: Lonzo‚ star at ULCA‚ LaMelo and LiAngelo who plays basketball at Chino Highs High School in California. Simply put‚ he does not think any basketball player is better than his sons are‚ and wants the best for them. Recently‚ talking to USA Today Sports‚ Ball
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In my opinion‚ athletes are way overpaid. They are only playing a game against another team and they get paid thousands of dollars just to do so when people who save other people’s lives don’t get paid enough. On the other hand‚ we sometimes take the time out of our day to watch people play football‚ basketball‚ baseball‚ etc. We stand in front of our TV to watch and cheer them on. They play for us. There are a couple reasons why I think athletes are overpaid. Those reasons are that athletes make
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“More money more problems‚” have you ever wondered why athletes make more money than others. Today many athletes make several million dollars a year‚ hence athletes are significantly overpaid. Athletes jobs don’t have an effect on the world as a whole. Therefore doctors and others for example‚ should be paid more money than professional athletes. Some athletes make several million dollars a year. “It seems morally wrong that athletes would be paid more than people like firefighters‚ who serve the
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