College Athletes Shouldn’t Be Paid While catching up on some game day scores for college football‚ an article popped up on the side with a title reading‚ College Athletes Deserve To Be Paid. I noticed it was written by Michael Wilbon‚ one of the hosts from the ESPN show‚ Pardon the Interruption. Already disagreeing with the title before even reading it‚ I was skeptical‚ but I clicked on the link and started to read. Wilbon brought up a number of decent points throughout the article‚ but for
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associated with the sports they play. In contrast‚ the college athlete has everything to lose and nothing to gain when he or she takes the risk of playing at the collegiate level. The many controversies between whether or not college athletes should be paid for their participation in sports have increased excessively over the past few years. The amount of effort
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civilization. Therefore‚ there is no excuse for these educators needs not to be met. Teachers struggle to get by on their salary‚ especially if they have a family to take care of. The career of an educator takes a lot of time and dedication. When being paid unfairly‚ many teachers don’t care about meeting the expectations‚ led alone exceeding them. Recently‚ some schools were able to raise the pay in their school district. This attracted a large pool of high quality
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comes from their sports programs. Ultimately‚ studies have shown student athletes put in more effort on the field or court than they do in the classroom. Therefore college student athletes should be paid for playing their sport while attending school. Many people say that college athletes should not be paid because college tuition‚ fees‚ rooms‚ and textbooks. They receive more than the average student can ever receive. The scholarships awarded to student athletes are very valuable in many ways. Without
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there are a lot of problems with how college athletes are treated. There has been a major discussion for years if college athletes should or should not be paid while they are in school. Many will say that student-athletes being on an athletic scholarship is enough and that they shouldn’t be greedy. Yet I digress‚ student-athletes should be paid. If college athletes weren’t there then the main source of income from the school
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"If you pay to participate in a sport‚ the overall quality of the team‚ equipment‚ and experience will be better‚" quote from Murphy Georger. What Georger is saying is that when you pay to participate in a sport everything will be better because the money that people pay to join will be used in a fabulous way. And if he or she pays to participate the money everyone pays can be gathered up and used to help the team succeed. Students should pay to play a school sport because the money can be used
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Are tax dollars used towards Criminals sitting in State Prisons a waste? Every year in the United States of America over 1.5 Billion Dollars of TAXES is paid by Residents of the United States. Weather the Tax money paid is used for Major crisis or unnecessary actions; we have no say. Although I have yet 2 years before I become involved in politics‚ government‚ credit‚ taxes etc. I stand firm when I say‚ I would hate to see even a penny ($.01) of mine being used to feed some bum in a cell who gets
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A Risk That Paid Off Success is life’s opportunities waiting to be explored. Many of us live our lives by the book in a very stereotypical modus. Most of us are taught from a very young age that a proper education is the key to success and the only way out of poverty. While this method is true for many; there are other individuals who have chosen to thread the unconventional path into inordinate success. Truth be told‚ there are many ways in which we can take risks whether academically or taking
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giant corporations over the American people. Over the last 30 years‚ the salary received by the average CEO has increased exponentially. The salary received by the average hourly worker‚ of course‚ has not. In 1980‚ CEOs were paid 42 times the average amount of money paid to hourly workers; by 2000 it had grown to a staggering 531 times.1 Its clear that as revenue grows‚ the pay gap between worker and CEO grows exponentially as well. In a corporation that only generates $5‚000‚000 in annual revenue
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The problem is we don’t pay college athletes like we should. If you were to play college lacrosse you would make no money. Most college lacrosse games you bring more people then you would in a professional game. College lacrosse players should be paid because they bring a lot of sponsors and people pay to watch lacrosse games but where does all that money go? Most of the money just goes to the school. Why wouldn’t they pay the players who are bringing all the money in? In almost all sports
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