Nathan Green Mrs. Chanin English 1020 20 April 2017 Paying the Players In today’s world sports are a business‚ and collegiate sports are no different. Division I college sports provide a huge portion of a university’s income. The school receives money from ticket sales‚ television contracts‚ and sport-related merchandise. The athletes on the other hand‚ receive little more than a scholarship. The majority of Division 1 athletes receive full scholarships to attend their choice university; however
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October 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
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Paying College Athletes: A Distraction from Academics Why should kids be paid for doing a professionals job? The debate on whether or not to pay college athletes is a debate that has been argued for quite some time. Due to the lack of positive results‚ and a surplus of negatives‚ this should not take place. There is no way to muster up a fair system to pay the athletes while keeping everyone happy. Also‚ paying players will distract them from their academics due to them knowing that they can make
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Paying College Athletes Max Scherzer‚ a professional baseball player‚ said “When you get drafted out of high school‚ you’re going to be going into the minor leagues‚ and that can take three to five or six years — multiple years — in the minor leagues‚ and you’re forfeiting your right to further your education”. He said this when he was talking to CSN’s‚ Santana Moss‚ on him choosing college over going pro right away. Scherzer choose to go to college‚ and not get paid‚ so he could get his education
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Assiya Dair ENGL 100905 Professor Faircloth Assignment 2: Argument (Persuasive Paper) “Are student athletes exploited by American universities that profit off of their athletic abilities? Or are student athletes unfairly pampered members of the student body?” After a long day of classes and practice‚ I don’t return to my room until 2:00 am. I am exhausted and haven’t eaten a good meal since the afternoon. After practice I am always tired and starving‚ but I do not have any time to relax because I
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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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Outline Purpose: The purpose of this speech is to inform my audience about the issue of potentially paying college athletes so that they may make an informed decision themselves. Thesis: As the popularity‚ and revenue continues to grow in college sports‚ the debate will be taken to new heights about whether or not college athletes are being exploited‚ and if they should be compensated monetarily. I. (C)The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) defines amateurism as‚ “The conviction
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for over a century‚ but the popularity has increased dramatically over the last several decades. College football and men’s basketball have been the most successful of them all‚ drawing in the best high school players from not only the United States‚ but those from around the globe also. Without a successful developmental league in the NFL or NBA it falls upon the NCAA to prepare these young athletes for a pro career. The NCAA has no reason to complain about being the primary “developmental league”
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There has been major discussion recently if college athletes should or shouldn’t be paid while they are in school. The first thing opponents say is‚ "They’re already getting a scholarship! That’s more than anybody else! Don’t be greedy!" Fine‚ let’s not be greedy and look at how much a scholarship is actually worth. On average‚ a full Division 1 scholarship is $25‚000 per year. "That’s $100‚000 over four years!" Yes it is‚ but most athletes don’t last at a school for the whole four years
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like if college athletes got paid? I could‚ especially with the help of this new article I read‚ written by Veronica Majerol for The New York Time Upfront. I chose this topic because I thought it would be interesting to know why they aren’t paid. I would say that they should be. So some reasons I think that college athletes should be paid are that some college athletes are unhappy with the title unfairly placed on them: amateur. College athletes should be treated as professional athletes. Their games
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