Jeren McGhee Jenna Tucker Research Paper November 10‚ 2011 Paying College Athletes? Might Not Be a Bad Thing College athletes are some of the hardest working individuals around. Athletes have a routine that includes brutal practices‚ intense games‚ and difficult college courses. College athletes carry a tremendous weight on their shoulders. Compensation for college athletes has been a controversial subject for years. Many individuals have their arguments in support of each side
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Are Athletes Overpaid The average athlete can make more than the President of the United States; how is that fair? Athletes‚ like Tom Brady‚ are overpaid and make more that the average families that work till they are 70 years old. Do athletes really deserve to make that much? The answer is no‚ they do no. First‚ athletes make way over a million dollars in one year. The average income of an American family is about 54‚000 dollars a year. A nurse only makes 70‚000 dollars a year. Compare that to
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The sports world has experienced controversy lately with high school and professional athletes choosing to kneel instead of standing during the national anthem. Colin Kaepernick is the athlete that started this; many people have taken a knee because of his views on injustice‚ police brutality‚ and black rights. The decision to kneel during the national anthem is an extremely debated topic. “The Star Spangled Banner‚” dating back to 1814‚ is still used today usually prior to kickoff or tipoff. This
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Athletes make too much money. Athletes hardly have to work for their money‚ and their pay is insanely high. However‚ they do put a lot of strain on their bodies. Athletes should be paid much less than what they are currently paid. Athletes hardly work for their money. As a matter of fact‚ Kobe Bryant used to make more money making two field goals than an average person would in a year. That is ridiculous. Sports stars hardly have to work for their pay‚ and several times‚ one will make a million
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most often performed during the first 28 weeks of pregnancy. Some people support this and that is called pro-choice this means the person thinks that a girl could do anything she wants with her body‚ but some people do not and that is referred to as pro-life which means they want the baby to live. So somebody is probably wondering what is the view of this paper? Well it’s going to be about pro-choice. Here are the reasons why women should have the right to do what they want with their own body because
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Sports Injuries Athletes all over the nation get hurt at some point in their career.”High school athletes account for an estimate of 2 million injuries and 500‚000 doctor visits and 30‚000 hospitalizations each year” (“Youth Sports Injuries Statistics”). And think this is only high school students. To decrease these numbers people must educate others‚ teach good form‚ and have proper rules in place to keep them safe. However we can stop the injuries if we know more about them. There are many
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There are many kids throughout the world that play sports. Some of them start playing at a young age like I did. I started playing volleyball‚ golf and basketball in the third or fourth game and I started playing softball at an even younger age‚ in kindergarten. I know that a lot of kids look up to many well known sports stars like Steph Curry‚ Tom Brady‚ Serena Williams and Ronda Rousey. The kids that look up to these stars want to have the same skills as them like‚ being able to shoot threes from
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National Hockey League Olympic Athletes In the 2014 Winter Olympics‚ National Hockey League (NHL) should allow players to participate in the games due to the belief that it provides the players‚ current‚ and potential fans the opportunity to participate on the world stage of hockey. The Olympics only occur once every four years and it would be unpatriotic to deny NHL players the opportunity to represent their home countries at the Olympics. The Olympic Games give the fans a chance to
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College athlete salary has been a controversial issue for many years. Many debate that they do not need a salary and that all they need is the scholarship that they were given to get into the school. At the same time people argue that they need compensation for putting their bodies and careers on the line‚ they bring in lots of profit for the school‚ and need money moving forward in their professional career and in life after college. Kevin Ware‚ guard for the 2013 NCAA men’s basketball
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Nikola Bohnke February 1‚ 2009 Mrs. Leamanczyk First Hour Persuasive essay � PAGE * MERGEFORMAT �4� � PAGE * MERGEFORMAT �5� Standing on Juhu beach‚ in Mumbai India‚ is little boy sifting through trash. He is wearing torn beach shorts and a plain t-shirt he probably found on the beach. As he is standing there you can see the beach extending far behind him completely covered in garbage‚ stretching on for miles. The boy ’s face is contorted from the smell of the heaping trash and the air seems slightly
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