childhood favorite game and making millions of dollars. This is what athletes all around the world do for a living. They have astronomical salaries‚ and hardly work to make their money. Also‚ they don’t save lives but earn more money than people who do. While they are always putting a burden on their bodies‚ they don’t deserve this much money. Athletes barely work for their money. Approximately 50 percent of NBA players play about 30 minutes per game‚ yet still‚ make 7‚000 to 290‚000 dollars
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Compensation for College Athletes Athletes have to be dedicated to the game they play. Dedication means something different to each person; it is how the person responds to adversity that makes all the difference for when they play again. When student athletes have to practice they must be committed to their sport. This means student athletes must make their sport their second full time job‚ their first full time job is their schooling. Division 1 football players spend 43.3 hours a week practicing
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Paying College Athletes Everyone has their own opinion on whether or not college athletes should be paid. College athletes are athletes who come straight out of high school to play at a higher level of competition in college. These athletes are expected to perform like they are in the pro-league. Although expectations are high for college athletes‚ they should not be paid to play the sport they chose to play. Most athletes have known that they wanted to advanced to the next level of athletics since
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April 25‚ 2012 Should College Be for Everyone What is the purpose to be a student in college? Getting into university regarded as the best option after graduating from high school. But not everyone has ability to finish up four-year course of college. Even graduated from university‚ it doesn’t mean the nice job and perfect income. “Each decade‚ 30 million graduate from high school but only 6 million receive a college degree.”(Buffenbarger) Part of them can not be accepted by college‚ and others drop
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organization the NCAA averages an annual profit of 6 billion dollars. The volunteers of this company are made slaves by the system. The athletes no longer scoring the game winning touchdowns are soon forgotten about. Many of these athletes going in their thirties and forties are barely able to walk‚ and cannot go through the day without a headache. Student athletes deserve to be compensated for risking their bodies for the NCAA‚ and the millions of fans watching for entertainment. Conferences such
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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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Paying College Athletes Every single year‚ thousands of student athletes across the United States sign the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Form 08-3a‚ the “Student Athlete” form‚ which defers their right to receive payment for the use of their name and image (McCann). This form categorizes student athletes as amateurs who are not allowed to earn any sort of payment for playing their sports. Student athletes cannot ever earn one single penny from their college athletic careers‚ yet their
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all because they need to get all of the debts that they are swimming in‚ paid as quickly as possible‚ just so that they can start living their life. While people may believe that this will cost society more money‚ when it comes to college level education‚ I believe that all tuition and fees should be covered by the government‚ all the way to a phd.
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KIDS SHOULD PLAY OUTDOORS David S. Compton Columbia University KIDS SHOULD PLAY OUTDOORS Years ago‚ computers were not so easily accessible‚ and life was not filled with electronic equipment and electronic games. Children would spend time outdoors. However‚ today children spend free time indoors watching television and playing video games using the technology of electronic equipment. This may make parents comfortable because in this changing world it allows them to control
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Why student athletes get drug tested Student athletes should get drug tested before they get to play the sport they want to play. If a student athlete get drug tested it increases their chances of going to colleges‚ if the athlete does not get drug tested then him or her will have serious problems in the future like poor academic outcomes‚ and finally is that schools are making their campus a drug and smoke campus. The first one is that if they get drug tested it increases their chances in going
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