Say you’re being forced to go to a building for 8+ hours‚ and you don’t get paid for it either. Welcome to a student’s life! If kids get paid for good grades that would be at least something! Plus don’t people say school is our “job”? What if giving kids money would be a good thing. Wouldn’t you think they would learn the economic system in the process? Also‚ don’t you think parents would save money in the long run? And when you want to make them do chores for something in a rush‚ it will be stressful
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Division 1 Football Player Should Not be Paid to Play "Should players be paid to play " (Dalton)? Its one of the biggest questions in the sports world right now and some people think that they should be paid to play but some would disagree with that. Football players think that they should be paid because they basically work for the university which takes time from them getting a real job (Connor). Division 1 football players shouldn’t be paid because they already get scholarship money‚ It wouldn’t
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"Should College Athletes be paid?" Have you ever had a job and never got paid for it? It has never happened to me and hopefully it never does but unfortunately college athletes do not a choice. The Chris Webber scandal brought up the question "Should college athletes be paid?" Webber decided to receive thousands of dollars along with his University of Michigan teammates from Ed Martin. Martin was the former Michigan booster who was arrested on charges of money laundering. There was also "unproven
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Introduction Did you know that college athletes are shorted million of dollars in monetary value? Of course‚ the obvious argument would be the athletes are receiving an expensive‚ high-quality education and that is sufficient. However‚ when really looking at the factual numbers‚ there is a huge discrepancy. College student athletes should be monetarily compensated in direct proportion to the revenue that is generated by the program’s university. Athletes are clearly being taken advantage of and exploited
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Alexander Bello April 20th‚ 2014 Should College Athletes Be Compensated? Doing something we love‚ whether it be a dream job we have always wanted or an extracurricular activity‚ allows us to feel as though we belong. We as humans put in that extra effort to shine in our particular fields in which we find enjoyment. As a result‚ we sometimes look for compensation for the extra effort we pour into it. This compensation or “award” that we look forward to is not always given to us; therefore
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April 2008 Paying College Athletes College sports have gained a lot of positive attention over the past couple of years due to the athletes’ passion and desire for the sports. Being nationally televised and making it deep into big tournaments can rack up a lot of wealth that colleges and universities can respectively cash in. Only the schools and sponsors of these profiting tournaments and bowl games collect the profits that athletes bring in and it is not fair. The athletes do not garner any
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College athletes on scholarships have many advantages over regular college students. Student athletes on scholarships do not have to take out as plentiful student loans as regular students. They also do not acquire expenses such as room and board‚ and books. Many students on scholarships get away from thousands of dollars in debt that accumulate during college. A few would say that this alone‚ is payment enough for those students. Scholarships do not include outside costs and extracurricular activities
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In the modern world of colleges and universities‚ sports have become an enormous part of the social life of colleges. In order for these colleges to be successful in area of athletics‚ colleges must recruit naturally talented athletes. These gifted athletes sometimes are not academically eligible‚ as far as grades and SAT scores go‚ but colleges still accept them in order to run a flourishing athletic program. There are individuals‚ who are upset at this‚ because athletics are believed to be accepted
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that each life value should be based on the individual’s income/job. People earn their own money and the amount should stay the same when they die. The amount would stay the same so the families can carry on with their normal lives. Some say each life should be valued equally. But‚ a person who went to college and worked hard for their money shouldn’t be paid the same as someone that works at burger king. For example‚ every person earns their own money/income so should be paid the same after death
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December 8‚ 2015 Why College Textbook Should Be Free? “The National Association of College Stores says the average college student will spend $655 on textbooks each year‚ but with a single textbook easily costing as much as $300‚ that total can easily be much higher.” (huffingtonpost.com) The amount of text books that college students are required to purchase for class is very high. Textbooks are one of the most expensive items to pay for in college. Students forget in college you have to start paying
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