mean that people should have to suffer for the rest of their life because of their mistakes. Just like everybody else‚ professional athletes who have been involved in illegal behavior should have the right to return to their old life once they have paid their debt to society. To keep athletes from playing in their sport goes against our country’s bill of rights‚ destroys the athlete’s life‚ and would leave them out of a job. Athletes who are being kept from playing their sport should be protected by
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Should Amateur Athletes Be Paid? The involvement of agents and boosters in collegiate level sports has become a major topic amongst headlines in news recently. If you were to pick any athletic program at random it is most likely that they have committed some sort of a violation. Many people argue that college athletes should not be paid because they receive scholarships that pay for their meals‚ housing‚ tuition‚ books‚ and so on. At some universities‚ these scholarships equal up to $200‚000
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Are professional athletes being paid too much? According to Charles Ray‚ athletes are making a lot more then they should be. Some players are making more then a brain surgeon would‚ yet the athletes don’t have to go through the pressure of saving lives. The money they’re getting paid could most definitely go to a different cause‚ instead of paying excessive amounts to hit a ball or shoot a basket. So‚ why do athletes get paid like they do? According to Chris Butterfield‚ it’s somewhat part of
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“There are no shortcuts to any place worth going” (Sills 1). In cross-country and track‚ this is the case because all athletes must exert maximum effort to achieve personal goals. Opponents of running disapprove of the sport‚ as it is simply a form of harsh punishment and does not assist the athletes. A high school coach forces his team to complete 20 hill sprints‚ 20 up-downs‚ two laps around the field‚ and the coach threatens he can kick one out of athletics if he or she does not finish the drills
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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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There are thousands of athletes getting paid millions of dollars for just playing a season of basketball‚ football‚ baseball‚ and etc. While nurses‚ firefighters‚ police officers‚ and the military are risking their lives for complete strangers. Some people think that these athletes deserve more than they do right now. I personally think that they don’t deserve what they are getting. Look at it this way‚ people are actually risking their lives‚ fighting for our country‚ and trying to keep us safe
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The average of all college students has probably been frightened by their university’s cost of attendance at some time. However‚ the purpose behind that high cost is often overlooked. The University focuses their budget off the revenue of their student’s tuition. The problem with charging everyone a set fee is how the left-over money is used in the budget. A University oversees their budget and how it is spent‚ however the choice on how the budget is used cannot satisfy everyone which often leave
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Why is a professional athlete able to get away with certain crimes that a normal everyday person couldn’t get away with? There isn’t a good enough answer to that question today. Some judges and law enforcement seem to look passed the wrong doing of a professional athlete because of their social status or importance to the league or association. Obviously this is unjust‚ athletes can’t get away with what whatever they want just because of the status they hold. One definition of the judicial system
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For college graduates who have other options‚ this kind of pressure‚ for such low pay‚ doesn’t make much sense. So every year 20 percent of teachers in urban districts quit. Nationwide‚ 46 percent of teachers quit before their fifth year. The turnover costs the
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of your college career and the beginning of the second and most important half of your life. As you manage your time and spend it wisely on both your free education and being an athlete‚ school feels like a breeze as you walk around campus as one of the big dogs in town. People may think that it is difficult to play a college sport and get career studies‚ but it isn’t impossible through new college programs for athletes to come. There have been recent studies to try to help improve college athletics
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