Athletes: Paid Too Much or Just Enough? Did you know that the average pay for an NBA player is five million dollars? (Pawson) Although many athletes are paid millions‚ athletes should be paid as much as they are. Not all athletes are paid millions of dollars‚ and they are in a franchise‚ unlike civil services. Did you know that the average pay for an NBA player is five million dollars? Although many athletes are paid millions‚ athletes should be paid as much as they are. Not all athletes are paid
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today’s college athletes as compared to the ones a hundred years ago there are some things that I noticed are different. First off I noticed today all the popularity and all the stardom that comes with being a high level collegiate athlete. Second I saw that most college athletes were not receiving a scholarship to play collegiate level sports. Thirdly I saw that there was not as much pressure to perform a hundred years ago. The big reason that all the fame and pressure have amped up over the last 100
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College Athletes College athletes generate billions of dollars for colleges every year. Despite this fact‚ they do not receive any money. They only receive very little money from colleges via scholarships‚ or just enough to make a living in college. However‚ people argue that scholarships is not all the “money” athletes should receive during their college career. Considering the fact that athletes bring in billions of dollars a year for colleges‚ many people are starting to ask questions and form
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Should College Athletes get paid? College Athletes are students not professionals We go to college in hopes of a job to make money Students must learn to contribute to society Athletes make choice to commit time to their sport Why should athletes get paid to go to school? Athletes get paid in scholarships Students with full ride are debt free of college loans “The money they would be using would be coming out of the university’s general funds‚ which would mean taking money away from
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Why Should Scholarship Athletes Be Paid? Recently in the news‚ there was a report on the five University of Kentucky basketball players that decided to enter the NBA draft after only their freshmen season. Sure‚ they were told of the millions of dollars they could make in professional sports‚ but were they given the odds of them even reaching that big payday? From picks 5-10 in the draft‚ the success rate of the player becoming a league average starter is about 30%‚ then for the rest of the first
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College Athletes Should Be Paid‚” the author‚ Maurice Peebles conducts an interview with Jay Bilas to get his input on whether college athletes should be paid. He shares how the NCAA is a multi-billon dollar business that limits athletes in particular on earning money. Also‚ he gives examples of different perspectives that people can relate to in different industries of how this situation would apply to them. Furthermore‚ he explains that college athletes would benefit more from being paid and it
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A Call for College Athletes to Be Paid The NCAA makes an estimate of nine hundred and eighty nine million dollars annually. The NCAA is able to make this gigantic profit while paying its employees absolutely nothing. If this situation would happen with a large employer paying its employees nothing‚ the company would get into serious legal trouble. However‚ since they are college athletes‚ society thinks it is okay. While many people say that receiving an education is enough of a privilege and paying
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be foolish‚ right? Then why do the college athletes do it? The answer is simply because the NCAA‚ or the company in the example‚ won’t pay them‚ and they don’t have anywhere else to go and play (except for LaVar Ball’s league). Therefore‚ college athletes should be paid because of the financial benefits to the NCAA and the sacrifice
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hotels and eat gourmet food. They train‚ and yes‚ they may have worked hard to get to where they are‚ but they’re out here making millions per fight‚ which is way more than what the average American makes. Look closer‚ should an entertainer really get paid such a profound amount for one fight‚ rather than those who work to
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College Athletes Shouldn’t be Paid! I strongly believe that college athletes shouldn’t be paid because they’re still amateurs at the sport. They aren’t professionals at the sport. Even though their in college they are still learning and they need to pass school then start getting a job to make money. If you compare college amateurs to professionals there will be a big difference and observe why they get paid it will make a lot of sense. According to the text it says “A gentleman never competes
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