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    Schooled is a documentary about if D1 college athletes should be paid even if they have a full ride scholarship. I think that if athletes can’t buy or afford things outside of school that they should be provided with money to do so. If these colleges are earning revenue off of these athletes‚ but the athletes themselves are seeing none of it. Not being able to do things outside of a sport like get a job is harder on kids who don’t have a full ride because they also have to pay for part of their tuition

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    Are College Athletes Paid

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    The Ball and Chain The term‚ “student athlete” is a polarizing one. In today’s America‚ college sports -- particularly football and basketball‚ are as much a part of the sports enthusiast’s landscape as is any professional sport. In any case‚ with enthusiasm comes money. In this case‚ billions of dollars are generated by television viewership‚ merchandise sales and university boosters. College athletes are the driving force behind an industry where television executives‚ university presidents‚ athletic

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    Maybe college athletes should get paid because they half to work really hard to get on the college teams and leagues. The players play sports a lot as kids too get into college basketball‚ football‚ lacrosse‚ and college soccer. College players spend a lot of time practising and planning for all of their games and they even show more hustle than the players from the NBA. This already proves that they could and should get paid. As much as we all love watching sports we also love how the different

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    like to attend college as well as play a sport‚ soccer in particular‚ and I’m reaching out to you‚ regarding the fact that no current students get paid any salary for playing any sport at college level. Many practicing athletes dedicate most of their time and money‚ as well as their focus on the sport rather than school or other daily activities. In all due respect‚ students deserve to be paid in return for keeping the athletic department alive and running. Ironically‚ the college television networks

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    Should Athletes Be Paid

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    Should College Athletes Be Paid George McCray Research and Writing Professor Pittell Strayer University Corruption‚ scandals‚ suspensions‚ firings and a systems that is systematically flawed all the while the fact of the matter is that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a organization that is bringing in billions of dollars each year yet the labor force generating the money gets a scholarship that many athletes believe doesn’t pay enough for everything that is needed

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    total of about $1 billion a year. While that monetary amount is growing at a rate of 4.5% year over year…” Yes giving talented athletes scholarships is great. The state is giving the athlete an opportunity to get a free education just due solely on the fact that they play their sport very well. But why should athletes on scholarships be paid any typeof salary if everything school related is basically taken care of. On the other hand why do only student athlete get this chance to be paid. How abut

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    Why College Athletes Should Get Compensation Imagine spending hours and hours a week working as hard as you can at a very hard task and getting almost nothing in return. This is what college athletes go through when they voluntarily play for their school. More of their time is spent on their sport per week than on education. Some of the college sports require very hard mental and physical work that could possibly result in a future career. Also collegiate sport organizations have millions to

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    Trying to Get That Paper According to the NCAA‚ student-athletes are students first and athletes second. However over the last decade there have been many questions raised about what the actual definition of what a student-athlete really is. This is because of the millions of dollars generated by institutions that broadcasting and promoting these “student-first” athletes. The main question that arises from this is should the NCAA and or institutions/ conferences be paying athletes for their services

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    Athletes Should Be Paid

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    Athletes Should Not be paid Student Athletes should not be paid to play sports for colleges. If college athletes were paid to play sports it would take away from pros getting paid to play. Pro Athletes also would not think it is fair because when they were in college they didn’t get paid and they were good enough to go pro so they should have gotten paid before anybody. If college athletes were paid it would take away from being at school to study. College should be a place to study first and then

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    Mihir Bhagat on the website Bleacher Report. The author believes that athletes are getting paid way too much money for their role in society; to play games for people’s entertainment. Salaries and wages are traditionally based on the value of one’s work but this rule does not necessarily follow in reference to high league athletes. In a day where one should be paid according to that person’s job’s economic importance‚ athletes simply are not. An example used in the article is the difference in salary

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