Although the majority of college athletes have scholarships‚ I believe that they should be paid. In this speech I will tell you why I believe this. The first reason I have are scholarships. On average a Division 1 scholarship is $25‚000. That’s $100‚000 a year! But most athletes don’t last the full 4 years. Once a player is involved in a sport there’s politics‚ injuries and/or coaches calling them to the office to tell them that they aren’t needed anymore. Many players turn out to have a scholarship
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College Athletes Should Get Paid At some colleges‚ college athletics are a key source of income‚ and they attract students to their institutions. Universities depend on their athletes to produce and maintain the popularity of their school’s name. College athletes are suppose to be the best of the best on that level‚ so why do college athletes not get paid? The National Collegiate Athletic Association‚ NCAA‚ says that it is trying to protect the athletes from "exploitation by professional and commercial
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Should College Athletes be Paid? Would you allow a program that makes several million dollars a year to pay 85 of its hardest working employs to be paid zero dollars and zero cents? You might be screaming you head off at the injustice. In most cases I would agree with you‚ but let me explain. This program is a typical NCAA Division I college football team. College athletes should continue to not be paid under any circumstance. Of all the money generated by the athletic department of a university
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doesn’t get paid to play football. Johnny Manziel‚ a player from the Cleveland Browns‚ gets paid $420‚000 a year. If college athletes were paid it could be the difference between a “Big 10” college team that pays a lot or a less popular division that doesn’t pay much at all. Most people believe that college student athletes should be paid for playing a collegiate sport while going to school. Social media is reining over our lives nowadays with the glamorous lives of professional athletes fancy cars
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College sports has become a huge factor in sports. The problem is we don’t pay college athletes like we should. If you were to play college lacrosse you would make no money. Most college lacrosse games you bring more people then you would in a professional game. College lacrosse players should be paid because they bring a lot of sponsors and people pay to watch lacrosse games but where does all that money go? Most of the money just goes to the school. Why wouldn’t they pay the players
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Should College Athletes Get Paid To Play "Should College Athletes Get Paid To Play" Forget about the game-winning touchdown‚ forget about the cheerleader girlfriend‚ and forget the pageantry. What about the hard earned money college athletes will never see and earned? In the world of college sports its win or go home‚ and to the winners go the spoils. Most successful college sports teams rake in millions of dollars in revenue. Steve Spurrier‚ the coach for the Florida Gators signed a six year
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In college‚ sports sometime become the facade of the university and or college. In return‚ the universities drastic rise in popularity comes from their sports programs. Ultimately‚ studies have shown student athletes put in more effort on the field or court than they do in the classroom. Therefore college student athletes should be paid for playing their sport while attending school. Many people say that college athletes should not be paid because college tuition‚ fees‚ rooms‚ and textbooks. They
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Bolender English 1010 11/28/16 Compensation of College Athletes The biggest achievement of student athlete in this day and age is committing to a big time NCAA Division I athletic program in his or her respective sport. It is an immense accomplishment‚ but an equally immense commitment. The term “signing your life away” more than an expression. The coaches and staff of those programs monitor every aspect of life in big time college athletic programs. College athletics has also become its own industry
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Athletes are dominated‚ managed‚ and controlled. They do not receive a wage compensation for their contribution to economic returns. Athletes are sometimes mistreated physically and mentally; and denied rights and freedoms of other citizens. The debate over whether or not to pay collegiate athletes‚ specifically Division 1‚ has increased greatly. Many people believe college athletic associations; such as the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Associations) treat college athletes unfairly. College
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surrounding the compensation of college athletes has garnished widespread attention across America. While very few institutional athletic programs are able to achieve a sustainable budget‚ the NCAA should not allow institutions to provide salaries for student athletes because it will impair the mission of higher education‚ and destroy the true meaning of college sport. First and foremost‚ institutions cannot afford to pay student athletes. The majority of college athletic programs are very
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