Demand for Sports and Entertainment Justifies Professional Athletes Pay “The sports market in North America was worth $60.5 billion in 2014. It is expected to reach $73.5 billion by 2019” (Heitner). Sports in America is a culture in itself with millions of fans turning out or tuning in to games and sporting events all year round. Professional athletes are notorious for the amount of money they make for their occupation. Whether you are a sports fan or not‚ there is no escaping the debate regarding
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Matt Lawrence Father Hudgin AP English December 21st‚ 2012 College Athletes: Should they be paid? The debate of whether college athletes should be paid has gone on for years. From famous sportscasters to the common man‚ everyone has their own opinion whether the student-athletes should receive a “stipend” or certain wage per month to cover food‚ gas‚ and other various essentials. A great example of this is from Ramogi Huma‚ a former linebacker for UCLA. “Even though the school was providing
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College athletes are manipulated every day. Student athletes are working day in and day out to meet academic standards and to keep their level of play competitive. These athletes need to be rewarded and credited for their achievements. Not only are these athletes not being rewarded but they are also living with no money. Because the athletes are living off of no money they are very vulnerable to taking money from boosters and others that are willing to help them out. The problem with this is
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Electoral College In the United States‚ we the people are guaranteed a vote in our government. Built upon the principles of freedom and democracy‚ The United States has striven to give equal representation to the people. Presidential elections are held to give people the chance to vote for who they believe will best serve the country. The electoral college is in place and adds an extra step in the presidential election process. However‚ many Americans do not understand the Electoral college. How it
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While opponents of lobbyists believe that they mostly do not show the nation being united‚ they can bribe American politicians easily; whereas‚ the supporters believe that they spend a lot of time researching the importance of a law before writing it‚ to see whether if it’s harmful or beneficial for the state since the Congressmen
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Pro Con- Paying College Athletes Even though paying college athletes may be fair in some people’s eyes‚ there are many negatives to this topic that could affect college sports for today’s athletes and the future of their sport. The NCAA and their colleagues all have different views and they vary from being supportive and backing up the idea‚ to being one hundred percent against it. No matter what type of fan it is and no matter what sport it is‚ there are positive and negative views on this argument
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We’d really like for you to play the French Horn." For the first time in my life‚ I had to stand up and say‚ "You know what? If I don’t get to play the drums‚ I’m not playing an instrument." I got to play the drums‚ and I actually put myself through college playing the drums. I got a scholarship‚ and I played in the band for four years. So an interesting thing. This was a time when young girls weren’t supposed to take an interest in drumming. There was another girl who did percussion with me--she was
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Danny Rizzo Ms. Franta English 3A 10 February 2015 College Athletes Paid? 43.3 hours a week 3.3 hours more than the average American work week. That’s how many hours the Division I athlete devotes to their sport. That is basically a job. The school makes billions of dollars from these athletes from donations‚ ticket sales‚ media rights‚ advertising‚ and anything else with a price tag. But the athletes see none of that money not even money for food‚ rent or just spending money. The NCAA currently
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Many big colleges had budgets that would make teams such as Alabama‚ Georgia‚ Miami‚ Oregon‚ Etc. laugh about what they were able to provide for sports. There have been questions for years about whether a college athlete should be paid or not and if athletes deserve to be paid for what they do at that level‚ after already being paid to go to school there‚ for most of the players. When athletes go to college they still put themselves in the same physical danger as a professional athlete does. The
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To me‚ being an American means having a white complexion‚ not being a victim issues like racism and Islamophobia‚ being able to exercise all of your rights without the authority questioning you or threatening to take them away‚ and not knowing the struggle of being a minority in America. In the media there is a bad connotation with calling yourself American. A big reason for this has to do with all the current events going on in our country such as the reasons for the Black Lives Matter movement
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