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    College Student Perceived Stress: Athlete vs. Non-Athlete Langeda Bontemps Longwood University Author Note Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Langeda Bontemps‚ Department of Psychology‚ Longwood University‚ Farmville‚ VA 23909. Email: langeda.bontemps@live.longwood.edu \ Abstract According to research college athletes are viewed of having two different roles‚ one as a student and one as an athlete (Settles‚ Sellers‚ & Damas‚ 2002)‚ Research has shown

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    By: College athletes should be paid to play! In this essay you’re being persuaded‚ you are being persuaded to agree that college athletes should be played to play. Here there is some information that will help change your mind if you don’t agree with this already. This essay will talk about the athletes not being able to pay for many of the things they need‚ they haven’t got any time for a job‚ the athletes bring in money to there schools‚ and more. The college athletes

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    The Controversy behind College Athletes Since 1957‚ the National College Athletic Association (NCAA) has permitted universities to provide athletic scholarships for players they felt would benefit their teams ("Paying College Athletes"para.4). The NCAA’s revenue has significantly increased over the past couple of decades. In 2006‚ colleges that were members of the NCAA earned $4.2 billion from their basketball program and about $1 billion more than the revenue generated by all NBA teams combined

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    go to college is privilege not a necessity. The ability to play sports at the collegiate level is a choice of the student; it isn’t mandatory. Student athletes have the ability to go to college because they excell at a sport/sports‚ That is one of the greatest opportunities but some feel that‚this opportunity isn’t good enough. The greedy people want more than the ability to play a sport and go to college for free.Those greedy people are the college athletes who want to get paid. College athletes

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    Argument Topic Thesis: College athletes who are facing an injury during their season should be assisted by a consoler or a sport psychologist for the overall welfare of players (because they are at risk of a psychological breakdown.) A conflicting argument could be that athletes are always receiving special treatment and should be treated the same as any other college student. My main audience that I would be speaking to would be sport organizations‚ coaches‚ student athletes‚ and just students not

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    agree that college students should get paid for playing sports‚ what do you think? College Football Athletes should get paid for playing football for there college. The athletes are ones who are playing the sports. Paying the college athletes will teach them economic responsibility. The college is making money for the college athletes playing football. Some colleges will not be able to pay the same amount ot some students. Should college athletes get paid for playing football? The athletes are ones

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    Paying College Athletes Basketball legend‚ Michael Jordan once said‚ “in college I never realized the opportunities available to a pro athlete. I’ve been given the chance to meet all kinds of people‚ to travel and expand my financial capabilities‚ to get ideas and learn about life‚ to create a world apart from basketball.” College players still do not have the same amenities that professional athletes have. Why not give the college athlete a portion of what professionals get since they are working

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    sports are no longer fun and games‚ sports are a business‚ and college sports are no different. Division I college sports provide a huge source of universities’ income. The school receives money from ticket sales‚ television contracts‚ and sport-related merchandise‚ along with many other sports related revenue builders. The athletes on the other hand‚ receive their scholarship and little more. While the idea of receiving a free college education is something few would complain about; when the issue

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    2013 It’s time to pay My topic is about why ALL college athletes of every college sport should be paid some sort of money. Now a days in the collegiate world of sports‚ colleges and Universities are generating millions upon millions of dollars through the athletic programs. From football all the way down to the golf team. Yet‚ the people who bring these millions of dollars in aren’t getting paid for it. I’m speaking about the athletes. The athlete’s adults and even children have come to know

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    College athletes should not get paid. You might think I’m crazy or selfish‚ but I am neither. College Athletes get so many great benefits until they really do not need a pay check. Most college athletes receive scholarships. Even more many college athletes receive “full ride scholarships.” According to www.bigfuture.collegeboard.org Division I is the biggest and most competitive NCAA division. Colleges that compete in Division I must offer scholarships — many of them full — to their student-athletes

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