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    Should Amateur Athletes Be Paid? The involvement of agents and boosters in collegiate level sports has become a major topic amongst headlines in news recently. If you were to pick any athletic program at random it is most likely that they have committed some sort of a violation. Many people argue that college athletes should not be paid because they receive scholarships that pay for their meals‚ housing‚ tuition‚ books‚ and so on. At some universities‚ these scholarships equal up to $200‚000

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    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 receive more than the average student can ever receive. The scholarships awarded to student athletes are very valuable in many ways. Without them‚ many would

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    tickets to selling merchandise. Should NCAA pay their athletes? No‚ because they already get free things from their sponsors‚ they get paid by their education‚ last but not least it will trouble other non-generating revenue clubs. The first reason why athletes should not get paid is because they already get free things from their sponsors to their fans. “The NCAA athletes get paid with psychology classes‚ track suits‚ knee braces‚ and ice baths.” This proves that the athletes get free stuff some of it

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    CELEBRITIES AS ROLE MODELS?: Do Celebrities Have Ethical Responsibilities To Set Good Examples For Young People? Tiana Harrington ENG 215: Research and Writing Professor: Maryrose Kasraie Date: Jan19th‚ 2012 Abstract Celebrities have an enormous impact and influence on the younger community. The young people follow the same trends as the celebrities and they try to speak in the same slang as some celebrities do. For instance‚ Nicki Minaj and the Young Money Management

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    importance of college athletes. They question often referred to is‚ should college athletes be paid to play their sport? Now me personally‚ I’m gonna have to agree and say that they should be paid for playing their sport. Vince Lombardi quoted and said‚ “The price of success is hard work‚ dedication to the job at hand‚ and the determination that whether we win or lose‚ we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.” Now there are hundreds of thousands of college athletes all over the world

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    famously clean lifestyle; insatiable competitive desire and prodigious skills would make him the least likely to cheat but Armstrong has ensured every extraordinary athlete‚ especially those of a mature age‚ are placed in the looking glass. Slater was offended. "It was saying I was the classic performance-enhancing doping athlete‚" he said. "I would never do it‚ ever. If you were trying to suggest I would‚ you’re wrong. It’s just complete bullshit. I

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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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    Should College Athletes Get Paid? Should college athletes be paid? It is a question that most of us have heard before. Many people might say they are getting paid by getting scholarships but many people might say scholarships are not enough. It is an argument that has been going on for decades. It was even mentioned in June 1905 issue of McClure’s. There are a lot of reasons to why they should get paid. According to researches the fifteen highest paid college football coaches’ salary is $53.4

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    one without an obvious answer: should college athletes be paid? It is one of the biggest‚ if not the biggest‚ question that surrounds the world of college sports. The answer‚ quite simply put‚ is no. Allowing universities to pay students athletes to participate in sports would require a complete overhaul of the NCAA rule book. At this stage‚ too many questions need to be answered: how much would athletes get paid? Where would the money come from? Would athletes in certain sports get paid more

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    Should college athletes be paid? For years now there has been a debate on rather or not college athletes should be paid and the question is yet to be answered. Some may say that they should get paid and others may disagree with that statement. There are people who think that they deserve to be paid. Many critics‚ coaches‚ staff‚ and others may have numerous things to say on this. College athletes are being paid‚ but just not in a financial way. Wolff states‚ “When they ask for cash‚ college athletes

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