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 and various sports outlets benefit immensely and rake in billions while the blood sweat and tears given from each athlete results
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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 and not being able to get a job doesn’t
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how students will do freshman year‚ and additionally it has been proven to be very “coachable‚” meaning that with enough studying almost anyone can get a good score regardless of intelligence (Elert). Since the SAT is “coachable‚” many students stress themselves out and spend all available time preparing because with enough effort they know they can get a good score. The SAT’s cause extreme amounts of stress and students devote much time to them even though the results have been proven to be essentially
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Should Teenagers Be Allowed to Get Plastic Surgery? “Beauty isn’t about having a pretty face. It’s about having a pretty mind‚ a pretty heart‚ and a pretty soul” (Anonymous 1). This quote reflects what type of beauty really matter in life; it is showing that people might not like others appearances on the outside‚ but they have real beauty on the inside that can’t shine through. With this generation of teenagers‚ we are always worried about the wrong type of beauty‚ the outside but we should be
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Should professional athletes be required to take a drug test? Drugs affect everybody in certain ways. They can really mess with you mind and body. Depending on the drug‚ some can have lifelong implications. They can especially have a lifelong implication if used by teens that are still growing. If teens take drugs‚ they can really get hurt physically and mentally. Not only will they get hurt‚ they could get caught‚ and then their life will pretty much be thrown away and won the able to get good jobs
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for each of them. Wet Shoes - A baby born to a young couple. She is unable to speak except to the reflection that she sees in The River. Loyal to the one who protects her from the cruelty of the outside world. A person who can keep a secret. The River - The one thing or person that can bring Wet Shoes to talk. WhetherThe River is human or a sprit living within the water‚ he protects her until he is no longer needed. We don’t know who or what The River is‚ only Wet Shoes knows his secret. The
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If colleges were to pay athletes there would be no fair way to distribute the money. Athletes perform their sport at different levels of ability and for various lengths of time. In addition‚ not every player is able to compete in a game. Problems would arise about the athlete not playing which would not allow for him/her to receive the money they deserve. The first issue about this problem is that some people believe that athletes should be paid based on an open market system. This idea of an
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Teachers over athletes Professional athletes average 5.3 million dollars a year while teachers average just 36‚141 dollars a year! Professional athletes are making a way more superior amount of money over teaches‚ granted athletes dedicate their life to a certain sport‚ but it’s just to play games for our entertainment. Teachers are paid a significantly less amount of money. There is quite the difference in salary between the two jobs of a teacher and as a professional athlete. They should
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ENG 4U1 – 11 25 Sept 2013 Professional Athletes Should Not Be Criticized In a world with numerous and various types of occupations‚ it is often difficult to measure the importance of each profession monetarily. Each person‚ society and organization has a different perspective on the significance of certain occupations but it seems that cross-culturally there is a common belief that professional athletes are extremely overpaid. Professional athletes worldwide are often questioned regarding their
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often build up tons of stress from too much homework so they have no time to sleep or focus on there next day of school.American kids should get less homework on a daily basis because too much can cause too much stress‚ too much time‚ and it impacts sleep‚ Also it can eliminate kids active time which can cause body and health problems.To explain‚ Students often fail to get enough exercise and sleep‚ homework is the cause of
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