Every parent wants their children to get a scholarship to attend college. It is estimated that a four-year college degree can cost over $100‚000. Receiving scholarship money sometimes is the only way a student is able to attend college. Scholarships can pay for your academic‚ housing and athletic needs. A major discussion made today is about paying student-athletes to play for a college. College athletics have become a big time business especially in football and men’s basketball. According to
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The topic I chose is “Why are college athletes not being paid for playing sports in college while others around them are?” College athletes are like other professional athletes only thing different is they are one level under professionals and they are not being paid. The athletes are not being paid for their entertainment‚ but they are doing just about everything a professional athlete is doing such as being on television‚ playing on holidays‚ and being exposed to the media. This topic was chosen
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Today‚ college athletes are working every day‚ 24/7. These athletes are working day in and out to sure that they meet academic standards and also to keep up with their sport when they’re playing competitive. They not being rewarded or credited for their achievements. They are also living with no money. Since these athletes are living off with no money‚ they are tempting to take the money from their sports booster club or others donation that are helping them. The problem with this is that athletes
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"College is not a place to go to make money‚ it’s where you learn how to make money." say famous sports journalist Colin Cowherd. For decades people have been debating whether or not the NCAA should pay their college athletes. While people believe that the NCAA is making their money off of basically free labor‚ people don’t realize they’re getting free education and multiple benefits for being an athlete. First‚ student athletes have advantages over regular students because they receive free education
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here. Many students some who may want to become college athletes. But guess what? You are not going to get paid. Why is it that determined college athletes do not get paid‚ while other people with a job do? College athletes wake up everyday‚ to work day and night‚ practicing the sport they specialize in. I’m positive these athletes dedicate nearly all of their work and time for this sport‚ however do not get rewarded for it. Similar to when you work for your ignorant manager‚ yet they keep the money
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society today‚ such as whether or not college athletes should be paid or not. Even though college athletes receive many luxuries they still have to make there own living and support themselves. As reported by “Pay or Scholarship” written by Teengagement‚ it states‚ “Athletes are employees because they work under the control of the college.” As many people know a business has employees‚ if an athlete can be considered an employee to the college shouldn’t they be paid like and employee? Everyone in the
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or not college athletes should get paid has been a controversial question for a while now. Twenty years ago there were only six sports related channels on television. Today‚ there are over 150. This is mainly due to college athletics‚ ranging from football‚ men’s and women’s basketball‚ volleyball‚ baseball‚ and softball. This fact alone would make one question why the profits are not going to the hard-working athletes. They are the ones who make the main event possible. Without the athletes‚ there
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not college athletes should be paid. Despite each of the authors having polar opposite views on the topic‚ each author is similar by using rhetorical strategies to their advantage in trying to educate and persuade their audience. Through the use of appeal to ethics‚ personal experiences‚ and historical examples the authors share the common goal of convincing their audience whether or not college athletes should be paid. The first of the articles‚written against college athletes getting paid‚ is
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Sports Marketing Individual Case Study Student-Athlete pay or no pay Meredyth Frye Student-Athlete or Athlete-Student? Introduction. We are in a heavily demanding athletic world that everyone feels they are entitled to money for their skills and that it is never too early to be paid millions if they think they deserve it. These athletes are infatuated with the life of the professional league players and the life these players live. The amount of money they make‚ the cars they own‚ or the houses
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lots of money for their schools but still don’t get paid. Some kids even have to quit playing their sports because they don’t have enough money to cover all of the expenses of school. Not all the athletes should be paid just the athletes that bring in the revenue for their school‚ the ones that earn it. College athletes need to get paid because they are unable to hold a job as well as competitively play their sport‚ Some of them are getting paid illegally‚ They make most of the money for their schools
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