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    College Athletes Injury

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    that can happen to a person as an athlete is getting an injury. This can destroy the motivation and emotions of the person that has poured there whole life into the sport just to have it stolen away from them in a brief instant. This mental and physical damage is what many athletes who get critical injuries feel once the damage has occurred. Even with strides in the medical field making injuries less permanent‚ the fact that we cannot perfectly heal the athletes causes a lot of damage to not only

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    www.thelancet.com Medicine and Sport Vol 366 December 2005 S21 The rules of sport define a level playing field on which athletes compete. Antidoping policies exist‚ in theory‚ to encourage fair play. However‚ we believe they are unfounded‚ dangerous‚ and excessively costly. The need for rules in sports cannot be dismissed. But the anchoring of today’s antidoping regulations in the notion of fair play is misguided‚ since other factors that affect performance—eg‚ biological and environmental

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    The chance at a free education should be enough for a teenager who wants to make something of their future. Parents will greatly appreciate the fact they don’t have to pay for school or take out grants and loans for their children. Graduating from college with no debt is amazing. Students should not be paid because they are receiving a free education/degree. School is not a job‚ it’s an institution for educating. Children in Africa pray for the chance at an education. Even foreign exchange students

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    needs to be increased (Burgess ‚574). There are many arguments in favor of this position. The fact that the current minimum wage barely keeps many families fed‚ clothed‚ and with a roof over their heads is very concerning. In addition‚ it forces many college students to take out extremely heavy school loans with no hope of paying said loans back for years to come and has only allowed American citizens to maintain basic living conditions. Finally‚ it is slowly causing people to spend less and less money

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    you couldn’t catch a ball‚ to the time when it hurts just to stand‚ there are risks with any sport. So whenever college athletes step on the court‚ field‚ or wherever they compete‚ they are putting their bodies at risk‚ as well as future paychecks. In the history of NCAA there have been many professional careers either derailed or stopped forever because of injuries. In the 2006 college football season one of the best players‚ Michael Bush was playing for the Louisville Cardinals when he suffered

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    Becoming College Athlete

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    Becoming an athlete‚ let alone a college athlete‚ is not a path paved in gold. There are times you will be doubted‚ challenged‚ and cast aside. There will be mornings you are awake before the sun rises. There will be nights you cry yourself to sleep. You will push your body to points where it will fail. In fact‚ you might be blindsided by an injury that ends it all. There will be coaches that will give you a false sense of security or flat out lie to you‚ and there will be coaches that change your

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    National College Athletic Association (NCAA) has to deal with is the controversial topic of whether their athletes should get paid or not. Currently‚ their college athletes do not get paid and simply settle for receiving scholarships from the colleges they are attending. Several individuals have various opinions on what the NCAA should do considering paying college athletes or not. Several individuals‚ including sports celebrities and former college athletes‚ feel that college athletes should get paid

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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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    generated from sporting events‚ the idea that comes to mind is millions‚ and for college athletics‚ this is no exception. The revenue that is generated through the NCAA alone is quite overwhelming. “While the amount of revenue is large‚ little of the money is retained by the NCAA national office. About 96 percent is distributed directly to the Division I membership or to support championships or programs that benefit student-athletes. The remaining 4 percent goes for central services‚ such as building operations

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    The American people love college football. Imagine being without it. There has been an issue about whether college athletes should or should not get paid beyond their scholarships.One reason college athletes should get paid is because there is a high risk for injuries. Another reason is because there is a lot of pressure to win. Lastly ‚ is because college athletes need extra money for housing and food. These college athletes deserve to be paid because there physical demanding injuries‚ pressure

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