The Flawed Electoral College System The Electoral College undermines the notion that every vote counts in the United States. One candidate loses; the other becomes the leader of the free world. How do we know which candidate is the victor? The Electoral College determines this. Whoever receives the most votes in a particular state wins the electoral votes for that state. The only exceptions are Maine and Nebraska. The size of the population determines the number of electoral votes for that
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With college athletes practicing and playing in the games‚ the National Collegiate Athletic Association‚ the NCAA should be paying their college athletes to play. College athletes spend the same amount of time on their sport as a full time job‚ college athletes are struggling to make ends meet‚ and a salary would help the athletes to manage their money. For all that they do these college athletes definitely deserve to be compensated for what they do. These college athletes spend an average of 43
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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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athletes bring millions of dollars into their colleges every year‚ universities should compensate their athletes. College athletes today put in as much time as someone with a full time job. Ramog Huma‚ a Korean College athlete and president of the National College Players Association says “college athletes are just like all other hard www.scholastic working Americans’‚ they should receive a fair days pay for a fair days work” (sic)(Rebeca Zisscu np.) College athletes often work 40 hours a week practicing
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attend college‚ people were too busy trying to make money. So why do we have to pay most of what we earned for our education? A big reason why people in our nation don’t attend college is because they can’t afford it. Having a college degree will relieve financial stress. In addition‚ affordable college tuition will make more impoverished students attend college. Finally‚ more education will equal less violence in the world. College should become more affordable. Paying so much for college can cause
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College sports has become a huge factor in sports. The problem is we don’t pay college athletes like we should. If you were to play college lacrosse you would make no money. Most college lacrosse games you bring more people then you would in a professional game. College lacrosse players should be paid because they bring a lot of sponsors and people pay to watch lacrosse games but where does all that money go? Most of the money just goes to the school. Why wouldn’t they pay the players
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College Athletes deserve to be Paid College athletes are the hardest working individuals in college. Balancing academics and sports is never a simple task and is especially challenging in college. The athletes are still required to achieve passing grades‚ although many of them will play professionally. Paying college athletes would benefit all athletes‚ providing a small stipend for all of the sacrifices they have made practicing‚ training‚ and traveling‚ in addition to school work. Playing
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surrounding the compensation of college athletes has garnished widespread attention across America. While very few institutional athletic programs are able to achieve a sustainable budget‚ the NCAA should not allow institutions to provide salaries for student athletes because it will impair the mission of higher education‚ and destroy the true meaning of college sport. First and foremost‚ institutions cannot afford to pay student athletes. The majority of college athletic programs are very
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Ryan English 1550 14 April 2010 The Electoral College: An Education in Unfair Politics To the extent this country has advanced in technology and modern conveniences‚ some laws have not changed since the early days of the establishment of our nation. One area in particular which has in more recent years caused controversy is the function of the Electoral College. The functionality and purpose of the Electoral College has become outdated and should be revamped in order to bring the system in to
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A college athlete can be described using numerous words‚ but the biggest one is motivated. Almost every athlete has worked to be where there are today. Some harder than others‚ some gifted with god given talent‚ but one thing nobody can deny is the fact of being motivated to succeed. A college athlete is expected to balance everyday situations while being active in sports outside of life itself. This is something they strive to be great at‚ something they want more than anything. These athletes bust
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