whether or 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
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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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Lorenza Ross November 15‚ 2011 ENGLD-110 Ms. Jamie Jones Should college athletes be paid for playing sports? College athletes today are competing in sports at high level. Athletes today feel as though they should get a payment for the sport they compete in. Paying athletes would be difficult for certain schools because there would be an issue involving money. If the student athlete can find a way‚ he or she should be able to endorse products or make money off their jersey if people want to
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Chanchez Smith Professor Nicholas Benca English Composition 102 24 November 2013 “Should College Athletes Be Paid? For years the question‚ “Should college athletes be paid?” has appeared in the debatable world. College athletes across the nation have argued that they deserve compensation for the particular sport in which they participate in. “We deserve a check for what we do‚” Southern Miss football player‚ Urell Johnson stated. “Win or lose‚ our sport is our job. We work all day‚ every
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in our 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
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Michael Goods En104 Should We Pay College Athletes? Should we pay college athletes? Many young adults work hard to become a college athlete‚ putting in tons of extra hours to earn the spot‚ to challenge‚ prepare and focus themselves for the opponents they’re about to face. College for most students is a large burden to pay for whether the money is coming from parents‚ family‚ scholarships‚ loans it can cause great stress and conflict in a household. Being a college athlete is like working two
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Should professional athlete’s be held to higher moral standards? Did you have a favorite athlete growing up? If so‚ did you try to act like them‚ or even try to talk like them? Perhaps you wore their jersey‚ and often were present at every single game they played in. Many children as well as young adults adore an athlete‚ but moreover aspire to resemble them one day. Athletes are role models for children and young adults especially. If they do something that is not acceptable‚ what example will
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hard in a college sport that you play and loved‚ and you don’t get a dime out of it? College athletes have gained immense popularity among Americans over the past decades. This has resulted in revenues for the NCAA. Not only do college athletes live the life of an average student every day‚ but they also have a strenuous schedule to keep for their sport. Student athletes should be paid for their contribution to the hard work they do in the classroom and on the field. Without the athlete the NCAA
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College athletes bring schools income due to their abilities‚ should they get compensated or have they already been? College athletes are taken advantage of by not getting compensated for their performance and likeness. Athletes are given free tuition to get a college education and are provided opportunities. Shouldn’t these opportunities count as benefits for the students? They should use these benefits to better themselves and take advantage of their abilities? Student Athletes shouldn’t be paid
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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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