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    Shaw 1  Christian Shaw  Professor Amanda Childress  English 1301  19 November 2014  The College Athlete Fight: Should College Athletes Be Able to Take Profit for Their Likeness?  The NCAA profits over six billion($6‚000‚000‚000) dollars annually(USnews.com).  However‚ college athletes never get to see any of that money. Though some may argue that they  risk career­ending injuries each time they come onto the field or basketball court‚ this still does  not influence the mind of the NCAA to start paying the players in any way

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    like to attend college as well as play a sport‚ soccer in particular‚ and I’m reaching out to you‚ regarding the fact that no current 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

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    Petersburg College‚ a community college (now state) nearby my neighborhood. I thought it was too good of an opportunity not to apply‚ and I was accepted into the program for my Senior year along with a few of my friends. Learning in college was a lot different than high school‚ but all of my professors were great at making sure all students understood curriculum and did what

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    that’s need for the people that do this after they’ve learned their lesson through Step 2. If for some reason Step 2 doesn’t work then the Landstown fix it nation would have to go to more extreme measures which we’ll explain Step 3: the act of you should stuck with Step 1. This simply means that if we catch you or think that you started the he say she say stuff then we will simply just let you choose for either breaking to of your fingers of your choosing or the nation beats you down until you have

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    Maybe college athletes should get paid because they half to work really hard to get on the college teams and leagues. The players play sports a lot as kids too get into college basketball‚ football‚ lacrosse‚ and college soccer. College players spend a lot of time practising and planning for all of their games and they even show more hustle than the players from the NBA. This already proves that they could and should get paid. As much as we all love watching sports we also love how the different

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    Are Colleges Worth the Price of Admission? When it comes to the topic of attending college‚ most of us will readily agree that obtaining a higher education is important. Where this agreement usually ends‚ however‚ is on the question of paying for it. Whereas some are convinced that tuition is too high‚ others maintain that it is important no matter the cost. Andrew Hacker and Claudia Dreifus address just such an issue in their essay “Are Colleges Worth the Price of Admission”. Hacker and Dreifus

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    our armed forces to fight in battle‚ we would not have the freedoms to do anything that we do now‚ including playing sports. Many athletic players receive more money than most soldiers do. Many agree that athletes should‚ but I beg to differ. I think a man with a helmet defending his country should make more money than a man with a helmet defending a football. Football players make more money than soldiers do‚ they get thousands of dollars every game‚ hit‚ touchdown‚ or kick-off of each season.

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    I worked with a student that is a junior this week on college admissions. I had the student fill out a college selection questionnaire‚ so we can have a session about his likes about location‚ characteristics‚ religious affiliation‚ atmosphere‚ and academics. The readings this week talked about ethical issues. According to Markkula Center for Applied Ethics (2009)‚ counselors need to analyze ethical issues to make an ethical decision that possibly is critical to their session they are conducting

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    The first college sporting event was in 1852. It was a rowing competition between the Yale and Harvard rowing teams. Since then college athletics have grown into multi-million dollar industries. In 2008 the University of Alabama made the most money with their athletic program – making a total profit of $123‚769‚841. The athletes themselves did not receive any of the money the school made on the sales. College sports are also widely watched online and on television which allows additional people to

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    modify the current NCAA amateurism by law 12.02.1 making it feasible for college athletes to receive financial compensation. The primary issue with the current regulation is that because of the rule many student athletes are living in poverty like conditions. The current by law is also affecting various aspects of domestic and International students ability to continue to meet eligibility requirements. In the past ten years college athletics as a whole has grown exponentially and it’s clearly evident

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