professional athletes are overpaid. In the present time athletes are being paid phenomenally large amounts of money for their entertainment. It is my claim that all professional athletes are overpaid because they do not offer society an essential function that improves or enhances our world in comparison to other professionals such as medical doctors‚ lawyers‚ and teachers. Society does not value entertainment enough to warrant such high salaries such as those of many professional athletes. There
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College athletes are manipulated every day. Student athletes are working day in and day out to meet academic standards and to keep their level of play competitive. These athletes need to be rewarded and credited for their achievements. Not only are these athletes not being rewarded but they are also living with no money. Because the athletes are living off of no money they are very vulnerable to taking money from boosters and others that are willing to help them out. The problem with this is
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There is little to no improvement in test scores‚ or grades when students get paid to improve. People have been getting paid for grades for many years but‚ recently more and more parents have rewarded their children for achieving good grades. The concept of rewarding a student for grades has been around for a long time but‚ should the school start paying students to do better in school? Students should not be paid to do better on tests and in school. Paying a student for a good grade is a waste of
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Should Kids Really Get Paid To Do Chores? Come on‚ are you really going to pay your kids money to do Their chores? Or are you going to say‚ “No sorry you made the mess clean it up on your own!’’? Some parents pay their kids allowance because they think that their kids will be more motivated to do their chores. This is not always the case‚ if parents pay their kids to do chores they may become less motivated to work at all. Kids need to do chores without being paid because they need to learn responsibility
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popular activities watched regularly all around the world today. The athletes who play these professional league sports have one of the most difficult jobs. They have to wake up early in the morning‚ attended challenging practices that last for hours‚ have the constant stress of the public watching their every move‚ and on top of that‚ have to deal with the constant fear of being injured on the field. Jesse Edelman‚ the author of “Athletes Make a Lot of Money - And it’s not OK” and Mark LaMonica‚ the author
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Athlete Compensation The idea of paying college athletes has been an ongoing debate since the early 1900s. With current television revenue resulting from NCAA football bowl games and March Madness in basketball‚ there is now a commotion for compensating both football and basketball players beyond that of an athletic scholarship. Because of the title “Student-athlete”‚ college athletes have the obligation to be a student first‚ and an athlete second and should not be paid to play. There have been
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Matt Lawrence Father Hudgin AP English December 21st‚ 2012 College Athletes: Should they be paid? The debate of whether college athletes should be paid has gone on for years. From famous sportscasters to the common man‚ everyone has their own opinion whether the student-athletes should receive a “stipend” or certain wage per month to cover food‚ gas‚ and other various essentials. A great example of this is from Ramogi Huma‚ a former linebacker for UCLA. “Even though the school was providing
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“Dude‚ i throw a stick. Come on. I get paid a pretty good salary to throw a stick.”- Breaux Greer. Breaux Greer is an 8 time American Champion and American record holder for throwing a javelin 91.29 meters. This quote shows that athletes are getting paid loads of money for doing little things. The Issue with overpaid athletes is when they step on the field‚ or pitch‚ or court‚ they earn hundreds of thousands or even millions. Nowadays‚ athletes don’t play for the love of the game. They just play
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Nicholas Cubillas Jillian Swisher English102- #37 November 12th‚ 2012 Keeping College Sports In Line Should college athletes really be labeled as ‘employees’ eligible to be paid by the universities they attend? Or should the laws enacted by the National College Athletic Association (NCAA) remain unchanged leaving players unpaid? Whether or not college athletes should be paid has always been a relevant and controversial topic in the sports world. As a student at a Division 1 sports school and
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in sports. Don’t get me wrong‚ women are great athletes. But it’s a proven fact that women’s sports don’t bring in as much revenue as their counterparts. People are just less interested in watching the WNBA compared to the NBA. Can you blame them? I‚ for one‚ would much rather pay to watch the Celtics vs. the Knicks over the Storm vs. the Sparks. But what do you guys think? Should women finally be paid the same amount or not? Is this sexist? Should the amount of money an organization brings in effect
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