Zachary Dornak Professor Girdwood Sociology 2/27/12 Should college Athletes Be Paid to play These days athletes are getting paid under federal labor laws and entitled to form unions and negotiate wages‚ hours and working conditions. Most college athletes these days are getting paid under the table according to Kenneth J. Cooper. This article explains why college athletes go to certain colleges. Donald Remy‚ the NCAA’s general counsel and vice president for legal affairs‚ says court precedents
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all around the world are being used to pay our athletes. My question is should they be paid this astronomical amount of money. Certain athletes earn millions while various people all around the world can barely afford the necessities‚ such as food‚ water and shelter. This is a problem that desperately needs to be addressed. To achieve this we should employ taxes‚ but the money made off this should go to charity‚ also we should lower salary caps‚ thus we restrict the amounts teams can spend on their
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and give 110% every time they are out on the field‚ so why should they not be compensated for all of the work they put in? They are a student like everyone else‚ so they obviously get a few hours of homework per night. Add on top of that: waking up at‚ maybe‚ 5 AM for mandatory weight
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and off season. Many people argue that the point of sports is to prepare the athletes for the "real
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College football should think about the rules of the NCAA another way. The NFL makes football players wait three years after graduating high school before entering the draft (Bayless). With such a tight hold on players from the NCAA‚ means no income for players in that time frame. Outside of room‚ board‚ and tuition players should be able to receive payment of some sort. Scholarships looks really great to the outside eye‚ but scholarships in the market today isn’t worth the same as it was in past
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To Pay or Not to Pay To pay or not to pay‚ that is the question that colleges are facing. College athletes are at college for an education‚ which is being lost fully paid for‚ therefore they should not be paid a salary on top of it. Problems arise when colleges discuss paying athletes. First they don’t have enough money‚ the athletes are first and foremost students‚ and it would lead to unfair circumstances. Even though tuition and various college prices are high‚ colleges are in debt. Colleges
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November 2012 Professional Athlete Salary Professional athletes today are being paid big bucks‚ and many of the athletes are being reckless with that money. Athletes should be getting a lower salary because that money could be helping so many people and causes. Soon‚ some natural disaster will happen in your area and there won’t be enough money due to the fact that athletes are taking it all. Athletes should be paid less because colleges are going bankrupt‚ it is affecting fans‚ and the increasing
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Nurse’s rn should be paid a higher salary because they do alot more and help patients and for example comfort them when they need somebody’s shoulder to cry on when something horrible happens.RN’s help people so much more then other nurses that work in the industry. Most Registered nurses work directly with the families and the patients.A nurse does frequent evalutions they check vitals and make sure the patients and others are okay they perform IV replacement for patients that need it. They do a lot
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[Whereas] the compensation for the best college…players…is the traditional tuition and fees‚ room and board‚ and books. Never is there spending money. (p. 475) This is a sentiment that is shared by numerous people when regarding whether college athletes should be
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Should college athletes be paid to play their sport? This has been a hot topic discussed by many people over the past several years. Through my research‚ I have come across several different opinions on this matter. I have also found many pros and cons to paying college athletes. Many college athletes receive scholarships each year. These scholarships can cover all‚ or part of‚ tuition‚ books‚ meals‚ and housing. Some scholarships can end up being worth as much as $200‚000 over a four-year
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