The Topic I decided to debate was should college athletes be paid a salary? The side that I decided to pick was the pro side. To begin‚ every year new college athletes are drafted‚ they are excited to play a college sport and represent their school.”Journalist Michael Wilbon has written that seeing the $11 billion deal between the NCAA and CBS/Turner Sports for March Madness between 2011 and 2024 prompted him to change his mind about paying student-athletes. First of all‚ this deal shows the amount
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grossed 16.4 million viewers total. Kentucky versus Wisconsin became the most-viewed college basketball game of all time on a cable network.” ("7 Common Sense Reason Why College Athletes Should Be Paid (According To Jay Bilas) "‚ 2015 The article also states that both CBS Sports and Turner Broadcasting alone paid more than 10.8 billion to the NCAA back in 2010 for 14 years of rights to air their games. This is all the while many college Athletes don’t have food to eat while these big name events aren’t
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Should students be paid for good grades? Should students be paid for getting good grades? Yes‚ students should be paid for good grades. According to Psychology Today the United States has fallen behind other nations on key measures of education and approximately ¼ of students drop out before graduation. Experts point to inadequate motivation as a key problem. Too many students are bored by school or distracted by unstable family life or any number of the other diversions that face students
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National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) college basketball players should be paid. This would solve a growing problem as NCAA basketball players quit school after the first year to go pro. If college basketball players were paid they would stay in school longer. Secondly‚ they deserve to be paid if the NCAA is making billions of them. Others say that college basketball players should not be paid because they are already being compensated through education. Adam Silver the current NBA commissioner
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that teachers are not reimbursed sufficiently. Considering the education required to be a teacher‚ the amount of work required of someone in the teaching profession‚ and the importance of the profession‚ teaching tomorrow’s leaders‚ teachers should be paid more. According to Lisette Partelow of U.S. News‚ “Teacher pay is low and flat-lining. The average starting salary for U.S. teachers is $36‚141‚ and the average overall salary is $56‚383. Holding constant for inflation‚ the latter number has actually
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Should College Athletes Be Paid? Throughout the years‚ many colleges have dealt with much controversy over whether or not athletes should be paid additionally to play sports in college. There are strong arguments supporting both sides of this issue. I believe there is validity for both sides of this argument. However‚ through research I have done it is my belief that it is dangerous to pay college athletes in addition to their scholarships. Paying college athletes would be harmful for everyone involved
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their time and effort in it‚ yet they don’t get paid. When athletes play a sport‚ they have even more stuff to worry about than a regular student. They have to worry about their grades‚ staying fit to play‚ stay healthy‚ attend to practice every day there’s practice‚ and then after practice go home and do all their work even though they are tired. How much do they get paid for going through all that? Zero dollars. College athletes should get paid to play too. The average salary of a third division
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Watterson 1 Payton Watterson Mr.Lawson English 2 20 December 2016 Should College Athletes get Paid? College athletes need the money too! All college athletes need money to help them get stuff to get them through college‚ and life. Also in some cases‚ some college athletes are already starting their families‚ so they need the money to help support their family. College athletes need to live like everyone else‚ and what does everyone need to live‚ they need money. This is the backfire of paying
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receive their scholarship and little more. While the idea of receiving a free college education is something few would complain about; when the issue is more closely examined it becomes evident that it is not enough. Universities are exploiting athletes‚ and recently the problems that this creates have become more prominent. More and more athletes are now leaving school early to enter the professional leagues in order to make money. There have also been more reports of violations surrounding university
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A debate has ensued over whether or not colleges should be able to pay their athletes‚ due to athletic programs bringing in so much money for schools. Not paying college athletes would be good because students already receive compensation towards college‚ students are given many auditions to become professional‚ and college is not a job. On the other hand‚ others argue that college athletes should be paid because schools and coaches are rich from the students’ work students do not have any time to
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