Kelvin Miller Paying College Athletes: Unsportsmanlike A common American dream that is becoming more and more popular is the fantasy of playing collegiate and possibly professional sports. Today’s youth dream of being the best there ever was to play the game‚ and dedicate hours on hours to achieve that goal. Dedication of time is what gives this dream a chance. College athletes spend multiple hours a day practicing‚ whether it be actual practice or spending time in the weight room to be physically
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go on to play professionally. The other 97% spend hours and hours of their precious time practicing on the field all for no future in that specific field of work. Actually according to Forbes‚ Marc Edelman reports “student-athletes work 3 and a half more hours a week than a typical american worker”(Forbes) If an NCAA athlete spends over 40 hours a week practicing their game‚ then they are working the same amount of hours as people who are in full employment. These hours are spanned over practices‚
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VerQueshia Hayes Should college athletes be paid? Why or Why not? Some kids grow up with the love of different sports from their childhood. It maybe soccer‚ football‚ basketball‚ or even golf; whatever it might be‚ it becomes a part of their childhood memories. In fact‚ they might even take the dream to high school or maybe even college. If it is not a profession you should not get paid. First‚ a Student-Athlete and the word student always come first. Another reason would be that paying every
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Should student athletes be paid to play? People are debating many controversial issues locally and globally. One controversial issue‚ which is relevant today‚ is whether or not college athletes should be paid or not. One side argues college athletes should be paid while others argue why they should not. For the NCAA this has been a popular topic. People began to discuss this topic when college athletes started to receive special treatment and compensation from scouters to insure that those players
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Why Should Scholarship Athletes Be Paid? Recently in the news‚ there was a report on the five University of Kentucky basketball players that decided to enter the NBA draft after only their freshmen season. Sure‚ they were told of the millions of dollars they could make in professional sports‚ but were they given the odds of them even reaching that big payday? From picks 5-10 in the draft‚ the success rate of the player becoming a league average starter is about 30%‚ then for the rest of the first
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“student-first” athletes. The main question that arises from this is should the NCAA and or institutions/ conferences be paying athletes for their services? By looking at the billions of dollars a year that the business of college sports generates just in television and radio time alone‚ indicates that student athletes should be paid. If these schools and the NCAA are making billions of dollars from college sports‚ then why shouldn’t the athletes get paid for doing what they do? After doing some research over
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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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colleges‚ universities and even sponsors. This leads to many debates concerning the payment of the athletes. Some people think that scholarship paid to colleges for these student athletes is enough while others claim that the payments might make them to leave the college early for participating in the athletics. Division 1 college athletes should be paid. College athletes put their bodies on the line just like the pros do. Wide receiver Martin Brown tears his ACL and his career in football is
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What Kind of Police OfficerUses Excessive Force Examining why police officers use excessive force is a complicated subject to unfold. There is no simple explanation on why they use force. Studies have revealed that their personality dynamics plays a factor in their judgment. Scrivner (1994)‚ described five different profile types of violence-prone officers who may be subjected to this kind of behavior. The various group types are Chronic Risk Group‚ Job-Related (Traumatic) Experience Group‚
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Some people believe that college athletes should be paid and others do not. The only thing wrong with paying athletes is they get paid in other ways. College athletes get scholarships‚ housing‚ coaches‚ and opportunities no other college student has. So maybe they shouldn’t get paid but when you step back and look at the whole picture; coaches get paid a lot of money for example coming from Nick Saban (football coach of University of Alabama) he makes over $7 million a year. But think of the team
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