Should College Athletes get paid? College Athletes are students not professionals We go to college in hopes of a job to make money Students must learn to contribute to society Athletes make choice to commit time to their sport Why should athletes get paid to go to school? Athletes get paid in scholarships Students with full ride are debt free of college loans “The money they would be using would be coming out of the university’s general funds‚ which would mean taking money away from
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FREE HEALTHCARE SHOULD BE UNIVERSAL 1. Introduction Walter Cronkite‚ once said “America’s health care system is neither healthy‚ caring‚ nor a system.” In a time where emergency rooms are flooded with preventable illnesses and waiting lists for doctor visits expand into months‚ Cronkite’s quote certainly holds true. Around the planet the majority of developed nations have some form of healthcare infrastructure. The majority of these nations have healthcare plans‚ defined by some variety of government-subsidized
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receives money from ticket sales‚ television contracts‚ and sport-related merchandise‚ along with many other sports related revenue builders. The athletes on the other hand‚ 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
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Should college athletes get paid? Over the past few years‚ one of the greatest debates has been whether student-athletes should be paid as if they were professional athletes. I strongly stand behind the belief that student-athletes should not get paid. Majority of college athletes are trying to get to the pros‚ with that being said they have not reached that level yet‚ so why should they get paid as they were a professional? Being involved in a college athletic program is just another stepping
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put 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
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College athletes should not get paid. You might think I’m crazy or selfish‚ but I am neither. College Athletes get so many great benefits until they really do not need a pay check. Most college athletes receive scholarships. Even more many college athletes receive “full ride scholarships.” According to www.bigfuture.collegeboard.org Division I is the biggest and most competitive NCAA division. Colleges that compete in Division I must offer scholarships — many of them full — to their student-athletes
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making minimum wage yourself ”[Koerting 11]. The rich argue that the government should not give directly to the people but rather build institutions such as libraries‚ schools‚ and universities where those who want to succeed‚ can succeed. A minimum wage may protect the worker from ridiculously low wages but only encourages lethargy among those who earn it and raising the minimum wage would have the same corresponding and increasing affect. A major idea of the American Dream is to start with nothing
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English 101 7 May 2012 Why It Is Getting Harder to Get an Education? In the times we live in‚ it is getting harder and harder to get an education‚ and more difficult yet to get by without one. People can´t get stable jobs without a degree‚ and be completely sure they will live a comfortable life. Competition has turned education into a need in order to survive modern times‚ but still‚ tuition prices are being raised making education more challenging than it already is. Students nowadays have
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the military should make this much too. This is not possible. Our military gets paid from tax income of the country. The United States gets $3.7 trillion in income tax. If you divided that among all the soldiers and pay them what pros get paid‚ this is how much it would be. It would be 7.8063324e+12‚ that’s a lot. My main three reasons for thinking pros should get paid more than soldiers are not enough money‚ just as much training‚ and they get paid from different sources. Athletes get paid from millions
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intercollegiate athletics into higher education so that the educational experience of the student athlete is paramount". Many have questioned whether it is wise to compensate collegiate athletes with scholarships‚ due to questions about the validity of their awards and speculation over athletes receiving improper benefits. The argument against paying players is that they receive scholarships‚ often valued at tens of thousands of dollars‚ plus stipends‚ which are more than their free market value is worth. Or
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