Should College Athletes Get Paid? Should college athletes be paid? It is a question that most of us have heard before. Many people might say they are getting paid by getting scholarships but many people might say scholarships are not enough. It is an argument that has been going on for decades. It was even mentioned in June 1905 issue of McClure’s. There are a lot of reasons to why they should get paid. According to researches the fifteen highest paid college football coaches’ salary is $53.4
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Summer Libby Worthen Argument Essay 2 December 2014 Professional Athletes vs Doctors Professional athletes have an overwhelming role in todays society. These “heroes” are the idols of many young athletes and appreciated across the country by others of a widely varied age group. However‚ the purpose of these professional athletes is to entertain avid sports fans. While this is a pretty dominant role in todays society it shouldn’t be as dominant as the role of a doctor. The role of doctors is often overlooked by many
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Should Amateur Athletes Be Paid? The involvement of agents and boosters in collegiate level sports has become a major topic amongst headlines in news recently. If you were to pick any athletic program at random it is most likely that they have committed some sort of a violation. Many people argue that college athletes should not be paid because they receive scholarships that pay for their meals‚ housing‚ tuition‚ books‚ and so on. At some universities‚ these scholarships equal up to $200‚000
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paid $420‚000 a year. If college athletes were paid it could be the difference between a “Big 10” college team that pays a lot or a less popular division that doesn’t pay much at all. Most people believe that college student athletes should be paid for playing a collegiate sport while going to school. Social media is reining over our lives nowadays with the glamorous lives of professional athletes fancy cars‚ houses‚ and clothes. That is every collegiate athletes goal‚ to play sports and make a lot
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Athletes should be drug tested because it can cause many problems for example. Bryan Berard was caught using steroids when playing in the NHL. Steroids can cause health problems. For example‚ “ Aggression‚ hostility‚ and depression are known side effects of steroid use.”Steroids can cause many health problems at a young age. Use of steroids can ruin your life. If you have a family your family will leave you. If you have a job you can lose your job. If you play a sport you can be kicked out of your
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Should College Athletes Be Paid? Believe it or not‚ student athletes currently on a full scholarship to play their desired sport are struggling to live. Simply‚ because scholarships do not provide the full cost to be able to live a healthy lifestyle. Essentially‚ athletes may be starving themselves because they have no other options. Place yourself in their shoe for a second‚ although that may be a fairly large shoe to fill. With many athletes not coming from a wealthy background‚ they have limited
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Two Professional Athletes Emmitt Smith and Jerry Rice both played College and NFL football‚ but for different Teams and they played different positions. They were the greatest football players in there Time when they were playing. Emmitt Smith also played football in high school and shined on the field there as well. He played football for Escambia High School in Pensacola‚ Florida. Escambia won the state Football championship‚ and Emmitt rushed for 106 touchdowns and 8‚804 yards‚ which
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Should NCAA athletes be paid? The NCAA makes six billion dollars annually(Frederick). Davis points out the SEC recently surpassed the $1 billion mark for football receipts. The Big Ten is close behind at $905 million. He reminds us that the football programs at Texas‚ Florida‚ Georgia‚ Michigan and Penn State earn between $40 million and $80 million each year in profits. The NCAA received $771 million from CBS and Turner to broadcast last year’s basketball tournament (Davis). The athletes get none
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Athletes Shouldn’t Get Paid 58% of college coaches think that there athletes should get paid for playing sports at the college level. Even though they are marketing athletes on merchandise‚ athletes should not get paid because they are student’s first and athletes second. Colleges don’t have a huge budget for paying athletes and the students are required to go to school. The students are at the age where they won’t budget the money and they will waste all of it. They are already be taken care
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tickets to selling merchandise. Should NCAA pay their athletes? No‚ because they already get free things from their sponsors‚ they get paid by their education‚ last but not least it will trouble other non-generating revenue clubs. The first reason why athletes should not get paid is because they already get free things from their sponsors to their fans. “The NCAA athletes get paid with psychology classes‚ track suits‚ knee braces‚ and ice baths.” This proves that the athletes get free stuff some of it
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