because I am a student athlete myself. Although I am not a student-athlete in the NCAA‚ I am a member of the University of Windsor women’s soccer team and have to balance being enrolled as a full-time student and a full-time athlete. In Canada you never see full-ride scholarships leading to a free education and I think NCAA athletes are unaware how fortunate they are to not have to worry about future debt. A quote by John Smith states‚ “I think we have a responsibility as student athletes. For those
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opportunity‚ will try to pursue a career that reflects their strengths and interests. Some people aspire to be professional athletes‚ while others would like a science career. No matter what field one wishes to enter‚ however‚ a college degree is usually required‚ which in turn favors those who had high GPAs in high school. GPAs‚ if you don’t already know‚ are based on the grades students receive in their classes. However‚ while everyone has their own strengths‚ they also all have things that they are not
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field. Marquiss and other sports players in college should only have to focus on playing the sports they play. College athletes like Marquiss should get paid because they are very important to a school‚ pay would help with tuition and athletes can get overwhelmed. The first reason that college athletes are very important to a school. People who play sports in college don’t get paid for
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Marquiss got paid for his work he does on the basketball court and football field. Marquiss and other sports players in college should only have to focus on playing the sports they play. College athletes like Marquiss should get paid because they are very important to a school‚ pay would help with tuition and athletes can get overwhelmed. The first reason that college athletes are very important to a school. People who play sports in college don’t get paid for the work they do. They could get hurt or
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U.S. are drug testing students in hopes that it will curb student drug use. The majority of these policies target student-athletes or participants in extracurricular activities‚ and on both sides of the debate‚ many questions remain: Is student drug testing an invasion of privacy? How prevalent are drug-testing policies in U.S. schools? Does research show that these policies work? A look at the facts provides a clearer picture about the benefits and problems associated with student drug testing.
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March 29‚ 2012 English 112 (B) Research Paper 1 Should We Pay College Athletes? Should we pay college athletes? That is a big topic in NCAA sports right now. People think that college athletes work hard and that they deserve to get paid. Michael Wilbon is one of these people. At first he was against paying college athletes‚ but now he is all for it. He says that he is interested in seeing the people that make revenue share a little piece of it. Then you have people like a reporter from the
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of college athletes. The main argument to pay student athletes is the plantation-like system they must endure‚ one that strips them of certain basic rights and places them in a situation where they are working to generate millions for their masters. Along with this sentiment‚ college athletes are seemingly raised in an environment where they endure extreme pressure‚ and oftentimes‚ this torture drives them down the wrong path. A salary would therefore be utilized to steer the athlete back onto the
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Brews Drugs and alcohol‚ do they have a significant impact on the lives of college students or just the ones that fall short to the influence? There is a major problem with students using and abusing these substances‚ not only does it have negative effects on the user‚ but on the user ’s friends and family as well. A lot of drugs and alcohol become easily available to college students over the course of their college years. What can be done to help prevent students from abusing drugs and alcohol
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Many students in high school do not have academic requirements of any kind for students to be able to participate in sports and other extracurricular activities. In many schools and communities‚ it seems as though sports are taking over people’s lives‚ overshadowing other important commitments in students’ lives. Students are made to believe that athletes rule the school‚ and grades are often an afterthought. In most cases‚ athletics will only get a person so far in life. Students should be required
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their sports teams because they do not have passing grades. But for many of these student athletes‚ grades are not all their fault‚ yet they are the ones suffering. For one thing‚ sports teach valuable life lessons that students will not learn in a classroom. Not only so‚ but students use sports as a motivation and source of commitment‚ and taking that away will also strip away their passion for everything
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