rink? Athletes put themselves at the risk of an injury every time they step onto their playing fields simply for the love of the sport they play. However‚ the professional athlete embraces these risks because they are heavily compensated for the risks associated with the sports they play. In contrast‚ the college athlete has everything to lose and nothing to gain when he or she takes the risk of playing at the collegiate level. The many controversies between whether or not college athletes should
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mean that people should have to suffer for the rest of their life because of their mistakes. Just like everybody else‚ professional athletes who have been involved in illegal behavior should have the right to return to their old life once they have paid their debt to society. To keep athletes from playing in their sport goes against our country’s bill of rights‚ destroys the athlete’s life‚ and would leave them out of a job. Athletes who are being kept from playing their sport should be protected by
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October 2014 Should College Athletes Be Paid? The NCAA makes billions of dollars every year off of college sports (Johnson). Last year the NCAA men’s basketball tournament made nearly 1.15 billion dollars just off of the television ads ran during the tournament (Johnson). Athletes should be paid for their time and efforts put into the sport. They are making a ton of money for other people and they don’t get to see any of it. There are many reasons that college athletes should be paid‚ they make
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doesn’t get paid to play football. Johnny Manziel‚ a player from the Cleveland Browns‚ gets 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
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With college athletes practicing and playing in the games‚ the National Collegiate Athletic Association‚ the NCAA should be paying their college athletes to play. College athletes spend the same amount of time on their sport as a full time job‚ college athletes are struggling to make ends meet‚ and a salary would help the athletes to manage their money. For all that they do these college athletes definitely deserve to be compensated for what they do. These college athletes spend an average of 43
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College athletes are often considered to be some of the luckiest young students in the world. Most of the time they’re riding on full-fledged scholarships that cover all the costs of school. Plus‚ they are in a prime position to make a reputation for themselves in the sporting world and prepare for the big leagues. However‚ there are a lot of problems with how college athletes are treated. There has been a major discussion for years if college athletes should or should not be paid while they are
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College Athletes Should Get Paid At some colleges‚ college athletics are a key source of income‚ and they attract students to their institutions. Universities depend on their athletes to produce and maintain the popularity of their school’s name. College athletes are suppose to be the best of the best on that level‚ so why do college athletes not get paid? The National Collegiate Athletic Association‚ NCAA‚ says that it is trying to protect the athletes from "exploitation by professional and commercial
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Should College Athletes be Paid? Maybe it was the annual spectacle of March Madness and the fact that UCONN came out of nowhere as an underdog to win their 3rd national NCAA men’s basketball title. Maybe it was the excitement of watching the UCONN football team playing in its first ever BCS Bowl against Oklahoma last year. Whatever he reason‚ the media and sports critics always ignite a fresh debate over the merits of paying college athletes for their services to the schools. Over the past few
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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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College Athletes Shouldn’t Be Paid While catching up on some game day scores for college football‚ an article popped up on the side with a title reading‚ College Athletes Deserve To Be Paid. I noticed it was written by Michael Wilbon‚ one of the hosts from the ESPN show‚ Pardon the Interruption. Already disagreeing with the title before even reading it‚ I was skeptical‚ but I clicked on the link and started to read. Wilbon brought up a number of decent points throughout the article‚ but for
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