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    total profit of $123‚769‚841. The athletes themselves did not receive any of the money the school made on the sales. College sports are also widely watched online and on television which allows additional people to view them from anywhere. The agencies that broadcast the sporting events must pay to broadcast it; this brings even more profit to the college that the athletes never see. College athletes should be paid a salary in addition to the scholarship that they get for a sport. In some cases‚a college’s

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    professional athletes and actors are paid to much. Professional athletes and actors get paid a substantial amount of money for one game‚ or movie. While our men and women in the United States Military are struggling to feed their families. It is a sad commentary on our societal values that these entertainers are taking in seven million dollars a years or more. While teachers‚ police officers‚ and firefighters make less than one percent of the income of some athletes and actors. Even if an athlete or actor

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    Although some may disagree about athletes getting paid more than 10 million dollars they do hard work for that money. I think that they should not be paid almost 10 million dollars because that type of money can go to homeless people and kids they can go to kids to get their diploma to go to college and get a good job. Ten million dollars could go to buildings that are needed. In my opinion is i think it should go homeless people more than anything cause they could have been through a lot. For example

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    Athlete Are Paid Too Much

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    Today ’s professional athletes make ridiculous salaries and are only increasing year after year. Every year we hear how a professional athlete just signed a contract worth a record amount. Then about the same time next year we hear about another athlete is signing a new contract worth even more than the previous high. Professional athletes are making too much money in a society that salaries and wages are typically based on the value of ones work. In today ’s society where salaries are determined

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    Should Teachers Get Paid More? Do you think teachers should get paid more? Many students do not often think fully about this question. Is it a teacher’s job to get rich? No‚ they concentrate on sharing knowledge with the students to make them smarter and succeed in life. For the amount of work the teachers do‚ it seems to be like the paychecks are not enough. Teachers should get more credit than they already do. Teaching students has got to be one of the hardest jobs in my opinion. Teachers deal

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    different groups in support of the players receiving a salary. However‚ the NCAA has been strongly against the idea of paying the players. Division 1 football athletes bring revenue to their schools and commit much of their time to their sport‚ so they should be paid for their work. Under NCAA rules‚ Division I college football players cannot be paid. However‚ this rule goes beyond the players

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    it is something that should be regarded in more ways than one. Many athletes‚ including myself‚ every year work so hard and don’t get enough credit. We should do something about that‚ in order to make sure athletes don’t feel like they are being taken advantage of. Some people think that if they get paid then it would be treated like a job and people wouldn’t care about grades or if they graduate or even about behavior and responsibility. But we cannot push so many athletes to their best and don’t

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    Is it fair professional male athletes get paid more than the women? Most female athletes don’t feel appreciated as much as the males do. According to Thomasson‚ females in America continue to be viewed as the “weaker sex”‚ and inevitably this mentality continues to impact women in American society (para 1.). Most of us females believe that in order for them to feel equal as the male athletes they’d have to do everything a male has to do and they shouldn’t feel as if there aren’t perfect for the way

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    Say you’re being forced to go to a building for 8+ hours‚ and you don’t get paid for it either. Welcome to a student’s life! If kids get paid for good grades that would be at least something! Plus don’t people say school is our “job”? What if giving kids money would be a good thing. Wouldn’t you think they would learn the economic system in the process? Also‚ don’t you think parents would save money in the long run? And when you want to make them do chores for something in a rush‚ it will be stressful

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    College Student Athletes

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    Introduction Did you know that college athletes are shorted million of dollars in monetary value? Of course‚ the obvious argument would be the athletes are receiving an expensive‚ high-quality education and that is sufficient. However‚ when really looking at the factual numbers‚ there is a huge discrepancy. College student athletes should be monetarily compensated in direct proportion to the revenue that is generated by the program’s university. Athletes are clearly being taken advantage of and exploited

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