The question ”should college athletes be paid‚” has been highly debated over the past couple years. College sports are on the rise and bringing more and more money in every year‚In 2014‚ Texas A&M made over 190 million dollars off their sports teams alone(e.g. Malcolm Lemmons‚ “College Athletes Getting Paid? Here Are Some Pros And Cons.”‚The Huffington Post)! This is in part why I believe that college athletes should get paid. There are three main reasons that can back my belief up‚ those reasons
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Athletes: Paid Too Much or Just Enough? Did you know that the average pay for an NBA player is five million dollars? (Pawson) Although many athletes are paid millions‚ athletes should be paid as much as they are. Not all athletes are paid millions of dollars‚ and they are in a franchise‚ unlike civil services. Did you know that the average pay for an NBA player is five million dollars? Although many athletes are paid millions‚ athletes should be paid as much as they are. Not all athletes are paid
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Scholarship March 19‚ 2012 Life of a Student Athlete Athletics has played an important role in my life. It has taught me to be disciplined‚ work hard for what I want‚ and be able to make a commitment. Through sports‚ I have learned to be a leader on and off the court. In order to exceed‚ one must believe in themselves. One of my favorite quotes puts my athletics mindset into a few sentences‚ “Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself‚ vision
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professional athlete make compared to many other people who have different jobs like nurses or teachers? On average‚ the money a professional athlete can make yearly can be around forty million dollars while a nurse or a teacher can only make one-hundred thousand dollars yearly. Many people don’t realise what the problem is. The problem is that athletes can cover millions of dollars or even billions of dollars. The fact that remains is that athletes are getting overpaid yearly‚ and we should not let athletes
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I feel like certain groups of athletes at the school are put to a lower standard than the rest of the population. Being a student Athlete is a lot harder than just being a student. With long practices everyday‚ no matter midterms‚ or finals‚ being exhausted after school and then going home and having to study or finish homework or a project. It can sometimes be hard to squeeze in the work load. Of course‚ I realize‚ this isn’t the problem everywhere. Not all athletes have bad grades‚ McEachern High
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colleges and universities are made up of two demographics. One of which is student athletes and the other is regular academics students. These two groups of students coexist on campuses all over the world‚ but is one group more important that the other? How are the underlying issues dealt with between the two sides? Collegiate athletics is very important and make a huge contribution to institutes worldwide and society in general. Student Athlete’s schedules are generally more demanding‚ they help promote
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where you can play and get paid millions of dollars! Does this job really exist? To the few privileged athletes in the world of professional sports it does. Everybody knows that the salaries in professional sports are outrageous. Does every good athlete think they’re really worth that much money? I know this is professional sports‚ but let’s face it‚ it is still just a game. For some athletes‚ these salaries go right to their heads‚ and they become conceited. The athletes forget that if it weren’t
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Should kids get paid to do chores? By:Trinity Weaver Do you think kids should get paid to do chores? I say No‚ I don’t think we should get paid to help around the house‚ our parents do so much for us‚ why do they have to pays us to? They give us food‚ clothes‚ and a roof over our heads and we don’t have to pay rent or anything. Plus they don’t get money when they make us food or do the dishes‚ so why should we? I have lots of experience with chores and honestly they are not that
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Kids should get paid for doing chores. Adults get paid for doing work‚ but kids can’t get a job until they’re sixteen. How are we suppose to earn money if we can’t get a job? Kids are always asking for money‚ if you pay me for doing chores you won’t have to listen to me anymore. When kids do chores they learn responsibility‚ but when they get paid for doing chores they learn how hard it is to earn money and they won’t blow it all. What’s wrong with kids getting paid a little money if their
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gender pay gap between different industries‚ especially in businesses. This may already be a law that women should be getting paid the same as men‚ it still isn’t happening in all states/cities. It has been proven that women earn 80.9% of what men do and only 77 cents for every dollar a man makes. Women being able to get paid the same amount of money for doing the same jobs as men should happen because both genders are capable of the same things. For example‚ women are capable of exceeding or achieving
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