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    professor from Harvard‚ where students get good grades in exchange for money. Over the last few years‚ there have been debates whether this program would benefit the students and their education. Students should not get paid to get good grades. First of all‚ it defeats the purpose of school if students get paid for their grades. One of the main points of school is to learn. They shouldn’t bribe students with money for them to do better in school. If students get paid‚ they are going to forget everything

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    multitude of other areas. Unfortunately‚ the athletes that bring in all this money receive absolutely no revenue and are essentially treated like slaves so that the school can prosper. Even though many people would argue that athletes should play the sport for the love of the game‚ their commitment‚ sacrifice of education‚ and risk of injury or permanent damage suggest they should get some compensation for their performance.

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    There are about 480‚000 student-athletes in the United States and none of them are getting paid to play sports in college even though they are practicing for over forty hours per week. Some people say that the student-athletes have already gotten paid with scholarship money‚ however‚ they don’t get to choose where that money goes. Scholarship money that they receive goes toward tuition and room and board. College athletes often need money to pay for food‚ but unfortunately they can’t use that scholarship

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    profit from your work‚ you would expect to get paid right? A major issue that the National College Athletic Association (NCAA) has to deal with is the controversial topic of whether their athletes should get paid or not. Currently‚ their college athletes do not get paid and simply settle for receiving scholarships from the colleges they are attending. Several individuals have various opinions on what the NCAA should do considering paying college athletes or not. Several individuals‚ including sports

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    In a few months‚ over one hundred million people will gather in front of a television and watch athletes play the most popular sport in the United States‚ football. This once a year ritual brings together many Americans who are happy to watch millionaires knock each other around on the perfectly painted and well-kept field. However‚ does the massive number of people watching the Super Bowl‚ or any other sporting event throughout the year‚ justify their salary? This essay argues no for a few reasons;

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    Even though there are many amazing athletes not every single athlete deserves to earn ten of millions of dollars. There are very few athletes that deserve to make that much. The one athlete that makes the most money is Lebron James‚ he makes the most money in the NBA. The best athletes in the games might deserve to make that much money. Others do not. Some athletes that make a lot of money decide to spend their money wisely. Some give their money to charity‚ or travel to a different country to give

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    Deserve: Compensating the Student-Athlete for Participation in Intercollegiate Athletics. Sports Lawyers Journal 3‚ 25-50. This journal takes a look at the difficulty of being an NCAA athlete and the detrimental affects it has over the well-being of the athlete’s health. This journal is in support of paying NCAA athletes with it’s underlying argument that the NCAA regulations prohibit scholarship athletes to work which on turn effects the overall wellbeing of the student athlete. Overall‚ this journal

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    August to January‚ which begs the question‚ should the players get something in return? Should college football players get paid? Some may think that graduating from a four-year university with a degree should be considered way before playing football once a week and treating the college game like some sort of a developmental league for the NFL. Others may take into consideration that all the blood and sweat college football players put into the game should be returned with "funding" in their own pockets

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    It is the Other Way Around Many athletes get paid millions of dollars just to run around the field or court while doctors get paid thousands of dollars. It’s the other way around. The doctors‚ lawyers and other job you need a good education in should get paid millions of dollars. It would be nice if athletes would get paid less than those people. The Sports Industry‚ specifically in the United States‚ is composed of multiple sports with multiple franchises that cumulatively bring in billions

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    Topic: College Athletes Should Get Paid. General Purpose: To Persuade. Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that college athletes deserve to get paid. Central Idea: College athletes should get paid because of the unfair lifestyle of a student-athlete‚ these athletes make millions for their universities and billions for the NCAA‚ and the finances are just as up to par as professional sports. Introduction I. Summer time is almost over. I hate to say it but it’s true. Pretty soon we’ll be

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