College players need to get paid for what they do. When college players do not get paid‚ they do not get paid for the great things that they do on national TV. College players make more money for school playing their sport than people’s salaries. Did you know that just if you make it to the NCAA BCS game‚ you get at least six million dollars. That’s not even if you win. Sure student athletes get free things like free tuition‚ board‚ room fees‚ and food‚ but paying players would give them money for
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The term student-athlete was created in 1964 by Walter Byers. He was the first executive president of the NCAA. He coined this term to enable his organization to counter attempts to require universities to pay workers’ compensation. In layman terms‚ make money from extraordinary athletes and offer them a free education. Many student athletes have stated that a free education isn’t enough to get by and they need compensation. The NCAA believes a free education is enough for Student athletes. There
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“You go to Chapel Hill and try to go to a Carolina-Duke game‚ good luck trying to find a ticket. It’s nationally televised. There’s so much money that goes behind just one basketball game. I do think the players from both sides should definitely see some type of benefit.” (Marvin Williams). Marvin Williams was a college basketball player who thinks that the NCAA will be able to pay their players. As Marvin says the NCAA is capable of doing this so if one of the most successful college basketball
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football players being paid has been widely discussed‚ but in reality the fact that this is even a discussion is just ridiculous. College football isn’t a job‚ it is an extracurricular activity students can take part in while in college. Behind this common idea is college football players already are being seen as more privileged and that is not fair to other students and paying college football players will increase that perception. Also if the college football players were paid there must be an organized
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Teachers do not get paid when they are on vacation. The teachers get to summer‚ spring break‚ and Christmas off. That you get to be with your kids in class five days a week. A teacher could get close to some of his/her students. The average salary for a teacher is 44‚844. The elementary hourly rate is $14.71 that is not a lot of money for a teacher. The middle school and high school teachers get paid more than the elementary teachers do. Different students have different perspectives for a teacher
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Dedicated students work hard to have good GPAs. They stay awake late doing homework and projects. These students always participate in class‚ and turn work in on time. As well as dedicating a lot of their time to school‚ making A honor roll or A&B honor roll through all the four years in high school and receiving awards based on their dedication. Even after doing all of this‚ when they become high school seniors‚ they have a giant problem ahead of them: How do I pay for college? Students whose families
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Jan. 2012 Student Athlete Requirements: Too Strenuous or not Enough? When kids are little‚ most everyone will participate in some sort of little league sports program. Most of those children will then continue on to play that sport threw high school and if they are lucky‚ even threw college. When a child is young and in sports‚ the responsibility that ensures that grades are being maintained falls into the hands of the parents‚ so therefore it is a rare occasion to see their grades being greatly
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Good afternoon/morning Mrs.Ellison and Fellow students Well...Well...Well...Look at what we have here. Many students some who may want to become college athletes. But guess what? You are not going to get paid. Why is it that determined college athletes do not get paid‚ while other people with a job do? College athletes wake up everyday‚ to work day and night‚ practicing the sport they specialize in. I’m positive these athletes dedicate nearly all of their work and time for this sport‚ however do
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Student-Athletes who are recruited to play a college sport are going in with one goal‚ to play their sport professionally by being the best player they can be. Unfortunately only about 3% percent of NCAA athletes in their respective sport go on to play professionally. The other 97% spend hours and hours of their precious time practicing on the field all for no future in that specific field of work. Actually according to Forbes‚ Marc Edelman reports “student-athletes work 3 and a half more hours a
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athlete. Athletics will fade. Character and integrity and really making an impact on someone’s life‚ that’s the ultimate vision‚ that’s the ultimate goal - bottom line; according to " Ray Lewis (Brainy Quotes). Those words are true to all student athletes. Student athletes work hard to be extremely successful. In addition to school‚ recruitable athletes devote over twenty hours a week to their sport. Athletes devote time and money to become successful‚ additionally‚ athletes raise hundreds of thousands
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