Introduction For many college athletes‚ the lure of playing pro sports is intoxicating. Dreams of fancy cars‚ luxurious homes‚ tailor-made suits‚ voluptuous women‚ and the mental images of a crowded stadium chanting their name is enough for any collegiate athlete to think about abandoning their education for a chance at stardom. When the dreams are solidified with million dollar contracts‚ think immediately is replaced by impulse. Left behind in the frenzy is the much needed college education that no
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Seeing Through Work and College Today‚ many students are beginning to work while in college. Over the past few years‚ tuition‚ room and board‚ and other school expenses have become more and more expensive. There are many types of financial aid available‚ such as loans‚ government grants‚ and scholarships that could help me pay for my college education. However‚ some of us are not lucky enough to receive “free money” from the government or a scholarship. For people like me who need to take out a
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College athlete salary has been a controversial issue for many years. Many debate that they do not need a salary and that all they need is the scholarship that they were given to get into the school. At the same time people argue that they need compensation for putting their bodies and careers on the line‚ they bring in lots of profit for the school‚ and need money moving forward in their professional career and in life after college. Kevin Ware‚ guard for the 2013 NCAA men’s basketball
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College Athletes Getting Paid: Considerate or Materialistic? Now‚ more than ever‚ we live in an era of entitlement. College students are fully aware of the time and effort they must put forth should they choose to participate in a sport. The rules and regulations are clearly stated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)‚ and receiving compensation for their contributions are clearly not stated. Paying college athletes has been an ongoing debate since the early 1900’s. In 1905‚
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like if college athletes got paid? I could‚ especially with the help of this new article I read‚ written by Veronica Majerol for The New York Time Upfront. I chose this topic because I thought it would be interesting to know why they aren’t paid. I would say that they should be. So some reasons I think that college athletes should be paid are that some college athletes are unhappy with the title unfairly placed on them: amateur. College athletes should be treated as professional athletes. Their games
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The topic I chose is “Why are college athletes not being paid for playing sports in college while others around them are?” College athletes are like other professional athletes only thing different is they are one level under professionals and they are not being paid. The athletes are not being paid for their entertainment‚ but they are doing just about everything a professional athlete is doing such as being on television‚ playing on holidays‚ and being exposed to the media. This topic was chosen
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English 83 Should Cell Phones Be Allowed In College Classrooms? I think cell phones shouldn’t be allowed in college classrooms. Nowadays‚ parents buy a cell phone for their teenager‚ in order to contact them more conveniently. But a lot of students bring their cell phone to the college‚ during class. If cell phone shouldn’t be banned in classrooms‚ we will often see this scene: During the class‚ a
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Every parent wants their children to get a scholarship to attend college. It is estimated that a four-year college degree can cost over $100‚000. Receiving scholarship money sometimes is the only way a student is able to attend college. Scholarships can pay for your academic‚ housing and athletic needs. A major discussion made today is about paying student-athletes to play for a college. College athletics have become a big time business especially in football and men’s basketball. According to
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Should college athletes get paid for playing? Over decades‚ Division 1 athletes have been pouring their heart and soul into their sport they worked so hard for day after day‚ week after week. For years‚ athletes talents has Got them to a university where they can show their ability and talents. When you are at the division 1 level it is more competition then any other division and there job is to bring a Championship. A true athlete plays the game that their heart desires
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whether or not college athletes should be paid. Despite each of the authors having polar opposite views on the topic‚ each author is similar by using rhetorical strategies to their advantage in trying to educate and persuade their audience. Through the use of appeal to ethics‚ personal experiences‚ and historical examples the authors share the common goal of convincing their audience whether or not college athletes should be paid. The first of the articles‚written against college athletes getting paid
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