whether student-athletes should be “paid to play” or not. Is their college education their compensation‚ and the playing time considered an internship? The NCAA rules state that only amateur athletes may play college sports. Their current definition of an amateur athlete is “one who engages in a particular sport for the educational‚ physical‚ mental‚ and social benefits derived therefrom and to whom participation in that sport is an avocation” (Lapchick and Slaughter 74). The rules for student-athletes
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education has changed their values and standards towards student athletes.Taylor Branch points out that “Big time college sports... selects athletes mainly for their athletics‚ not academics‚ interests‚ and abilities.” This shows that colleges view athletes more as “athletes-students” than “student-athletes” (Eckard 211). This point of view is just one reason why the graduation rate for college athletes is so low. However‚ universities make athletes’ graduation rates seem more favorable so that they can
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Amateur Sports College athletes are held to a high standard‚ to act‚ perform and live like professionals. Why not pay them like professionals to? Sure you don’t have to pay them as much as professional athletes but there are a lot of reasons why student athletes should get paid rather than just the scholarship itself. When fans watch these student athletes play there is a major profit in money that the NCAA gets from the millions of people watching. Also‚ the students are the one playing the sport;
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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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organization the NCAA averages an annual profit of 6 billion dollars. The volunteers of this company are made slaves by the system. The athletes no longer scoring the game winning touchdowns are soon forgotten about. Many of these athletes going in their thirties and forties are barely able to walk‚ and cannot go through the day without a headache. Student athletes deserve to be compensated for risking their bodies for the NCAA‚ and the millions of fans watching for entertainment. Conferences such
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Should College Athletes Be Paid? Believe it or not‚ student athletes currently on a full scholarship to play their desired sport are struggling to live. Simply‚ because scholarships do not provide the full cost to be able to live a healthy lifestyle. Essentially‚ athletes may be starving themselves because they have no other options. Place yourself in their shoe for a second‚ although that may be a fairly large shoe to fill. With many athletes not coming from a wealthy background‚ they have limited
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Lorenza Ross November 15‚ 2011 ENGLD-110 Ms. Jamie Jones Should college athletes be paid for playing sports? College athletes today are competing in sports at high level. Athletes today feel as though they should get a payment for the sport they compete in. Paying athletes would be difficult for certain schools because there would be an issue involving money. If the student athlete can find a way‚ he or she should be able to endorse products or make money off their jersey if people want to
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Should Amateur Athletes Be Paid? The involvement of agents and boosters in collegiate level sports has become a major topic amongst headlines in news recently. If you were to pick any athletic program at random it is most likely that they have committed some sort of a violation. Many people argue that college athletes should not be paid because they receive scholarships that pay for their meals‚ housing‚ tuition‚ books‚ and so on. At some universities‚ these scholarships equal up to $200‚000
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Should College Athletes be Paid? “Student athlete. Student comes first”. The question everyone asks is should college athletes be paid? There are many differences in a college athlete and a professional athlete. The thing about paying college athletes is they would just spend all their money on things that they do not need. College athletes should not be paid because they are still student athletes‚ being paid would take the intensity out of the game‚ they would not be focused on their grades‚ and
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College Student Perceived Stress: Athlete vs. Non-Athlete Langeda Bontemps Longwood University Author Note Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Langeda Bontemps‚ Department of Psychology‚ Longwood University‚ Farmville‚ VA 23909. Email: langeda.bontemps@live.longwood.edu \ Abstract According to research college athletes are viewed of having two different roles‚ one as a student and one as an athlete (Settles‚ Sellers‚ & Damas‚ 2002)‚ Research has shown
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