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    There are thousands of athletes getting paid millions of dollars for just playing a season of basketball‚ football‚ baseball‚ and etc. While nurses‚ firefighters‚ police officers‚ and the military are risking their lives for complete strangers. Some people think that these athletes deserve more than they do right now. I personally think that they don’t deserve what they are getting. Look at it this way‚ people are actually risking their lives‚ fighting for our country‚ and trying to keep us safe

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    College athletes are often considered to be some of the luckiest young students in the world. Most of the time they’re riding on full-fledged scholarships that cover all the costs of school. Plus‚ they are in a prime position to make a reputation for themselves in the sporting world and prepare for the big leagues. However‚ there are a lot of problems with how college athletes are treated. There has been a major discussion for years if college athletes should or should not be paid while they are

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    Today nearly every athlete in bicycle racing dopes. This started a long time ago. But why do athletes dope even though they know that it isn’t fair and really bad for their body? To answer this question the paper will investigate why athletes dope by using the game theory and especially the prisoners dilemma. I will start with describing the prisoner’s dilemma‚ and then continue with doping in bicycle racing and apply it on the prisoner’s dilemma. Different games theories study strategic interaction

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    education and being an athlete‚ school feels like a breeze as you walk around campus as one of the big dogs in town. People may think that it is difficult to play a college sport and get career studies‚ but it isn’t impossible through new college programs for athletes to come. There have been recent studies to try to help improve college athletics throughout universities. “Offering an associates bachelor’s degree would place more emphasis on academics‚ and give the student-athlete more in return for

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    Should College Athletes Get Paid? Should college athletes be paid? It is a question that most of us have heard before. Many people might say they are getting paid by getting scholarships but many people might say scholarships are not enough. It is an argument that has been going on for decades. It was even mentioned in June 1905 issue of McClure’s. There are a lot of reasons to why they should get paid. According to researches the fifteen highest paid college football coaches’ salary is $53.4

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    The Struggle of Paying College Athletes The Coach of a football team is just as important as any player performing on the field. In fact his power over the team surpasses that of any one single player‚ the coach can determine whether an entire season is a victory or a loss. Perhaps this is why Colleges justify paying a coach millions of dollar a year‚ but the players who are out there beside him next to nothing. Although a lot of the players that perform on the field week by week do get

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    seeks to determine as to why companies use athlete endorsers for better advancing their products‚ services and/or ideas. Objectives In seeking to consider why companies look to use athletes for the purpose of endorsing their products and services during the course of this research project‚ it is necessary to look to fulfil the following objectives - To consider how Athlete Endorsers are Selected by companies 1. To evaluate the positives involved with using Celebrity Athlete Endorsers 2. To evaluate

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    Not Paying College Athletes 1              College Athletes Should Not Be Paid                  Jason Jia  English III‚ P.2  Phyllis Kadrmas  May 16‚ 2014     Not Paying College Athletes 2  Abstract  In recent years‚ many people debate whether college athletes should be paid  or not. This debate has gone on for many years and soon it will be solved. This  paper will talk about the negative effects of paying college athletes and the benefits  they are already receiving from their schools

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    Question). This shows how playing a sport is just a hobby and should not limit student-athletes from changing schools for fear of sitting out of their sport. This problem can easily be solved and it has been talked about for an ongoing amount of time. However‚ it is time stop talking and solve the problem of the student-athlete transfer. Any athlete should be allowed to transfer schools at any time‚ the transferring athlete should be eligible to play their sport immediately at the new school. Obviously

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    Should College Athletes be Paid? Maybe it was the annual spectacle of March Madness and the fact that UCONN came out of nowhere as an underdog to win their 3rd national NCAA men’s basketball title. Maybe it was the excitement of watching the UCONN football team playing in its first ever BCS Bowl against Oklahoma last year. Whatever he reason‚ the media and sports critics always ignite a fresh debate over the merits of paying college athletes for their services to the schools. Over the past few

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