College athletics is a billion-dollar industry with revenue generated from hard-working‚ unpaid athletes. A college sport competition‚ such as football‚ basketball‚ and baseball‚ can be found on the television‚ radio‚ and Internet‚ almost every day. Intercollegiate athletics generate amazing ratings and revenue for both the media and universities due to their immense popularity in the United States. College athletics are big business and big money. In spite of this‚ the topic of paying college athletes
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College athletes‚ the football and basketball player go through very hard time because the sports arena is characterized by injuries‚ politics and unfair dismissal from the team. According to Tyson Hartnett‚ “Why College Athletes Should Be Paid” says‚ many players often get scholarships from a period of one or two years which covers college tuition fee‚ meal-plan‚ housing and textbook and these benefits‚ participating in college sports is considered a full time job and also the NCAA produce billion
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Paying College Athletes Max Scherzer‚ a professional baseball player‚ said “When you get drafted out of high school‚ you’re going to be going into the minor leagues‚ and that can take three to five or six years — multiple years — in the minor leagues‚ and you’re forfeiting your right to further your education”. He said this when he was talking to CSN’s‚ Santana Moss‚ on him choosing college over going pro right away. Scherzer choose to go to college‚ and not get paid‚ so he could get his education
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of an athlete‚ someone who is a member of a sports team here at the University of Tampa‚ and we had others who expanded more on this. Some respondents said an athlete is someone who is a strong competitor and who has athletic talent and ability. We even had some responses include that athletes are born with an innate drive to compete on not only a physical level‚ but a mental level as well. Few people had expressed that a person’s own competitive nature was a quality that separated athletes from non-athletes
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Some people are worried if they send their child to pro sports early without a degree there might be problems. College athletes go pro early without a job history‚ not knowing if they going to make it all the way and without knowing how to save their money. College athletes should stay in school until they are finish. There are a lot of college people that go to the pros early without finishing school. They go in thinking that they are going to go all the way. A lot of students dream
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Student Athletes: A change to come Here we go again; a stand-out high school athletic star has a choice that will determine the rest of his life. This is what happened to Koby Clemens son of baseball star pitcher Roger Clemens. He intended to play baseball on full scholarship at the University of Texas a NCAA college baseball power house. After graduating high school he was drafted into the MLB‚ an eighth round pick by the team his father played for. Now for the hard part‚ to go to college for free
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College Athletes: To pay or not to pay? After being established in 1905 with the help of former President of the United States‚ Theodore Roosevelt‚ the NCAA has become on of the most profitable organizations in America. The NCAA makes approximately 11 million dollars from CBS alone for just the three weekends of March Madness. Many other college sports bring each of their respected programs millions upon millions of dollars each year. This is why college athletes have must be paid a salary by the
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Introduction Did you know that college athletes are shorted million of dollars in monetary value? Of course‚ the obvious argument would be the athletes are receiving an expensive‚ high-quality education and that is sufficient. However‚ when really looking at the factual numbers‚ there is a huge discrepancy. College student athletes should be monetarily compensated in direct proportion to the revenue that is generated by the program’s university. Athletes are clearly being taken advantage of and exploited
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Why Do I Want To Be Involved In Selma Early College High School? Today’s youth are talented beyond compare. I feel that Selma Early College High School gives students the opportunities to not only discover their talents but to expound on them. I want to be in Selma Early College High School‚ because Selma Early College High School provides an academically enriching experience‚ Selma Early College High School provides a nurturing environment‚ and Selma Early College High School will prepare me
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to. Specifically in college‚ students can easily gain a misconception of finances and rewards. As a current high school student involved in athletics‚ the main goal has become to receive a scholarship so that the burden of financial loans will not be as severe. A controversial issue has arisen as to whether or not college athletes should be paid or not. Although athletes are the primary source of revenue for the school‚ paying them would add more financial pressure to colleges and athletic programs
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