The Book Things Say talks about do we place athletes on pedestals because of the amount they get paid and how they in every advertisement like Subway commercials and energy drinks I say that we put athletes on a pedestals because they are always on TV you don’t see a doctor on TV I say they doctors are important in this world and some athletes work very hard to get to the top just like doctors. William Moller gave some good points in this book about athletes. “Though I was using it in a far different
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How many college athletes aren’t poor? The college athletes refers to the people who play sport that is organized by institutions. Only one out of twenty five would become pro. I think they should be paid to know how to administrate the money‚ so it wood be good for them. Also they are in danger while they are playing. First of all‚ they should be paid‚ because they put their body in danger and they can get hurt. If they get hurt‚ they lose their scholarship‚ and they don’t finish their careers
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Becoming an athlete‚ let alone a college athlete‚ is not a path paved in gold. There are times you will be doubted‚ challenged‚ and cast aside. There will be mornings you are awake before the sun rises. There will be nights you cry yourself to sleep. You will push your body to points where it will fail. In fact‚ you might be blindsided by an injury that ends it all. There will be coaches that will give you a false sense of security or flat out lie to you‚ and there will be coaches that change your
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Why College Athletes Should Get Paid December 3rd‚ 2013 The single most debated topic when it comes to compensating student-athletes concerns whether student athletes should be paid beyond the full cost of attending school. The pay for play doctrine‚ in which athletes would earn a portion of the revenue they help generate‚ is a highly controversial topic that has become more popular in recent years. The arguments in favor of pay for play originate from the fact that
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If colleges were to pay athletes there would be no fair way to distribute the money. Athletes perform their sport at different levels of ability and for various lengths of time. In addition‚ not every player is able to compete in a game. Problems would arise about the athlete not playing which would not allow for him/her to receive the money they deserve. The first issue about this problem is that some people believe that athletes should be paid based on an open market system. This idea of an
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As college tuitions and costs for students rise‚ many people are wondering if the investments towards competitive sports are taking the focus away from education. The average college spending on sports is about $22‚000‚000‚ every year. If colleges cut down on their sports spending‚ would more students be able to attend colleges and get a better education‚ put the focus back on academics‚ and improve the school’s overall fitness? This is a question many researchers and educators are beginning to
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www.thelancet.com Medicine and Sport Vol 366 December 2005 S21 The rules of sport define a level playing field on which athletes compete. Antidoping policies exist‚ in theory‚ to encourage fair play. However‚ we believe they are unfounded‚ dangerous‚ and excessively costly. The need for rules in sports cannot be dismissed. But the anchoring of today’s antidoping regulations in the notion of fair play is misguided‚ since other factors that affect performance—eg‚ biological and environmental
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on College Education One could think of multiple reasons as to why they need a college education. Louis Menand introduces three theories that concern today’s college education in the article “Live and Learn: Why we need college”‚ found in The New Yorker. As a former Ivy League professor‚ Menand was never questioned about what he was teaching his students. But while teaching at a public university‚ he was shocked after a number of students continued to ask him questions such as “Why did we have
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Compensation for College Athletes Athletes have to be dedicated to the game they play. Dedication means something different to each person; it is how the person responds to adversity that makes all the difference for when they play again. When student athletes have to practice they must be committed to their sport. This means student athletes must make their sport their second full time job‚ their first full time job is their schooling. Division 1 football players spend 43.3 hours a week practicing
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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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