Should college Athletes Be Paid to play These days athletes are getting paid under federal labor laws and entitled to form unions and negotiate wages‚ hours and working conditions. Most college athletes these days are getting paid under the table according to Kenneth J. Cooper. This article explains why college athletes go to certain colleges. Donald Remy‚ the NCAA’s general counsel and vice president for legal affairs‚ says court precedents and tax laws have upheld the status of college athletes
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What is the big deal about college? Is it better to get a college degree or find a job that doesn’t need a college degree? College should be a chance that students decide to take to improve their future. Not only can college open more job opportunities‚ but it also insures a safe future and guarantees more money in the long run. First off‚ let’s think about all of the job opportunities college opens up. In the article‚ Why College Isn’t (and Shouldn’t Have to be) For Everyone‚ by Robert Reich for
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With all the money that colleges and universities bring in from the ticket sales‚ memorabilia sales‚ and other items sold from the school athletics many people are questioning the fact if college athletes should get paid. Every year the NCAA and colleges bring in millions and millions of dollars from ticket sales and jersey sellings that come from the hard work of the athletes. The athletes risk career ending injuries and do not get anything in return. College athletes should get a cut from all
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in his freshmen year in college. He is a ball player and he is really good at what he does. He is the star of the team and makes the college a lot of money. However‚ he can’t focus on playing ball because he is worried about paying for his classes and paying his tuition. If Marquiss got paid for his work he does on the basketball court and football field. Marquiss and other sports players in college should only have to focus on playing the sports they play. College athletes like Marquiss should get
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in his freshmen year in college. He is a ball player and he is really good at what he does. He is the star of the team and makes the college a lot of money. However‚ he can’t focus on playing ball because he is worried about paying for his classes and paying his tuition. If Marquiss got paid for his work he does on the basketball court and football field. Marquiss and other sports players in college should only have to focus on playing the sports they play. College athletes like Marquiss should get
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Wilbon‚ Michael. “College Athletes Deserve to Be Paid.” ESPN.com‚ ESPN‚ 18 July 2011‚ www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/6778847/college-athletes-deserve-paid. Accessed 7 Apr. 2017. In his ESPN article “College Athletes Deserve to Be Paid‚” Michael Wilbon begins by saying that he used to 100% against the idea that college athletes should be paid‚ but has recently reconsidered his former belief. He now agrees that college athletes should be paid‚ but not all of them. He feels that the only
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Some people believe that college athletes should be paid and others do not. The only thing wrong with paying athletes is they get paid in other ways. College athletes get scholarships‚ housing‚ coaches‚ and opportunities no other college student has. So maybe they shouldn’t get paid but when you step back and look at the whole picture; coaches get paid a lot of money for example coming from Nick Saban (football coach of University of Alabama) he makes over $7 million a year. But think of the team
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Should College Athletes Be Paid? Richard Sherman‚ a premier athlete in the NFL‚ is what one would want to see in a student athlete. In high school‚ he was the salutatorian(second in his class) and graduated with a 4.2 GPA‚ while putting in the demanding hours required to be an elite athlete. He attended Stanford and continued his academic excellence‚ while maintaining that NFL prospect status. In an interview‚ Sherman was asked his stance on college athlete treatment: “While student athletes are being
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agree that college students should get paid for playing sports‚ what do you think? College Football Athletes should get paid for playing football for there college. The athletes are ones who are playing the sports. Paying the college athletes will teach them economic responsibility. The college is making money for the college athletes playing football. Some colleges will not be able to pay the same amount ot some students. Should college athletes get paid for playing football? The athletes are ones
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to push through the pain and accept it. I always try my best in everything‚ because I’ve learned that hard work is necessary for greatness. Sophomore year swim season‚ we had a new coach who really worked us to the bone. My teammates and I would cry at least once a week from the pain of the practices. They were harder than what we were used to. One day in particular‚ I’d had an ear infection and kept feeling sharp pain throughout the school day. At practice‚ it became worse. My
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