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    Many student athletes thrive to become professional players of that sport. Almost all of them graduate from college with low grade averages. So‚ as a result of that‚ they attempt to become professional and the do not succeed. Now they can not go back to school and get good grades to then be able to get a well-paying job. Student athletes should have to maintain a certain GPA to participate in sports activities because it motivates them‚ it gives them a financial benefit and most coaches look

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    Many people believe that college athletes deserve to get paid while many other believe that they should not. While there are many common arguments why college athletes should not get paid such as they are on scholarship‚ they are amateurs‚ and paying college athletes would ruin college sports. College athletes should get paid and there are various reasons why they deserve some form of monetary compensation. The typical American work week is said to be 40 hours‚ “while the typical division 1 college

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    The question ”should college athletes be paid‚” has been highly debated over the past couple years. College sports are on the rise and bringing more and more money in every year‚In 2014‚ Texas A&M made over 190 million dollars off their sports teams alone(e.g. Malcolm Lemmons‚ “College Athletes Getting Paid? Here Are Some Pros And Cons.”‚The Huffington Post)! This is in part why I believe that college athletes should get paid. There are three main reasons that can back my belief up‚ those reasons

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    facilities and other areas‚ all for the “amateur” athletes. But what makes someone an amuture and a pro? Is it money? It’s definitely not training because the argument is there that College players train just as much or harder than the Pros. So I will assume it is the the money that makes a difference. Money is overflowing in areas like Football‚ and Basketball and although the athletes benefit in one way‚ said athletes still deserve to be paid for what they do. This is an argument that has been up for

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    Athletes make too much money. Athletes hardly have to work for their money‚ and their pay is insanely high. However‚ they do put a lot of strain on their bodies. Athletes should be paid much less than what they are currently paid. Athletes hardly work for their money. As a matter of fact‚ Kobe Bryant used to make more money making two field goals than an average person would in a year. That is ridiculous. Sports stars hardly have to work for their pay‚ and several times‚ one will make a million

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    Wages Many people have different opinions on the salaries that professional soccer players receive. Cristiano Ronaldo‚ who is currently the highest paid footballer in the world‚ gets paid $82 million per year. There are some that would argue that he does not deserve that much money for being a athlete. Professional football players do not get paid too much because the teams are private businesses so they can pay their players what they want‚ the players put in tons of hard work‚ and they bring in revenue

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    division one colleges. Division one and division two athletes must obtain amateurism‚ which is playing the sport as a hobby rather than for the money‚ many would define amateurism as worthy but it is really tainted and monopolized! Should NCAA athletes get paid? Numerous of people would easily answer no because college athletes are on scholarships and various athletic departments loses money even with a winning record. Also college athletes have advantages with free tuition‚ books‚ living expenses

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    if college athletes got paid? I could‚ especially with the help of this new article I read‚ written by Veronica Majerol for The New York Time Upfront. I chose this topic because I thought it would be interesting to know why they aren’t paid. I would say that they should be. So some reasons I think that college athletes should be paid are that some college athletes are unhappy with the title unfairly placed on them: amateur. College athletes should be treated as professional athletes. Their games

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    Although some may disagree about athletes getting paid more than 10 million dollars they do hard work for that money. I think that they should not be paid almost 10 million dollars because that type of money can go to homeless people and kids they can go to kids to get their diploma to go to college and get a good job. Ten million dollars could go to buildings that are needed. In my opinion is i think it should go homeless people more than anything cause they could have been through a lot. For example

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    College Athletes Get Paid to Play “It’s Time for College Athletes to Get Paid”‚ an article written by AJ Enno‚ examines college athletics are a key source of income‚ and they attract students to their colleges. The article states‚ universities depend on their athletes to produce and maintain the popularity of their school’s name. He acknowledges college athletes are supposed to be the best of the best on that level‚ so this is why they should get paid. Enno also states‚ college athletes make enough

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