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    College athletes should get paid for playing. By watching college athletics you can tell how passionate they are about the game.( USA Today) You have to commit to this sport. There is a lot of blood sweat and tears that come with playing this lovely game of basketball. Although some writers and analysts say college athletes should get paid‚ here are some reasons they should. First‚ if college athletes were getting paid they would want to stay all four years in college. Second‚ if the college athletes

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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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    Should D1 College Athletes Get Paid? INTRODUCTION On average‚ annually D1 Colleges are earning 50 million dollars across all sports in the schools. All of the D1 schools are making a great deal of money off these stellar athletes and they are receiving very minimal in return. On the other hand‚ if D1 colleges decide to pay their athletes how could this affect the other programs in the school? This is where the discourse begins on whether we should pay the college athletes‚ or is a scholarship more

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    Honors 6 April 2017 Should College Student Athletes be paid? The topic of whether or not student athletes in college should get paid has gotten increasingly larger each year. Lots of people say they should get paid to play their respective sports while lots of people say they shouldn’t. Even though The athletes knew they only get what they sign for in their scholarship offer and should not seek anymore‚ college athletes should get paid because some don’t get big enough scholarships to cover the large

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    surviving‚ but money had a great deal on his case. Most baseball players get paid payed over four million dollars a year. As a result‚ Yeager was able to pay of his medical bill because of how much he was paid. Many professional athletes get paid millions of dollars. Some people think these athletes are overpaid. In reality‚ we all know that’s not true.

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    “You go to Chapel Hill and try to go to a Carolina-Duke game‚ good luck trying to find a ticket. It’s nationally televised. There’s so much money that goes behind just one basketball game. I do think the players from both sides should definitely see some type of benefit.” (Marvin Williams). Marvin Williams was a college basketball player who thinks that the NCAA will be able to pay their players. As Marvin says the NCAA is capable of doing this so if one of the most successful college basketball

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    where you can play and get paid millions of dollars! Does this job really exist? To the few privileged athletes in the world of professional sports it does. Everybody knows that the salaries in professional sports are outrageous. Does every good athlete think they’re really worth that much money? I know this is professional sports‚ but let’s face it‚ it is still just a game. For some athletes‚ these salaries go right to their heads‚ and they become conceited. The athletes forget that if it weren’t

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    their star athletes’ performance on the field. The role athletes play in the production of profit from merchandise‚ ticket sales‚ and advertising has created the question: Should athletes get paid? Based out of “Student athletes deserve payment in multimillion-dollar industry”‚ published in the University Star‚ as the main text describes the reasons why athletes should be paid. The editorial staff argues about the profit the NCAA makes‚ how athletic scholarships work‚ and how some athletes come from

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    Should Major College Athletes Receive Pay For Play? http://bleacherreport.com/articles/22835-should-major-college-athletes-receive-pay-for-play John Stevens Correspondent When I was asked to write this article I gave it quite a lot of thought. Having been in the same position as many of these athletes many years ago‚ I do share some of their feelings on this matter. However‚ on the other hand‚ I want to be as unbiased as possible about this and present a fair perspective. This is a question that

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    When you make millions for your school shouldn’t you get something for that? Football and basketball programs make lots of money for their schools but still don’t get paid. Some kids even have to quit playing their sports because they don’t have enough money to cover all of the expenses of school. Not all the athletes should be paid just the athletes that bring in the revenue for their school‚ the ones that earn it. College athletes need to get paid because they are unable to hold a job as well as competitively

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