Classes. Game time. Stress. College athletes have a plentiful amount on their plate. Not knowing where money would come from adds more on top of school and sports. Paying athletes would eliminate stress. The NCAA refuses to pay athletes‚ but it’s not that they don’t have money. They have billions of dollars off of capitalizing‚ ticket sales‚ and team winnings. So why don’t they pay players? College athletes should get paid because their sports are jobs‚ paying would make sports more competitive
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College football is a multi - billion dollar industry and everyone gets paid except for the players the ones that actually play in the games. Although the players are not employees they should get paid. Imagine you’re a full time student and you’re working at a full time job and for all of your hard work and dedication you help your company make lots of money but out of all that money that you help make you get none of it. But your boss and all the people with higher positions than you gets paid
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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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Who Should We Put a Price on Talent? Steve Yeager played for the L.A Dodgers until 1976‚ the year of his tragic accident. Yeager was waiting in the deck circle when the bat of his teammate shattered. A jagged chunk of wood splintered off the bat and flew directly into Yeager’s throat. He collapsed‚ and while blood spurting from his neck‚ he was rushed to the hospital. Somehow‚ he ending up surviving‚ but money had a great deal on his case. Most baseball players get paid payed over four million dollars
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When deciding to play a sport in college‚ that sport eventually becomes one of your main focus. Being an athlete is not an easy thing because college athletes spend hours of practice and keeping their grades up. So it is nearly impossible for them to get a job. Without a job‚ these athletes have no guaranteed money coming in so they can pay for financial stuff. Many people argue‚ “Oh they have athletic scholarships”‚ but it does not cover all costs incurred from registration to graduation. The athletic
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Should Student-Athletes Get Paid Wilson Hinds Professor Dorothy Valentine‚ Strayer University 5 December 2012 Abstract For many students‚ the college experience is measured by the success of their NCAA-sanctioned athletic programs. Without the experience and athletic performance the student athlete brings‚ most colleges would not reap the benefit of these significant revenue-generating activities. At best‚ current NCAA regulations need to be revisited to ensure all avenues are addressed
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Professional athletes get paid over a million ¬¬dollars each year just to compete and advertise for companies while teachers get paid $40k- $158k per year. Boxer Floyd Mayweather‚ Jr. is the highest paid athlete of 2015-2016 making $150 million yearly with soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo of Spain coming in a close second with a yearly salary of $80 million. Teachers and professors in Luxembourg are paid the highest amount in the world with a starting salary of $79k that can reach over $138k. The
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complain that college athletes should be "compensated" for their work on the field. We hear that because college athletes generate money to the university they should get money back. Maybe we should pay high school athletes too‚ they generate money. College athletes in major universities don’t pay for transportation‚ tuition or team facilities. On top of a free ride the school should pay them as well? Not a chance. I have some very good reasons why college athletes should not be paid. One of the
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that only 23 college universities have the money to pay all of their athletes‚ according to the List Land webpage. The topic of college athletes being paid has always been a debatable topic‚ and is still to this day. Paying athletes isn’t smart because most athletes already receive a scholarship‚ playing college sports is a privilege‚ and last but not least‚ college athletes are irresponsible with their money. Therefore‚ college athletes should not be paid. No doubt that college athletes are phenomenal
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Although athletes may work extremely hard‚ they do not deserve that high of a salary because there are people who do more for this country than just entertain. Everyone loves watching the olympics‚ football‚ or basketball‚ but that doesn’t mean that athletes should get paid in the tens of millions of dollars. Maybe that’s why the United States is so in debt is because people care more about sports than their own well being. First and foremost‚ athletes get paid more the military which shouldn’t
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