college athletes or not. Several studies have been done along with articles from various sources. This has been on the rise especially since “March Madness” is coming up. “March Madness” may only consist of three weekends‚ however‚ an 11 billion dollar deal is made to televise the games (Wilbon). This is when you have to take the time to sit back and contemplate whether these college athletes really are getting the fair end of the stick. Under NCAA laws it is forbidden to pay these athletes for their
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Professional athletes are often rewarded extremely substantial amounts of money and lucrative endorsement deals. Many people argue that their salaries should be reduced to smaller amounts of money. Male athletes are one of the most highly paid people in the world. Athletes are some of the most talented people‚ but are they worth the millions that they are paid I do believe athletes don’t deserve the millions of dollars they make for what they do. I believe that all athletes are being overpaid just
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Nicholas Cubillas Jillian Swisher English102- #37 November 12th‚ 2012 Keeping College Sports In Line Should college athletes really be labeled as ‘employees’ eligible to be paid by the universities they attend? Or should the laws enacted by the National College Athletic Association (NCAA) remain unchanged leaving players unpaid? Whether or not college athletes should be paid has always been a relevant and controversial topic in the sports world. As a student at a Division 1 sports school and
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the Milwaukee Bucks have Brandon Jennings. There have been these athletes and many more who fit into that category. These three men are in an elite group of their own‚ each of them didn’t attend a single class in college‚ and as a matter of fact they didn’t play a single minute of college basketball. Lebron James‚ Kobe Bryant‚ Dwight Howard and Brandon Jennings skipped college on their road to stardom in the NBA. Teens in professional sports have come in all shapes and sizes‚ and it has been a debated
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September 20‚ 2013 The Life of an Athlete It was a Saturday morning; I could hear the birds flying overhead‚ and the girls complaining of being too tired to practice. We were awake before sunrise‚ standing out on that field ready to practice. Maybe not so much awake as we were so close to sleeping on the floor. The smell of freshly drug dirt‚ as well as the freshly cut grass‚ filled our noses as we inhaled and deeply exhaled with our morning jog. The pain‚ or struggle‚ for some was the success
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American Olympic athletes should be paid more money for training and competing. They currently do not make enough which is leading to less than optimal performance for the American team. Most olympians are making less than $15‚000 per year(less than minimum wage)‚ which makes it tough for them to train to their potential and win. America’s top athletes are going to play football‚ basketball‚ or baseball instead of competing in the Olympics. We are also being beat by other countries that pay and value
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know doctors save lives‚ Soldiers protect lives. So why do athletes earn more than both of these combined. * The average NBA player earns 5.5 million dollars per year * The average MLB salary is 2.8 million Dollars * The average NFL salary is 1.8 million dollars * All of these salaries are not including endorsements * Famous boxer Floyd Mayweather just made 32 million for one fight against Miguel Cotto * Athletes in today’s society are earning substantial amount of money
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Celebrities deserve privacy! Celebrities are constantly in the media for their outrageous or strange antics. Nowadays it doesn’t take a lot to be known as a ‘celeb’. The influence of the ’Celebrity world’ has led to extreme effects‚ especially amongst youths‚ as most magazines are full of tabloids and attention seeking articles which speak little truth. Not only this‚ but the images of celebrities are usually quite false due to the constant need for perfection and ’beauty’ which means that people
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Powell explains the problems that African American athletes face when they attend a university. Most of these athletes are recruited strictly based off of their performance on the court or the field. While this produces a winning record for the University this does not produce high performing grades in the classroom. When a coach is recruiting a player who is not a good performer in the classroom he or she runs the risk of bringing an athlete into their program who will not succeed at the university
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think that drugs testing for athletes are bad‚ well it’s not. I think that high school athletes should be drug tested because athletes can get in a lot of trouble‚ and it’s bad for your body. We need to stop drugs so athletes can become something later on in life some athletes make their life about drugs. We need to stop that now. There are so many benefits on stopping drugs. If you stop their bodies will improve and become a better athlete. They will also improve in
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