"More than 460‚000 college athletes make up the 19‚000 teams that send more than 54‚000 participants to compete each year in the NCAA’s 90 championships in 24 sports across 3 divisions" (NCAA). This statistic is imprinted on the cover page of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) official website. These teams are watched closely by many fans all year and bring in a large amount of money. The issue with the NCAA is that even though these 460‚000 college athletes play their desired sport
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What is the difference between college athletes and pro athletes? Pro athletes are paid and college athletes are not paid. But pro athletes are professionals and college athletes are students and athletes. The question is whether college athletes should be paid or not. Paying college athletes has been controversial for many years. Many believe paying college athletes is the right thing to do while some have different feelings. College athletes should be paid to play a sport because they are employees
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College Athletes deserve to be Paid College athletes are the hardest working individuals in college. Balancing academics and sports is never a simple task and is especially challenging in college. The athletes are still required to achieve passing grades‚ although many of them will play professionally. Paying college athletes would benefit all athletes‚ providing a small stipend for all of the sacrifices they have made practicing‚ training‚ and traveling‚ in addition to school work. Playing
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Role Model One person I have always looked up to in my life is my older brother for his constant persistence in handling adversity. Constantly‚ my brother has been assaulted and beaten down by some of the harshest difficulties that life has thrown in his face‚ but constantly he has gotten back up and persevered. Most of the challenges he has overcome have been physical‚ but it all started with his persistent mentality. My brother and I have been extremely close all of our lives and that is mainly
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College sports has become a huge factor in sports. The problem is we don’t pay college athletes like we should. If you were to play college lacrosse you would make no money. Most college lacrosse games you bring more people then you would in a professional game. College lacrosse players should be paid because they bring a lot of sponsors and people pay to watch lacrosse games but where does all that money go? Most of the money just goes to the school. Why wouldn’t they pay the players
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How would you feel if an opportunity that came into your life could be taken away in an instant just by stepping onto a court‚ field‚ or rink? Athletes put themselves at the risk of an injury every time they step onto their playing fields simply for the love of the sport they play. However‚ the professional athlete embraces these risks because they are heavily compensated for the risks associated with the sports they play. In contrast‚ the college athlete has everything to lose and nothing to gain
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Should College Athletes be Paid? Maybe it was the annual spectacle of March Madness and the fact that UCONN came out of nowhere as an underdog to win their 3rd national NCAA men’s basketball title. Maybe it was the excitement of watching the UCONN football team playing in its first ever BCS Bowl against Oklahoma last year. Whatever he reason‚ the media and sports critics always ignite a fresh debate over the merits of paying college athletes for their services to the schools. Over the past few
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College Athletes Shouldn’t Be Paid While catching up on some game day scores for college football‚ an article popped up on the side with a title reading‚ College Athletes Deserve To Be Paid. I noticed it was written by Michael Wilbon‚ one of the hosts from the ESPN show‚ Pardon the Interruption. Already disagreeing with the title before even reading it‚ I was skeptical‚ but I clicked on the link and started to read. Wilbon brought up a number of decent points throughout the article‚ but for
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Athletes Shouldn’t Get Paid 58% of college coaches think that there athletes should get paid for playing sports at the college level. Even though they are marketing athletes on merchandise‚ athletes should not get paid because they are student’s first and athletes second. Colleges don’t have a huge budget for paying athletes and the students are required to go to school. The students are at the age where they won’t budget the money and they will waste all of it. They are already be taken care
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Should College Athletes Be Paid? Believe it or not‚ student athletes currently on a full scholarship to play their desired sport are struggling to live. Simply‚ because scholarships do not provide the full cost to be able to live a healthy lifestyle. Essentially‚ athletes may be starving themselves because they have no other options. Place yourself in their shoe for a second‚ although that may be a fairly large shoe to fill. With many athletes not coming from a wealthy background‚ they have limited
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