The first college sporting event was in 1852. It was a rowing competition between the Yale and Harvard rowing teams. Since then college athletics have grown into multi-million dollar industries. In 2008 the University of Alabama made the most money with their athletic program – making a total profit of $123‚769‚841. The athletes themselves did not receive any of the money the school made on the sales. College sports are also widely watched online and on television which allows additional people to
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Should College Athletes be Paid? How many times have you heard of college athletes being paid under the table or receiving gifts from the school they play for? How many times have these players actually deserved what they received? Many college athletes struggle to juggle their academic and work schedules. On top of that‚ college athletes need to dedicate themselves to a busy practice schedule as well. Why shouldn’t they be compensated for their time dedicated to helping their school?
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Athletes are dominated‚ managed‚ and controlled. They do not receive a wage compensation for their contribution to economic returns. Athletes are sometimes mistreated physically and mentally; and denied rights and freedoms of other citizens. The debate over whether or not to pay collegiate athletes‚ specifically Division 1‚ has increased greatly. Many people believe college athletic associations; such as the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Associations) treat college athletes unfairly. College
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gets paid $420‚000 a year. If college athletes were paid it could be the difference between a “Big 10” college team that pays a lot or a less popular division that doesn’t pay much at all. Most people believe that college student athletes should be paid for playing a collegiate sport while going to school. Social media is reining over our lives nowadays with the glamorous lives of professional athletes fancy cars‚ houses‚ and clothes. That is every collegiate athletes goal‚ to play sports and make
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with regards to college programs compensating players and players accepting compensation from universities and outside sources‚ one question has understandably been brought up. It is a question that was bound to be asked sooner or later‚ and one without an obvious answer: should college athletes be paid? It is one of the biggest‚ if not the biggest‚ question that surrounds the world of college sports. The answer‚ quite simply put‚ is no. Allowing universities to pay students athletes to participate
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Should Pro Athletes Protest? Imagine standing in class‚ hand over heart‚ the pledge loud over the speaker. You look to your left and see your friend sitting down in their seat. You wonder whether you should tell or not. Many people don’t stand with their hand over their heart daily. We judge them without knowing their reasons for not showing patriotism. Therefore‚ these athletes are not taking it too far by not showing their patriotism. These athletes did not go too far‚ because many people would
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Paying College Athletes This problem with paying college athletes has been introduced in lots of courts throughout the years. The question where these millions of dollars should go. Should all this money go into paying college athletes for the sports that they play in college? They play these sports and help build a good reputation for the college that they attend‚ but the answer for whether to pay them is simple. I do not believe that college athletes should be paid in college. This might be
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The Dilemma to Pay College Athletes The United States is the only country in the world that hosts big-time sports at institutions of higher learning. This should not‚ in and of itself‚ be controversial. What has become debatable is whether college athletes of high revenue-producing sports deserve to receive compensation for being the basis of a billion dollar business. In other words‚ do certain college athletes deserve to be paid to play? Although this may seem like a good idea to some‚ it ignores
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paying college football & basketball athletes another problem is posed when people bring up the beloved term "student-athletes." The kids that are heavily recruited are usually in bad situations and this is their way to get out of that but being a "student-athlete" or "amateur" bars them from any sort of economic advancement. Roughly twenty percent of the athletes graduate with degrees before their football careers are over‚ and all they are left with is the ability to say they played college football
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There is no greater support system in the United States than a universities athletic department. With records to be broken‚ championships to be won and legacies to be created‚ college athletes are given special priorities. No college athlete is given more special treatment than college football players. They are given special buildings and receive thousands of dollars in scholarships and equipment and are treated as celebrities when they walk around campus. At universities across the country‚ coaches
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