Paying College Athletes Money is everything in today’s society. We buy our food with money. We buy our clothes with money. We buy everything with money and people are constantly demanding for more‚ but what about those without a job? What about students in college who have to focus on their education and can’t get a job to make money? What about the student athletes that play sports for the school; bringing in millions of dollars of revenue every year? They get paid nothing while their coaches
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College athletes are called amateurs‚ but are they really? Some of these kids are making millions of dollars‚ not for themselves but for their universities and coaches. Many college players are referred to as “student athletes”‚ with teachers and coaches constantly putting an emphasis on the “student” part; although many student athletes identify with the latter. When their participating in their sport or doing their school work how are they supposed to have the normal college experience?How are
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Advertisement/endorsement deals for the athletes College Athletes feel like that they should somewhat get a portion of the money that the colleges are making off of them‚ especially if companies and shoe brands are wanting to use them as the face of their brand. A lot of the athletes come from a background where they may not have a lot of money from their families to support to support the college athlete throughout college. Some of the athletes do not even get a full scholarship and ma only get
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typical life of a college football player at the University of Texas under the current guidelines of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Every year millions of people flock to stadiums across the country to watch their local collegiate teams participate in athletic competitions. Along with the entertainment provided to the fans‚ the schools give the people of that university a sense of pride and bragging rights amongst other teams. Over the years‚ the popularity of college sports (especially
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Should college athletes be paid? College sports provide a huge source of the universities’ income. The school takes in money from ticket sales‚ television contracts‚ and sport-related merchandise‚ just to name a few. The athletes‚ however‚ receive their scholarship and little more. While the prospect of receiving a free college education is something few would complain about‚ when the issue is more closely examined it becomes evident that it is not enough. The trend for athletes is to leave
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you couldn’t catch a ball‚ to the time when it hurts just to stand‚ there are risks with any sport. So whenever college athletes step on the court‚ field‚ or wherever they compete‚ they are putting their bodies at risk‚ as well as future paychecks. In the history of NCAA there have been many professional careers either derailed or stopped forever because of injuries. In the 2006 college football season one of the best players‚ Michael Bush was playing for the Louisville Cardinals when he suffered
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Becoming an athlete‚ let alone a college athlete‚ is not a path paved in gold. There are times you will be doubted‚ challenged‚ and cast aside. There will be mornings you are awake before the sun rises. There will be nights you cry yourself to sleep. You will push your body to points where it will fail. In fact‚ you might be blindsided by an injury that ends it all. There will be coaches that will give you a false sense of security or flat out lie to you‚ and there will be coaches that change your
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Keyon Billie Ms.Gavin Speech Class 3/25/2013 Over the past few years college athletics have gained immense popularity across the United States. Whether it be football‚ basketball‚ or hockey‚ ever since the turn of the century‚ intercollegiate sports have brought in a surplus of revenue to their respective Universities‚ as well as increasing the popularity of the College’s reputation. For example‚ in a study conducted by the Orland Sentientnel‚ it was estimated that the University of Texas’
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“Professional athletes are extremely overpaid for the jobs they do.” The issue of overpaid pro athletes has been around for numerous years. The fact that a man that plays football and plays on a regular basis‚ plays for about 15-16 weeks. That man gets paid over a million dollars at least! I mean if you think about the fact that these players get paid more than the president in most situations‚ It seems hugely absurd! To think that that man plays for such a small amount of time and gets paid so
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Should College Athletes be Paid? General Purpose Statement: to convince Specific Purpose Statement: By the end of my presentation‚ I hope to convince you on the fact that college athletes should not be paid to play their sport(s). Attention Getter: When you go from playing sports in college to playing sports in the major league‚ what changes? Your title goes from student athlete to professional athlete. Notice how while in college‚ your title is student athlete‚ not professional. You are
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