a freshman on the starting offensive line for the University of Michigan‚ doesn’t get paid to play football. Johnny Manziel‚ a player from the Cleveland Browns‚ 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
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Should College Athletes Get Paid? “...Is money such a big problem for these student-athletes? Don’t they receive scholarships? How much more money do they need?” Most college athletes received scholarships to play for the college they’re going to. They should not receive money for going to school and choosing to play a sport that they don’t have to do. Sports is always an option‚ no one has to play and no coach is going to force a student to play a sport and maybe cause a distraction from doing
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thought of being paid at the end of the month. College athletes‚ however‚ go to practice every day‚ knowing they will not receive any pay for their work. Everyone expects them to play for the fun of the game‚ but in this capitalistic world today‚ is that really enough? Even though college athletes are considered amateur student athletes‚ they already earn scholarships‚ and colleges might have a few problems with money‚ colleges should pay athletes because the athletes earn the colleges billions of
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The System for college athletes isnt perfect‚ and needs to be worked on‚ a big problem we cannot seem to agree is how to compensate the student-athletes who drive the NCAA. I would like to start off with a question. Are college athletes being compensated enough for the effort they put forth today? Every Day they wake up early and represent their university whether they are putting in work in class or on the field. Each student-student athlete generates tons of money for their university and they
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Should College Athletes Get Paid? Should college athletes be paid? It is a question that most of us have heard before. Many people might say they are getting paid by getting scholarships but many people might say scholarships are not enough. It is an argument that has been going on for decades. It was even mentioned in June 1905 issue of McClure’s. There are a lot of reasons to why they should get paid. According to researches the fifteen highest paid college football coaches’ salary is $53.4
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on campuses and across the college conferences. And it’s shocking to see the level of support the answer “yes” is getting—because the idea tears at the very nature of amateur college sports” (Should). There are views from both sides as this is quite the controversial subject in the sporting world. Looking at the facts‚ it is difficult to decide either way. First off‚ we must decide what qualifies under the pay to play category. There are numerous ways that college athletes can be compensated
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athletes bring millions of dollars into their colleges every year‚ universities should compensate their athletes. College athletes today put in as much time as someone with a full time job. Ramog Huma‚ a Korean College athlete and president of the National College Players Association says “college athletes are just like all other hard www.scholastic working Americans’‚ they should receive a fair days pay for a fair days work” (sic)(Rebeca Zisscu np.) College athletes often work 40 hours a week practicing
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College athletics are a substantial source of income for colleges and universities across the country. College athletics would not be possible without the college athletes. Many feel that because the schools benefit so greatly that the athletes deserve some compensation beyond the scholarships for tuition. College Athletes as a whole have been at the helm of discussion for years when it comes down to whether or not they should be paid. According to the Indianapolis Star‚ the NCAA made over 912 million
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been the governing organization for millions of college athletes. In recent years there has been major discussion recently pertaining to if college athletes should or shouldn’t be paid while they are in school. The notion that whether college athletes should be compensated has been floating around for years. I believe that colleges should‚ in some way‚ pay athletes that represent their school. With current television revenue resulting from NCAA football bowl games and March Madness in basketball‚ intercollegiate
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Should College Athletes be Paid? Would you allow a program that makes several million dollars a year to pay 85 of its hardest working employs to be paid zero dollars and zero cents? You might be screaming you head off at the injustice. In most cases I would agree with you‚ but let me explain. This program is a typical NCAA Division I college football team. College athletes should continue to not be paid under any circumstance. Of all the money generated by the athletic department of a university
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