English 102 24 April 2012 Income for College Football Athletes College football athletes have been selling their jerseys‚ selling signature footballs‚ and committing crimes in order to be able to feed and support themselves financially to survive in the real world. Student athletes don’t have enough time on their hands to work during the season or during off season workouts. It’s considered a year round sport due to the fact that in offseason‚ college football players in training to stay in
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Exploitation of College Athletes: Pros and Cons In modern sports money causes the most controversy at all levels. From professional all the way down to beginner organized sports. At the collegiate level it is even more of a hot topic. There are several different sources that influence college athletics. The NCAA uses media‚ businesses‚ and coaches to promote athletes and athletic programs. Without the use of these type of sources‚ we would not see the college athletics that are seen today. Despite
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you generate millions and millions of dollars each year for your employer of which you don’t see a single penny‚ and if you’re not lucky you are actually paying them to be there. Does this sound like some kind of underground sweatshop operation Nike is running in the heartland of America? Actually‚ this is describing the 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
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that can happen to a person as an athlete is getting an injury. This can destroy the motivation and emotions of the person that has poured there whole life into the sport just to have it stolen away from them in a brief instant. This mental and physical damage is what many athletes who get critical injuries feel once the damage has occurred. Even with strides in the medical field making injuries less permanent‚ the fact that we cannot perfectly heal the athletes causes a lot of damage to not only
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Student Athletes: A change to come Here we go again; a stand-out high school athletic star has a choice that will determine the rest of his life. This is what happened to Koby Clemens son of baseball star pitcher Roger Clemens. He intended to play baseball on full scholarship at the University of Texas a NCAA college baseball power house. After graduating high school he was drafted into the MLB‚ an eighth round pick by the team his father played for. Now for the hard part‚ to go to college for free
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Pro Con- Paying College Athletes Even though paying college athletes may be fair in some people’s eyes‚ there are many negatives to this topic that could affect college sports for today’s athletes and the future of their sport. The NCAA and their colleagues all have different views and they vary from being supportive and backing up the idea‚ to being one hundred percent against it. No matter what type of fan it is and no matter what sport it is‚ there are positive and negative views on this argument
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I will be raising some differences and some similarities between college athletics and professional athletics and show how each pertains to social and individual obligations. I would like to first talk about some advantages of being a college athlete. First of all‚ there are no trade possibilities. Depending on the performance in the games‚ one may be set back to a non-starter role‚ but will still be part of the same team as long as the academic GPA is at‚ or above‚ the passing level. If not
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To Pay or Not to Pay College Athletes? In the article‚ “The Shame of College Sports‚” noted author and historian Taylor Branch discusses the injustice of the National Collegiate Athletic Association not paying their college athletes. Branch references and goes into detail about several legal cases‚ in which the NCAA blatantly takes advantage of players and their families. He lectures his audience on the extensive history of the NCAA‚ pointing out many ignoble and hypocritical actions committed
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The college experience is one that allows an individual to pursue his or her academic interest in a controlled environment while having freedom to be independent. This experience often has a monetary value referred to as tuition. If even more were added onto this experience like an opportunity to practice and improve with some of the best athletes as well as exposure and recognition‚ the value of the experience increases. Along with the increase in value should come an increase in price‚ instead
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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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