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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www.thelancet.com Medicine and Sport Vol 366 December 2005 S21 The rules of sport define a level playing field on which athletes compete. Antidoping policies exist‚ in theory‚ to encourage fair play. However‚ we believe they are unfounded‚ dangerous‚ and excessively costly. The need for rules in sports cannot be dismissed. But the anchoring of today’s antidoping regulations in the notion of fair play is misguided‚ since other factors that affect performance—eg‚ biological and environmental
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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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greatest who ever played a sport‚ and college is the beginning of that dream. Kids dream of making a huge living in sports in the college and professional level and it’s growing rapidly growing. At this level athletes put a lot of their time to spend hours every day practicing. Right now‚ a college athlete cannot be given money for their effort or marketed in a way that could profit the school or themselves. A growing debate centers on whether these athletes should be able to make money for all their
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College Athletes Should Get Paid At some colleges‚ college athletics are a key source of income‚ and they attract students to their institutions. Universities depend on their athletes to produce and maintain the popularity of their school’s name. College athletes are suppose to be the best of the best on that level‚ so why do college athletes not get paid? The National Collegiate Athletic Association‚ NCAA‚ says that it is trying to protect the athletes from "exploitation by professional and commercial
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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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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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modify the current NCAA amateurism by law 12.02.1 making it feasible for college athletes to receive financial compensation. The primary issue with the current regulation is that because of the rule many student athletes are living in poverty like conditions. The current by law is also affecting various aspects of domestic and International students ability to continue to meet eligibility requirements. In the past ten years college athletics as a whole has grown exponentially and it’s clearly evident
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Should College Athletes be Paid? “Student athlete. Student comes first”. The question everyone asks is should college athletes be paid? There are many differences in a college athlete and a professional athlete. The thing about paying college athletes is they would just spend all their money on things that they do not need. College athletes should not be paid because they are still student athletes‚ being paid would take the intensity out of the game‚ they would not be focused on their grades‚ and
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