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    Cam Kirk Eng Daste kjnkjgjhgj “There are approximately 176‚000” (NCAA) student athletes currently playing sports in college. If you ask people whether College athletes should be paid‚ most would say yes‚ but most people don’t realize the factors that go into that decision. With that being said college athletes should not be paid because they receive more benefits than other people on campus by receiving free things like education‚ clothing/accessories‚ and the cost for the staff and for transportation

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    College Athletes Deserve To Be Paid November 17‚ 2011 College Athletes Deserve To Be Paid Almost every week there is some sort of story that makes the news about a university breaking the NCAA rules. The debate is bigger than ever to start paying college athletes to play sports. It does not matter which sport it is‚ athletes need more than just a scholarship to pay for expenses outside of tuition‚ room‚ and board. A scholarship is strictly limited to these‚ but what about the expenses outside

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    The Paying of College Athletes: An Annotated Bibliography O ’Shaughnessy‚ Lynn. "7 Things You Need to Know About Sports Scholarships." US News. U.S.News & World Report‚ 22 June 2010. Web. 20 June 2012. http://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/the-college-solution/2010/06/22/7-things-you-need-to-know-about-sports-scholarships This source gives information on sports scholarships. It states that there are seven things to know about college scholarships. The first thing an athletes needs to know

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    17 October 2014 Should College Athletes Be Paid? The NCAA makes billions of dollars every year off of college sports (Johnson). Last year the NCAA men’s basketball tournament made nearly 1.15 billion dollars just off of the television ads ran during the tournament (Johnson). Athletes should be paid for their time and efforts put into the sport. They are making a ton of money for other people and they don’t get to see any of it. There are many reasons that college athletes should be paid‚ they

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    What is the difference between college athletes and pro athletes? Pro athletes are paid and college athletes are not paid. But pro athletes are professionals and college athletes are students and athletes. The question is whether college athletes should be paid or not. Paying college athletes has been controversial for many years. Many believe paying college athletes is the right thing to do while some have different feelings. College athletes should be paid to play a sport because they are employees

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    referring to athletes as “jocks”‚ which is thought of as a student who can do a lot on the sports field‚ but not as much as the rest of the student body in the classroom. As athletes move on to college sports it is considered to be even more true that to college athletes‚ academic success comes second to their athletic success. This is a false perception that may be true for bigger (division one) schools but the stereotype is the complete opposite for division three athletics. Division III athletes are‚

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    College Athletes deserve to be Paid College athletes are the hardest working individuals in college. Balancing academics and sports is never a simple task and is especially challenging in college. The athletes are still required to achieve passing grades‚ although many of them will play professionally. Paying college athletes would benefit all athletes‚ providing a small stipend for all of the sacrifices they have made practicing‚ training‚ and traveling‚ in addition to school work. Playing

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    Paying College Athletes Everyone has their own opinion on whether or not college athletes should be paid. College athletes are athletes who come straight out of high school to play at a higher level of competition in college. These athletes are expected to perform like they are in the pro-league. Although expectations are high for college athletes‚ they should not be paid to play the sport they chose to play. Most athletes have known that they wanted to advanced to the next level of athletics since

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    rink? Athletes put themselves at the risk of an injury every time they step onto their playing fields simply for the love of the sport they play. However‚ the professional athlete embraces these risks because they are heavily compensated for the risks associated with the sports they play. In contrast‚ the college athlete has everything to lose and nothing to gain when he or she takes the risk of playing at the collegiate level. The many controversies between whether or not college athletes should

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    surrounding the compensation of college athletes has garnished widespread attention across America. While very few institutional athletic programs are able to achieve a sustainable budget‚ the NCAA should not allow institutions to provide salaries for student athletes because it will impair the mission of higher education‚ and destroy the true meaning of college sport. First and foremost‚ institutions cannot afford to pay student athletes. The majority of college athletic programs are very

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