Paying College Athletes College athletes spend countless of hours practicing and studying the game they love in order to perform. The amount of money these athletes bring into their schools is ridiculous.The coach’s salary for an average D1 school is about 1.64 million dollars a year‚ Some athletes have received help from others‚these athletes have been kicked out of the sport they love and were forced drop out of school due to the loss of their scholarship.It’s not fair for these athletes to bring
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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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of a college basketball team. They take their team to the championship game and win the game. Their jerseys are selling like crazy and their school is bringing in millions of dollars off of their work. In any other situation they would be a millionaire with a fancy house and car. But not if they are a college athlete because they don’t get paid. Even though their school made a lot of money off their blood‚ sweat‚ and tears they still don’t get paid one penny. There is no doubt that college athletes
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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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importance of college athletes. They question often referred to is‚ should college athletes be paid to play their sport? Now me personally‚ I’m gonna have to agree and say that they should be paid for playing their sport. Vince Lombardi quoted and said‚ “The price of success is hard work‚ dedication to the job at hand‚ and the determination that whether we win or lose‚ we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.” Now there are hundreds of thousands of college athletes all over the
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A debate has ensued over whether or not colleges should be able to pay their athletes‚ due to athletic programs bringing in so much money for schools. Not paying college athletes would be good because students already receive compensation towards college‚ students are given many auditions to become professional‚ and college is not a job. On the other hand‚ others argue that college athletes should be paid because schools and coaches are rich from the students’ work students do not have any time to
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Hayes Should college athletes be paid? Why or Why not? Some kids grow up with the love of different sports from their childhood. It maybe soccer‚ football‚ basketball‚ or even golf; whatever it might be‚ it becomes a part of their childhood memories. In fact‚ they might even take the dream to high school or maybe even college. If it is not a profession you should not get paid. First‚ a Student-Athlete and the word student always come first. Another reason would be that paying every college student
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Pay For Play Since 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
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Should college athletes be paid to play their sport? This has been a hot topic discussed by many people over the past several years. Through my research‚ I have come across several different opinions on this matter. I have also found many pros and cons to paying college athletes. Many college athletes receive scholarships each year. These scholarships can cover all‚ or part of‚ tuition‚ books‚ meals‚ and housing. Some scholarships can end up being worth as much as $200‚000 over a four-year
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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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