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    Student Athlete

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    “Student” Athlete! Participation in college athletics is a fun and enriching experience for many students. In fact‚ thousands of student athletes participate in athletic games each year‚ and thousands receive scholarships to do so. However‚ the life of an athlete in college is not as great as it seems. Most coaches emphasize on the “student” part of student athlete; however‚ they make it very complicated to actually commit to being a student. With a the massive amounts of time put into your sport

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    Athletes Are Not Overpaid

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    someone in professional sports gets paid 20 million a year all of a sudden‚ they work for it. Athletes aren’t overpaid with all the expenses and health risk that they take for our entertainment. To begin with athletes aren’t overpaid in their careers. Athletes work hard‚ almost every day they travel to different cities for games which means a lot of nights in hotels‚ so they are always on the road. Athletes use spare time they have to practice for games‚ so they are always busy. Athletes don’t get

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    What Does It Mean To Be a Professional? Being a professional has numerous official meanings. Being a professional in the United States military can be measured best by the ability of a Soldier to do his or her job successfully‚ tactfully‚ and technically. How a Soldier trains‚ performs and hold themselves to the Army Values and the Army Standards makes the United States military the most elite fighting force in the world. Professionalism is the key to any job‚ but perhaps more so when it comes to

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    Shaw 1  Christian Shaw  Professor Amanda Childress  English 1301  19 November 2014  The College Athlete Fight: Should College Athletes Be Able to Take Profit for Their Likeness?  The NCAA profits over six billion($6‚000‚000‚000) dollars annually(USnews.com).  However‚ college athletes never get to see any of that money. Though some may argue that they  risk career­ending injuries each time they come onto the field or basketball court‚ this still does  not influence the mind of the NCAA to start paying the players in any way

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    College Athletes Struggles

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    College Athletes: The Struggles of Black Student Athletes College athletics provide a way for a lot of students to pay for a college education. These athletes work hard at their selected sport in order to keep the scholarships. Regardless of all this hard work‚ these athletes have nothing to show for it. A percentage of the athletes are black and come from poor inner city community where their families struggle to keep the bills paid and to keep food on the table. These black athletes are being

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    Painkillers By Athletes

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    physical pain” (Reardron). Athletes will do anything to keep themselves in the game; this can lead to the overprescribing of painkillers. Athletes will become dependent on these drugs for relief which will lead to addiction. When athletes take these painkillers‚ the drugs are affecting their body in certain ways. Use of painkillers by athletes of all levels needs to be more closely monitored and regulated. Some physicians are quick to prescribe pain medication to athletes for most types of pain‚

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    Professional sports have gained a reputation for outrageously high player salaries. The challenge for team owners is to attract the best talent while balancing their overall investment. The five major sports in the United States – Major League Baseball (MLB)‚ National Football League (NFL)‚ National Basketball Association (NBA)‚ National Hockey League (NHL) and Major League Soccer (MLS) - have differing systems for managing player salaries. No one sport has the perfect model; there are issues with

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    Athletes Are Not Overpaid

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    These athletes are not overpaid because of these three reasons... Some athletes do think they are a little overpaid but some think they are not overpaid. Athletes are not overpaid because they have a short career so not a long time to make money‚ also because they train‚ travel and push themselves to the limit to make people happy‚ and lastly because the injuries are a constant threat and can cause chronic health problems to these athletes. The first reason that athletes are not overpaid

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    Athletes-Students?

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    My topic for this research paper is “Should College athletes get paid for playing a sport?” My implied audience for this topic would be athletes‚ coaches‚ athletic directors‚ and NCAA coordinators. I will inform them why college athletes should get paid for what they do day in and day out. Also‚ I will show how playing a sport is the equivalent to a full time job and since athletes usually do not have enough free time to get a job than they should receive some spending money. As stated by Robert

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    Endorsement of Athletes

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    Running Head: ENDORSEMENT OF ATHLETES 1 Corporate Sponsors Satisfying Their Marketing Objectives by Endorsing Professional Athletes American Public University System ENDORSEMENT OF ATHLETES 2 Corporate Sponsors Satisfying Their Marketing Objectives by Endorsing Professional Athletes Companies pursue the endorsement of professional athletes to increase sales and enhance its product image‚ which are

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