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    College Athletes Cons

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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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    Paying College Athletes: A Distraction from Academics Why should kids be paid for doing a professionals job? The debate on whether or not to pay college athletes is a debate that has been argued for quite some time. Due to the lack of positive results‚ and a surplus of negatives‚ this should not take place. There is no way to muster up a fair system to pay the athletes while keeping everyone happy. Also‚ paying players will distract them from their academics due to them knowing that they can make

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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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    Over 240‚000 College Athletes are affected by the law that prevents college athletes from getting paid (NCAA). "Everyone is making money off them except them‚"(Reshke).“The United States is a sports-obsessed nation‚ and National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) football and basketball contests are some of the most widely viewed‚ highly rated‚ heavily bet on‚ and highly profitable sporting events in the country‚” (Garcia). College athletes fail to get paid‚ they always put their health at risk

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    College Athletes Getting Paid: Considerate or Materialistic? Now‚ more than ever‚ we live in an era of entitlement. College students are fully aware of the time and effort they must put forth should they choose to participate in a sport. The rules and regulations are clearly stated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)‚ and receiving compensation for their contributions are clearly not stated. Paying college athletes has been an ongoing debate since the early 1900’s. In 1905‚

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    Effects of Being A Collegiate Athlete 2 It is hard to be a college student. You have many responsibilities and it takes up so much time. College is basically a job with the amount of hours you have to put in each day to do your work to the best of your ability! Now just imagine adding a second job to that. This job not only requires mental awareness‚ but also takes physical strength that not many people can fathom. In this essay I will talk about the positive effects of being a collegiate

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    What is College? College is an institution that is designed to provide you more skills and make you think critically after exiting high school. Most people decide to attend here with the general idea that if they go to college they will make more money than an average person that did not go to college. If so‚ why does not everyone go to college then? They do not because college has its pro and cons. They pros are they you will be able to make new friends‚ become independent‚ and possibly make more

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    more than pro athletes.We save lives‚ they throw balls.(5 things about nurses on Pinterest) Are athletes overpaid? Many Americans that work full-time job‚ Nurses who save lives even the president who run the country didn’t make that much.But many retired athletes have chronic health problems. It may seem unfair that athletes get paid to play game‚ but remember who they are really play for. However‚ many Americans work until they are about 70 years old and not make as much as an athletes.( Edelman

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    The dumb jock stereotype has troubled athletes for as long as anyone can remember. Athletes are always seen as unintelligent jocks who get free and easy rides through school. They never seem to work hard at anything academically and yet they earn an ‘A’ from their professors. This belief has led to athletes being stigmatized by their non-athletic peers who feel as though their needs and accomplishments are ignored in favor of someone they view as intellectually inferior to them. But‚ if one were

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    paying college football & basketball athletes another problem is posed when people bring up the beloved term "student-athletes." The kids that are heavily recruited are usually in bad situations and this is their way to get out of that but being a "student-athlete" or "amateur" bars them from any sort of economic advancement. Roughly twenty percent of the athletes graduate with degrees before their football careers are over‚ and all they are left with is the ability to say they played college football

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