Should Student-Athletes Get Paid Wilson Hinds Professor Dorothy Valentine‚ Strayer University 5 December 2012 Abstract For many students‚ the college experience is measured by the success of their NCAA-sanctioned athletic programs. Without the experience and athletic performance the student athlete brings‚ most colleges would not reap the benefit of these significant revenue-generating activities. At best‚ current NCAA regulations need to be revisited to ensure all avenues are addressed
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equitable‚ and sportsmanlike manner‚ and to integrate intercollegiate athletics into higher education so that the educational experience of the student athlete is paramount". Many have questioned whether it is wise to compensate collegiate athletes with scholarships‚ due to questions about the validity of their awards and speculation over athletes receiving improper benefits. The argument against paying players is that they receive scholarships‚ often valued at tens of thousands of dollars‚ plus stipends
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When deciding to play a sport in college‚ that sport eventually becomes one of your main focus. Being an athlete is not an easy thing because college athletes spend hours of practice and keeping their grades up. So it is nearly impossible for them to get a job. Without a job‚ these athletes have no guaranteed money coming in so they can pay for financial stuff. Many people argue‚ “Oh they have athletic scholarships”‚ but it does not cover all costs incurred from registration to graduation. The athletic
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Pay Day! When I look at today’s college athletes as compared to the ones a hundred years ago there are some things that I noticed are different. First off I noticed today all the popularity and all the stardom that comes with being a high level collegiate athlete. Second I saw that most college athletes were not receiving a scholarship to play collegiate level sports. Thirdly I saw that there was not as much pressure to perform a hundred years ago. The big reason that all the fame and pressure have
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Many student athletes thrive to become professional players of that sport. Almost all of them graduate from college with low grade averages. So‚ as a result of that‚ they attempt to become professional and the do not succeed. Now they can not go back to school and get good grades to then be able to get a well-paying job. Student athletes should have to maintain a certain GPA to participate in sports activities because it motivates them‚ it gives them a financial benefit and most coaches look
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Why College Athletes Should Get Compensation Imagine spending hours and hours a week working as hard as you can at a very hard task and getting almost nothing in return. This is what college athletes go through when they voluntarily play for their school. More of their time is spent on their sport per week than on education. Some of the college sports require very hard mental and physical work that could possibly result in a future career. Also collegiate sport organizations have millions to
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College Athletes: To pay or not to pay? After being established in 1905 with the help of former President of the United States‚ Theodore Roosevelt‚ the NCAA has become on of the most profitable organizations in America. The NCAA makes approximately 11 million dollars from CBS alone for just the three weekends of March Madness. Many other college sports bring each of their respected programs millions upon millions of dollars each year. This is why college athletes have must be paid a salary by the
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Many people believe that college athletes deserve to get paid while many other believe that they should not. While there are many common arguments why college athletes should not get paid such as they are on scholarship‚ they are amateurs‚ and paying college athletes would ruin college sports. College athletes should get paid and there are various reasons why they deserve some form of monetary compensation. The typical American work week is said to be 40 hours‚ “while the typical division 1 college
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Should College Athletes Get Paid to Play “It’s Time for College Athletes to Get Paid”‚ an article written by AJ Enno‚ examines college athletics are a key source of income‚ and they attract students to their colleges. The article states‚ universities depend on their athletes to produce and maintain the popularity of their school’s name. He acknowledges college athletes are supposed to be the best of the best on that level‚ so this is why they should get paid. Enno also states‚ college athletes make
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Colleges get millions of dollars for their sports departments but how much do the athletes get out of it? Athletes are some of the hardest working people out there and they deserve to get paid for their work on the team. There are many reasons why athletes should get paid. They spend all the time with the sport but some never go pro so there was no point to their hard work. Because athletes don’t get paid some have to turn to illegal sponsoring. Biggest reason is that the athletes play the game but
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