College Athletes Should Be allowed to be Paid: College athletes should be allowed to be paid to play for many reasons‚ but today’s college athletes are subject to the “pay for play” rule‚ which states ‘that an individual will lose his or her amateur status and will not be eligible for intercollegiate competition in any sport’’ (Steve Wieberg). However‚ ultimately the rule hurts student athletes because many college students need help simply surviving financially if student athletes are allowed
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Introduction Did you know that college athletes are shorted million of dollars in monetary value? Of course‚ the obvious argument would be the athletes are receiving an expensive‚ high-quality education and that is sufficient. However‚ when really looking at the factual numbers‚ there is a huge discrepancy. College student athletes should be monetarily compensated in direct proportion to the revenue that is generated by the program’s university. Athletes are clearly being taken advantage of and exploited
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Who is lurking among your Student Body? “Background Checks for Students” Introduction: Background checks are conducted to obtain a variety of types of information -- criminal records‚ credit histories‚ previous residences‚ job credentials. Some feel that the extent to which the background check should be depends on the position. For example‚ it makes little sense‚ on the one hand‚ to investigate the credit history of an Anthropology professor. On the other hand‚ failing to investigate the background
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Student Athletes and Their Education In this essay "Athletes and Education" by Neil H. Petrie‚ he shows how student athlete’s education can be neglected or even overlooked. Genre and writer would be related by Petrie being an English professor and how this inspired him to write the essay. By being a university professor he was able to see how the athletes were treated among the university. The ethos would be that he is an English professor of student athletes. The occasion and the purpose
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Student Parents are referred to as ‘non-traditional’ students. Non-traditional meaning‚ they stray from the ‘norm’ of what society would usually classify as a student‚ such as; less involvement in campus activities‚ age range‚ and dependents to care for (Bye et al 2007). West Steck (2005) cited in Estes (2011) suggests that the ideal student is one that has no dependents‚ therefore‚ is able to devote a significant amount of time to the studying demands of degree attainment. However‚ it is this very
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put limits on what student-athletes can and cannot do. College universities generate so much revenue from basically exploiting these athletes. “Only approximately 7% of high school athletes go on to compete at the collegiate level” (O’ Rourke). This prestigious group is filled with hardworking‚ talented and blessed individuals. All the hard work and blood they put into aspiring to better themselves for a successful season‚ gains their university millions‚ and leaves athletes with just the pride
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The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)‚ and the athletes involved. The NCAA defines itself as a non for profit‚ voluntary association that regulates the organization and wellbeing of college student-athletes‚ made up of over 1‚200 colleges and universities (McCormick.‚ McCormick‚ 2006). I will later argue that the NCAA does not accurately fit this definition as they do not care for the wellbeing of their ‘student-athletes’ as much as they care for the revenue and profit that college
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were 235 former student athletes invited‚ but only 88 returned their invite and attended the game. The former athletes that attended the game and participated in the survey were from all sports at U of L. On the survey there was a section for which sport each athlete played. In attendance there were 22 basketball‚ 8 hockey‚ 11 baseball‚ 28 football‚ 7 tennis‚ and 12 soccer players. Out of the 88 student athletes I was only able to use 24 for my sample. 24 out the 88 student athletes had played in
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1 Kenyan and 3 Chinese arrested for cooking snake stew in Naivasha By Emma Kuria Kenya Wildlife Services officials in conjunction with police officers on Sunday 27th January arrested 3 Chinese and one Kenyan for killing and eating snakes in Naivasha‚ Olkaria. The police were acting on a tip- off from a witness; they found the four in the process of preparing snake soup after killing a black mamba in the nearby Hell’s Gate National Park. According to Naivasha deputy OCPD‚ Paul Korir‚ the
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day due to drugs. Twenty years ago the number of deaths because of drugs was ⅓ of the amount it is now (“Addiction Statistics”). Teenage student-athletes in high school should be tested for marijuana and other illicit drug use‚ so that the rapid incline in drug use will succeed‚ and the drug users will not harm themselves or others. The truth is student athletes on drugs are more likely to injure themselves and others while playing their sport‚ as well as doing normal everyday things like driving
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