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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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    Although the majority of college athletes have scholarships‚ I believe that they should be paid. In this speech I will tell you why I believe this. The first reason I have are scholarships. On average a Division 1 scholarship is $25‚000. That’s $100‚000 a year! But most athletes don’t last the full 4 years. Once a player is involved in a sport there’s politics‚ injuries and/or coaches calling them to the office to tell them that they aren’t needed anymore. Many players turn out to have a scholarship

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    for over 100 years‚ and in that time‚ it has been the governing organization for millions of college athletes. In recent years there has been major discussion recently pertaining to if college athletes should or shouldn’t be paid while they are in school. The notion that whether college athletes should be compensated has been floating around for years. I believe that colleges should‚ in some way‚ pay athletes that represent their school. With current television revenue resulting from NCAA football bowl

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    Persuasive Speech Evan Flowers All students in high school and college should be required to take at least two years of a foreign language. I. INTRODUCTION A. Attention Grabber: Con el fin de encontrar un trabajo mundial tiene que hablar un segundo idioma (english: In order to find a global job you need to speak a second language) B. Thesis: (It is crucial for students to take at least two years of a foreign language in high school not only so they are better equipped to apply to college

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    Should College Athletes be Paid? “Student athlete. Student comes first”. The question everyone asks is should college athletes be paid? There are many differences in a college athlete and a professional athlete. The thing about paying college athletes is they would just spend all their money on things that they do not need. College athletes should not be paid because they are still student athletes‚ being paid would take the intensity out of the game‚ they would not be focused on their grades‚ and

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    Persuasive speech outline purpose: To persuade my audience to donate blood through the American Red Cross. Introduction: 1. Did you know that blood donated to the American Red Cross saves XXX lives per year? 2. People should give blood because it is easy and though there might be a little pain involved it is worth it because it saves so many lives and you get great snacks. Body: I. Giving blood is easy a. It only takes about an hour b. You just lay back and let the nurses do the work c. It

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    out and to spend his or her summer vacation preparing for something that is months away? I’ll tell you why; it is for the love of the game. (Describe the love of the game) Being a college football player is a very privileged opportunity that only 6.7% of people participate in after high school (“Estimated … athletes”). Division III gives many high school players an opportunity to continue and play beyond high school. This requires one to commit their time not only in season‚ but a year-round commitment

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    The National College Athlete association is very huge and well known across many of our earth’s countries. There are some of the most known sports in this “league”. The most popular and well known sports would be football and basketball and lesser of baseball and lacrosse. The big key for the NCAA and its funding would be football and basketball. They are huge keys in the popularity and TV shows and such. There’s a question to be had and that is how much are they really making? Who is making them

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    Every year‚ colleges send out recruiters from their schools to search for the most talented‚ unique‚ and determined athletes all over the world. Some students come from halfway across the country‚ or even half way across the world just for the privilege of attending‚ studying‚ and most importantly‚ playing a sport for a universities sports team. Some of these students can barely speak English‚ or hardly passed high school‚ but in the end that is all irrelevant because these colleges take these students

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    Not Paying College Athletes 1              College Athletes Should Not Be Paid                  Jason Jia  English III‚ P.2  Phyllis Kadrmas  May 16‚ 2014     Not Paying College Athletes 2  Abstract  In recent years‚ many people debate whether college athletes should be paid  or not. This debate has gone on for many years and soon it will be solved. This  paper will talk about the negative effects of paying college athletes and the benefits  they are already receiving from their schools

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