...2014 Compensate the willing? Television networks already profit lots of money into college football games from late August to January, which begs the question, should the players get something in return? Should college football players get paid? Some may think that graduating from a four-year university with a degree should be considered way before playing football once a week and treating the college game like some sort of a developmental league for the NFL. Others may take into consideration that all the blood and sweat college football players put into the game should be returned with "funding" in their own pockets. I honestly don't think college football players should be paid because it will take away the tradition of the college game. The one thing college athletics holds over professional sports is the fact that student-athletes represent their schools, programs, alumni, and student body with a sense of pride and honor every time they go out onto the field or step on the hardwood. When the players put those jerseys on before they begin play, I'm pretty sure they're not just there to receive their paycheck at the end of week. The athletes are there to represent the university, past and present athletes, and the students. When college football players prepare to play in the NCAA football division league, they're not on the field knowing they'll get paid when the game is over. College athletics comes from sheer emotion and competition and giving everything you have for...
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...Should NCAA Players Get Paid? The question of whether NCAA athletes be paid or not to play their sport or not while still in college on a free scholarship to the school but also bringing that school millions of dollars in revenue. This is a very relevant topic due to all the allegations, many of the NCAA men’s basketball teams are getting into and many FBI investigations that are in on them. The fact that they paid players to come to the school to play and bribed them with a lot more than just money for example giving them a nice car for the semester or having women strip down for the athletes, and all this just for a top high school recruit to come to their school which would later, probably have its benefits of lots of money in revenue. Contract Negotiations is a huge word because how would certain athletes get paid or how would it be distributed. Fairness is also a huge word in this protest because how would a future NFL star that is playing for the top football school in the nation and be equally paid to an alright swimmer that goes to the same school. With the...
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...The large amount of money made off college sports has led to some questioning as to whether student athletes can be considered amateurs any longer, and whether they should instead be paid for their efforts. This debate over whether or not NCAA athletes should be paid boils down to a disagreement over whether their scholarship is compensation or whether they deserve more incentives. One side argues that athletes do get paid by going to school for free with scholarships covering all expenses so that they do not need additional money, while the other side argues that if the school is going to make money off of the athlete’s names, then they should get a portion of the money. NCAA football coaches made $53.4 million; meanwhile, the 13,877 Division...
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...Introduction Sports by their nature are enjoyable, challenging and absorbing, and require a certain amount of skills and physical condition. In the order of human values conquest in field of sports hold a unique plane. It is the combination of success, victory, triumph and domination of mover other team mates and fiends. The sublimity of competition is in the loser’s acclaim for the winners, which along with the friends and shake acknowledge both defeats and triumphs. Athletes for superior performance in any sports are selected on the basis of physical structure and body size, which has proved to be appropriate for high performance in the given sports. The intramural program is designed for maximum student participation and effective operations. A determined effort will be made to provide a well-organized and supervised program that is responsive to the needs of the students and faculty/staff members, offering them the opportunity to engage in athletic endeavors in individual and team sports. The intramural program is a team of individuals working together to provide high quality organized activities for the students, faculty, and staff. Talented and energetic people were selected to work together to achieve this goal. The game volleyball offers opportunities for the development of strength, endurance, speed, agility, and neuromuscular skills and immediate action with many precise educational outcomes. The game of volleyball requires a conditioning program, which...
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...What is a college education worth? Is it worth more than books, tuition, room, and board? Some people think that college athletes should get more than this. College athletes shouldn't be paid for playing college sports because some already get a full- ride scholarship to the college. Many people think they should be paid above and beyond their scholarship to play their sport, but the athletes are already receiving the benefit of a free education. Why is it that some people feel college athletes should get paid above and beyond their scholarship money? Some say the extra money will be used to pay for meals they eat off-campus, clothes, or a trip over spring break. The college athletes believe other kids get money from their parents on top of their scholarships, so why shouldn’t they? They can get jobs because they do not have practice to attend, so they can make money on the side. Some people feel like it would teach the kids financial responsibilities before they can receive the big contract in the NBA, NFL, or MLB. That is something every kid needs to know but what about the kids that do not get forwarded scholarships how do they learn. They...
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...Why College Athletes Should not be Paid Kim Howard Sullivan University ENG204X: Advanced Writing November 1, 2015 Each year as March Madness begins the big debate begins of whether or not college athletes should be paid. Why is this? Some of the top universities begin to see a mass exodus of their best athletes who are mostly undergraduate students. While most believe these athletes exit school early and join the professional leagues due to the large amount wealth they could earn. In my opinion I do not feel these student-athletes should be paid above and beyond what any other student should receive. However, I can appreciate and empathize with the viewpoints of both sides. College athletics, more specifically men’s basketball and football, provides an enormous amount of revenue for schools. However, this is not a true statement for many schools. The more prominent universities, such as Duke, University of Kentucky, and Florida State University, will receive the income and the smaller colleges struggle to just maintain their programs. This is one reason for the conflict. College athletes believe they should reap the benefits of their efforts (Gregory & Fulton, 2005). First of all, attending college and playing sports is a choice not a requirement. The choice of playing athletics is part of the experience of attending a college or a university. As such, they become student-athletes with the emphasis on student. Student-athletes are in fact paid to...
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...PT 2: SOLUTIONS AND ADVANTAGES College Athletes—Pay or not to Pay, That is the Question? Encouraging today's youth to attend a higher education institution is more important that ever before. Students attend these higher academic institutions by either sports or academic achievement. Focusing on the student population that attends for sports –related purposes, scouts tracked these students to pose the student to attend the represented institutions in the areas of mostly football or basketball. It is not that scouts do not focus on other sports, such as soccer or baseball; just that the marketability of college football or basketball appears to get the most attention from the institutions as well sports media. Obtaining a higher education leads to better-paying jobs and a potentially a better way of life. What about the urban student that lives in poverty that this may be his or her way to a better-living remains based on their athletic talents? They may be great at "hooping" or "can throw the distance" but can they write a term paper? The answer that may surprise most is the answer is yes; they can. However, they cannot afford to attend the local university in their home state let alone another state altogether. So, if they get into the university on a scholarship, play their heart out, and get their championship team to the bowl what do they get for all their hard work? Do all they deserve is a pat on the back when the college receives millions? What happens...
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...Time Marlene Wise COM/170 August 11, 2014 Carrie Bailey Game Time There are twenty seconds left in the game; it is the third down on the twenty-five yard line, the quarterback leads the huddle, what is the play? Will it win them the game? The players take the line; the quarterback calls out, "24, 48, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, hut," the center hikes the ball, the quarterback takes two steps back; he looks and looks hoping to find an open receiver near the end zone. What happens? This play can be used in both college and professional (National Football League NFL) football. Even though college and professional football is the same, the professional football player may treat the game as a business while the college player plays with a higher level of dedication because their future depends on their performance. The Game of Football The game of football is one of the most-watched sports in America, no matter what level of the game. The college and professional game structure and rules are the same. The game time is broken down into four, fifteen-minute quarters, with a halftime period between the second- and third quarter. The goal of the game is also the same, get the ball into the end zone and score more than your opponent. There are two sides to the game; offense and defense. The job of those on the offensive line is to get the ball down the field and into the end zone for a touchdown while the defensive line tries to prevent the other team from scoring. It is not...
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...Table of Contents Future of League Drafts and Age Entry…………………………………….4 Changes in drug testing policies in professional sports…………….7 League Finances……………………………………………………………………..9 Player Safety…………………………………………………………………………..11 ABSTRACT Professional sports are leagues that are made for the best of the best athletes in sports. Once a player leaves the collegiate level of sports and moves into the professional level, he is now competing every day for his job. Owners try hard to build their team from the ground up. When a team is struggling, owners try to find new solutions to bring in team revenue and on the other hand when a team is successful owners try hard to keep players by offering large contracts that they can afford. To keep order on teams, leagues have strict drug testing policy that keeps players healthy and allows the playing field to be fair. Leagues make changes for the better of the players and the fans. In order to market effectively leagues do what it takes to allow more access to the fans by using technology. Commissioners take notice on feedback from players and fans in order to make the sport safer to play and fun to watch. When watching a professional sports game, we do not see the orchestrating job of the league commissioner, team owners, and players. From players entering the league at a young age from college, they need to be ready to compete for their position and take in all the rules the league hand out. Super star players carry...
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...of high school would like to further their education at a college or university. Unfortunately, many students cannot afford the cost of attending college. This leaves students with few options, either abandon their hopes and join the workforce with no college education. The other option is to take on loans resulting in massive student debt after graduation. Another option, which I will be focusing on, is to receive a scholarship to compete in college sports. There is a catch if one decides to take this route, athletes are not allowed to make or accept any compensation whilst attending the university. This has led to players controversially getting kicked off teams and losing their scholarships. This issue has people torn as to whether the students should be paid or not. Journalists use similar rhetorical strategies to try to convince their readers despite having opposing views of the same topic. One person...
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...In contrast Graff says that when both sides connect, they fulfill a community interest or thus an intellectual interest. Graff then says that school work is isolated from the public interest; he makes a point that although a person may be interested in a reading, this does not mean that they will enjoy writing on the subject matter. Graff then claims that when schools require students to view education “through academic eyes” they are suggesting ones own intellect is not sufficient; however when breaking down sports, he’s says that there is a statistical and analytic connection between the academic studies. Graff finally concludes that schools should consider non academic interest in students readings because it would help them become literate and bridge the gap between the two...
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...Nova Southeastern University Wayne Huizenga Graduate School Of Business & Entrepreneurship Assignment for Course: MGT 5015 Legal, Ethical, and Social Values of Business Submitted to: Dr. Frank J. Cavico, J.D. LL.M Submitted by: James Jones N01456933 Date of Submission: March 12, 2013 Title of Assignment: Integrating Values – The Legality, Morality and Social Responsibility of, “Is it moral for the University of Notre Dame to pay their college football players?” CERTIFICATION OF AUTHORSHIP: I certify that I am the author of this paper and that any assistance I received in its preparation is fully acknowledged and disclosed in the paper. I have also cited any sources from which I used this data, ideas of words, whether quoted directly or paraphrased. I also certify that this paper was prepared by me specifically for this course. Student Signature: Jill Burgess *************************************************************** Instructor’s Grade on Assignment: Instructor’s Comments: Table of Contents Introduction Many students who are currently active players for their university's football team are struggling to make ends meet. They simply don't have the funds to buy new clothes, tools for education, or even food not supplied by the university. To make matters worse, the NCAA has created policies restricting players from pursuing avenues of being compensated for services...
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...Should College Athletes be Paid? Why should college athletes be paid or not? In this article it says, “Big time college football and basketball programs generate billions a year in TV and marketing contracts, tickets sales, and merchandising.” Why I choose this topic is because If the college players don't bring any money for the TV , tickets, and merchandising then that is wrong. They should, at least, have 10% of what they sell that has the player's last name on it .I am on the pro side why I am is because If a person buys an item that has something to do with them, then they should be paid a little amount of what the regular price is of the item. I am going to tell you a few Pros about college players getting paid. First of all, in the text it says, “ Big time college football and basketball programs generate billions a year.” My question is how does the franchise make billions a year. They make billions a year from the players who, when the games and consistently bowl games and don't even bring a little bit poor because people consider they are amateurs and they will do something poor with the money like use it on things that...
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...Ulyanovsk 2015 CONTENTS Introduction 3 1. Baseball 4 2. Basketball 5 3. American football 6 4. Ice hockey 7 5. Soccer 8 6. Other popular sports 10 Conclusion 11 References 11 INTRODUCTION Americans pay much attention to physical fitness. Many sports and sporting activities are popular in the USA. People participate in swimming, skating, squash and badminton, tennis, marathons, track-and-field, bowing, archery, skiing, skating etc. But the five major American sports are hockey, volleyball, baseball, football and basketball. Basketball and volleyball have been invented in America. There is a large choice of sports in America. This can be explained by the size and variety of the country. Another reason of the popularity of sports is the people’s love of competition of any kind. One more reason is that Americans use sports activities for teaching socials values, such as teamwork and sportsmanship. All this explains why Americans have traditionally done well in many kinds of sports. Every high school offers its students many sports, such as wrestling, rowing, tennis and golf. There are no separate “universities” for sports in the USA. Students of any higher educational establishment are trained in different kinds of sports. Many colleges and universities are famous for their sports clubs. There are sports facilities...
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...VERMILLION, S.D.—Starting college can be hard at times with trying to navigate campus, working to make those lifelong friends everyone talks about, and narrowing down a career path to take for the rest of one’s life. Now, throw in transferring to a different institution and joining a sports team. Some may see it as a challenge to readjust, but that isn’t the case for transfer swimmer Morgan Holt. “I came to campus and I loved every second of it,” Holt said. “I knew from the moment I stepped foot on campus I was going to go to school here.” Before becoming a Coyote, Holt attended Indian River State Community College down in Fort Pierce, Florida, about two hours south of her hometown in Clermont, Florida. She came by USD because of family members who are originally from the area....
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