...Why Should College Athletes Get Paid? Athletes are very important and strong and they always show it to their best ability. They are really hardworking and they show great help to the NBA/NFL. College athletes are hot topics of the universities nowadays. Athletes work for the challenge and competition. College athletes should be paid because their life is on line, great athletic skills, and, if they have really good potential and smart, lastly, they have to give support for the families. Even when College athletes are on the court or either on the field the game is in the players hand. When players play their lives are always on the line. In thought when they are playing the sport anything could happen. Some athletes have knee injuries and anything. Anything can happen when playing sports. Universities are big in names and it's really important to have the mind set and concentration of the game. To conclude hardworking athletes are the best athletes and when choosing your life over somethings that means it's very important. When athletes are playing the sports, they...
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...Matt Miller COM 210-003 Persuasive Speech 4/4/12 Topic: Should college athletes be paid to play sports? Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience why collegiate athletes should not be paid to play. Introduction Opening Comment: Image that you just scored the game-winning basket in the NCAA basketball tournament championship. Your shot just helped the school get tens of millions of dollars. Now by a show of hands, how many of you think that you should earn a share of that money? Central Idea: One of the most controversial and prominent topics in sports today is whether or not schools should pay their student-athletes to play their sports. I am going to argue as to why they should not be paid to play. Preview of Main Points: I will talk about five key reasons as to why collegiate athletes do not deserve to be paid to play. These are because of already established scholarships, would lead to decreased competition, the fact that there isn’t enough money for schools to give out already, a removal of innocence would occur, and recruiting would suffer among schools. Transition: First, I will explain why collegiate athletes already receive enough money from scholarships and free tuition. Body I. Tuition and the “Student” A. Already receiving thousands of dollars from athletic scholarships 1. According to a Parade Magazine article, Division I student athletes can receive between $20,000 and $50,000 per year. 2. A study done by...
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... Top college football programs make hundreds of millions of dollars in revenues each year, all without having to pay the people who actually play the game. Is it ethical for colleges to not pay their football stars for playing their hearts out on the field, building popular branding images for themselves and their school, and for the collective big-money earnings and prestige that often comes to their schools? Or is indirect payment to these players in the form of a free undergraduate education and college degree through an athletic scholarship sufficient enough? In the 2012 NFL season, 1,947 players played in at least one game. Of those, 62% attended college at one of the five “power conferences” in the U.S., and only one of those players did not attend college at all.[i] Donald Remy, the NCAA chief legal officer has said, “The NCAA’s rules do not force athletes who wish to be professionals to enroll in school,”[ii] yet premier NCAA schools clearly offer the best path to fulfilling these hopeful football players’ dreams. Nevertheless, despite the more opportunistic path of attending a Division I school, a NFL team ultimately drafts only 1.6% of NCAA senior football players.[iii] Meanwhile, the top schools themselves often profit nicely from their players through ticket sales, alumni donations, media rights, and branding, all while paying large salaries to coaches and building state-of-the-art athletic facilities. The top ten NCAA schools with college football...
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...com/2013/07/09/not-just-a-game-the-impact-of-sports-on-u-s-economy/ Summary of article: Gwen burrow talked about the job growth created by the sports industry. The industry creates about 456,000 jobs that pay an average of $39,000. This is a lot of jobs that sports create. Credibility: Gwen Burrow, is a writer for Economic modeling. Economic Modeling is a data company who helps organizations connect better with people. Relevance: In this scenario, they have captured necessary data to understand how sports benefits the economy. The data they found is the amount of jobs are created because of sports. * Angelo Spaminato, World Stadiums, Past and Future (2016) http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_menu/past_future/future_stadiums.shtml Summary of article: This website has a list of every sports stadium in the world. It has information on stadiums that are already in use, being built, and announced. Currently there are 9 stadiums being built or announced in America. Credibility: World Stadiums is the most comprehensive website on the internet about sports stadiums in the Unites States. Relevance: According to World Stadiums, currently, there are 9 stadiums in America either announced or currently being built. This is relevant because it adds to my point that sports industry creates job growth. * NFL Players Association, Average time length for a player (2014) http://www.nflplayers.com/user/template.aspx?fmid=181&lmid=349&pid=0&type=l#a3 Summary of article: Athletes only last...
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...OWL; best wishes with revising your paper! *Strengths of the essay: Thanh , thank you for submitting your assignment for review. I am Ann B., your writing tutor. First, I want to point out a strength I noted when I read your paper. This sentence in the introduction presents a question and then answers it: College athletes are supposed to be the best of the best on that level, so why do college athletes not get paid? The question sets up the argument nicely for the reader! Now let’s move on to some areas that need revision. Content Development: A direct quotation like this one is not a good topic or first sentence: McCourt states “The athletes are ones who put in hours of practice and training” ( Evan Rosenfeld and Scarlett McCourt). Your audience may not understand why this quoted passage is important. The topic sentence should present a main point about athletes being paid in your own words. The first point is the hectic schedule. Can you write a topic sentence that introduces this point? I note that the second body paragraph does have a topic sentence introducing a point from the thesis in your own words: Another reason to why college athletes should get paid is they need money for expenses. Can you write a similar topic sentence for the first body paragraph as well, Thanh? Then the reader can see the first main point as easily as the second! For more tips, see Developing Powerful Paragraphs. *Thanh 5901461 has requested that you respond to the Organization:...
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... as well as an interview with a current professional baseball player. This report shed a lot of light on this current issue as various ex-minor league baseball players are waiting to go to court with major league baseball representatives. They are representing all minor leaguer in fight for fair rights and wages. I’m submitting this to you, because minor league baseball players are being paid poverty-level wages for spending nearly 60 hours a week at the field. Their benefits compared to the major leagues makes seem like they’re two separate professions. I’m going to discuss how this lawsuit is just a quick fix for the bigger issue at hand. I will discuss in this report a long-term solution for minor leaguers and their rights. I appreciate the opportunity to conduct this research and am look forward to sharing my information with you. Evan VanSumeren II Executive Summary The findings in this research was designed to identify the short-term solution and to propose a long-term solution. The problem is minor league baseball players are being paid poverty-level wages and are giving adequate benefits to live as a professional athlete. There are many minor league baseball players that struggle just to pay their rent month-to-month. The purpose of this study is to show how all professional baseball players deserves wages to have a decent living. It’s also to show minor league players need a voice to fight for their right to a...
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...Assignment Five College Athletes and Compensation Professor Adam Lawrence Strayer University June 9, 2013 PART I: PROBLEM The goal of this paper is to focus on evidence that college athletes, specifically, football players should be compensated for the talents they demonstrate on the field; for many reasons. It is well documented that college presidents, coaches, athletic directors often think of athletics as the “front porch” of their campuses (Weaver, 2011), as it relates to college revenues. Weaver further maintains that college athletes, especially football players, are needed to generate the revenues to build both and support a winning football team, and athletics department. And historically colleges rely on ticket sales, game programs, and advertising revenues, to do so. Additionally, coaches’ salary and facility renovations also are factor in terms of colleges and universities needing to generate revenues as well. But before the former can be brought to fruition colleges must first persuade the most talented athletes to their school. What criteria do colleges and universities utilize when recruiting athletes with regard to talent, academics, finances, and student population? Additionally, what perks are colleges and universities offering these athletes to entice them at a minimum to the said front porch? Let’s start by first exploring how colleges and universities generate revenues. First, warning sign (problem) is that billions in annual revenues...
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...Introduction A. Over the last two years the NCAA is handling over 1.5 Billion dollars in revenue yet the athletes, who contribute such a large part of all that money, don’t get one single part of it. B. These kids invest so much time into their athletics, risking the outcome of their education and they don’t receive any part of the money that they are responsible for. C. Today I’d like to speak to you about why these athletes deserve some type of pay, first off on how it’s becoming more of a job nowadays, how they contribute, and why people believe they don’t. Body Paragraph #1 Claim: Playing big time sports in college is starting to become more of a job than an extracurricular activity. A. Robert and Amy McCormick think it’s definitively a job for football and basketball players on athletic scholarships at big time Division-1 schools, they argue that they are treated as “employees” under federal labor laws and entitled to form unions and negotiate hours and working conditions. B. “There are many more demands put on these young men than any employee of the university,” says Robert McCormick. “These young men are laboring under very strict and arduous conditions, so they really are laborers in terms of physical demands on them while they’re also trying to go to attend school at the same time. C. The player might have to postpone taking courses until the summer. Athletes don’t have free choice of what major they take if the classes conflict with practice schedules. “There are...
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...Should College Athletes Be Paid a Salary? Being a college athlete is not only stressful but it is also a tiring job to maintain. Being an athlete comes with a huge amount of responsibilities, and with having responsibilities they tend to get in the way of having time to do anything else. On top of that it is harder for college athletes to maintain a job outside of school . Since most college athletes are busy maintaining their studies such as what they are majoring in and their sports, it makes it harder for them to fulfill their goals when they are student athletes. The only student athletes that have that support are students who come from a wealthy family which provide them with money to spend, however most athletes are not that fortunate, which is why colleges should pay their student athletes. College athletes should be paid not only because they are filled with dedication and determination towards school...
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...profit, it is only right for these student-athletes to be compensated for the revenue they generate. C. Preview – First, I’ll inform you on the current principles and policies that the NCAA has in place, why those principles and policies are absurd, and I’ll discuss the fight for student-athletes to be recognized as employees. II. Body A. Current NCAA principles and policies 1. Amateurism- the bedrock principle of the NCAA. a. “Student-athletes shall be amateurs in an intercollegiate sport, and their participation should be motivated primarily by education and by the physical, mental, and social benefits to be derived.” (NCAA) 2. Student-Athlete a. “In the collegiate model of sports, the young men and women competing on the field or court are students first, athletes second.” (NCAA) b. “We provide them remarkable opportunities to get an education at the finest universities.” (Emmert) c. In the long ongoing controversy of whether or not the NCAA should pay students-athletes, the NCAA has staunchly defended its stance, stating students are not employees. d. Essentially, the NCAA believes providing a free education for the students is more than enough. 3. Scholarship perks a. Tuition b. Room and board c. Books 4. In exchange for athletic services, student-athletes must sign a form stating that they are amateurs and promise to abide by all the rules in a 440 page manual. a. Agree to receive no form of compensation...
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...Seim Ethics and Professionalism in Accounting Andrew Dill ACG 6835 Fall 2013 Introduction The college sports industry is a large industry in America which is estimated to produce $797 million dollars for the 2012-13 season (NCAA). Of these millions, not one penny will go to any of the 400,000 plus college athletes under NCAA rules (NCAA). This however, was not always the case. Prior to the formation of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in 1906, student groups frequently hired players without the stipulation that they must also be students at the university (NCAA). Due to these circumstances and poorly regulated play that often led to injuries, the NCAA was established to provide a safe and fair ‘playing field’ for student-athletes. However, today this regulatory board is not seen as beneficial by all members of society, and is especially negatively scrutinized by top performing student-athletes. In 2005, NCAA Football had an estimated total attendance of over 43 million compared to the NFL of over 17 million, while NCAA Basketball had estimated total attendance of over 30 million compared to the NBA of over 21 million (Humphys, 2008). Despite having more viewers, college athletes received no pay while professional players earned millions. This has prompted college athletes to argue that the NCAA regulations are inequitable. However, NCAA players are allowed to receive the $2.4 billion of annual scholarships granted to them, as well as travel expenses...
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...Summary Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2014 15 Edition, Athletes and Sports Competitors, 2014. Web. 28 Oct. 2015. Athletes and sports competitors participate in organized. Every sport is a competitive sport. Compare the job duties, education, job growth, and pay of athletes. Some sports are held outdoors and the other sports are held in a facility. Many athletes must travel to sports events, which may include long bus rides or plane trips. Athletes work irregular hours, including evenings, weekends, and holidays. Athletes who play a contact sport like football or hockey are highly susceptible to injuries. This is good for good information and how they do things. Athletes and coaches wages are $40,060. They should get paid out of all the hard work they do. Football is a competitive sport to play. Athletes...
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...uses resources to produce goods and services that fulfill these wants. Unfortunately, the resources are not sufficient to satisfy those wants. [1] b) Analyze the THREE interrelated features of the economic perspective? Answer: 1) Scarcity: The first interrelated feature of the economic perspective is the scarcity of resources that forces individuals and society to make decision among alternatives . Human and property resources are scarce, so choices must be made about how best to utilize those little resources. 2) Allocation decision: economics assumes that any decision-making is based on “rational self-interest.” People make rational decisions to achieve the maximum satisfaction of a goal. customers try to get the highest value for their payments. Workers try to get the best job given their skills and abilities. companies try to maximize their profitability. 3) Opportunity cost: economics focuses on marginal analysis when making an economic decision. The marginal or “additional” costs from an economic choice are weighed against the additional benefit. If the marginal benefit outweighs the marginal costs, then a decision will be made to take the beneficial action. If the marginal cost...
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...Colorado Seminary (University of Denver) v. National Collegiate Athletic Association This action was brought by the University of Denver (“DU”) and several of its student-athletes to enjoin the National Collegiate Athletic Association (“NCAA”) from imposing sanctions against DU and declaring several of its hockey players ineligible. Colorado Seminary (Univ. of Denver) v. Nat’l Collegiate Athletic Ass’n, 570 F.2d 320, 321 (10th Cir. 1978), aff’d, Colorado Seminary (Univ. of Denver) v. Nat’l Collegiate Athletic Ass’n, 417 F.Supp. 885 (D.Co. 1976). Because DU refused to enforce the ineligibility of several of its hockey players despite the NCAA’s declaration of such, the DU hockey team was put on a two-year probation period, all DU athletic teams were unable to participate in post-season NCAA events and have its regular season games be televised, and the University was forced to forfeit its 1973 national title. 570 F.2d at 321. Plaintiffs claimed that the NCAA violated their due process and equal protection rights through its ineligibility declaration, however the trial court disagreed, denying Plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment in favor of Defendant’s, albeit with some conditions. 417 F.Supp. at 893, 900. Plaintiffs appealed the denial, but the 10th Circuit affirmed the trial court’s decision and ultimately held that: the “students’ interest in participating in intercollegiate athletics did not rise to level of the constitutionally-protected property or liberty interest...
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...“Introduction of a new concept into different geographies in India” Summer project report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the post graduation diploma in management By: Anuj Kumar Supervisors: Company Guide: Private Limited) Faculty Guide: Alumni Mentor: Mr. Saurabh Goswami, Managing Director (Ultra Rich Wedding Mr. M. Sivagnanasundaram Mr. Siddharth Sharma Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies, Harihar, Karnataka 1 2 “Acknowledgement” 3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT With due respect and gratitude I want to thank Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies, Harihar for giving me this opportunity to see, learn and gain a firsthand industry experience in this summer internship program which will help me a lot to grow professionally. After that, I want to thank my assigned Faculty Guide Prof. M. Sivagnanasundaram, for generating confidence in me, always keeping in touch and providing some classic literatures which benefitted me a lot. I would also like to thank my mentor Mr. Siddharth Sharma. Who helped me throughout the project time to time, despite his busy schedule. I am very grateful to them for their valuable and timely guidance throughout the project. I would like to express my gratitude to my Company Guide Mr. Saurabh Goswami, Managing Director, Ultra Rich Wedding Private Limited, who gave me the opportunity to work on this project. Despite of his hectic schedule, he took his time out to support and guide me in understanding...
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