...Should College Athletes be paid? College athletes need to be paid a small amount because of the large amounts of revenue they bring for their schools. Athletes do not have time to work due to strenuous practice schedules. A NCAA division 1 athlete has a schedule comparable to having a nine-to-five job, plus being a full time student. It is like someone working a steady job and turning the paycheck back to his employer. There are huge amounts of revenue being brought into the universities by athletes. According to the Intercollegiate Athletics Report colleges are making millions of dollars on athletics alone. Despite this, some of the athletes that make the money for their schools can’t even afford to buy the team sweatshirt that they are making popular. It seems that some universities care more about a winning record than the athletes on their teams. Many colleges have a graduation rate of athletes of less than 50%. Schools often fire coaches unless they have great records disregarding the graduation rate of their student-athletes. Collegiate sports have become a big business. The top schools in the country are making millions of dollars per year from major TV networks for the exclusive rights to broadcast its games. These schools are benefiting from their athletic programs, more so than the athletes. There are schools throughout the country that average over ten million dollars in ticket sales alone. Since colleges and universities make a fortune from their athletics...
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...What is your opinion on why college athletes being paid, because I have my own. I feel if we did pay them they would kill the joy and the excitement of playing college sports. I think it would absolutly destroy college sports. Paying the college athlete’s would take the fun out of bowl games (football) and March Madness (basketball). They should not get paid because they get a free education, they are not professionals, and they would not take their education as serious. My first opinion is that they should not get paid because they get a free education. I think this is the main reason on why they should not be paid. The College athletes are provided with the opportunity to earn a degree, engage in college life, and play their favorite sport...
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...getting paid. This is the life of a college athlete. If going to school isn't already stressful enough, imagine adding practice multiple times a day, working a job (if possible), doing homework, and finding time to relax all into that one 24-hour period. College athletes should get paid because their restricting schedules denies them the opportunity to work. The National Collegiate Athletic Association(NCAA) is a multi-million dollar non-profit association in charge of thousands of athletes. The 460,000 plus athletes compete in 24 sports year-round which are divided into divisions appropriate for the school of their attendance. Of those 460,000 plus athletes, none of them receive any type of payment for their services legally. They can receive things of monetary value illegally, but this would unnecessarily if they got paid for their services. People or even you may wonder why this topic is important. The importance of this topic is that it's been a rising issue for years but there has never been an answer to this issue. Hopefully, I can help with the issue but for now let's discuss why they should get paid. The famous Ball brothers Lonzo (19) and LaMelo (15) were both scouted and drafted from early on in their basketball careers. They...
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...Should college football players get paid? They put their bodies on the line every game. They can't get a full time job. Also, they can get ready for financial issues later in life. I think College athletes should be paid because they work their butt off while in football and don't get any money. Horace Mitchell says “It is clear that, in addition to their academic course loads, student-athletes' physical conditioning, practice and competition schedules make it difficult for many of them to take on part-time employment to supplement their institutional aid.” They should get paid because they do not have time for a full time job. During the off-season the players have to do an off season workout. They have to practice during the regular season....
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...Mention. During a typical day, I would wake up around 6:00 a.m., go to the gym, get an individual workout in, grab breakfast, go to classes, study film, hit the gym again for practice, workout in the weight room, followed by stretching and an ice bath, then home for dinner and studying for a 16-credit course load. On top of this schedule I worked 20 hours a week to help minimize the amount of loans that I had to take out for rent, food, and other expenses. I did receive a full ride scholarship that covered tuition and room and board. However, on campus life at a small school is not for everyone so I elected to live off campus my last two years which is not covered by scholarship so I needed to take out a student loan. Non-athletes are often unable to sympathize with athletes because much of the athlete’s work is done out of the public spotlight. The world outside of the gym doesn't...
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...Should College Athletes Get Paid? College athletes should be paid for playing at the college level. This topic is interesting to me because it has been a debatable topic for a long time. College athletes deserve to get a pay check because they are still responsible to keep their grades up while playing and training for football. They work harder than the pros because they have more of a motivation to get to the higher profession than someone who is already there. They can use that money to help support their families. The coaches are getting paid but they don’t play a sport or endure in a sport. The NCAA is making a profit out of them. In all honesty, the college athletes are one of the most hardest working athletes that don’t get paid. College...
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...Kolten Miracle College Athletes Should Be Paid Should college athletes be paid? Of course they should because they work hard on their sport. The average time spent on practicing in division 1 sports is 43.3 hours a week! This is more than the average worker spends a week! Another reason college athletes should be paid is because if they were paid the game/sport would be way more interesting and fun to watch. Also college athletes bring a lot of money to the school and they don’t get any of it, how is that fair? College athletes spend a lot of time working and practicing on their sport. They spend every day and every chance they get either on the field/court working and practicing or even in the gym working out to be stronger for their sport....
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...from 2011 to 2013, college football players should be paid because “In some way they’re (The NCAA) taking advantage of college athletes that sign their name to a certain school.” A few other reasons college football players should be paid is that they could get hurt and might not have enough money to get a good start on life after college, colleges have extra money for equipment, coaches, and fields, and college football players spend a lot of time playing their sport and don’t have time to get a full-time job. One reason that college football players should be paid is that they could get hurt and might not have enough money to get a good start on life after college. Health. US News says Former college football players were more than twice as likely to have physical problems that limited their daily activities and exercise. Sixty-seven percent of these former athletes said they had suffered a major injury. (“For Many College Athletes, the Payoff Is Lifelong Disabilities: Study”). These players focus all of their time on football, sometimes forty hours a week, and they blow out a knee, or roll an ankle, ruining their chance in the NFL. Shouldn’t they at least have a little money to cushion them out of college and get them on their feet? That’s the first reason college...
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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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...My topic is on whether or not college football players should get paid to play football. I feel like this is a topic that a lot of football players that is transitioning from high school to college discuss frequently. There has been a few controversies on if college football players have been paid under the table. When you hear that they have been paid under the table, it means that either the college they have chosen has given them money secretively, the head football coach paid them out of their own pockets, or even someone they know personally has paid them to play for that school. College football players should not be paid to play football. There are many reasons on why they should not get paid. When you hear a certain college name, the first thing you hear come out of someone’s mouth is something about how good or bad their football team is. Football players are shown a lot of attention. On their campuses they are very well known, whether or not if they play in the games or sit on the sidelines. Most college football players end up getting a full ride to school because they play football. If they are not paying for school out of pocket, they shouldn’t get paid to do something they are supposed to do. Another reason why they shouldn’t get paid to play football is the fact that other teams that play sports on the campus don’t get paid. Why out of all teams, football should be the one to get paid. For example, a baseball team on the campus might be better than the football...
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...The NCAA makes 800 million dollars on their basketball program every year. But the athletes that work hard not only to become the best they can be, but they are also representing the colleges that they play at do not get any portion of the money. NCAA president Mark Emmert says, “They are not professionals so they should not be getting millions of dollars at all” (Romans). Colleges rake in about 800 million dollars a year in just the sport of basketball so why are not the college athletes that play at a very high elite level not getting paid. CNN reporter say that the colleges make 800 million but they bring in 500 million in endowment (Romans).Endowment is just an income or form of property that has been given. The college players are elite players if they play for Division I are elite players but they not there is elite players in every college including small colleges. Division II and Division III colleges get Division I athletes as well so they should be getting an income as well....
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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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...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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...Why should athletes not be paid? I’m going to tell you why the college athletes should not be paid. You should care about this topic because it is a problem that colleges face and if you want to play sports in college you might want to be paid for them but you get to choose to play sports or not. What some don’t know is that you shouldn’t have to get paid to play a sport that you chose to do. Today, I am going to try and persuade you why college athletes should not be paid. In college playing a sport is a privilege because most people that play sports in high school don’t play in college. What reason do athletes need more money, each year there are billions given to college athletes, the athletic scholarship averages over the schools tuition. Here is an example Ohio State of a little over $10,000 a year and the scholarship is $17,856 (Anderson). If they wanted to get paid let’s say a $100,000 salary that isn’t bad but a salary is affected by federal and state taxes. A student with a salary would have to pay a total of $34,900. That means the student only has $65,100. And college expenses get to $65,000 then then what was $100,000 is only $100, so is getting paid and having a salary better...
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...Should College Athletes Get Paid Ever wonder if college athletes should be paid? A debate that comes up every year is that if college athletes should be paid or should not be paid. College athletes should not be paid for these three reasons: college tuition should be enough money, the NCAA is a non-profit organization, and the college athletic departments will not be able to afford to pay the players. z College athletes get a scholarship and free tuition which costs enough so they do not need to get paid. College tuition is a lot of money and most out-of-state public schools cost around $23,000. If the athlete would go to a private out-of-state school it normally cost around $32,000. That is a ton of money to have just handed to you so you can play sports. “Essentially they receive a...
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