(Attention Getter) What if I told you that for decades, students have worked over 40 hours a week and received absolutely no pay. College athletes are expected to balance the immense workload of school work and represent their school well in athletics. (Personal Credibility) One of my friends happens to play basketball for a Division I college and he constantly tells me how the system is unfair. These players practically work a full time job and also have to keep on top of their academics and don’t
of Paying College Athletes Many people are split on the idea of whether or not college athletes should be payed to play. Student athletes are dedicated to a variety of sports. According to a 2011 lawsuit that dealt with a major university, the average athletic program spends anywhere from five to six hours a day practicing. These athletes are playing sports voluntarily, they are not being hired to. All the time the athletes spend practicing they are doing so by their own free will. College athletes
New Yorker, Professor of Law at Cardozo School of Law, Ekow N. Yankah contends paying College athletes is a “grave mistake” and fails to “recognize the value of sports as a part of education.” In addition, Yankah argues that we should direct elite programs away from exploiting young black athletes but instead encourage intellectual discovery while participating in NCAA sports. Furthermore, the popularity of college athletics can be contributed to the fact that NCAA athletes are students, therefore
Typically, all students are told that college is their best option. Without college a well-paying job cannot be obtained. However this may not necessarily be true. Stephanie Owen, a senior research assistant for the Brooking’s Center on Children and Families, and Isabel Sawhill, a senior fellow in economic studies, argue that college is not the best option for every student. Instead students should review the information on various colleges to decide if college is beneficial for them. To support their
Going to college has become an extreme controversy because of the expense and debt with which people deal. In "Should Everybody Go to College," Stephanie Owen and Isabel Sawhill argue whether or not obligating students in going to college is a good idea, since some people cannot afford the cost or they are not capable of learning in a college environment. Compelling students to go to college should not be the case. People are told when they are little to make their way to college because that is
A persuasive essay By: College athletes should be paid to play! In this essay you’re being persuaded, you are being persuaded to agree that college athletes should be played to play. Here there is some information that will help change your mind if you don’t agree with this already. This essay will talk about the athletes not being able to pay for many of the things they need, they haven’t got any time for a job, the athletes bring in money to there schools, and more
In his Essay “Are too many people going to college,” first published in a 2008 issue of AEI, Charles Murray explores many insights onto the topic of furthering education as well as exploring various other options to pursue after high school. Who exactly would think that too many people are going to college? Well with more and more students flooding campuses at the end of every school year and less and less going into trade schools, a shift in the job market is just beginning to be seen on the horizon
article as a sentence: “But no matter how much we want it to, money can’t buy smarts, motivation, or school success.” She is expressing her idea that paying kids will not genuinely help them. Within the article, McCready expresses her dislike of parents using payment to attempt to encourage student achievement. Her points include her belief that paying children won’t maintain high grades because kids lose interest and excitement over time. She also believes that payment for grades creates a negative
given the chance to pursue them due to their social class. The amount of money a family or community has is too prominent in America 's education system to truly have a fair chance for all. Brent Staples, in his essay “Why Colleges Shower Their Students with A’s”, and Lynda Berry, in her essay “The Sanctuary of School”, are part of the nationwide discussion of how important money should really be in the education system. In our country, the economic status of a household dictates the education a person
saying, “Education is important and college is the key to a well-off life.” Some may think on the contrary that there are other routes that one may can take and still become successful in life as well. College is not the only answer to every individual. Not everybody is academically driven so the topic still appears to be very much controversial. In the essay, “Is College for Everyone, Pharinet articulates her perspective on the reason why she thinks that college is not really meant for everybody.