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    Joe Quarious Simmons Professor Allison Pelegrin Engl 102 13 April 2017 Student Employee or Student Athlete Are colleges athletes fairly compensated for their sacrifices as sports representatives of their universities? Although student athletes are offered full scholarships to cover most of their expenses, the debate whether they should be paid invites a tremendous amount of controversy. Professional and collegiate sports are viewed and highly favored nationwide and are highly profitable to the nation’s

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    Swish Jimmy with the 3.This Essay is about College Athletes are not being treated fair after all their hard work of going to games across their state and country and not getting paid for it, and some of them are not so smart all they know and think about in College is their sport that they are in.College Athletes are not children they are grown ups and grown ups need cash to live. This is a quote from Michael Wilbon and how he thinks college athletes are not being treated fair,”I'm interested in

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    talent than others. One of the sports students played was football which in the United States college football became a national obsession. More people became intrigued by football and this sport began bringing a lot of money by filling up the stands. The issue of paying these athletes began arising, so the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) decided to give them a free education

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    cooperation, a business, in which the NCAA clearly states it is a business, not to pay its employees. Student-athletes are employees for the university, but are not labelled as one to avoid compensation for working. Meanwhile, student-workers at universities all over the nation are considered employees of the school, so are student-athletes. In the Florida Bar Journal the author states: If college athletes must be recognized as employees of their respective schools, would they have the right to file a charge

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    Paying College Athletes should be allowed under NCAA rules, because it let’s the athletes know and feel like they are appreciated. Being paid for doing something you dedicate your time to and exceed greatly in there should be a monetary reward. Student athletes in college should be paid for dedicating all their time into the sport, but also well balancing their grades too. Paying the athletes will help the athletes have pocket money and not making them having to make time for a job either. Being

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    I have listed have their athletes being paid. The NCAA does not believe in rewarding their athletes. When college athletes get hurt, they do not get paid. Although, I agree with colleges not compensating students who are injured, overall they should get paid for their hard work. College student athletes should not be paid if they are injured. There are over 12,500 injuries per year. Many students would have to be paid, because of the high rate of injuries. If the athletes get paid for the days they

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    When the topic of college comes up, many things come to mind. Those are the glory days for most of us. The college parties, the struggle to find a balance between having fun and maintaining a good GPA, and not to mention the amazing athletic departments that colleges offer. Everyone enjoys sports but does anyone ever stop to wonder how much goes into the preparation for those games? There’s much more effort that’s put into it other than just showing up for practice. It’s definitely a lot more work

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    College Athletes Are Volunteers? College athletes should be paid for their playing times, if they aren't getting paid why are they playing? Texas A&M’s own Cedric Collins, was a phenomenal player on the football team. In the playoffs 2012 after a hit his legs went numb, it turns out he had congenital cervical abnormalities which means it’s too dangerous for him to ever play again. What does he do now? He no longer has a scholarship and is broke. What would be his point of life? If he would’ve been

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    Compensating Student Athletes Although the, debate continues to be unsettled about paying student athletes. College sports players gain so much revenue which, as resulted from the (NCAA) National Collegiate Athletic Association. Due to, this situation rising over the few past decades. Participating colleges have caused such debate in whether college athletes should be compensated. "Actors, actresses these people can sign things and get paid for it. How come this kid can 't? How come a kid that

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    rising to the surface is “Should college athletes be paid?”. This has become a burning question. The NCAA is a multibillion-dollar industry, that makes millions, if not billions, in revenue. Yet it’s still maintains the non-profit status meaning that the industry is not set on making a profit and none of the revenue that is made is distributed to its members, managers, or officers. While most players who play in college sports are under a scholarship, that pays for the college tuition, books, and housing

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