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    Sean Taylor Hall of Fame Nominee Have you ever heard of a Hall of Fame player only playing three seasons? Well Sean Taylor is one of the greatest and most athletic to ever play the game of football. He was on his way to another great season and another pro bowl experience. But November 27, two days after his loss against the buccaneers he was shot in his home. Trying to protect his girlfriend and daughter from intruders. Sean Taylor should be in the Hall of Fame because of his achievements

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    continues to prohibit payment to its student athletes, while its member universities continue to seek new ways to increase revenue from the athlete’s accomplishments. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is the nonprofit governing body of college athletics. The primary task of the NCAA is to oversee the actions of all student athletes and universities to verify that both parties abide by the rules and regulations within the principles of amateurism, defined by the Association. However, the

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    and December there is at least 1 collegiate football game that airs on National TV. Doctors, Teachers, garbage men, nurses people from all over the country watch college football during the week The games or shown everywhere, from local bars, airports, barbershops, stores, and in local business. Millions of people watch a group of college student-athletes compete on a football field as entertainment. Entertainment with friends, family, or coworkers, football is watched. People may spend hundreds of

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    (NBA) generates less then college football and basketball (the value, 7). There is one key difference between the NBA and the NCAA. NBA players are paid on a commission basis for the revenue they help bring in. On the other hand, NCAA athletes are denied any monetary compensation. NCAA athletes are promised a free education if they dedicate themselves completely to their sports (Schneider, 2). This essay seeks to explore the reasons and consequences of not paying these college athletes, as well as the

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    College Athletes Should Be Compensated For Their Services College athletics has become a very prominent phenomenon in American society within the last few decades. A new American dream of becoming wealthy through sports at both the collegiate and professional level is rapidly growing. Today’s young minds strive to join the ranks of the worlds greatest and college athletics is the beginning of that dream. At the collegiate level athletes sacrifice a great amount in order to be eligible to play the

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    National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I sports, specifically football and men’s basketball, have become a a grand spectacle in American culture today. The rights to broadcasting the playoff schedule for these two major sports brings in nearly a billion dollars worth of revenue for the organization each year. The time has come for student- athletes to no longer be seen as amateurs. College athletes are the number one reason the NCAA is able to generate such a great amount of revenue;

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    Paying College Athletes Every child at some point in their lives dream about becoming a rock star, doctor or an astronaut, but the career that stands out the most is becoming a professional athlete. Why? One reason could be the ever increasing media coverage on each individual sport with certain channels devoted for just that particular sport, keeping viewers updated and thirsting to get out and play. Another could be the ease of getting out in the backyard as a kid to shoot the basketball,

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    Sports and Money

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    baseball, hockey, and, football participating in the main League level fixtures annually. There are less than 90 Stadiums spread

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    The NCAA is one of the most profitable organizations in the world due to their monopoly on major college sports. Across the country there are over one thousand colleges and universities in the NCAA separated into 3 divisions, with a total of 89 different sporting events, and a staggering four hundred thousand student athletes in the organization. The NCAA makes money in primarily one way and that’s ad revenue for the commercials played during an event. In the Men’s NCAA Basketball tournament a 30

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    Recently, one of the most prominent and controversial topics in sports is whether college athletes should or should not be paid to play. Many experts tend to argue that college athletes should not be paid to play in schools. I disagree with this argument due to various reasons. A key source of income that is seen to exist in different institutions is college athletics. It largely attracts many students into institutions. Moreover, many universities worldwide depend on athletes in order to produce

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