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    000 NCAA student-athletes that compete in 24 different sports while in college throughout the United States (NCAA). Over the past couple decades, the argument for paying these college athletes has gained steam and is a hot topic in the sports community. However, paying these college athletes is not feasible because most universities do not generate enough revenue to provide them with a salary and some even lose money from the sports programs. These collegiate student-athletes are amateurs and paying

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    coaches and training staff— however, the college athletes, who are the main reason the NCAA makes all their revenue, do not gain anything. College athletes not receiving pay from the money they bring in is absurd and unfair, especially for them who sacrifice so much. This is a much debated topic, especially in the world of sports where any topic can escalate into a heated argument in a heartbeat from a disagreement. However, it is time for these athletes to receive the pay that the NCAA is pocketing

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    Debate on how to treat college athletes has always been an issue among the college, NCAA and even students. People take different stances on how college sports should be considered. As you can easily see in Penn State, there are students studying abroad from different countries with diverse cultures. As it is, college is considered as a multi-culture society which sports in college should also be multicultural. For our project, we would like to relate college sports to diaspora and race. At this

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    College Athletes Get Paid? Would you like to work harder in college sports if you got paid? I know I would. I’m talking about this topic because I think it’s important that the college athletes get something for themselves. College athletes should get paid because some of them are tempted to gamble or accept illegal payments, they win games for their university in the premier sport, and they do the same stuff as professional athletes. The college athlete should not get paid because the school pays

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    Athletes In America

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    What is America? America is summer time hayfields, backyard barbeques and front lawn lemonade stands of those young entrepreneurs; but most importantly, America is sports and its fanatics. Whether it be under the Friday night lights of a hometown, high school football game or at a national level, both fans and players take winning seriously, and is often considered sacred. Red Saunders, former football coach of the UCLA Bruins said, “Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing.” However, is that really

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    as a student athlete from the beginning of the year to now. Why sports comes to mind when I think of grade 8 is because this would be the year where I’m transitioning from grade 8 to high school, which means I will have to start taking sports more seriously, because in high school sports, for example, in football you have to be really good, and you can’t depend on being a “good athlete’ because when you get to the next level of playing football (high school) everyone is a good athlete, and you start

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    it on food and all the other necessities you need to be a successful college student. Keep this in mind as my articles and facts express to you my opinion on why college athletes get paid. As a college student, you first have to get the school supplies you need in order to maintain the grade you need in order to stay in school. Then you have to spend money on the necessities that involve your hygiene of course, because who wants to walk around smelling like their mother didn’t teach them how to

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    College athletes have done a lot of hard work trying to go pro, but now it is time to think about what the NCAA should do to reward these athletes. For the past few years, people have been trying to figure out whether the NCAA should pay their athletes for their hard work. The NCAA should reward the athletes’ hard work by paying them because most of the money that the schools make come from the athletes; second, the athletes’ names and their bodies are being used commercially in video games and ads

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    Emergency room visits have tripled in recent years.. The main causes of these types of visits is school sports, such as football. The issue of whether youth sports are helpful or harmful has been going around for quite some time now. There have been many searches done on the amount of injuries that have been caused from youth activities. There are a total percentage of 66% youth boys that go out for sports and 52% of girls that go out for youth sports. There are about 45 million children that go

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    cheerleading as a varsity sport, but cheerleaders still have to fight for recognition as an athlete because their school refuses to recognize cheerleading as a sport. Not to mention other athletes that do not participate in competitive cheerleading do not see why it should be considered a sport, because “it is not as demanding as other sports” (Competitive Cheerleading Fights). The definition of an athlete is “a person who is trained or skilled in exercises, sports, or games requiring physical strength

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