College Athletes and Cash Money, Do They Deserve Extra Reimbursement? The question of whether college athletes should be paid has led to a hotly contested debate. The critics who are in favor of paying athletes for their services point to the millions of dollars of revenue generated from football and basketball alone. ... My opinion, representing the college athlete, goes for more compensation of the college athletes. ... Television contracts and shoe deals the athletes endorse for the college is really bringing and other forms of revenue. ...

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Large Colleges versus Small Colleges When choosing a college, one should take many aspects into consideration. ... Campus size is also another important factor in searching for a college. ... One of the few advantages of a large university or college is the sporting events. It would definitely be great to have a stadium that could hold 50,000 fans and have a football game every week with a full stadium of screaming fans. ... Small colleges are much more efficient for prototypical students. ...

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Athletics are a huge part of the university or college's income. ... Football and basketball are two major sports that result millions of dollars being directed to the school as a whole with only a small percentage going to athletics. College football programs across the USA average over 50, 000 tickets, not to mention the multi-million dollar broadcasting rights, and still the players don't ever see a cent of their hard work. An example of how college athletes struggle financially happened recently. A Kansas University football player was arrested for sticking his rear end up to the...

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So, the things I would do over are my junior year in high school, senior year, and my freshman year in college. ... In high school, I played football for the school. ... The most recent thing I would do over is my whole entire freshman year in college. ... I only named a few things that I would do over, my junior, senior, and college freshman years. ...

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The "Dumb-Jock" stereotype originated in the 1930's when a football player at Ohio State College needed to pass an economic test to be able to play in the big game, so the whole class got together and tutored him for a week straight so he could play in the game. A classmate painted a portrait of this incident and called it "The Football Player." ... An example of the amount of money college's hand to their athletes is football players. NCAA allows 86 players to be on scholarship on a football team. Each year a coach is allowed to give out 25 new football scholarships. ...

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The "Dumb-Jock" stereotype originated in the 1930's when a football player at Ohio State College needed to pass an economic test to be able to play in the big game, so the whole class got together and tutored him for a week straight so he could play in the game. A classmate painted a portrait of this incident and called it "The Football Player." ... An example of the amount of money college's hand to their athletes is football players. NCAA allows 86 players to be on scholarship on a football team. Each year a coach is allowed to give out 25 new football scholarships. ...

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Since the beginning of college sports, athletes have not been financially rewarded for their efforts. ... College athletes should be paid an allowance for participating in college athletics. ... Many argue that participating in college athletics is similar to holding a full time job, except without the financial benefits. For example, a male college football player is almost always doing something football related, with nearly all seven days a week dedicated to practice, film, running, or lifting weights - not to mention their academic responsibilities. ... Scandals like this not only risk rui...

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Costs College's prices vary from there location to the number of students attending that year. ... Some other ones also include, softball, football, weightlifting, tennis, and street hockey. ... No student has to decide on a major until there second year of college. ... As with any college they offer, many minors and majors and most colleges ask that a final decision on a major be made by the middle of the second year of college. ... Choosing a college is a major decision and can affect future plans. ...

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School workloads among college students are unbearable at times. ... It is possible that a student enrolled in college may come across a professor he may not like. ... When I played football in high school, the special treatment my teammates and I would receive the week of an important game was incredible. ... Three months after the football season I was caught for the same thing, and received an in school suspension. ...

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I have not yet accomplished my academic goals, as all along I've always viewed college as more of a stepping-stone to law school than a finish line. ... I've stayed consistent academically, as reflected by the fact that I've earned the same grades in college as I had earned in high school. ... I've learned from, and bonded with all sorts of different people, including the ever so passionate FSU football fan, to the dedicated and selfless community servants of the national service fraternity of Alpha Phi Omega. ... This proved to not only be the closest I could get as a c...

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There are more than 450,000 college student-athletes who compete annually in college sports through the NCAA. ... The most profitable sports in the NCAA are College football bowl series (FBS) and Division I college basketball. ... The typical NCAA division I football player spends 43.3 in season hours at practice, games, treating injuries and attending required team meetings. ... The previous time spent by college football players, mentioned earlier doesn't even include time spent in class or doing classwork. ... The 'primetime' college football games are played on Thursday ni...

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James Thurber shows his readers that college can be humorous as well as serious. ... First, Thurber describes a student named Bolenciecwcz, a football star at Ohio State. ... "Chuffa chuffa, chuffa chuffa," (236) Bassum attempts to get the football player to answer. After making a scene in front of the whole class, the football player finally answers. ... Thurber shows the many different humorous sides of college. ...

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We see college sporting events on television and hear about college games on the radio; we even read about them in the newspaper. ... These amateur athletes have no motive to stay in college and finish their respective degrees, many cannot afford to pay for the increasingly expensive college life. In addition to the black markets and increasing college tutition, the statistics comply college athletes should get paid for playing. ... An interview was done on former college football athlete Make McDonough who was a defensive lineman for Iowa State back in 2012. ... Furthermore, the last and ar...

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In a big name sport that draws the majority of the attention such as football, the schools are making money of the athletes in ways such as ticket sales to fan gear but the players are not the ones who get to see any of the money. ... Being in college, it's hard to get a job with studying and taking classes but with college athletes it's even harder to do. ... Some believe that college athlete should not be paid. According to the article Pay College Athletes? ... Colleges and universities along with the NCAA committee need to come together and figure out a reasonable amount for all c...

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Clean Up or Pay Up Clean Up or Pay Up is a great story for college administrators, staff members and students to read. ... Although Scates is a graduate of college and has a degree, ten years later he is just a doorman at a hotel in Washington. Since his education was so poor and his athletic ability slipped his whole college career went to waste. ... All of his classes his senior year were bowling, billiards, and football classes. ... Those are all examples of how the NCAA and colleges do not properly educate most athletes. ...

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Memories of football games, holidays, and parties become the timeless stories shared with family and friends after graduation. ... College life, like the Roman Catholic Church, is guided by the Golden Rule. During the time spent in college, a student will meet people from all walks of life. ... The harsh reality is that not all students will succeed in college. ... College and faith are gifts meant to cherished and shared with others. ...

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The history of college sports has seemed to have created a booming industry of profit and franchises. ... As a college student I have particularly become friends with a lot of athletes who are struggling to survive because of money problems. ... Because of certain life necessity I propose that college athletes should be paid. ... They are regular college students with regular needs and wants. ... College life is a constant financial struggle for the working student, so what makes people think the athletes have it easy and they cannot earn extra money. ...

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Recently, college athletes are even pushing for a bill to pass that would grant them money just to play college sports. ... Do college athletes not receive enough extra-funding already? ... Paying all college athletes to play would be very expensive. They have discussed just paying athletes who play the four major sports (basketball, baseball, football, and hockey). ... College basketball and football are still some of the highest rated TV in America and it doesn't look to have any downward spirals ahead. ...

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Karen is my cousin, and she has failed out of college twice. ... Needless to say she failed out of college. ... She decided to go to a fraternity party one night before a huge rival football game. ... All college students go through many obstacles, pressures and choices throughout their college career. ... Valedictorians defiantly have the grades and skills to get into college, but they do not always have the ability to manage pressures and obstacles in college....

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As college students, we can't save money because of the student loans. ... Just because other students can afford college doesn't mean that the other students can afford to go they who can't just raise the cost of a college tuition. ... Successful college drop outs like Bill Gates are making it harder for students to decide to go to college or not. ... What if college was the same price as high school? ... During high school, we had this class called living today and the teacher was talking about how us college students were going to be broke due to all the books, parties, footb...

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What separates college and professional athletes? ... College athletes spend the almost the same amount of time practicing, working out, and playing games as professionals do, but college players also have to manage going to class and completing their school work. ... Although this sounds desirable, signing up for less classes delays one's time in college. ... For the majority of football, basketball, and baseball players, the only reason they go to college and play is because it is a rule. ... They would stay in college, finish their schoolwork, and get a degree. ...

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Just the entrance blew me away and I could not wait to see what the rest of the college had to offer. ... There is no football team and they have the smallest division one gym in the United States. ...

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