Many people have asked the question, should college athletes start getting paid? ... The main reason colleges exist is to allow people the chance to get an education and earn a degree. ... Baseball, hockey, volleyball, soccer, swimming, softball, and other varsity sports play many games and travel quite a bit, but these sports do not have the large fan base the other two sports do. ... The athletes in the less popular sports would not make as much as the popular sports and that alone can cause many issues. ... They become huge role models for many young people. ...

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College athletes are students first and foremost, and people seem to forget that fact. ... College football is the most profitable of all the college sports, but most people do not understand what real "profit" is. ... They are students receiving access to a college education through their participation in sports. Collegiate sports is not a career or profession, but is the students' vehicle to a higher education degree. ... Students who choose to take part in sports and students who do not both comprise the collegiate model. ...

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College sports are no different from this. ... Collegiate sports is not a career or profession. ... A large portion of the fans of college sports are the students. ... If colleges pay their athletes, college sports will never be the same and will never have that same excitement that people always get when the band plays and the team steps on the court or field to play. In addition to the idea of athlete and non-athlete segregation, people forget college athletes are student athletes. ...

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People say that the phrase "student-athlete" describes collegiate-level athletes for a reason; they are students first, athletes second. ... Some people make the argument that once college athletes start to be paid, they would become quasi professional athletes. ... Another objection that people bring up to the idea of college athletes being payed is the logistics around it. ... All of these questions and more are what make people skeptical about the idea of paying college athletes. ... A third reason that athletes should be compensated is the effect that playing sports can have o...

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Not to mention that having a job and playing college sports is like have two jobs. ... "(Carlos Diaz CNN sports) Most people don't know that the same stars that are seen on television are the same people who are estimated to be living below the poverty line. ... They were icons for many and people to look up to for people to look at them and be able to say," look at them they started off as low class people living in the hood but they took that as motivation to make them work hard and now look at them all on T.V. making something of themselves so if they can do it I can too.... ...

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Pay to Play Student athletes look at college sports in two ways: one being opportunity, and the other as indentured servitude. College sports like football and basketball hold a huge segment of the entertainment industry making those two particular sport seasons year round. ... If money was not an issue, students will have a clearer idea of where they really want to be and what the school has to offer outside of sports, but money is a, if not the only issue in some of these athletes minds. ... Although not as profitable as some professional sports, sponsors pay a lot of money for telev...

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The common, controversial question that many people have asked is, should college athletes get paid? ... Football and basketball are the two biggest sports that bring in the most collegiate revenue. ... Finally, paying collegiate athletes will normally lead to financial constraints and may cause the school to drop other sports, programs, or institutional developments. ... The purpose of college is to allow people to further their education and earn a degree. ...

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What might come as a surprise is the social and economic background of these people. ... A job helps prepare young people for when they leave school in search of their own place in life. ... Young people deal with stress in many ways and in some situations it may cause them to get into trouble with law enforcement. ... Another way that working during school may be detrimental to a student's welfare is the lack of time for after school activities such as sports. ... Sports also help integrate needed social skills for everyday life. ...

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Kaufman states that, "a community is a collection of people who have regular interaction and share an area (a particular campus), similar culture (school spirit), and institution that provide basic requirements (cafeterias and classrooms)"(Barton pg. 4). However, in this type of community with having such a great number of students as does the University of Georgia, between all of the different organizations, Greek life, sports, and jobs it is almost impossible to become close with every person thus providing those who are committing crimes a greater chance to remain anonymous. ... With hav...

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Our society tells us that its ok for a younger and in some cases, underage person to do this because they are in college and this is what people call being a normal college student is all about. ... For the most part, Non-Traditional students do not participate in college activities such as, sororities, fraternities, student government, and intramural sports. ... Most people would have you believe that a Non-Traditional student will never actually use their degree. So now you have the Traditional student and the people that never went to college thinking that the Non-Traditional stu...

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"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit." - Aristotle Academic habits can be seen as a mental attitude and behavioral practice that facilitates a student's learning and makes excelled learning and progressive development possible during the educational years. Thes...

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