The world of college sports continues to grow each and every year. This brings in a great deal of money to the schools and their sponsors. With that being said, this leads to my argument on if we should pay college athletes. Many individuals believe that athletes who are at school on a scholarship are […]
The question that has become a revolving door, should college athletes be paid? I find myself not having a strong stance for either side. So instead I want to look at both sides. Having played sports in high-school myself I can see both sides, and think each position is valid. Some might argue why college […]
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Get startedThe article High-Risk Drinking in College Athletes and Nonathletes Across the Academic Year from the journal, Journal of College Counseling which is written by Diana M. Doumas, Rob Turrisi, Kenneth M. Coll, and Kate Haralson, explores heavy drinking and alcohol-related consequences between freshman student-athletes and non-athletes. Student-athletes are at a higher risk of it than […]
What is the actual purpose for college sports? Although college has always been considered a stepping stone on an individual’s path to achieving their full potential, the question of just how to make the time itself in college useful is rarely asked. College athletes are currently attend university with their attention torn between both their […]
Whether it be watching football on Saturday afternoons in Fall or trying to predict the perfect bracket for March Madness, many Americans seek to be entertained through college sports. In fact, college sports, namely football and basketball, generate billions of dollars of revenue each year (Edelman, 2017). At the heart of this revenue are the […]
As the end of high school approaches, some student- athletes have the option to play a sport in college. One question they may ask themselves would be, Is it worth it to play a sport in college?, considering all the time put into the sport while having to maintain good grades. You must be a […]
Kids develop loving to play sports in their free time. They never get paid to play once they are at a young age. they are doing it for the love of the sport and for the requirement for competition. this can be the method that it’s in school without delay. school athletes compete with all […]
The life of a college athlete is not easy. Managing both academics and sports life is challenging. These hard workers sacrifice many things to compete well in their sport, but none of these athletes get paid. Scholarships are given out to talented individuals, but not many of those are full ride scholarships, and that does […]
College sports, an industry that earns billions because of the millions of people that gather to watch athletes play, has come under fire for not paying said athletes. While many think that athletes should be paid in college, such a practice would be impractical, most athletes do not generate enough revenue to be paid, such […]
Los Angeles Lakers point guard Lonzo Ball recently said in an interview that college athletes should be paid. Everybody knows everybody’s getting paid,” Ball said. “That’s just how it is. Everybody’s getting paid anyway, you might as well make it legal. That’s how I feel.(Boone) This is a common opinion that athletes have about the […]
Created in the 1950r’s, the term student-athlete is still the NCAAr’s foundation of all prior and current debates about not paying collegiate athletes. The current debate is less about should these high caliber players be paid by the universities and now seems more focused on how they can receive their share of a multi-billion-dollar industry […]
The NCAA was created in 1905 with help by Theodore Roosevelt. When the late president helped organize this organization he never would have believed the success and popularity over the years. The Ncaa started out to be a place where young athletes could go to further their career. Now the Ncaa is a 11 billion […]
Professionals get paid to put their bodies on the line for the team they are playing for, why shouldnt it be the same for college athletes? It is true, collegiate athletes are considered extremely lucky because they are gifted with a multitude of scholarship opportunities to play for that school and are given the right […]
In discussions of compensation for college athletes, a point of disagreement has been weather or not college athletes should be paid for their heavy amount of hard work and dedication. Often, business analysts and sports writers argue that college athletes have no time to work and therefore should be paid, while others contend that college […]
10,800,000,000. Ten point eight billion dollars. I had to write it both ways because I had trouble reading that number out loud, and you probably will too. Think about the amount of zeros in that number. With that amount of money you can buy 74 Bugatti hyper-cars, stay 5,731 nights in the United States America’s […]
Introduction I would like to begin by saying I really appreciate what you are doing with the NCAA and how the viewership has enlarged greatly in the last decade. You have done a great job at publicizing the athletics. but we both can agree that there is a huge problem concerning the issue that is […]
Drug testing student-athletes can be very debatable but very important. Performance-enhancing drugs can be an unfair advantage to students who don’t use these drugs and might encourage them to do so. Although people think drug testing is privacy violating and doesn’t respect the rights concerning the Fourth Amendment. Health factors come into play as well […]
There are a lot of role models in this world. To you, they might be your parents, your teachers, friends, family, celebrities, even athletes. Times are changing, fast, and new athletes are going to need to replace athletes now when they’re ready to retire. But a lot of things get in the way of that […]
