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    importance of realizing how much the NCAA makes and none of it goes to the student athletes. College athletes do so much work for the college to make sure that college gets recognitions and sponsors. While the athletes are putting in work for the school, they do not have time to go to work and get paid to pay for food or just anything they need in life. Not all college athletes are on scholarships so while they are paying for school and doing sports they money is really low and can not pay for anything

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    In college divisions sports, athletes receive scholarships and academic grants. Instead of getting money athletes receive scholarships to help pay for their education. Many college athletes don’t receive scholarships and things of that nature but, they shouldn’t be payed to play sports, because students go to college to receive an education and most athletes receive scholarships that offer free tuition, free room and board, and they also receive other stipends to help toward books and other basic

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    chores, and much more. Athletes are some of the highest paid people in the world. There is controversy going on in the world today about whether college athletes should be paid for playing college sports. Although there are pros and cons of paying college athletes the facts all point the same way. College athletes should be paid for playing college sports. One of the main reasons why college athletes should be paid is because colleges have a ton of money. Just college basketball and football

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    about college athletes being paid? The college athletes don’t need the money, and the good college athletes are already being paid when they get a full ride to play the sport they’re good at. The colleges would have to find a way to pay the athletes, therefore, they couldn’t afford to pay the athletes. More and more students would try to play a sport at the next level, also playing sports is a privilege and the way it is it should stay that way. College athletes shouldn’t be paid. Some college athletes

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    We Pay College Athletes? Should we pay college athletes? That is a big topic in NCAA sports right now. People think that college athletes work hard and that they deserve to get paid. Michael Wilbon is one of these people. At first he was against paying college athletes, but now he is all for it. He says that he is interested in seeing the people that make revenue share a little piece of it. Then you have people like a reporter from the Daily Evergreen. He is against paying the athletes. He states

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    Should College Athletes Get Paid? Do you want to get paid for playing a sport in college? (http://www.experienceproject.com/question-answer.php) College players should receive some payment for playing for their schools. College athletes put their bodies on the line each game they play, paying college athletes would help to begin creating a sense of financial awareness, (https://smartasset.com/retirement/should-student-athletes-be-paid ) and some athletes don't have enough money to pay for food

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    Many college athletes have trouble with their money throughout their college lives. One of the main reasons that colleges don’t want to pay their athletes is because they think that they won’t use the money efficiently. “The debate over paying college athletes ignores the fact that they are already paid. The real question is, should they be paid more?” (Sack). Colleges and Universities should be paying their Division one student-athletes a salary to help with the athlete’s necessities. Division

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    Noll, Stanford Economist) Paying people to perform is more effective than using them to perform was stated by an economist at Stanford University on whether or not paying college athletes in college was a good idea. Paying college is a great idea, according Professor Noll, also, the amount of money that college athletes of a winning team bring in is more than enough to go around. Another reason why athletes should be paid is because the risk that is put on these athletes is a very influential factor

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    Should College Athletes Be Paid? College athletes, especially division 1 athletes have tremendous talent in whatever sport that they play in college, this is why college coaches recruit them and make sure that they attend their university. There is some speculation as to whether or not a college athlete should be paid while attending any university. The answer is no. College athletes are not professional athletes and this is one of the main points and they should not get paid due to the fact that

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    Over the last several years, college athletics have gained monumental popularity in the United States. With the rise in popularity, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and its colleges have also seen a rise in revenue. Some college athletic programs have revenue in the millions. Yet with this large sum of money, no college athletes are legally compensated for their work. According to NCAA rules, “You are not eligible for participation in a sport if you have ever: Taken pay, or the

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