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    believe that I have to eat, sleep, and breathe on this college campus. The people are so bizarre. Can I just lay in my bed and not go to class?” contemplated Paul, as he lay awake in his bed the first Monday morning of the semester. Paul had walked around James Madison University’s campus during FROG week with the feeling of dread; James Madison University had not been his first choice (he had his eyes set on Harvard), but it was the only college that he got an acceptance letter from. That…

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    papers. A man over 50 years old standing about 5’6 foot tall. He wore a light blue shirt, that brought out his bright blue eyes, tucked into his tan kicky pants and dark brown shoes. Mr. Bill, he likes to be called, is a professor at the Community College of Denver. The head director of the history department, an alumni of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, and teaches about five classes. Off campus, he is getting his P.HD and attending…

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    Why Collegiate Athletes Should Not Be Paid The NCAA (National Collegiate Athletics Association) is a not-for profit organization, bringing in $912 million in revenue in 2015, nearly a billion dollars and has deals worth multi billion dollars with its broadcasting partners, Turner/CBS. These astronomical profits are what is leading some to call for collegiate athletes to be paid for their services for their collegiate teams in NCAA tournaments, the proponents of pay-for-play believe that players…

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    opportunity to choose where they want to attend school; all of them are given all four years of their college paid in full. In men’s and women 's basketball there are roughly 345 D1 schools. 28,000-32,000 men and women get the chance to play at the collegiate level and only a handful of them have the opportunity to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). The recruiting process for…

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    the Division I student-athletes, approximately 53 percent of them have a scholarship of some sort. College athletics are becoming more and more popular each year. Along with the rise in popularity that these collegiate sports have, is an increase in revenue. The issue that is constantly coming up with colleges, specifically regarding sports in this day and age, is the question of whether or not college athletes deserve to get paid. The NCAA currently does not have a plan to pay student…

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    resigned for his recent mishandling of racial issues at the university. Soon after, Wolfe resigned (Criss). This shows that the athletes and their opinions mean a lot to the universities. Since colleges highly respect their athletes, a strike related to the need to be paid could have similar significance. College athletes are unique…

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    For many, the concept of athletics and education seem to be a flawless pairing, a coupling that has seemed to simply be the way things were for as long as anyone can remember. In today’s society, it is so relevant, that certain colleges are immediately recognized because of their outstanding achievements in either athletics or academics, much like the way Harvard is known to be a tough, academically driven law school, whereas Pennsylvania State University is vastly well known for its football…

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    controversial topics within college sports since the past decade is should college NCAA athletes be compensated? While this topic has really heated up in recent years, the term education or exploitation seems to accumulate. College athletes have often been exploited for their talents rather than receiving a profitable education. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a billion dollar organization that is responsible for regulating college athletes and athletic programs of…

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    increase in federal aid money accelerates tuition rate spikes thus making it harder for students to attend university despite the good intentions of federal aid expansions (Stainburn n.p.). Was Bennett correct? Adjusted for inflation, the price of college since 1980 to 2010 increased by 439% and Pell grant funding increased 475% during that time…

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    Branch 2).The NCAA doesn 't give any money to the college athletes and they control what they can do with their brand name to insure that the college athletes stay broke .The student athletes are unable to get a job because of the time and ours got to spend and practice and practice and for school. It is against a contract to get any sponsorship from any third-party. This Causes them to not make any money at all. “The NCAA, an organization of colleges and schools, forces student athletes to…

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