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    the college culture. Hazing has become a prevalent topic that is a major debate among college and universities. Each year that there isn’t an action taken against it, the amounts of deaths that come from it rise. Hazing is the act of torturing, forcing people against their wills, and humiliating them until they feel unworthy, or until they get very hurt. There have been a multitude of awful incidents that arose in different fraternities, as well as in other clubs and activities that colleges…

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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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    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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    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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    Jim Putman & Aubrey Badlam ENGL101- Prof. Yu “College Athletes Should Be Paid To Play” One of the biggest debates in sports is whether college athletes also referred to, as student-athletes” should be paid to play their sport. Since its inception in 1906, the National Collegiate Athletes Association (NCAA) has limited the amount that a student-athlete can be compensated. The opinions that we express for paying student-athletes are formulated on the basis of paying Division I and II…

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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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    nationally circulated magazines gave the public a glimpse inside college walls. Journalists acted as interpreters to the customs and vocabulary of institutions. Audiences in the late 1800’s and the turn of the century became fascinated with the institution 's claims of uniqueness. Birthed from the desire to stand out the period between 1890 and 1910 saw colleges adopt institutional colors and mascots whose attributes personified its athletic teams. Often times the team 's name invoked “state and…

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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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    Athlete Burnout

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    clothed in his or her university’s colors, exult in triumph. Like the Incredible Hulk, defensive linemen exhibit bone crushing strength. Track athletes can run as if they are Flash. Gymnasts bend in ways only Mr. Fantastic can accomplish. Playing a college sport requires an athlete to be in…

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    460,000 college athletes that make up 19,000 teams (NCAA.org). The resources they are providing, include: compensation for room and board, tuition, and books. To give money beyond those things: has the potential to ruin the authenticity of college athletics, will produce unfairness throughout each of the sports, and blurs the line of the privileges these student athletes receive. With that said, NCAA schools should not be permitted to pay student-athletes for play beyond their current athletic…

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