The Big Money

of college athletes as “amateurs” who are first and foremost “student-athletes” and the limits its members have collectively imposed on the remuneration these players receive” (Sanderson 115). Plain and simple, the NCAA does not want to dish out money to players to compensate for their play time. The NCAA views the athlete only as that amateur and not as an employee of the association. Even though the NCAA gives out athletic scholarships to those who deserve them, that is not enough…

The NCAA should no longer be allowed to treat college athletes as unpaid employees. The NCAA should not be allowed to hoard all the money that comes from the hard work and dedication of its players. The task of paying college athletes is a hard one but it must be done. College athletes have a tremendous workload that even the most dedicated students would have a difficult time keeping up with. College athletes provide entertainment for their school and millions of other people, but they are…

than 1 cent to make. “According to the Mint, it costs 1.8 cents to make a penny...”(My News 13) For the little use of the penny, it should not cost extra money to make money. “Last year alone, the U.S. Mint lost — that's right, lost — $105 million just producing pennies and nickels.”(My News 13) The United States is losing millions of dollars on money that we keep under our beds, and in our drawers. We could fix the…

Many banks and institutions lend money to the citizens of its country to build a better life for themselves but the amount loaned may accumulate and lead the economy into a financial ruin. Many poor americans suffer by the terms of owing money to the government and businesses because their income cannot provide adequately for the needs of life. They spend money that is not theres and may not be able to repay it because they work minimum salary jobs or the amount to be payed is too large. Dennis…

that a big issue in politics right now, is raising minimum wage. Many people think it would help our economy, but businesses that do not care about their employees try to convince us that it would hurt the economy by paying working human beings a wage they can actually live on. Big business owners like to make the point that they would have to charge more for their services or products and reduce the size of staff and/or hours worked by the staff. They also say that they would lose money and go…

irrational amounts of money, and clear issues of inflation. In the earlier years, the…

Summary: Due to recent technological advancements, anyone can easily do their banking without having to go to their local bank branch. Now, people use Venmo, a free digital wallet that lets a person deposit checks and/or money and to send money to friends and family. This convenience for the user puts unfortunately puts the jobs of the people who work at bank branches at risk. According to a new Citigroup study, thirty percent of bank jobs may be lost between 2015 to 2025 die to retail banking…

Nowadays, money seems to be most people’s worries, but why exactly do you think so? It's not like money makes the world go round right? Or does it? Money doe splay such a big role in a person's life, that is why knowing how to manage your expenses is extremely important, especially if you're not from a rich family who gets money just by breathing. People tend to do a lot of mistakes when it comes to their money, and that is one of the major reasons why they tend to struggle. Here are some of the…

The video “Mind Over Money” made me think about the way I dictate my financial decisions and if I’m more rational or irrational when it comes to spending. Throughout the video many interesting experiments were shown and spoken about. The experiments were mainly to show if humans use emotions when making decisions about money or rather their more rational about their decisions. The results to most of the tests were astonishing, but they mad perfect sense. In addition to the trials, a ton of…

Every day, emails are sent to people informing them they have won a lottery, a free prize or come into money. While most people delete them, a few do not, and it can lead to families giving away thousands of dollars to con men in the pursuit of an elusive free gift or big payday. Capt. Doug Hunter talked about a number of scams deputies of the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office have been alerted to and investigated during a Skimmer and Scam Summit Tuesday at Fisher Auditorium. The problem faced by…