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Paying College Athletes, 2006.
An overview of the question of whether to pay college athletes or not.
2,874 words (approx. 11.5 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 85.95
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This paper questions whether college sports players deserve to be paid for their contribution to the college or not. It looks at whether the athletes would benefit from the pay incentive or whether the entire nature of college sports would be altered by the monetary compensation being offered.
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"But there are ways to let the athletes in on the profits without involving the colleges. Simply allow the athletes to earn money off their talents from outside sources. That means nothing more than granting athletes the same financial rights all other students already posses. Other students can make money in their respective fields while in school, why can't athletes? If a school can receive a percentage of all apparel sold with the team logo on it, why can't players get a cut of T-shorts bearing their name, number or likeness? If a coach can appear as paid "expert analyst", why can't a player? If a coach can endorse a favorite restaurant, why can't a player? If a coach can strike a deal with a shoe company, why can't a player. After all, players, not coaches wear the shoes. So it stems to reason that players, not coaches, should receive the money."
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College Athletics, 2007.
This paper looks at athletics within the college system and discusses the issue of paying college athletes.
1,332 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 44.95
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In this article, the writer first looks at the amateur status of college athletes and discusses how they are forbidden from profiting from their performances. The writer also discusses the early departure of college athletes for professional leagues. Further, the writer examines the hypocrisy of a system that prohibits student athletes, many of whom devote more than a full-time workweek to their sport outside of classes, from being compensated for their efforts outside of free school-related items like tuition and books. The writer points out that the college system has become inundated with corruption regarding payments and perks offered to players, more and more athletes are electing to skip college or at least a year of it altogether in favor of going professional, and demands on athletes are becoming more and more time-consuming and stringent. The writer maintains that permitting athletes to be paid for performance could alleviate all of these issues as well as help preserve what traditionalists refer to as the "purity" of the college game.
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"The first of these issues is the "amateur status" of college athletes; they are forbidden from profiting for their performances. Despite this, many universities sign foreign players who may have been paid for performance in their native countries. This issue could be completely averted if the NCAA were to switch to a pay-for-play system that basis players' eligibility on their talent and ability rather than their salary history. Resources spent verifying amateur status and payment sources could be spent where they rightly belong--benefiting the student athletes who make up these programs."
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College Athletes, 2005.
An analysis of whether college athletes should be paid to play their sports.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 51.95
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This paper discusses the issue of whether college athletes should be paid to play their sports. Included in this paper are interviews from numerous college athletes. The paper contends that college athletes should not be paid to play their respective sport for the simple reason that their current incentive package is more than enough payment for the job that they do. Scholarships, housing, plus the potential income that comes with a college degree are more than adequate payment for college athletes.
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"It seems that with every new year comes a plethora of new hot topics which overrun the news and dominate the print media. This year being no different, college athletes have become the target of many an ambitious sports analyst and have become the object of affection for numbers of respected penmen. With the recent explosion in the popularity of intercollegiate athletics, the question is being raised over whether or not the actual athletes who participate in these high stakes contests should receive a piece of the profit. High revenue athletes at the college level receive a scholarship, an opportunity, and so much more. To suggest that what they receive is not enough would be pure lunacy."
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Professional Sports For College Athletes, 2004.
A paper arguing that the risks college athletes assume by trying to achieve a professional career in sports outweigh any possible benefits they could hope to gain.
1,582 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 17 sources, APA, $ 55.95
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This paper argues that the NCAA has to change the way it operates if it is to maximize the possibility of its student-athletes to achieve their career goals as professional athletes. The paper further argues that trying to combine athletics and academics at this level does not work and serves to lower the standards for both sides of the equation.
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"The argument to be made in this paper is that the possibilities of achieving a professional sports career and the benefits once that professional career is achieved on the part of college athletes are not worth the odds of giving up on a college education. At the present time, it seems that the major university sports programs especially in football and basketball are geared to producing professional athletes without much emphasis being placed on the academic side of..."
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Compensating College Athletes, 2001.
An argumentative paper about the compensations provided to athletes for the contributions they make to their colleges.
1,365 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 6 sources, $ 45.95
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This is an argumentative essay describing the financial situation of many college athletes. The author argues that compensations provided such as providing athletes with scholarships and paying for their education is not sufficient for the contributions that athletes make. The author uses real life examples and situations.
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"Universities claim that providing athletes with a scholarship and paying for their education is sufficient compensation. Granted, athletes are benefited by scholarships; these benefits may even be considered monetary in nature. However, athletes are in a situation unique to that of other non-athletic students due to large amounts of money they generate from school. In today?s world of college athletics there is a huge amount of revenue being brought into the universities by athletes. Yet, some of the athletes that make the money for their schools can?t even afford to buy the team sweatshirt that they are making popular. Thus, it is difficult for the athletes to resist the temptation of accepting compensation for their performances. Not surprisingly, the media is filled with stories of the NCAA scandals and allegations surrounding star athletes receiving money and gifts from agents, advertisers, coaches, and even colleges. Since the NCAA prohibits athletes from having a job during the school year, these players need some type of income. I believe that if athletes were compensated, it could prevent them from entering the draft before graduation."
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College Athletes? Grades, 2005.
This paper discusses the failure of colleges to insist upon and help maintain the grades of their athletes.
1,610 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 52.95
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This paper explains that one reason colleges have been unable to handle effectively the problem of athletes with abysmal grades is that star players bring wealthy alums back to campus, along with their checkbooks. The author points out that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) approved a reform package, particularly for the big money-making sports of football and basketball, which require more stringent eligibility rules for recruiting; once in college, the athletes must graduate within five years, completing 20 percent of the coursework each year, while maintaining at least a 1.8 grade-point average as a freshman, and a 2.0 each year thereafter to be eligible to play. The paper relates that there is a correlation between lower grades (even lower than usual) among college athletes during their sport's season and that academically marginal student athletes respond less successfully to the increased demands of college.
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Abortive Mission
A Lesson from the High School
Poor Excuses
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"At least since 1998, high schools in wealth Northern Virginia have tightened academic standards for student athletes and for other students who participate in other extracurricular activities as well. Fairfax County coaches and teachers had begun monitoring student grades. In addition, in Fairfax County, the students cannot comply with the demand for a C average or better by taking only one or two easy classes; "students are required to take five classes and pass five classes in a previous school semester to be eligible to participate in athletics." If a student does drop two letter grades in a subject or his grade-point average drops below 2.0, he is counseled by coaches and offered help."
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College Athletes, 2006.
A discussion regarding the compensation of student athletes.
940 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 33.95
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This paper examines the hypocrisy of a system that prohibits student athletes, many of whom devote more than a full-time workweek to their sport outside of classes, from being compensated for their efforts outside of free school-related items like tuition and books. According to the paper, the college system has become inundated with corruption regarding payments and perks offered to players, more and more athletes are electing to skip college or at least a year of it altogether in favor of going professional, and demands on athletes are becoming more and more time-consuming and stringent.
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"One critic of the current system has even suggested that paying athletes is a basic human rights issue of underpaid (rather, unpaid) workers and said that even if students' pay is put into a trust fund for after graduation, at least the athletes will have been reimbursed for their efforts (Kirkpatrick 1995). Students who participate in work-study programs at their universities naturally expect to be, and are, reimbursed for their efforts at the school. In a similar manner, student-athletes perform a valuable service for the university and should be compensated accordingly. Many opponents of this policy noted that most college athletics programs do not turn a profit; granted, women's tennis may not be a significant spectator sport at many colleges, but that does not mean that the national champion football team did not bring in upwards of $100 million in merchandise, television rights, and ticket sales."
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Drug-testing For College Athletes, 1989.
Argues for drug-testing athletes focusing on public views and role models and exploring issues such as right to privacy, discrimination and legality.
2,475 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 14 sources, $ 87.95
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Drug Testing and College Athletes
"The polls show us that in most people's minds, it is the number one problem in the country" (Smith 18). In this statement made in an interview with Newsweek magazine, President Ronald Reagan is justifying his administration's war on drugs. This war is partially in response to statistics compiled by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, indicating an upward trend in certain kinds of drug use among high school, college students and young adults (Bachman and O'Malley 15). For example, the use of cocaine by college students is up to 17 percent while the number of students using cocaine in more dangerous forms (smoking rather than snorting) has doubled since 1983 (Smith 10). Further, those reporting daily use have also doubled. More importantly, the number of college students..."
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Mayhem in College Athletics, 2003.
This paper discusses the prevention of mayhem in college athletics.
690 words (approx. 2.8 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 23.95
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Th is paper examines problems of mayhem following college sports. The author relates that some of the causes are underage drinking and people throwing items onto the field. The paper reviews the problem of incitement by bad language used by coaches and players.
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"Violence and mayhem following college sporting events have become increasingly commonplace in recent years. This research examines three problems associated with such violence including underage drinking ..."
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Drugs In College Athletics, 1989.
An examination of trends in the most popular drugs and their effects. A history of drug use in college athletics. The use of steroids and stimulants and the need to win.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 5 sources, $ 47.95
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" This paper will discuss the role of drugs in college athletics today. Among the items to be discussed are the trends in drug abuse among college athletes today, what drugs are most popular among college athletes, the effects that various drugs have upon athletes, the reaction of the NCAA to collegiate drug abuse, and the reasons that athletes submit to drug abuse.
Athletes subject themselves to drug abuse in the expectation that it will improve their athletic performance. Many top athletes feel that reaching the top is not possible without the use of drugs, and many athletes would do almost anything short of killing themselves to attain improved performance. Though anabolic steroids have received much of the media attention, athletes abuse other drugs (Donohoe & Johnson 1-17).
Doping, the word often applied to drug use, comes from the..."
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College Athletics, 2004.
An examination of the effect of collegiate athletics on attitudes toward diversity.
2,716 words (approx. 10.9 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 81.95
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This paper looks at how organized sports offer players an opportunity to meet a variety of students from different backgrounds and how students from public, private, and parochial schools are brought together in a common enterprise, crossing socioeconomic and ethnic lines, so that all players broaden their sense of how other people live. It hypothesizes that males who participate in collegiate athletics have a more positive attitude towards diversity than males who do not participate on collegiate athletic teams. It examines the validity of this statement in an effort to determine how collegiate sports contribute to players? attitudes toward diversity and how this knowledge can improve general notions about diversity. This research question is addressed through a literature review and a questionnaire that samples both male college athletes and non-athletes.
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Introduction
Literature Review
Statement of the Problem
Participation in College Athletics: An Open Door to Diversity
Potential of College Athletic Community?s Model of Diversity
Methodology
Discussion
Bibliography
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"Attitudes toward diversity and the behavior patterns that accompany these attitudes are likely to affect a student's overall adjustment to a higher education facility since they deal with a student?s ability to successfully adapt to new surroundings (Astin, 1982). For example, studies reveal that students who had positive interracial experiences had a tendency to feel more confident about their own achievements and had more positive feelings about the academic environment as a whole than students who did not have positive interracial experiences."
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The Money they Deserve, 2001.
A look at college athletes and controversial issues about their payment. The paper deals with college athletes that are not collecting the money promised them. The author investigates how college athletes are often denied payment as a result of their free
1,280 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 6 sources, $ 43.95
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The paper deals with college athletes that are not collecting the money promised them. The author investigates how college athletes are often denied payment as a result of their free education and examines reasons for this.
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"College athletes are being deprived of money they deserve and they should be compensated for their efforts. Athletes across the nation practice hours each day, with the hopes of representing their institution to the best of their ability. Billions of dollars accumulate each year, but the athletes that are responsible for this revenue have yet to profit from it. Their time is primarily dedicated to the team and their trials in the classroom, yet these athletes are still expected to support themselves and maintain the standards set for the average student."
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Equal Opportunities for Athletic and Non-Athletic Students, 2004.
Examines the pros and cons of granting scholarships to students who have actively participated in sports programs.
796 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 28.95
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This paper, while acknowledging the positive side of and the need for athletic scholarships, focuses on the negative aspect of athletic scholarships. Some of the negative aspects highlighted in the paper are that athletic scholarships provide an advantage to student athletes that are unfair to non-athletic students. With such a great emphasis on sports, many students feel inferior to athletes, even though they may participate in some other type of extracurricular activity. Furthermore, the paper argues that it is unfair for athletic students to receive all the perks and credits even though they are often absent from the classroom due to practice or competition. At the conclusion of the paper, it is suggested that, while athletic scholarships should be available to athletes, schools should make a greater effort to provide equal opportunities for all other students as well.
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"As today?s society focuses more and more on sports, the educational world is evolving to keep up with the pace. As a result, today?s student athletes have even more opportunities and options available to them than they did just a decade ago. In addition to more scholarships in both high school and college education, student today are offered the opportunity to receive part of the credit required to graduate by actively participating in sports."
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Pay Equity vs. Pay Equality, 2002.
Examining the phenomenon of the gaps in wages between men and women in the United States.
1,158 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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This paper discusses the sensitive issue of pay inequality between men and woman. The writer shows that despite laws passed as far back as 1963, a relatively large gap still exists, and the highest percentage is during peak earning ages (25-54 years old). The paper examines the factors that have contributed to this earning gap and also discusses programs which have been institutionalized in an attempt to decrease the inequality in earning between genders.
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"In 1963, President Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act into law, making it unlawful to discriminate against a worker on the basis of sex. Since that time, the wage gap between men and women in the United States has narrowed by just 15 cents, now being 74 cents, as reported by the U.S. Census Bureau."
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