We’re also paying for the opportunity to become independent and create memories that will last us a lifetime, also known as living on campus. Is that “college experience” worth it? Well, nobody likes being in debt. I don’t, you don’t, and I’m pretty sure nobody is excited about the fact that they owe someone else money, but the truth of the matter is, going into debt in exchange for a college degree and the experience is worth it in the long run financially. While it may be worth the cost, there are ways students can minimize their debt by actually stepping back
I then headed off to my classes for the day. After that I would try to get a quick bite to eat if I had the time, and then go to practice from 3:00 to 5:00. Even after practices some days, I would have to stick around the locker room to do laundry until 7:00. On top of all these occurrences, I also have a job that I work around 25 hours a week. Adding all this, it doesn’t leave much time for studying or doing homework.
We live in a country where everyone should be treated equally. Just because a student chooses to be athletic doesn’t mean he/she should use their athletic skills to get a free ride throughout their college years. A college student being exempt from classes is unfair to other students, it is their loss of education and not taking college so serious will later on bring consequences. Why go to college if you don't take the classes? Seems kind of pointless, most athletes don't go pro after college, so I why not get the full educational experience?
As the students buy tickets and merchandise and continue to cheer for their team, there is a constant income of money, and with this comes the need for jobs. Many jobs such as coaches, trainers, athletic administrators, media relations, merchandise sales, restaurants, hotels, stadium employees, and referees, all come from and benefit from the game of college football. Along with the income of the games, there are some donors that only put money towards athletics. Overall, for the sake of the university, college football should not be banned. If something as simple as a sports team can have such a significant impact on an entire university, how can the bad ever out weigh the
Dear Honorable Titian: I understand the House of Representatives of the United States has just passed a bill which would do away with federal grants to college students. I am currently enrolled in college and depend greatly on the grants I receive. These grants allow great opportunity, for not just me, but for many other students as well. Taking them away would cause problems in several areas. The passage of the “Pick the Public’s Pocket No More” bill would lower college application rates, lower college graduation rates, and lower our country’s number of new college graduates for open positions in the work force.
When these athletes’ skills are extraordinary and are able to impress the scout, they are many times given full scholarships to the college with the condition that they play for the school’s team. The amount of money that some of these players are offered is absolutely ridiculous, when the player is really good, with starter skills, he or she is usually given a scholarship big enough to pay off school expenses, living expenses and leisure expenses. This scholarship ordeal is not just something a few schools do, but something all of them do. They have had their school paid for because they can play a game well. Many times, athletes get more scholarships than people who excel academically do.
“College Football Players Deserve Pay for Play” by Rod Gilmore, “Why Student-Athletes Should Not Be Paid” by Kabir Sawhney, and “The Shame of College Sports” by Taylor Branch all voice their opinions on this argument. I believe college athletes should have their full tuition, meals, room and board paid for; but I do not think the school should necessarily be responsible for paying the athletes especially since so many are not responsible with their money. Basically, I believe that the school should not be responsible for giving these student athletes money. In many cases, these athletes walk around campus with rock star status anyway. If they were paid it would further that perception that they were something other than simply a student athlete.
(NEA Today).” Seven hours is a lot of the day working all day and we never stop five days a week and we have homework which is bad for us, it makes us tired.” Decades ago, the American Educational Research Association released this statement: “Whenever homework crowds out social experience, outdoor recreation, and creative activities, and whenever it usurps time that should be devoted to sleep (Scholastic news).” Kids need to play outside and have a social life they need to enjoy their free time but there is no free time because of all the homework. Kids through 6-12th and college need less homework because we already have seven hours of
Jim Marchbank MNGT 5000 9 December 2013 Term Paper INTRO: The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is at a defining moment in their existence. There has never been more momentum or need for the idea that student athletes should be properly compensated. There are many sides to this argument but it seems they are growing closer after years of both sides stubbornly digging in their heels and adamantly saying “no” while barely entertaining thoughts of the opposing side. There is too much money being made because of student athletes for universities to not take a closer look at the idea of compensating student athletes more fairly THESIS: Student athletes are undercompensated for the amount of money that they help universities
Whether most people will admit it or not, the dynamics and integrity of collegiate sports are slowly changing into a commercial entertainment based organization, majorly focused on the incentive of revenue. Most Division I athletes are offered scholarships to attend and play a sport for a certain university. Many people believe that “student-athletes” generate billions of dollars for universities and private companies while earning nothing for themselves. In his Sports Illustrated article arguing against the movement to pay college athletes, Seth Davis responds to this statement by saying, “This is indisputably untrue. Student-athletes earn free tuition, which over the course of four years can exceed $200,000.