Gambling in Scholarly Sports

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I. Gambling in scholarly sports should be banned and enforced more severely. I believe by paying students a salary and or wage, even if small in amount, will end gambling in scholarly sports. II. Gambling in scholarly sports has damaged the reputation of the sports and establishments themselves. For example, a survey was conducted on 2,000 male athlete students at the University of Cincinnati and it found that 25 percent of the students had gambled on sporting events other than their own while at college. Four percent admitted to placing wagers on games in which they played, and 3 even admitted to changing the outcome of the game. III. By paying scholarly athletes a wage and or salary you are giving them an incentive to work hard not only in the classroom but also out on the field. IV. Professional athletes get paid a salary, and although gambling does sometimes occur in professional sports it is not as common as it is in collegiate games. By paying the collegiate athletes a salary you are giving them a reason to work hard and actually play. A student is only able to play if he/she is eligible and so if a student isn’t eligible he/she won’t get paid. This ensures first and foremost that the athletes are working hard in the classrooms. Also, most students gambled because they were poor and were trying to make some money. By paying them you are taking away the craving for making money illegally. I. Technology is creating poverty and destroying relationships. II. Technology addiction causes poverty to increase and relationships to break. By coming out with a new technological item what seems like every minute causes some people to crave it and go and purchase it. Sometimes those people will purchase it without taking into consideration if they can afford it or not. This lack of judgment leads them to use money that could be saved and used for other

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