Why College Athletes Should be Paid
I. Problem
a. College athletes devote a lot of time and energy to athletic competition—so much in fact that they are routinely considered athletes first and students second.
b. They provide an extraordinary amount of revenue for their colleges as college sports are a big business today.
c. Yet these athletes do not receive any pay for their services and entertainment. In a land that values equitability and fairness, this set-up should strike all as particularly unfair.
d. College athletes should be paid: after all, they are essentially like employees of the college.

II. Reasons
a. Being a college athlete is a full-time job (Hartnett)
i. The typical Division I college football player devotes 43.3 hours per week to his sport
ii. That’s 3.3 hours more than the average 40-hour work week that most full-time job, paid Americans put in
iii. Yet the college athlete receives no compensation for these hours, even though the colleges…...

COVID-19 VACCINATIONThe NCAA should make the Covid-19 vaccination mandatory because this vaccine brings plenty of benefits to sport programs and to the athletes competing themselves. These benefits range from economic advantages that help support academic institutions to intangible benefits designed to help society cope with the devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.The recent COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented damage to countries around the world.. The sudden halt of economic activity in particularly has been crippling to world GDP growth. Due in part to demand constraints, businesses experienced reduced activity, profits and along with severe liquidity constraints. As has been well documented, businesses around the world where forced to close in order to mitigate the impacts of the virus. These business closures ultimately resulted in a precipitous decline of world gross domestic product. Table 1, provided the Office of Congressional Research Services provides the percentage change of GDP growth for countries…...

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2. Attwell, K., S. Drislane, and J. Leask. 2019. Mandatory vaccination and no fault vaccine injury compensation schemes: An identification of country-level policies. Vaccine 37.1: 2843–2848

3. Chernozhukov, V, H Kasahara, and P Schrimpf (2021), “Causal impact of masks, policies, behavior on early Covid-19 pandemic in the US”, Journal of Econometrics 220(1): 23–62.

College Athletes Should be PaidPart 11.What is your topic?Should college athletes be paid.2.What is your thesis? With the words SHOULD or SHOULD NOT or MUST or MUST NOT or NEEDS TO:College athletes should be paid.3.What are the three sub-topics you will be discussing?College athletes bring in significant revenue for their universities. College athletes face high risk of injury. College athletes have limited opportunities to work and make money outside of their athletic commitments4.What is one of your counterarguments? - Remember, the counterargument or opposition is OPPOSITE from your thesis sentence.College athletes should not be paid as many of them already receive scholarships.5.What are your sources?Maryville University. Should College Athletes Be Paid? Reasons Why or Why Not.Maryville.edu. https://online.maryville.edu/blog/should-college-athletes-be-paid/ Accessed on April 20, 2023Sanderson, Allen R., and John J. Siegfried.2015."The Case for Paying CollegeAthletes."Journal of Economic Perspectives,29 (1): 115-38.Part 2: Pre-WriteCollege athletes spend a lot of time putting in work to prepare…...

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Bassam, Tom. “The NFL’s New Broadcast Rights Deal.” Sportspromedia.com.

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Caron, Emily and Anthony Crupi. “ESPN Signs $3 Billion Deal for SEC Football as CBS Era

Communication Competence Between Male and Female College Athletes Survey Questions
How old are you?

Are you male or female?

Male

Female

What is your ethnicity?

Caucasian

African-American

Pacific Islander

F. Native American

Freshman

Sophomore

Junior

Senior

The next 8 questions are on a scale from 1 to 7, 1 being strongly disagree, 4 being no opinion, and 7 being strongly agree

Do you think coaches are an important part of a team's success?

Do you think females exaggerate injury symptoms?

Do you think most coaches have your interest in mind?

Do coaches put the needs of the team above the need of the individual?

Are males are expected to be strong and invulnerable in athletics?

Do you think that being honest with your coaches is important for individual and the team welfare?

Can you go to your coach for guidance and help?

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7

12. Is a coach's level of aggression in regards to their communication style related to performance?

The next 8 questions are statements. Chose the scale range to which you agree or…...

Alright, one more time, she insisted. My younger sister persisted, so I threw her another ball. We played baseball for hours in the afternoon heat, our sweat drenching our clothes, parching us and making dinner sound all the more inviting. As the sun set, I pondered her progress.
You've learned a lot today, haven't you?" I called out. As the ball landed squarely in her glove, I smiled, knowing that our work was done and we could head inside heartily in time for dinner.

I had been teaching her how to catch for weeks, since she was trying out for her junior varsity team. Like me, my sister's heart was set on playing to her optimal ability, maximizing her innate talents. Our natural rapport inspired me and eventually led to my interest in pursuing an Associate's Degree in Physical and Health Education. A natural athlete, I also tended to be more patient…...

One side argues that, "The specific harm that occurred must have been reasonably foreseeable to the institution in order for a duty to arise" (585). The institutions argue that the student athlete assumes the risk of injury because when playing sports the risk of injury is not unusual. The general feeling that the courts have handed down seems to be that if an athletic is playing an organized sport, that represents the university or school then there is a chance that the said school could be held liable for student injuries, but only if there is evidence of intentional or reckless wrongdoing. When looking at those athlete that have been injured while playing intramural sports the courts have leaned towards the idea that those athletes are aware that there is a risk of injury when they decide to play and that they are thus assuming the risk for such…...

Abstract
The Hollywood Cheating Scandal exposed what life is like on the other side of the tracks—the side where wealth and fame are used to buy a way into top-tier schools for trust fund kids.  The college admissions cheating scheme involved some big names across a range of industries:  actors, actresses, fashion moguls, Wall Street guys, real estate giants, doctors and many others were all implicated in the scheme along with Ivy League teachers, coaches, and test takers.  This article will discuss what happened, why, and what it means for America.

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People have always wondered why some get into the elite schools are others are denied.  Well, the answer is that money talks and always will.  The people who have to do so earn their degrees the hard way—through hard work and determination, while the…...

Bob Hayes -- Sports Hero
One of my all-time inspirational heroes is Bob Hayes, known as the only athlete to win a gold medal in the Olympics and also a Super Bowl ring. Hayes as a young man with a great deal of athletic talent grew up in a segregated community in Jacksonville, Florida, but he went on to dazzle the world with his accomplishments. This paper details that rise to fame.

Bob Hayes struggled from childhood on to become what he knew he could become, and his career should serve as a positive role model for any young man caught in a socioeconomically underserved neighborhood with odds against him because of the color of his skin and because of racial stereotyping.

Bob Hayes' Life and Times

Hayes was born to Mary (Green) Hayes and George Sanders on the 20th day of December, 1942 in a ghetto on the east side of Jacksonville, Florida.…...

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Gale Biography in Context. "Bob Hayes." Retrieved July 29, 2013, from Biography in Context,

Web. (2013): pp. 1-2.

Pro-Football Hall of Fame. "Bob Hayes." Retrieved July 29, 2013, from  http://www.profootballhof.com 

Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives. "Bob Hayes." Retrieved July 29, 2013, from Biography in Context (2013): pp. 1-3.

Play material
Defining Play

To define what it means to 'play,' I first turned to the dictionary. Immediately, when I looked at the entry for "play" given by freedictonary.com, I was confronted with a seemingly limitless list of different definitions of the word "play." To play can mean to act in "jest or sport," or "to occupy oneself in amusement, sport, or other recreation." The noun "play" can also mean a drama or comedy on the stage, and the verb to play can mean to play a part a work of theater. A play can mean to employ a particular maneuver during a game, or to play a particular position in a sport. These definitions suggest responsibility rather than the apparently free and discursive nature of play.

As someone who has played football in college, I appreciate the sense that 'play' can be both fun and serious work. I began playing sports…...

CADWAE: Case Study
Did CADWAE have genuine BFOQs (Bona Fide Occupational Job Qualifications) in its ad?

Do not forget to review the company's slogan as given in the above facts.

Be sure to discuss Petunia's point-of-view as well as CADWAE's position and defenses.

Use legal authority to support your position as well.

In general, it is illegal to discriminate against a job applicant based upon characteristics pertaining to "race, religion, gender, national origin, age or other protected status" ("BFOQ," 2015). However, in certain limited circumstances, if an employer can demonstrate that "no member of the group" he or she is discriminating against could perform the job, he or she may do so, under an exception known as Bona Fide Occupational Job Qualifications ("BFOQ," 2015). For example, airlines may have mandatory retirement ages for pilots because of safety concerns; religious institutions may favor candidates of a particular religion; and modeling and talent agencies may select individuals…...

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Moseley v. V Secret Catalogue, Inc. (2002). Retrieved from:

 https://www.oyez.org/cases/2002/01-1015 

Mote, S. (2014). Trademark considerations in choosing a business name. KC Sourcelink.

Retrieved from:  http://www.kcsourcelink.com/blog/blog/2014/03/31/trademark-considerations-in-choosing-a-business-name

I want to be a psychologist" (Hindo 2004) This seems like an argument to take such a choice away from teen draftees, and prohibit the NBA from recruiting straight from high school. But this is more rhetoric than reality, and although it could be argued that playing professional 'ball' leaves a player ill-prepared for job prospects in the real world, an even worse fate is to play college basketball for four years and leave with no degree, or to leave with a degree but few marketable skills -- and an empty bank account, and no NBA offers.
Ending the 'prep to pro' draft is not simply bad for professional basketball; it is also bad for the players, unless the 'shamaturism' of college-level basketball ends. March Madness is a multi-million dollar enterprise, but everyone profits -- colleges, coaches, networks, even alumni by their school's elevated name and more competitive admission standards…...

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Works Cited

Hindo, Brian. "The NBA's Youth Squad." Business Week Online. 24 Jun 2004.

17 Feb 2008  

Organisational culture is defined as a "consistent, observable pattern of behaviour in an organisation" (Watkins, 2013). The patterns of behaviour that define a culture are reinforced through the artefacts of culture, including slogans, imagery, written statements, posters, mission statements and vision statements. Culture is therefore reinforce directly by the organisation, which sends the message about the patterns of behaviour that define the organisation repeatedly, because repetition is critical to ensure that the message is received and implemented consistently. Hofstede (2015) argues that there are a number of different dimensions along which an organisation's culture can be understood: means-oriented versus goal-oriented, internally-driven vs. externally-driven, work discipline, open vs. closed system, degree of formality, employee-oriented vs. work-oriented and the degree to which an employee is expected to identify with the organisation. Some organisations have strong cultures, others have weak ones, but the best organisations have cultures that closely align with firm objectives.…...

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Anders, G. (2012). The 20 most desired employers: From Google to Nike Accenture. Forbes. Retrieved November 21, 2015 from  http://www.forbes.com/sites/georgeanders/2012/10/11/the-20-most-desired-employers-from-google-to-loreal/ 

Hofstede (2015). Organisational culture. Geert Hofstede.com. Retrieved November 21, 2015 from  http://geert-hofstede.com/organisational-culture.html 

Jackson, L. (2013). Strong organizational culture: How Nike drives innovation. Corporate Culture Pros. Retrieved November 21, 2015 from  https://www.corporateculturepros.com/2013/06/strong-organizational-culture-how-nike-drives-innovation/ 

Nisen, M. (2013). At Nike, workers quote the company's maxims like the 10 commandments. Business Insider. Retrieved November 21, 2015 from  http://www.businessinsider.com /nikes-corporate-culture-2013-2?r=U.S.&IR=T

American Higher Education
Higher Education is ading in Deep ater in 2014

Is there anything to celebrate about higher education in the 21st century? hat are the most troubling issues facing America's campuses that have emerged in particular over the past twenty years? These questions cry out for thoughtful, scholarly answers. On the one hand, there are crises related to university finances, student financial programs are bogged down by endless congressional haggling, federal financial backing for important research and development has withered away to a significant extent, and scholarships and grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have not been able to meet the demand of qualified scholars (Thelin, 2013). On the other hand, according to the Knight Foundation Commission, many university presidents (if not most) are admitting that they no longer have control of their NCAA-governed athletics programs, and moreover, deans in medical schools are being urged to begin training…...

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Barrett, P.M. (2014). In Fake Classes Scandal, UNC Fails Its Athletes -- and Whistleblower.

Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved July 19, 2014, from  http://www.businessweek.com .

Barrett, P.M. (2014). The NCAA Will Investigate Fake-Classes Scandal at UNC. Bloomberg

Businessweek. Retrieved July 19, 2014, from

visual depiction of 5 personal impact groups to which you belong.
My five impact groups.

African-American

This has its own culture, history, language (e.g. AAVE) and way of looking at the world. It supports me in difficulties and provides with a social support group that is easily recognizable in any state and all over the world. Our color binds us together. It has impacted the way I grew up, and accordingly my experiences and therefore the way I perceive the world as well as what I like to read, watch, study, and think about. It has certainly too influenced the way that I feel on race and racism and also the way that I feel towards other minority groups and to people who are 'outsiders', scapegoats of society, or oppressed by so-called more powerful, influential others. It drives my desire for justice. This is important for a social worker, and therefore my…...

Sport: Basketball
More sport and physiological testing has become increasingly common as the interaction between scientists and coaches (tanner & Gore, 2013). When it comes to popular sports that are watched al over the world, team games like basketball generally have a heightened game tempo, a tougher body game and a more acute variability in the techniques and methods used (Singh & Deol, 2012). "An increased performance level can only be achieved by working and training of all major components i.e. technique, coordination, tactics, physical fitness, physiological qualities and psychological qualities. Basketball is one of the most popular team-based sports played and watched throughout the world" (Singh & Deol, 2012). This puts the aspect of physiological testing as an extreme priority for a variety of reasons. "Physiological exercise testing is important in basketball to help identify potential talent but also to provide the players, trainers and coaching staff with some…...

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Cissik, J. (2013, February 15). The point guard off-season workout plan. Retrieved from  http://www.stack.com/2013/02/15/point-guard-off-season-workout/

1. Should social media platforms be held responsible for monitoring and removing hate speech?
2. Is the death penalty an effective deterrent for violent crime?
3. Should college athletes be paid for their performance?
4. Are stricter gun control laws necessary to reduce gun violence?
5. Should the government provide free healthcare for all citizens?
6. Is climate change a result of human activity?
7. Should the minimum wage be increased to a livable wage?
8. Is affirmative action still necessary in today's society?
9. Should standardized testing be the primary measure of student achievement?
10. Is privacy in the digital age a fundamental human right?
11. Should the use....

Certainly! Here are some suggestions for argumentative essay topics:

1. Should the minimum wage be raised?
2. Is climate change a real threat?
3. Should the death penalty be abolished?
4. Should college athletes be paid?
5. Is social media harmful to our society?
6. Should gun control laws be stricter?
7. Is genetically modified food safe to consume?
8. Should the government provide free healthcare for all citizens?
9. Is online education as effective as traditional classroom learning?
10. Should animals be used for scientific research?

Feel free to choose a topic that interests you and develop a strong argument supported by evidence and reasoning. Good luck!
If you're looking for....

Yes, there are many essay topics that present opposing viewpoints and can be used for debating instructional plans for scaffolding struggling writers. Some examples of such topics include:

1. Should standardized testing be used as the primary measure of student achievement?
2. Is technology helpful or harmful for student learning?
3. Should school uniforms be mandatory in all schools?
4. Is the use of social media beneficial or detrimental to teenagers' mental health?
5. Should college athletes be paid for their participation in sports?

These topics can be used to engage students in critical thinking and argumentation, allowing struggling writers to practice constructing arguments and organizing....

College athletes should be compensated for their time and efforts in playing sports as they bring in significant revenue for their universities, face physical and mental demands that can impact their academic performance, and miss out on potential job opportunities due to the rigorous schedules of their sports programs. Their talents and hard work generate millions of dollars for the NCAA and universities through ticket sales, merchandise, and TV deals. However, the current system prohibits them from profiting off their own name, image, and likeness, which raises questions about fairness and exploitation. Paying college athletes could help to address this imbalance....