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English: Why Should Student-Athletes Get Paid
There is not only a single reason based on which it can be stated that student-athlete should get paid, but there are more than several reasons behind and that is why student-athlete should be paid. Hence, some of the reasons are; being a student-athlete, it is like a full-time job which bounces between the classroom, court or field, film sessions, and classes. The student-athlete is the extra-curriculum activists who are involved in some important and most credible activities that help students and the institute as well (Mondello, Michael, et al, P.P 110-113). For the purpose to fulfill their jobs as student-athlete, they have to miss school and classes sometimes. Beyond that, because of their activities, they (student-athlete) are missed from a number of games, etc. which can be the sources to make money and have millions of viewers (Staff, TPN, N.P). In short, the major reasons that why student-athlete should be paid are listed and elaborated below.
They work 3.3 more hours than the typical other students who are even involved in other activities.
According to (Tucker, Kayla, et al, P.P 30-31), student-athlete should be paid because they (most of the time) have to miss the classes and bring revenues for the support and empowerment of their institute in terms of financial support.
Some of the games need the student-athletes to miss the classes for the entire week or month. So, as a result, they need money to manage their studies through coaching and teachings from others than their class teachers (Chieff, N.P).
The student-athletes are the ones who are required to stay fit, fine, and physically healthy and strong (Tiffany, N.P). For the purpose to be fit, fine, and physically healthy and strong, they need money to fulfill their needs.
It is also crucial to note that students athlete are not only institute’s sports teams while they are a huge part of the marketing and advertisement teams of their school, college, or university (Hess, N.P).
Work Cited
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Hess, Abigail. "Majority Of College Students Say Student-Athletes Should Be Paid, Survey Finds." CNBC. N. p., 2019. Web. 28 Oct. 2019.
Martinez, Madisen. "Should College Student-Athletes Be Paid? Both Sides of the Debate." Collegexpress.com. N. p., 2019. Web. 28 Oct. 2019.
Mondello, Michael, et al. "Public Perceptions on Paying Student Athletes." Sport in Society 16.1 (2013): 106-119.
Parent, Christopher M. "Forward Progress-An Analysis of Whether Student-Athletes Should Be Paid." Va. Sports & ENT. LJ 3 (2003): 226.
Shaffer, Colin. Should Division I Football and Men’s Basketball Student-Athletes be paid? Diss. figshare, 2015.
Staff, TPN. "Agree To Disagree: Should Student Athletes Be Paid? - The Pitt News." The Pitt News. N. p., 2019. Web. 28 Oct. 2019.
The New York Times. "Opinion | Should College Athletes Be Allowed To Get Paid?" Nytimes.com. N. p., 2019. Web. 28 Oct. 2019.
Tiffany, Patterson. "Should College Athletes Be Paid? - Smartasset." SmartAsset. N. p., 2019. Web. 28 Oct. 2019.
Tucker, Kayla, et al. "Perceptions of College Student-Athletes." Journal of Undergraduate Ethnic Minority Psychology 2 (2016): 27-33.
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