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Salaries of Female Athletes: Should They Be Paid Equal? Athletes of the female gender throughout the world are being seriously underpaid compared to their male counterparts. Women in sports are having trouble pursuing their dream of being a professional athlete because most can’t get scholarships to pay for school and training, and have less opportunities to play their sport because of underfunding of the program. After college, women athletes are having trouble finding jobs because there are…

hockey, basketball, volleyball, softball, wrestling, cross country, track, tennis, racing, and many more. However, football fans happen to be the most entertaining to watch and interesting to know. Football is a roller coaster of a sport and it brings its fans along for the ride. The best fans are the die-hard fans, the jaded fans, and the band-wagon fans. Die-hard fans make football games entertaining because of their crazy antics. Most North Dakota State University (NDSU) Bison fans are…

Being a college student is not an easy task. Balancing finals with work, friends, and other activities may seem to be impossible. People are paying thousands and thousands of dollars to attend a school where they plan on getting a high quality education and a good paying job once they graduate. Now, imagine doing all of those plus a sport. Imagine competing at a higher level than they have ever competed at, while under the pressure to succeed. Imagine the amount of stress they will compile over…

Play and Get Paid Like a Girl To think it is normal to make less pay, receive less recognition, or to be declined a job position based on gender might sound like an absurd thought in today’s culture. Unfortunately, gender discrimination still exists in today’s society and is especially commonplace in women’s professional sports. Men appear to have led the way in success, talent and, agility in professional sports for as long as we can remember. However, the truth of it is many women athletes go…

Sports have been an integral part of leisure time for America since the early 1900s, when listening to sports, especially baseball, on the radio was a beloved pastime for many families. Lately, college sports, primarily men’s basketball and football, have become more popular. Now that college sports have grown to such a high popularity level, people are asking, “Should these kids get paid?” Though many believe these athletes should be paid, I do not. Collegiate athletes should not be paid…

the team, thus increasing profit. The rules that are set by the NCAA are meant to preserve and reproduce the socially constructed notions of what it means to be a student athlete and what it means to be a professional athlete. For instance, a TCU football player that was paralyzed was not initially able to receive any sort of medical help from the university because he was not considered to be a university employee. As a result of not being considered professional, and despite having the game…

Kanila Gunasekara Lecturer – Prof. Daya Edirisinghe Semester – Summer 2015 Assignment 2 Content What is sports? 3  Benefits of sports 3  Rules and regulations 4  Fair play  Level playing field What is Ethics? 5 Sports and Ethics 5  Olympics 5  Violation of ethical principles in sports 6  Drugs  Advertising  Harassments  Bribery  Positive aspects of ethics in sports 7 Reference 9…

The NCAA allows 85% of FBS College football players to be on scholarship, there are no partial scholarships in FBS football, and don’t forget about the importance of a scholarship towards a much needed degree, a degree in our society has become more of a necessity rather than a privilege. A full scholarship for four years can range between $30,000 and $200,000 depending if the institution is public or private (U.S Dept.) “According to Institute For College Access & Success, in the state of…

Its all about the money Today, male professional athletes are one of the most entertaining groups to watch. Professional male athletes participate in crucial, competitive, and sometimes aggressive sports which can lead to severe injuries. Unlike any average person, the injuries will lead them to lose their job. Professional athletes face risking their starting position and their lively hood every single time they are practicing. Professional athletes get paid in salary just what they warrant…

Colleges get millions of dollars for their sports departments, but how much do the athletes get out of it? Athletes are some of the hardest working people out there and they deserve to get paid for their work on the team. There are many reasons why athletes should get paid. They spend all the time with the sport, but some never become professionals in their sport so there was no point in their hard work. Because athletes don 't get paid some have to turn to illegal sponsoring. The biggest reason…