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College Athletes Should Be Student Athletes
I choose this article because it simply puts how the college athletes that we have around the country should be student athletes. At certain schools they have actually made it that the athletes sometimes never showed up at class but somehow they managed to pass that class. There was also another controversial topic on how the coaches of these D-1 schools get paid more money than the professors. The football players also think they should deserve some of the millions that they bring in but never see. I also find another good point on why they should transition and it is because most of the college athletes that play football are all childish and very immature to be playing a sport that millions of people and kids watch and look up to them.

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