Cutting Music In Schools

Football is obviously an integral part of our nation’s identity. It’s the one sport that absolutely dominates the weekend, whether it be college football on Saturday, or professional on Sunday. However in some places in this country, the game of football is all that a community has. Award winning journalist and author H.G. Bissinger described in great detail such a community in his 1990 non-fiction book “Friday Night Lights.” Throughout the entirety of the book, we learned about what life was life in Odessa, Texas during the 1980’s. Bissinger 's main focus in the book is on Permian High School, a school that was known for its monumental success in football in the state of Texas. Pride for the Permian Panthers reverberated throughout the community

Participating on a sports team is an extremely important event for many high schoolers across America. Sports have almost become a lifestyle for many students across the country. Unfortunately the United States economy remains in a substandard position and cannot afford to give schools enough funding to cover all athletics. With this problem at hand, many schools have had to start requiring a "pay to play" policy in which the student athlete pays the school a certain amount in order to play for the team. Pay to play is necessary because it would allow schools to stay in restraints of their budgets with ease, students who cannot afford the payment are available to an exemption from it, and playing time would not be affected.

When people hear about if college athletes should get paid they would say no because they think the athletes would get paid millions of dollars. It is not like that, college athletes would not be paid that high they would only need to be paid so they can live a decent life. They have to balance their lives with school and their sports. College athletes should get paid because The NCCA is billion dollar business and the athletes don’t get any money, athletes spend more hours working for the sport than the average American, it helps athletes manage their money.

President Barack Obama once said, “The future belongs to young people with an education and the imagination to create.” In schools, one of the most overlooked and underfunded subjects are the arts. During the 1930s, art education was greatly supported in the U.S. However, as time progressed the focus of education shifted to more standardized tests, science, and math. The arts were pushed into a corner, despite being able to help students grow who they are as people, but also help them in other important areas of school. The arts are important in education and should get funding appropriately.

In college there can be a wide of activities to enjoy. Social and academic clubs, fraternities and sororities however, there is one activity very popular in universities that not only gives students a sense of unity and pride as they cheer for their home team but generates millions of dollars in revenue for the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association): college sport teams. With the popularity of college sports and the vast amount of revenue colleges are generating from these sports an argument about whether these college athletes should be given a salary has begun to surface. Tracey M DiLascio, a graduate of Boston University school of Law and a former judicial clerk in the New Jersey Superior Court, states “The NCAA estimated revenue in 2014 was nearly $1 billion, 80 to 90 percent which came from the Men’s division 1 basketball tournament” (3). Division I athletes deserve to earn compensation because the NCAA, a billion-dollar industry, and the universities these athletes are paying for can afford to give these athletes a separate payment that does not include scholarship money they may receive.

Paying college athletes has been a trending topic around the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Universities should not allow players to receive compensation for their performances. When money is involved many problems can arise. There are many different kinds of sports within a university; thus causing, many questions to develop. For example, will all sport athletes get paid and will some athletes get paid more than other? Also, what if an athlete gets hurt will the university still pay an injured athlete? It is not practical for all colleges to pay their athletes. If student athletes get paid, the money will effect the university, the athletes and many other people. Despite the fact that college athletes bring in some of the universities' revenue college athletes should not be paid.

After reading this peer reviewed journal article, I got a great understanding on what pay for play actually is. In this short article, the research that is being addressed is determining whether National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) athletes should be getting paid to play their respected sport. It is clear that there is really no simple way in to clearing this problem up. It is a question that seems to arise twice a year. Every March when the NCAA’s March Madness arrives, and as well when the NCAA football season starts. The hierarchy Division I schools are bringing in enough revenue to sporting events such as football, and men’s basketball

The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is a bill of rights which outlines and protects the basic rights and fundamental freedoms that all Canadians have. These include the fundamental freedoms, democratic rights, mobility rights, legal rights, equality rights, language rights, and Aboriginal and treaty rights. The Canadian Charter of Rights is extremely important to the citizens of Canada as it has given important meaning to the protection of our rights. It makes sure that minorities and vulnerable groups are protected through equality rights. The Charter also ensures that every citizen is treated with fairness and respect.

While Marbella and Wells suggest that Title IX is negatively impacting men’s sports, Goodale proves that Title IX cannot be held responsible for cuts to men’s sports in recent years. Title IX isn’t to be held responsible for decreases in men’s sports as justified by Gloria Goodale in the article “40 Years Later, Title IX Is Still Fighting Perception it Hurt Men’s Sports”. Contrary to popular belief, collegiate sport participation is actually increasing. The NCAA provided evidence proving that “Just between 2002 and 2011, the NCAA says, the number of men in college sports increased by 38,482 between 2002 and 2011. During that same period, the number of females went up by less, some 32,662” (qtd. in Goodale). All of this occurred while Title IX was in place, proving that Title IX, despite it’s increasingly unflattering reputation, is having a positive impact on collegiate sports, even if it

The importance of college athletics has vastly increased over the last century to the extraordinary level that exists today. More than 420,000 college students participate in twenty-three different collegiate sports annually, a number that is continually increasing (NCAA.org). The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is “a membership-driven organization dedicated to the safeguarding of the well-being of student-athletes and equipping them with the skills to succeed on the playing field, in the classroom and throughout life” that institutes the rules regarding collegiate athletics in the United States (NCAA.org). The NCAA is an enormous organization that is a collection of over

Should college athletes be paid, or should they just be happy with the scholarship they are given? In the article “Why College Athletes Should Be Paid”, the author Tyson Hartnett claims that college athletes deserve to be paid. In the article, he states, “A $25,000 scholarship may seem like a lot of money, but it really only covers the basics” (Hartnett par. 5). Hartnett feels that college athletes deserve a salary because they are “typically dead broke” (Hartnett par. 9), even though they bring lots of attention and money to their schools. Hartnett says that being a college athlete feels more like a full-time job that comes with lots of pressure and responsibility that other college kids don’t have put on them. Hartnett doesn’t feel that they

At an NCAA convention in January, a panel of 15 student-athletes and 65 schools in football-driven leagues passed a resolution adding stipends to athlete scholarships to cover all other expenses a full scholarship doesn’t cover (Sherman). Many disagree with this, while others believe we are taking a step in the right direction. The debate on paying college athletes has been ongoing since the early 1900’s (“Point/Counterpoint”).

The battling of whether or not to pay college athletes has been on the table for a long time. NCAA has been fighting against those who believe that athletes should be paid for playing the sport. NCAA has won this case a few times before. It is unfair for the athletes to put in all the work and not get anything beneficial to them. The athletes who are not getting paid do not have hardly any freedom outside of practice. In the articles, “Should College Athletes be Paid” by Joe Nocera, “Should College Football Players Get Paid”, “Compensation for College Athletes”, and “Should College Athletes Be Paid to Play” by Kenneth Cooper, they explain the benefits and drawbacks to paying college athletes. Because colleges, coaches, and programs receive an outstanding amount of money, they should be able to get paid for their efforts.

The topic of whether or not music has an impact on studying abilities is a conversation that many people have many different opinions on. In David Cutlers article, “Don’t Listen to Music While Studying”, he tries using evidence and reasoning to support, connect, and persuade his audience.

What if there is one activity that can benefit students in every school across the nation? An activity that helps students to raise their grades and scores on standardized testing? An activity that allows students to form lasting friendships? An activity that will help students become more disciplined and confident? Would you let your child take that activity? It is very likely that you answered yes to one of these questions. Who doesn’t want the best for their children? Luckily, this “activity” is accessible almost everyone. Unfortunately, many schools will not make it a part of their curriculum. This “activity” is something that everyone is aware of, but easily neglected. This activity is music.