way universities raise money for athletics is to get
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A debate has ensued over whether or not colleges should be able to pay their athletes‚ due to athletic programs bringing in so much money for schools. Not paying college athletes would be good because students already receive compensation towards college‚ students are given many auditions to become professional‚ and college is not a job. On the other hand‚ others argue that college athletes should be paid because schools and coaches are rich from the students’ work students do not have any time to
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tennis or more typical feminine choices‚ which inhibited any interaction with female athletics and school. Title IX gave them that‚ granted women the freedom of choice‚ and revolutionized women’s rights. While Title IX provided American women with the opportunities they have today‚ it also needs some adjusting to stimulate its equality among both genders. Title IX laid the future foundations for women’s athletics in American history. Women needed a push to allow them to have the equal treatment
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Does it make sense for an academic institution to run a multimillion dollar entertainment business‚ which is what college football and college basketball have become? (Meshefejian) College football and basketball generate more than the National Basketball Association‚ a total of more than $6 billion yearly (Brill). College athletes make colleges money while risking their lives‚ but some say they are too young to receive that amount
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players. “Out of the 120 FBS (formerly named Division 1) schools‚ only twelve broke even or made a profit after an athletic season”(Bokshan).If only twelve broke even how are these schools expected to cough up enough money to pay their players. They are not. If the National College Athletic Association or NCAA changed their rules‚ and forced all colleges to pay their athletic players; most would quickly fall into dept‚ and have to cut their entire sports program just to save their schools
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of the National College Players Association says “college athletes are just like all other hard www.scholastic working Americans’‚ they should receive a fair days pay for a fair days work” (sic)(Rebeca Zisscu np.) College athletes often work 40 hours a week practicing‚ training‚ and competing. This does not include their time at school and their housing unit doing college work. To put this in perspective‚ a typical day for a college athlete is just like a full time job. They
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throughout the rest of your life. That being said‚ college athletes must have a firm understanding of priority. They need to be able to comprehend the importance of their education over the importance of their athletic careers. An education should always come first and foremost‚ no exceptions. Collegiate sports tend to be placed on a pedestal‚ especially for those athletes fortunate enough to receive scholarships for their abilities even though playing a sport in college is nothing more than a glorified
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or as far as death. College football and basketball for years have been the highest producing revenue sports in NCAA. More than $470 million in new money poured into major college athletics programs last year‚ boosting spending on sports‚ even though we’re in rough economic times. Most of the money made in athletics revenue was because elevation in money generated through multi-media rights deals‚ donations and ticket receipts‚ but schools also continued increasing their subsidies from student fees
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sport-related merchandise‚ just to name a few. With these sources of great revenue‚ comes the feeling of a “professionalization” of college athletics and in turn college athletes. The line between college athletes as Student-Athletes and college athletes as Athlete-Students has continued to blur‚ causing some major issues to arise with regards to athletics and academics. Some of the most primary issues currently affecting NCAA athletes are: academic support‚ the NBA age rule‚ eligibility and scholarships
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One of the leading controversies in college sports today is whether student-athletes should be “paid to play” or not. Is their college education their compensation‚ and the playing time considered an internship? The NCAA rules state that only amateur athletes may play college sports. Their current definition of an amateur athlete is “one who engages in a particular sport for the educational‚ physical‚ mental‚ and social benefits derived therefrom and to whom participation in that sport is an avocation”
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