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Colleges And Universities Millions Of Dollars
1,084 wordsStudent Athletes Deserve More than Scholarships: A Look into the Finances of Major College Sports Programs Student-athletes at major Division I-A colleges and universities do more than attend classes, practices, and compete against other teams. They generate revenue. Intercollegiate sports have developed into a highly specialized, multi-million dollar entertainment industry that rides on the shoulders of student-athletes. This industry has in turn resulted in substantial rewards for big time ath...
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College Athletics Held Accountable
1,684 wordsThe current institutional structure of intercollegiate athletics is attempting to maximize educational quality and athletic excellence simultaneously. Each of which will inevitably impinge on one another. Universities claim that their athletes are amateurs who are attending college for academic achievement and play sports in their free time. This is an impossible task for anybody. Higher education has entered the arena of big business with its athletic programs and with it many problems have eme...
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Gender Equality In Sports
1,130 wordsHow is it fair that a mens college basketball team is able to be transported on planes and dine on steak, while a womens team from the same college, travels in a van and eats fast food? Its not, but this occurs often nowadays even with laws passed preventing this type of discrimination. In 1972, Congress passed Title IX, which prohibits discrimination against girls and women in federally funded education, including athletic programs (Kiernan 3). Many schools and colleges have not been able to co...
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Comparing Public And Private School Education
394 wordsThere are many similarities and differences between private schools and public schools. One of the similarities is that they both have athletic programs. One of the differences is that private schools have to wear uniforms and public schools do not. Private schools and public schools are the same in many ways but they are also different. Private schools and public schools share many similarities. One thing that they share is that they both have athletic programs. I have been to both a Private sc...
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Women In Sports Gender Equality
2,237 wordsHow is it fair that a men? s college basketball team is able to be transported on planes and dine on steak, while a women? s team from the same college, travels in a van and eats fast food? It? s not, but this occurs often nowadays even with laws passed preventing this type of discrimination. In 1972, Congress passed Title IX, which prohibits discrimination against girls and women in federally funded education, including athletic programs (Kiernan 3). Many schools and colleges have not been able...
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Athletic Scholarship Athletic Programs
2,794 wordsAthletic Scholarships: Who Wins? Athletic scholarships are designed to support physically gifted and talented students. This simple description makes it difficult to envision the problems associated with athletic scholarships, but recently, athletic scholarships and the programs linked with them have become quite controversial. In spite of this controversy, athletic scholarships should be retained, but college athletic programs should be reformed to de emphasize winning at all costs and to ensur...
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