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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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Money Spent Gambling On Sports
2,457 wordsMoney Spent Gambling on Sports There are several major addictions faced by people in America, among which it is possible to mention tobacco, alcohol and narcotics. Society spends enormous amounts of money to prevent these addictions; however there is another one that deserves much more attention than it currently receives and that is sports gambling. At the heart of the gambling problem on college campuses is college sports gambling. Gambling on college sports has two major impacts. First, gambl...
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University Of Minnesota Athletic Departments
2,078 wordsWith millions of dollars in merchandising and television contracts at stake, colleges have a lot of money riding on the recruitment, education, and performance? both on and off the field of college athletes. Colleges lure the athletes to their school, and make sure they meet the eligibility requirements when there. In order for athletes to be eligible to play in college they must attain a minimum of a 2. 0 GPA in 11 designated courses, and earn a combined 700 on the SAT? s. Athletes must also me...
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Association Of America College Athletes
1,145 wordsDear Foul Play Foul Play Dear Members of the Board of the National Collegiate Association of America: Since the beginning of collegiate athletics, there have been student-athletes whose actions are considered disproportionately deviant. College athletes have defied the rules and regulations set forth by the National Collegiate Association of America by such acts as accepting stipends, committing date rape, abusing drugs, and even committing homicide. For some reason, college athletes believe the...
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College Athletes College Athletics
282 wordsWhy not just pay college athletes? College athletics is a money making scheme for both the college administration and the athletes that are involved. There are agents and sponsors, there are millions paid out and there are gifts given to the athletes. Some of the athletes play without graduating and others have fake grades given to them so that they are academically eligible. Colleges find ways to avoid actual NCAA violations to pay players for their efforts on the playing field. Players are sol...
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Title Ix Athletic Departments
1,150 wordsGender Equality In College Sports? An on going issue facing education today is the growing controversial topic of gender equality in sports participation and its so call quota for achieving equality. The most notable action that has taken place as women continue to strive towards equality in the athletic realm is what is known as, Title IX. The basic ideas underlying Title IX are that if an institution sponsors an athletics program, it must provide equal athletic opportunities for members of bot...
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National Basketball Association One Of The Biggest
1,897 wordsPay College Athletes Sports have always been one of Americans favorite pastimes. Americans love the thrill of hard competition. College athletics has always been at the heart of this. It has always been something more pure than professional athletics. In recent years college athletics has changed for the worse. Players have drifted away from what it used to mean to play college sports. They have fallen into illegal activities and have left fans disappointed. One of the reasons for this change is...
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