Some people feel that college football should go to a playoff type post season. Currently, college football uses a system known as the Bowl Championship Series. ... I would turn college football into a mini National Football League in theory, and would create a more competitive season. ... Now for the playoff post season and how is benefits the colleges and fans of college football. ... These are the reason that a lot of college football fans feel that college football should go to a playoff post season. ...

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A Dirty College Football Across the country football is played at hundreds of colleges. ... Lately college football has broke away from the tradition that it once followed and has become a scandalous and commercial game. ... College football players are recruited out of high school by colleges. ... "A quarter of 648 Division I football and basketball players surveyed, admitted to gambling on other college games. ... Corporate America has taken college football and made their own little game. ...

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In addition to brain trauma, heart conditions, asthma and heat stroke have contributed to three times more deaths in high school players than in college football; all of which may have been prevented. ... It's time to make high school football as safe as college and professional football so the rewards outweigh the risks. ... For example, there are 236 Division I colleges, each offering 85 full and partial football scholarships, that means over 20,000 high school students that will get the financial assistance they need to go to college. ... In fact, each year in the U.S. an average of ...

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Should football be exempt from Title IX requirements? ... In reality, football is athletic funding. ... By building a solid football program, many other sports can then benefit from the success of the football team and its revenue. ... By excluding football and dividing the funding for each different sport right down the middle between men and women, the athletic scene at the college level would settle into the most ideal situation. With the recognition of football as a unique and distinct part of college athletics, Title IX could be applied to make a powerful and just impact on equalizi...

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Football is one of the most prominent sports among todays generation. Football has an extensive history as well as present. ... Today's football team is very well advanced and high tech. Teams compete in signing the best players from colleges known as the "Draft". ... Football is a prominent sport throughout the world. ...

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Each team selected into the BCS is given between ten and thirteen million dollars to share with their conference, depending on the revenue generated from the game (espn, College Football Gameday, 2003). ... Ideally, the college football season would end much like the college basketball season in a playoff format. ... This could easily be done with the college football system, creating another sixteen team playoff bracket, allowing more players to play, as well as give their fans another chance to watch them play. ... I believe it's the only answer to the problem at the big schools," ac...

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I was quiet happy because I got to my colleges football game with all of my two best friends. I had never been to a College football game before and was very excited to see what it is like. ... College football game and neither team seemed to have much talent. ... My first football game in college really sucked in more ways than one. ...

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This is because of the fact that we as Americans love football. Whether it be Pee-Wee, high school, college, or professional football. ... I learned the rules and how to play football at a very young age and have been watching both college and professional football since a very young age. Also, I played football all four years that I was in high school. ... Another person in football that was known to suffer injuries were the wide receivers catching the football. ...

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Shortly after, other college sports emerged such as football and basketball. ... Reforms were the topic of that meeting due to many repeated injuries and deaths in college football which were causing schools to shut down the programs. After the meeting, Chancellor Henry MacCracken of New York University set up a meeting with thirteen other colleges and universities to formally make changes to the college football rules. ... According to a chart on USA Today (n.d.), the top college football revenue for this year was the University of Texas with a profit of 18,883,901. ... Many college coaches g...

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Despite many efforts, football will never be a safe sport. ... There are many facts about football injuries. ... Also there is 10 percent of all college players and 20 percent of high school players get brain injuries and 63 percent of high school players get traumatic brain injuries. ... Also the youth football league has a lower injury rating than High school and College football leagues. ... From the researchers told them football will never be a safe sport. ...

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Football is a very useful sport. ... Playing football during high school and earlier years look good on college applications. It prepares you for college football if that's a goal for you. As some think, college football doesn't distract players from school. ... If college football isn't what you want, football may help in preparing you for other sports like soccer and basketball. ...

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Carlisle Football to Mansfield Football Leaving high school and starting college was probably one of the hardest things I've ever had to do. ... Although for some, getting out of their house and a new found freedom is what they are seeking in their college experience. ... One of the biggest impacts on me was the change from Carlisle High School Football to Mansfield University Football. ... That's how the game of football is to be played, and so we did. ... The change from high school to college has been very different for me. ...

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Then college came. ... I was expecting no one to really care about track and field because from what I heard this college was a football school. ... I was told that track at my school was just as big as football and I loved football. ... My first college track meet was a real experience in many ways. ... In college the competitors talk and have fun after we get done throwing. ...

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Pop Warner football player Donovan Hill had hopes and dreams of playing college football one day, but tragically all those hopes and dreams changed in a matter of one play. ... Due incidents like this one occurring across America because of contact football, youth football organizations across the country should take contact out of the game. ... Another aspect that makes youth contact football dangerous is the stress. The stress contact football puts on youth is astounding. ... Youth contact football has too many negative effects that outweigh the positives. ...

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This was my first college football game. It's nothing new, since I lived in a college town all my life and frequently went to the games. ... Strangely, the game reminded me of my old high school football games. ... I promised myself I would be louder and more energetic at the next football game because that's how I was at the football games back home, crazy! My insight related to the college games back home. ...

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Every college with a football team wants to be first in their division. ... Florida football players are true athletes. ... Florida football players are of great benefit to the university. ... College football is a deeply loved sport that carries a large price tag. ... College is the foundation to the rest of a person's life. ...

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College Football has contributed to the popularity, but the main reason is the National Football League. ... The rules of football was created by Walter Camp who played football for the University of Yale in 1876-1882. He led colleges to adapt to his new rules, the scoring system, field goals, safety, and points. ... The National Football League began in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association. ... Another League came on the scene in 1980's called USFL( United States Football League) which started stealing some of the college talent from the NFL like Steve Y...

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I started playing football in high school. ... At this point, I believed football would always be part of my life. I had dreams of playing in college, and eventually the NFL; however, as I grew older and considered the danger of the sport, I began to reassess my priorities and how I valued the sport over the quality of my life. ... However, there came a time when I had to consider the advantages and disadvantages of playing football at the college level. ... Football was once my life. ...

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College football is the most profitable of all the college sports, but most people do not understand what real "profit" is. The top 25 college football programs, based on football expenses and revenue, on average create about 25 million dollars in revenue per year. ... Overall, there are 127 D1 football programs, over 160 D2 programs, and almost 200 D3 programs in the United States. Outside of the top 25 D1 football programs, few schools would be able to pay so many student athletes the money that division 1 schools can offer. ... In conclusion, College athletes should not be paid at...

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I feel that my experiences as a varsity football and basketball player have given me a firm foundation for the person I am today. ... Also, through my participation in football, I have visited several local elementary and junior high schools on numerous occasions to stress the importance of academics. ... It is my family's wish that I get college education. It has been a goal of mine to become the first ever in my family to attend college. ... I will prove my worth to my community, family, and myself by attaining a college education. ...

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Each year, millions of dollars are produced from college sports, and especially in sports such as basketball or football. Those who support paying college athletes, point out the millions of dollars of revenue created through football and basketball alone, questioning the logic behind completely withholding these revenues from the athletes who are largely responsible for generating them. ... Many football players, for example, shouldn't even be in college because they"re marginal students getting a free chance at an education and using its as a opportunity to go to the NFL (Hayes 60). ......

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Collegiate football is unarguably the most revenue generating college sport. ... Is there really a champion in Division I-A College Football today? ... Division II & III College Football, College Baseball, and College Basketball have structured playoff formats to crown annual champions. ... Could you imagine the excitement this would create for college football playoffs? ... Of course, even with a playoff, there will still be controversy in college football. ...

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Women's rights advocates cheer the effects Title IX has had on women's sports in both high school and at the major college level. ... Football, they say, takes too much of the "men's " allowed budget and scholarships." ... I would do this for a number of reasons, first football does not cost money for most high school and college teams it makes money. ... Unlike the professionals, colleges and high schools cannot go get another player if someone on the team goes down with an injury. ... By removing football from the equation half of the problem with Title IX is gone. ...

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College Athletes and Cash Money, Do They Deserve Extra Reimbursement? The question of whether college athletes should be paid has led to a hotly contested debate. The critics who are in favor of paying athletes for their services point to the millions of dollars of revenue generated from football and basketball alone. ... My opinion, representing the college athlete, goes for more compensation of the college athletes. ... Television contracts and shoe deals the athletes endorse for the college is really bringing and other forms of revenue. ...

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