Since the beginning of college sports, athletes have not been financially rewarded for their efforts. ... College athletes should be paid an allowance for participating in college athletics. ... Many argue that participating in college athletics is similar to holding a full time job, except without the financial benefits. For example, a male college football player is almost always doing something football related, with nearly all seven days a week dedicated to practice, film, running, or lifting weights - not to mention their academic responsibilities. ... Scandals like this not only risk rui...

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Title IX and Its Effect on Men's College Swimming College sports are very important to not only the athletes who participate in the sports but also to the schools themselves. ... College sports also boost the school spirit of colleges. ... Many college athletes participate in college athletics with a greater goal in mind, whether it is playing their chosen sport professionally or training to achieve a spot on the Olympic team. ... There are three basic parts of Title IX in regards to college sports. ... These sports include boxing, wrestling, football, rugby, ice hockey, and baske...

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The percentage of student-athletes receiving job offers right out of college is much higher than the average student. ... This is causing the respect aspect of playing college athletics to be falling tremendously. ... One example was of a football player named Devon Ramsey. ... College athletics is the second most important income of a University. ... He acted against the NCAA and fought for the rights of college athletes. ...

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The history of college sports has seemed to have created a booming industry of profit and franchises. ... As a college student I have particularly become friends with a lot of athletes who are struggling to survive because of money problems. ... Because of certain life necessity I propose that college athletes should be paid. ... They are regular college students with regular needs and wants. ... College life is a constant financial struggle for the working student, so what makes people think the athletes have it easy and they cannot earn extra money. ...

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Thad Williamson wrote the article, "Bad As They Wanna Be," about the ever increasing greed of college basketball and football teams and programs. ... Having seen most of the changes that have taken place in college athletics in the past four decades. Williamson believes that there is vast corruption amongst the college staff and administration. ... This is great as the urges us to take action about the current financial state of college sports. ... Some of his figures are equally as startling, such as the number of college athletes that ever end up graduating from their respective college...

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As a division I college athlete, I can personally relate to this topic. ... College athletes hold a strong and influential reputation by receiving tremendous publicity and often times in the spotlight as a representation of the university or college. ... In results college athletes are becoming much more vocal in asking for a bigger slice of the pie during their needs at college. ... Athletes that compete in college are players and students, not professionals. ... Football and basketball are the two biggest sports that bring in the most collegiate revenue. ...

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" She also said that after she finished competing in the Olympics that colleges offered the best boy swimmers scholarships to continue their career in college, but for her there was nothing. She knew that to get a good job that paid decently that she had to further her education just as a man would, but she would not receive money from a college for her outstanding swimming, she had to pay for it herself. ... The OCR proposed regulations and interpretations to the colleges; also, they provided them with a set of tests and clarifications in order for colleges to gain an understanding of Ti...

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