"They came out with that the average football player is worth the amount of $120,000 for their big-time college and 265,000 for the average basketball player. ... Jim Bollman, the offensive coordinator of the Ohio State Buckeyes football team, told me that the football teams money that is received is used to pay for all thirty-six sports in the whole school. When I finally comprehended what the statement meant I came to the opinion that big time colleges, where football is the main sport, is where the athletes should be paid. But that's when I am hit with the question," isn'...

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Creatine is considered to be one of the most popular supplements for exercise enthusiasts, especially among football players. ... When using creatine it helps make more energy available to your body during extreme short-term workouts, or intense exercises, such as weight training and plyometrics done by most football players. ... With proven improvement studies done in both areas, one can see why creatine supplementing catches the eyes of a wide range of football players from high school all the way to the pro level. ...

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College sports like football and basketball hold a huge segment of the entertainment industry making those two particular sport seasons year round. ... With so much pressure to succeed, big sport programs like Duke basketball, Florida football, and Notre Dame football need top recruits to maintain or raise the standard of play to which they hold themselves. ... The price for advertising on television during the championship bowl game for college football is second only to the mother of all advertising platforms, the Super Bowl. ...

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Steroid maker and former body builder David Jacobs directed football players to use HGH during the season and to use steroids during the offseason. ... All though NCAA professionals believed they had the problem under control, this investigation revealed that the ongoing issues with NCAA football and steroids is still a large problem in the sport. ... However, because of their ineffective testing NCAA football unlike most sports, has not yet discovered the full extent of their steroid problem. ... With inconsistent punishments for steroids in NCAA football, I don't know what I should feel...

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I know that we as a football team have the rules meeting before the season, but I wonder if all colleges go as in depth as we do. ... I know people just figure that most football players want to coach, but everything that I know the most of deals with sports. ...

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The most profitable sports in the NCAA are College football bowl series (FBS) and Division I college basketball. ... The typical NCAA division I football player spends 43.3 in season hours at practice, games, treating injuries and attending required team meetings. ... The previous time spent by college football players, mentioned earlier doesn't even include time spent in class or doing classwork. ... The 'primetime' college football games are played on Thursday nights because they are able to be national televised and bring in a lot of revenue for the NCAA and the schools inv...

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One example was of a football player named Devon Ramsey. ... This was a poor judgment made by the NCAA because when you look at the fine print, Devon was one of the only players on the UNC-CH football team who had broken an NCAA rule. ...

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Clean Up or Pay Up Clean Up or Pay Up is a great story for college administrators, staff members and students to read. This story explains how athletes are let through school without any education what so ever. The author, Louis Barbash, explains to the reader how college athletes are made to ha...

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They have discussed just paying athletes who play the four major sports (basketball, baseball, football, and hockey). ... College basketball and football are still some of the highest rated TV in America and it doesn't look to have any downward spirals ahead. ...

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I think that in general Title IX has had a positive impact on sport. I believe that people are looking for the wrong answers to come from that legislation. Title IX can not provide money-making athletic programs to support the legislation and it can not force the people in charge of ensuring that ...

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On the popular show MADE that is on MTV, there was a particular episode where a high school girl wanted to participate on the men's football team. ... I think sometimes that the only coverage that women get sometimes is on Monday Night Football when they are sport's analysts, and I think they do that just because they will have a part in the production....

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This solution is being brought up in Nebraska, because the governor is suggesting a bill that, "calls for all football players -- the 85 on scholarship, as well as the 100 or so walk-ons -- to be paid the federal minimum wage ($5.15 an hour) for approximately 728 hours per year, which works out to an average of 14 hours per player. ...

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Effects Of Gambling The history of gambling in North America suggests important conclusions that are useful today in considering policies related to gambling. The United States has had a long history of allowing some forms of legal gambling and a degree of tolerance of illegal gambling. Society's t...

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A college student-athlete is defined as a participant in an organized competitive sport sponsored by the NCAA and the member institution at Division I, II, or III. Student-athletes cope with challenges and pressures as they try to find a balance between being a student and an athlete. Upon entering an institution, student-athletes are given the responsibilities of managing multiple roles. First-year student-athletes are expected to meet the demands of a college student in addition to those of an athlete in a new and unknown atmosphere. (Etzel, Ferrante, Pinkney, 1996; Parham, 1993). ...

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