Football and basketball are two major sports that result millions of dollars being directed to the school as a whole with only a small percentage going to athletics. College football programs across the USA average over 50, 000 tickets, not to mention the multi-million dollar broadcasting rights, and still the players don't ever see a cent of their hard work. ... A Kansas University football player was arrested for sticking his rear end up to the drive-thru window at Taco Bell as a part of a bet to receive extra money to pay for his food. ...

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What Will I Do Over In life, people make mistakes. From time to time you are asked," if you had a chance to do some things over again what would you do?" So, the things I would do over are my junior year in high school, senior year, and my freshman year in college. These things are the most likely...

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Large Colleges versus Small Colleges When choosing a college, one should take many aspects into consideration. Consider such things as location, majors and minors offered, campus size, sporting events, and student population. The most important feature is the size of the school and stud...

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When I played football in high school, the special treatment my teammates and I would receive the week of an important game was incredible. ... Three months after the football season I was caught for the same thing, and received an in school suspension. ...

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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 footba...

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"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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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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The "Dumb-Jock" stereotype originated in the 1930's when a football player at Ohio State College needed to pass an economic test to be able to play in the big game, so the whole class got together and tutored him for a week straight so he could play in the game. A classmate painted a portrait of this incident and called it "The Football Player." ... An example of the amount of money college's hand to their athletes is football players. NCAA allows 86 players to be on scholarship on a football team. Each year a coach is allowed to give out 25 new football scholarships. ...

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The "Dumb-Jock" stereotype originated in the 1930's when a football player at Ohio State College needed to pass an economic test to be able to play in the big game, so the whole class got together and tutored him for a week straight so he could play in the game. A classmate painted a portrait of this incident and called it "The Football Player." ... An example of the amount of money college's hand to their athletes is football players. NCAA allows 86 players to be on scholarship on a football team. Each year a coach is allowed to give out 25 new football scholarships. ...

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First, Thurber describes a student named Bolenciecwcz, a football star at Ohio State. ... "Chuffa chuffa, chuffa chuffa," (236) Bassum attempts to get the football player to answer. After making a scene in front of the whole class, the football player finally answers. ...

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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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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. ...

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I enrolled into the Organization and Administration of Athletics class because it is a required course for the completion of my Sport Administration degree. At first I did not know who the professor of the class was supposed to be, but when I saw Kevin Fite was teaching it, I knew I would learn a l...

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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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"According to a recent study, just 22 schools profited from football during the 2009-2010 academic year" (Mendelson). ... If you start to pay the big sports, such as football players, then you would have to pay every single athlete; which could result in cutting the non-revenue sports such as lacrosse, swimming, and tennis. ... "The college athlete in tier one, division one sports, in sports such as football and basketball have spend 40 hours per week on their sport, more than a full time job" (Edelman). ...

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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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Penn State University and University of Miami Since I am in my senior year of high school looking at colleges is essential for my future. When looking at different colleges and universities there are some things to look for, such as costs and admission, what kind of student life they have, if...

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Independence, studying, exams, parties, sororities, and fraternities are just a few of the influences a college student may have to balance to be successful. The perfect college student can be studious enough to get good grades and social enough to decompress after long study hours. In order to succ...

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I've learned from, and bonded with all sorts of different people, including the ever so passionate FSU football fan, to the dedicated and selfless community servants of the national service fraternity of Alpha Phi Omega. ...

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21st century college students spend four or five years going to class, staying up all night to study for exams, and letting loose on the weekend. Heavy drinking, bad decisions, and huge parties are common place on college campuses across the United States. In an environment that breeds debauchery an...

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Day after day, week after week, year after year, division I athletes have been putting their heart and soul into a sport. All their hard work for the love of the game has lead them to a University where they can showcase their skills and talent. At the division I level, it is a business where athlet...

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During high school, we had this class called living today and the teacher was talking about how us college students were going to be broke due to all the books, parties, football games and that we are going to be spending thousands of dollars on eating out the teacher would cook us simple meals so we could save our money for more important things that we need. ...

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Private vs. Public As I first entered Virginia Tech I was astonished by the lustrous lights of the colossal stadium which was in front of me. There was a mammoth flower with the name of the school on it which I could not believe. Just the entrance blew me away and I could not wait to see what th...

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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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College Athletes Everybody has seen or heard about a collegiate athlete getting in trouble for stealing, cheating, or even taking something from alumni. There is much controversy these days about how athletes should be disciplined for doing these things. Some people think they should be treated ...

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