The history of college sports has seemed to have created a booming industry of profit and franchises. ... The NCAA has created rules and regulations to stricken the athletes from certain behaviors and necessities of life, like money. ... Although the NCAA hosts these certain seminars for the athletes, some athletes choose not to go. ... But they are also struggling at some aspects, because the NCAA is setting it up for them to break the rules. ... The NCAA should recognize these situations and allow athletes to be paid. ...

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One thing that I know I will get out of this class is a better understanding of the NCAA rules that I have to follow everyday. Now that all of the scandals are going on, you get to see first hand how the NCAA and the school's specific administration handle things. I think that most athletes could be asked if they can or can't do something regarding NCAA rules and they wouldn't know what to do. ... I really like the administration side of sports. I like to see how a sports program is ran. ...

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What does sports have to offer colleges that offsets this tradeoff? ... A college that has a good sports program is more likely to have positive enrollment. Sports are like additional advertising for the college. ... What would be lost by unlinking big time sports with Colleges? ... If a team were to do well, for example make the final four in hockey, the NCAA gives the program bonus funds that would help support the team next year. ...

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In addition, most universities do not make money on sports, so it is not in the budget to pay the athletes. most college sports are not particularly profitable, and in fact, many operate at a loss. ... 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. ... They sold memorabilia and also exchanged memorabilia for tattoos which is against NCAA regulations. ... "The college athlete in tier one, division one sports, in sports such as football...

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Pay to Play Student athletes look at college sports in two ways: one being opportunity, and the other as indentured servitude. College sports like football and basketball hold a huge segment of the entertainment industry making those two particular sport seasons year round. ... Programs will try anything, even outside NCAA regulations to grab the recruits they want. ... NCAA has more regulations than Eminem has domestic disturbances. ... Although not as profitable as some professional sports, sponsors pay a lot of money for television advertising during the tournament and especially d...

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Many colleges are lowering their academic standards in order to recruit new athletes and to maintain their previous athletes eligible to play for the various sports that their schools offer. ... An internal committee has found at least 12 violations of National Collegiate Athletic Association rules at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; who's trustees were publicly rebuked for their sports policies on last month by the state's governor (Lederman 412). There were 12 NCAA violations found in these two colleges alone, and these are not the only colleges that are not p...

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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 lot because of his experience as a successful administrator with the NCAA and the University of Houston. ... I would like to learn some more fundamental knowledge of administrative practices of sports at the high school, collegiate and professional sport levels. I want to be able to identify and implement managerial strategies utilized with sports programs, analyze and discuss philosophies and issues involved in the management of sports programs, acquai...

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The team's roster consisted of thirteen players whom were all attending the university on fully paid sports scholarship. In 1997 the team won the collegiate sports highest award, the Division One Basketball Tournament Championship. ... The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is beginning to realize the massiveness of this problem, and, as of recently, discussions are being presented in regard to compensating college athletes monetarily. ... (The majority of schools have established an academic average of 2.00 as suitable for participation in sports programs.) ... The NCAA and ...

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In the world of sports, in this case college sports, the primary motive for athletes to play a sport is for money rather than for the love of the game. This incentive started with the professional sports and began to corrupt the college level. ... The NCAA establishes rules and regulations for universities and students to follow, and one of the most important rules is that student athletes should not receive any money to play sports. ... Sports have always been seen as a recreational activity, not as a professional one. ... College sports are talked about far beyond professional sports bec...

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Freshman Dictionary ACADEMIC What is Add/drop? Scheduled add-drop times are periods when changes to your original schedule are made by dropping a course for which you are registered for and/or adding a new one. What is an Adjunct Professor? Part-time professor What is an Award Letter? Sent from the Office of Financial Aid detailing the financial aid a student will receive from the University, the Federal Government, and the State of New York What is the Bulletin? ...

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