Student athletes have multiple financial streams they must feed such as; paying for equipment, tuition, food, and all the other bills associated with living as a college student. ... Athletes bring in millions of dollars and feel they should be compensated for more than just tuition. ... The school should be able to do a little something for some of their own moneymakers. ... Athletes are used as free advertising and are exploited freely with the only expense being tuition. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

However, this is America, and those athletes, who are legally adults, need to be able to make their own decision based on their personal preferences and not what society thinks that they should do. ... Most of them will get a scholarship, which pays for tuition and maybe room and board. ... Athletes should have their own choice of going to college or playing for the pros, they are after all just as "equal" as the rest of us. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Although a private school is paid by tuition for parents, the funding for sport activities in remarkably high. ... The student will have limited ideas brought to him, teachers may be teaching their own personal opinions, the physical sports program may lack support in certain areas, and the culture of modern day society will not be apparent in such as controlled environment of a private school. ...

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• Grade Level: High School