College football is the most profitable of all the college sports, but most people do not understand what real "profit" is. The top 25 college football programs, based on football expenses and revenue, on average create about 25 million dollars in revenue per year. ... Overall, there are 127 D1 football programs, over 160 D2 programs, and almost 200 D3 programs in the United States. Outside of the top 25 D1 football programs, few schools would be able to pay so many student athletes the money that division 1 schools can offer. ... In conclusion, College athletes should not be paid at...

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Imagine life without college sports. ... I mean without college sports there would be nothing to watch on TV. ... Plus college sports bring a school together. ... A big debate right now in both college and professional football is whether or not Maurice Clarett should play pro football. ... College sports are never going away. ...

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So, the things I would do over are my junior year in high school, senior year, and my freshman year in college. ... In high school, I played football for the school. ... The most recent thing I would do over is my whole entire freshman year in college. ... I only named a few things that I would do over, my junior, senior, and college freshman years. ...

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At my high school, football was everything, and the entire town supported the local team. In the summer, merchants would run special football promotions. ... I knew that if I wanted to go to a good college, I would treatment have to get good grades, and I resented the implication that the only way I could get good grades was by getting special treatment. ... Many of the students attended the games, but their primary focus was on getting into college. If they talked about football at all, they usually discussed the regional college teams. ...

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School workloads among college students are unbearable at times. ... It is possible that a student enrolled in college may come across a professor he may not like. ... 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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Colleges and universities are more strict about the grades students receive than in high school. ... This can even lead to being asked to leave the college. ... A time to sleep in, sit back and relax, go to the Saturday football game and a time to just have all around fun. ... High school and college share a quality that offers students the benefit of knowledge. ... Overall, being in high school to college we are engaging into a great learning experience. ...

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Anything from a football player, in full pads, running to practice, to a mother dropping her child off at the daycare center can be seen within just a few steps onto campus. ... Mesa Community college is a melting pot of different ethnic, and cultural clusters waiting to be combined to form generations to come. Mesa Community College is a one of a kind institution, where a vast number of people can come and receive a prominent education at an affordable price. ...

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Anything from a football player, in full pads, running to practice, to a mother dropping her child off at the daycare center can be seen within just a few steps onto campus. ... Mesa Community college is a melting pot of different ethnic, and cultural clusters waiting to be combined to form generations to come. Mesa Community College is a one of a kind institution, where a vast number of people can come and receive a prominent education at an affordable price. ...

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And for the scope of this paper, why am I in college? ... A graduated high school football player may wish to attend college to lean the necessary skills to go on to the NFL. My main reason for attending college after high school was responsibility. ... Money was another reason I chose to attend college. ... College has allowed me to see where my strengths and weaknesses are. ...

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College athletes are being robbed under the disguise of being amateurs. ... "According to a recent study, just 22 schools profited from football during the 2009-2010 academic year" (Mendelson). ... Moreover, college athletes should not be paid is because it would put more of a financial burden on colleges and universities Most college programs do not make any money off of sports. 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. ......

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For example, with sports, schools would never sacrifice the football team to save the art club. If a football team were lacking, the money would somehow show up. ... Many young children are encouraged to find activities that they are interested in and excel at, from football to dance to community service. ... The University encourages creativity, and is very much based on it, being a liberal college. ...

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In a big name sport that draws the majority of the attention such as football, the schools are making money of the athletes in ways such as ticket sales to fan gear but the players are not the ones who get to see any of the money. ... Being in college, it's hard to get a job with studying and taking classes but with college athletes it's even harder to do. ... Some believe that college athlete should not be paid. According to the article Pay College Athletes? ... Colleges and universities along with the NCAA committee need to come together and figure out a reasonable amount for all c...

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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 think that one of the biggest contributors to all the trouble and chaos that goes on in college athletics, is the media. ... 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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Clean Up or Pay Up Clean Up or Pay Up is a great story for college administrators, staff members and students to read. ... Although Scates is a graduate of college and has a degree, ten years later he is just a doorman at a hotel in Washington. Since his education was so poor and his athletic ability slipped his whole college career went to waste. ... All of his classes his senior year were bowling, billiards, and football classes. ... Those are all examples of how the NCAA and colleges do not properly educate most 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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Karen is my cousin, and she has failed out of college twice. ... Needless to say she failed out of college. ... She decided to go to a fraternity party one night before a huge rival football game. ... All college students go through many obstacles, pressures and choices throughout their college career. ... Valedictorians defiantly have the grades and skills to get into college, but they do not always have the ability to manage pressures and obstacles in college....

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If people disregard their high school level of learning, then his SAT scores will show his effort and his acceptance to a college may be hindered. ... Most private schools offer basketball, football, and baseball for the guys and basketball and volleyball for the girls. ...

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She received a scholarship from one of her wealthy white teachers and attended Tougaloo College in Tougaloo, Mississippi. ... In 1978, while at a convention given by the NAACP, she met an upcoming political activist and football player, Stephen Williams. ...

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As college students, we can't save money because of the student loans. ... Just because other students can afford college doesn't mean that the other students can afford to go they who can't just raise the cost of a college tuition. ... Successful college drop outs like Bill Gates are making it harder for students to decide to go to college or not. ... What if college was the same price as high school? ... 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, footb...

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What separates college and professional athletes? ... College athletes spend the almost the same amount of time practicing, working out, and playing games as professionals do, but college players also have to manage going to class and completing their school work. ... Although this sounds desirable, signing up for less classes delays one's time in college. ... For the majority of football, basketball, and baseball players, the only reason they go to college and play is because it is a rule. ... They would stay in college, finish their schoolwork, and get a degree. ...

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My high school PE teacher, Mr.Pomazak, said that his college coursework was useful in preparing him for teaching. The last semester of college is spent as a student teacher. ... In addition, he's a varsity football coach and sophomore baseball coach. ... During football season he works about 80-90 hours a week 7 days a week. ...

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He sat at his desk reading a fishing magazine while the class ran wild, the only time he ever said anything was when a stray paper football when fly into his zone. ... After the failure of McCarthyism, the threat to college teachers' independence gradually faded. ...

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In James Thurber's "University Days", he discussed his experiences in college. ... Thurber then talks about a dumb Polish football player that needed good grades to continue playing on the team. ...

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