Shortly after, other college sports emerged such as football and basketball. ... Reforms were the topic of that meeting due to many repeated injuries and deaths in college football which were causing schools to shut down the programs. After the meeting, Chancellor Henry MacCracken of New York University set up a meeting with thirteen other colleges and universities to formally make changes to the college football rules. ... According to a chart on USA Today (n.d.), the top college football revenue for this year was the University of Texas with a profit of 18,883,901. ... Many college coaches g...

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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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Should college athletes be paid? ... "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. ... Just for a second thin...

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Paying college athletes Pay College Athletes Sports have always been one of American's favorite pastimes. ... It is not right that a football player, who loves drama, is not allowed to perform with his class and be treated the same way. ... In November the college removed two players from its football team and suspended 11 others from the team-about 14 percent of the roster-after an investigation by the college and the local District Attorney's office showed that the players had bet on college and professional sporting events (Haworth, 1997). ... Colleges profit greatly off big...

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College sports are no different from this. ... Football players will be paid the most because of popularity. ... Ohio State University's football net profit and alumni donations added up to "approximately forty million dollars" (Dosh). ... If the football team gets paid, why not the tennis team or the volleyball team? ... Kids in America will grow up wanting to join the football team regardless of talent, because they know they can get some type of money out of it. ...

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Do Athletes contribute to the financial growth of colleges and universities? ... It seems these days everyone has an opinion on the perks that college athletes receive mainly in the football and basketball arena. ... You don't by any stretch of the imagination see the numbers of spectators out on the college greens as you do in the bleachers of a football or basketball game. ... College athletes also create revenue for the coaches. ... We have to have an understanding about the politics of college sports. ...

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Last November the college removed two players from its football team and suspended 11 others from the team, about 14 percent of the roster, after an investigation by the college and the local District Attorney's office revealed that the players had bet on college and professional sporting events (Haworth, 1997). ... The college athletic scene is a huge market. Colleges profit greatly off big-time college sports. ... The college is gambling on who is going to be the best, but in reality the college can not lose. ... College athletes should benefit what the college is pulling in. ...

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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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Author of "College Sports and the Myth of Amateurism"," Allen Sack, writes on his own experiences as a scholarship football player at the University of Norte Dame. "Not receiving additional payments for my performance on the football field showed me that education was the real reason I was in college and that we are not professionals, because the majority of us are not going on to play at the professional level " (Sack). ... " She calculated the bill for a Division I football team traveling from the east coast to Los Angeles. ... In the 2007 football season a total for all of the NCAA team...

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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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Title IX and Its Effect on Men's College Swimming College sports are very important to not only the athletes who participate in the sports but also to the schools themselves. ... College sports also boost the school spirit of colleges. ... Many college athletes participate in college athletics with a greater goal in mind, whether it is playing their chosen sport professionally or training to achieve a spot on the Olympic team. ... There are three basic parts of Title IX in regards to college sports. ... These sports include boxing, wrestling, football, rugby, ice hockey, and baske...

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Some of these senior girls were thought to be successful candidates for college scholarships. ... If the media thinks that hazing is bad, they should report a story about a high school football camp. ... Seniors are first in the cafeteria line in college, hence the origin of the word seniority. "At the pro level, rookies are sometimes required to sing their college's fight song. At Hofstra University, the senior football players get to dress in the locker room that has a television. ...

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The percentage of student-athletes receiving job offers right out of college is much higher than the average student. ... This is causing the respect aspect of playing college athletics to be falling tremendously. ... One example was of a football player named Devon Ramsey. ... College athletics is the second most important income of a University. ... He acted against the NCAA and fought for the rights of college athletes. ...

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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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In order to prohibit all forms of gambling on the college level the NCAA made the bylaw 10.3. ... The answer is college campuses and illegal bookies. ... .org, "A study by the University of Cincinnati of 648 Division I intercollegiate men's basketball and football respondents indicated that 25.5% had gambled money on other college sporting events, 3.7% had gambled money on a game in which they had played, and that 0.5% received money from a gambler for not playing well in a game." This proves that student-athletes definitely do bet on college sports. ... "More than 700 gambling sites...

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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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Overall, a collegiate athlete has many more different pressures and requirements than the normal college student. ... Many college athletes come from middle to lower income families, which cannot always afford to send them money. ... I remember hearing about a football player who did not even own a shirt and tie to wear to his team's athletic banquet. ... People should consider these issues before condemning college athletes. ... In this case, the athlete is now responsible for paying tuition and all the other expenses of college. ...

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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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Thad Williamson wrote the article, "Bad As They Wanna Be," about the ever increasing greed of college basketball and football teams and programs. ... Having seen most of the changes that have taken place in college athletics in the past four decades. Williamson believes that there is vast corruption amongst the college staff and administration. ... This is great as the urges us to take action about the current financial state of college sports. ... Some of his figures are equally as startling, such as the number of college athletes that ever end up graduating from their respective college...

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The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) outlawed steroid use in all college sports in 1973. ... Anabolic steroid use was first detected in professional football in the early 1960's. It was then that the National Football 3 League (NFL) initiated its first bans against steroid use (Yesalis 40). ...

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