Whether it be football, basketball, or hockey, since the 2000s, intercollegiate sports have brought in a surplus of revenue to their respective major universities and also increasing the popularity of the college. ... For example, the University of Alabama football team has the highest stipend in the nation at around $5,000. The yearly salary of the Alabama's head football coach, Nick Saban, could pay for 1,380 stipends! ... At the time, Bush didn't come from much wealth and even with a "full-ride" football scholarship, he could not cover all of his expenses. ... Would the...

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The business of college sports becomes part of the pivotal policy making decisions of the regulatory bodies who legislate college sports and ultimately its participants- athletes and coaches, especially when it comes to football and basketball. ... (Parks, Quarterman 46-47) Collegiate football became a lucrative form of entertainment, revenue, and recruitment for college programs. ... The rules do not state that a player must attend college, but virtually all of the players selected in the NFL draft played college football. ... The BCS Bowl Championship Series encompasses the major colleges fo...

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Since the beginning of college sports, athletes have not been financially rewarded for their efforts. ... College athletes should be paid an allowance for participating in college athletics. ... Many argue that participating in college athletics is similar to holding a full time job, except without the financial benefits. 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. ... Scandals like this not only risk rui...

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We see college sporting events on television and hear about college games on the radio; we even read about them in the newspaper. ... These amateur athletes have no motive to stay in college and finish their respective degrees, many cannot afford to pay for the increasingly expensive college life. In addition to the black markets and increasing college tutition, the statistics comply college athletes should get paid for playing. ... An interview was done on former college football athlete Make McDonough who was a defensive lineman for Iowa State back in 2012. ... Furthermore, the last and ar...

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" She also said that after she finished competing in the Olympics that colleges offered the best boy swimmers scholarships to continue their career in college, but for her there was nothing. She knew that to get a good job that paid decently that she had to further her education just as a man would, but she would not receive money from a college for her outstanding swimming, she had to pay for it herself. ... The OCR proposed regulations and interpretations to the colleges; also, they provided them with a set of tests and clarifications in order for colleges to gain an understanding of Ti...

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