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! ... One of the most famous instances in which a player got caught up in one of these black market scandals was former University of Southern California football player, Reggie Bush. ... 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 football team make more money than ...

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Football has grown to be an integral part of American culture. ... New Haven, Connecticut, home to Yale University was the home to the first intercollegiate football game against Columbia in 1872. ... (Parks, Quarterman 46-47) Collegiate football became a lucrative form of entertainment, revenue, and recruitment for college programs. ... ("NCAA NAIA Basketball") The National Football League (NFL) employs similar tactics as well- "Football players who have been out of high school for at least three years are eligible for the NFL draft. ... Nine football coaches will be paid $1,000,000 in 2000,...

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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. ...

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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. Whether it's a scrimmage or the last game in the Final Four college basketball series, you should be aware that those athletes aren't receiving a single dime from the col...

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Title IX pushed for equal opportunity between the sexes within the classroom in the 1970s. When Nixon finally signed the amendment into law June 23, 1972, initially it was instituted to "prohibit discrimination on basis of sex for educational programs or activities that receive funding from government." (Kwak 1) Title IX impacted universities greatly and fundamentally seemed to be great, however it took great determination of many, it faced hardships within the law and athletics became a leading problem. Title IX did not just happen over-night, it took a lot of hard work from many m...

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