In 2014, the NCAA set a record high of a $989 Million in net-revenue. ... Bush was paid by boosters to attend USC, which went against NCAA rules. ... They want to know how the NCAA could make it a fair system. Would the NCAA only pay Division 1 Schools? ... A third reason that athletes should be compensated is the effect that playing sports can have on a person's body.There are inherent risks in playing contact sports, especially for no pay. ...

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Many colleges are lowering their academic standards in order to recruit new athletes and to maintain their previous athletes eligible to play for the various sports that their schools offer. ... An internal committee has found at least 12 violations of National Collegiate Athletic Association rules at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; who's trustees were publicly rebuked for their sports policies on last month by the state's governor (Lederman 412). There were 12 NCAA violations found in these two colleges alone, and these are not the only colleges that are not p...

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At first I did not know who the professor of the class was supposed to be, but when I saw Kevin Fite was teaching it, I knew I would learn a lot because of his experience as a successful administrator with the NCAA and the University of Houston. ... I would like to learn some more fundamental knowledge of administrative practices of sports at the high school, collegiate and professional sport levels. I want to be able to identify and implement managerial strategies utilized with sports programs, analyze and discuss philosophies and issues involved in the management of sports programs, acquai...

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He goes on to talk about how he witnessed and endured some of the struggles in dealing with the severe rules of the NCAA. ... For example, in 2010, "Duke basketball players were valued at nearly a million dollars while the players were living just $732 above the poverty line and a scholarship shortfall of $1,995" ("The Price of Poverty in Big Time College Sports"). ... NCAA prides itself on all student-athletes are students first and athletes second, however, it seems that more popular athletes leave early for the pros. ... The truth is that many college athletes are alre...

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Since the beginning of college sports, athletes have not been financially rewarded for their efforts. ... The money that colleges and universities acquire from ticket sales alone, exceed that of many professional sports leagues in the United States. ... Although bribes, cash and gift of this sort are prohibited, by NCAA rules colleges sometimes resort to these measures to persuade top performing athletes to stay. ... Even though some say that the scholarships are enough, paying players would cut out the illegal contact between recruiters, agents, boosters, and players, and eliminate an already...

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