Of the three hundred plus colleges and universities that compete under National Collegiate Athletic Association sanctions, only twenty two schools brought in revenue in 2010. ... If the football team gets paid, why not the tennis team or the volleyball team? ... What about the rowing team and female athletes? ... The recruiting process would be no more because it would result in one dominant conference for each sport and about two handfuls of dominant teams. ... Kids in America will grow up wanting to join the football team regardless of talent, because they know they can get some type of mone...

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Athletes are given their fair share benefits as being apart of a team, which could include food, clothes, or even receiving financial help through athletic scholarships, etc. ... Through years of hard work and dedication, we have developed an emotion of achievement after winning and proudly representing our team and community. ... He brought up the topic of social mobility and how a lot of athletes are from lower class levels and do not have extra money to be spending for food, clothes, etc. ... This topic brought light to the subject of where is the line drawn for athletes in terms of the ben...

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Today I still go there after I am done working with the track team– they have great food and the people working there are really nice! ... " This inspirational group of men was said to have brought in easily about 30 to 40 million dollars to the university. ... 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. ... But that's when I am hit with the question," isn't that a little bias seeing that the football team is the ...

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