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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If you are serious about entering the sports agent field, you should enroll at a four-year college or university that has a sports management/administration (Sports Agent 1). ... The average salaries for professional athletes in 2001 were about 1.2 million in the National Football League, 4.2 million dollars in the National Basketball Association, 2.3 million dollars in Major League Baseball and about 1.5 million in the National Hockey League (Wuest 511). ... When I asked him where he attended college he proudly proclaimed, "The Ohio State University". ...

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The thoughts of college athletic scholarships and pro contracts make the stakes higher (R.Wolff "Let's" 1). ... Under Nicol's coaching, Yorktown became one of the nation's elite lacrosse programs and sent tons of athletes to play in college. ... She claimed that her chances for a college scholarship were ruined because the pitching technique is an illegal motion. ... Deion Sanders, football and baseball professional, was an all-state basketball player in high school. ...

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