These amateur athletes don't have an incentive to stay in college and finish their respective degrees, since many cannot afford to pay for the rising cost for the college experience. ... The report concluded that about 86 percent of college athletes live below the poverty line and the average out of pocket expenses for each full scholarship athlete was approximately $3,222 per year during the 2010-11 school year. ... Within that same study, "Duke basketball players were valued at $1,025,656 while [the players were] living just $732 above the poverty line and a scholarship shortfall ...

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For example, My Walden portal illustrates the Foundations for Doctoral Business Administration Studies course began October 29, 2012, and finishes December 23, 2012, and a student assignment due on week six, day five is due Friday, December 7, 2012. ... All e-mail correspondence must contain in the subject line course number-XX-Your Name (XX is the section number) followed by a brief description of the subject (Walden University, 2012, p. 8). For example, a student's email would have a subject line of 8005-12-Clemons. ...

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Online banking apps are convenient and also available anytime from your smartphone--you can check your balance by receiving text messages or an email instead of waiting in line at your bank. ... When I was teenager and I wanted to watch my favorite television show instead of completing my homework, my parents would tell me to finish my homework unless I wanted to grow up working inside a kitchen, washing dishes and working 70 hours a week. ...

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The typical college athlete wakes up at the crack of dawn, has an individual training session, goes to class until 3 to 4 pm, followed by a team practice session, mandatory study hall, and then finishes homework or studies for a test. ... Instead of getting what they're worth, the players receive athletic scholarships that don't cover the full cost of attending school, leaving many of them living below the poverty line, says the report, "The Price of Poverty in Big Time College Sport" (Huffington Post, 2011). ...

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Should college athletes be paid? This is a question filled with a lot of debate and controversy. Most of the quarrel comes from the other side that argues athletes are already paid enough with their scholarships. A pessimistic type of person would say, "Well how come an athlete just can't go get a ...

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