College football is the most profitable of all the college sports, but most people do not understand what real "profit" is. The top 25 college football programs, based on football expenses and revenue, on average create about 25 million dollars in revenue per year. ... Overall, there are 127 D1 football programs, over 160 D2 programs, and almost 200 D3 programs in the United States. Outside of the top 25 D1 football programs, few schools would be able to pay so many student athletes the money that division 1 schools can offer. ...

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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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"They came out with that the average football player is worth the amount of $120,000 for their big-time college and 265,000 for the average basketball player. ... 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. When I finally comprehended what the statement meant I came to the opinion that big time colleges, where football is the main sport, is where the athletes should be paid. But that's when I am hit with the question," isn'...

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College sports like football and basketball hold a huge segment of the entertainment industry making those two particular sport seasons year round. ... With so much pressure to succeed, big sport programs like Duke basketball, Florida football, and Notre Dame football need top recruits to maintain or raise the standard of play to which they hold themselves. ... The price for advertising on television during the championship bowl game for college football is second only to the mother of all advertising platforms, the Super Bowl. ...

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Many coaches earn at least $1 million per year to coach one of the major sports like baseball, basketball, or football at a school. ... "Last year, the NCAA Division I football championship was played on a Monday night. That same year, the national football championship game required Florida State football players to miss the first couple days of spring classes" (Forbes, 2014). ... Seventeen college football coaches and seven college basketball coaches make more than $3 million a year. ... The first was the year that Boston College quarterback Doug Flutie won the Heisman Trophy a...

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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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New concepts and old teachers do not mix, or do they? This has been one of the main arguments in the discussion of tenure. Tenure is the guarantee of a position in an institution given to educator that meets certain requirements depending on the institute. Education will always be a problem; there a...

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Day after day, week after week, year after year, division I athletes have been putting their heart and soul into a sport. All their hard work for the love of the game has lead them to a University where they can showcase their skills and talent. At the division I level, it is a business where athlet...

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College Athletes Everybody has seen or heard about a collegiate athlete getting in trouble for stealing, cheating, or even taking something from alumni. There is much controversy these days about how athletes should be disciplined for doing these things. Some people think they should be treated ...

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