... to enticing future talent, and more potential dollars to the "winning" school. "By the 1980s, intercollegiate basketball was one of the favorite sports in the nation. The rapid growth of the National Basketball Association (NBA) led to an increased interest in intercollegiate basketball game and many NBA stars were recruited from college.   The NBA grappled with the challenges of youthful talent and ... recently set an age limit that stopped players from joining a professional basketball team as soon as they left high school." ("NCAA NAIA ... Basketball") The National Football League ...

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... debate across the nation. Each year, millions of dollars are produced from college sports, and especially in sports such as basketball or football. Those who support paying college athletes, point out the millions of dollars of revenue created through football and basketball alone, questioning the logic behind completely withholding these revenues from the athletes who are largely responsible for generating them. While ... or NBA (dickey 2). The point is we've gotten away from what collegiate sports is all about. It is not minor leagues or places for athletes to make money playing a gam...

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... the substantial salaries professional athletes do (estimates show as high as ninety percent of student athletes never participate professionally). To substantiate this point follow the path of the Arkansas men's basketball team. During the 1994 through 1997 seasons not a single player completed their graduation requirements, and thusly, none of them received a college degree. The team's roster consisted of thirteen players whom ... were all attending the university on fully paid sports scholarship. In 1997 the team won the collegiate sports highest award, the Division One Basketball Tou...

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... . These advantages, become disadvantages because these athletes are not becoming educated, which is the sole purpose behind these institutions. Therefore, special treatments towards college athletes are unacceptable. When 6-foot-9-inch basketball star Kevin Ross played for Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, he didn't even know the score (Charen 420). Literally he wasn't able to interpret the score of the ... game, all he knew was whether his team was winning or losing. This is an example of how college athletes are neglected their basic education. They are so focused on their ... ...

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