... the way athletic scholarships do (par. 5). Despite their obvious advantages, college athletic programs have problems. First, not all athletes "or all programs "are valued equally. On many campuses money, equipment, and facilities have traditionally been allotted to football and basketball at the expense of less visible sports such as swimming, tennis, and field hockey. Men's ... college athletic programs are under considerable pressure to institute reforms. The problems associated with athletic scholarships are numerous and complex, but they have less to do with the scholarships themsel...

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... they attend, yet there are negative effects if payment to athletes occurs. People whether they are students or fulltime employees expect recognition of their services through some form of compensation. College athletes are no different than full time employees as they provide a service to their respected institutions. Athletes endure long hours of practice and criticism from their bosses or in ... . Athletes bring in millions of dollars and feel they should be compensated for more than just tuition. Football and basketball are two major sports that result millions of dollars being direct...

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... internationally renowned sport. Every four years, the World Cup is watched by literally billions all over the world, beating out the United States professional football's Superbowl by a large amount. In fact, it is estimated that 1.7 billion television viewers watched the World Cup final between France and Brazil ... the commercials some people love to see during their sporting events, the main point is that television coverage is the heart of American sports. College basketball lives for a game scheduled on CBS or ESPN (highly recruited high school players are more likely to go to a tea...

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... was is measured by an item concerning whether the respondents ever phycially harmed or injured other persons outside sport. Sexual assault on college campauses has received increasing public attention especially involving athletes. Several serrveys have found that a disproportionate number of admitted asquaintance rapes on ... pattern of behavior with roots firmly planted in the very structure and culture of sport. The members of football, lacrosse, hockey. And basketball teams have been among those college men most likely to be accused of participation in gang rape(Bohmer&Parrot,1993)...

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DRUG TESTING IN SPORTS There has been a dramatic reduction in drug use among college athletes who are subject to mandatory drug testing. Why, then, are so many people opposed to drug testing? Many athletes ... , officials, politicians, and experts "participate. While much attention was being focused on drug abuse by Olympic athletes, in recent years drug abuse among college athletes has received a greater share of attention. In colleges many sports medicine physicians become increasingly involved in the drug abuse issue. They are called upon ... to deter the use of performance enhancing drug...

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... look." She also said that after she finished competing in the Olympics that colleges offered the best boy swimmers scholarships to continue their career in college, but for her there was nothing. She knew that to get a good job that paid decently that she had to further her education just as ... a man would, but she would not receive money from a college for her outstanding swimming, she had to pay for it herself. She said that it felt almost as if all her hard work in the pool ... women seems to persistently continue. Women's teams do not receive attention that even comes close to compa...

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