... , and also accepting any kind of compensation for their athletic abilities because it disqualifies them from competing at the collegiate level. The NCAA has established rules and regulations for universities, and paying student athletes would result in the corruption of college sports. Though college sports is a multi-million dollar business, student athletes should not get paid because it would eliminate amateurism in college ... schools that give them a free education is insane because the value of an education is priceless. Along with the value of a collegiate education being downplay...

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... professional athlete is not a valid career goal, but it should be mentioned, again, that less than ten percent of student athletes actually make it to the professional level. The professional sports associations' needs to develop some form of discriminatory hiring practices (not racial, ethnic, gender, but preparedness based). Just as a hospital would not high a doctor without credentials or ... , because let's face it, professional athletes consider themselves employed. Every high paying employer has specific requirements for hiring their high salary-earning employees, and professional ...

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... NCAA rules that budget their time and hinder their ability to acquire and keep a paying job. Student-athletes work hard, and much of their time is absorbed by their studies and their sport. It must be difficult to lead a regular college life when one can't hold a job, are traveling to away games, and play sports ... expenses that a regular college student may subsidize with a paying job. Supporters of the initiative have long insisted that since universities and the NCAA are making billions of dollars off student athletics every year the work-horses of the industry should be rewarded. Sin...

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... Many colleges are lowering their academic standards in order to recruit new athletes and to maintain their previous athletes eligible to play for the various sports that their schools offer. Providing athletes and soon to be athletes with privileges that are not accessible to other students is corrupt and immoral. ... Athletic Association rules at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; who's trustees were publicly rebuked for their sports policies on last month by the state's governor (Lederman 412). There were 12 NCAA violations found in these two colleges alone, and thes...

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... the professor of the class was supposed to be, but when I saw Kevin Fite was teaching it, I knew I would learn a lot because of his experience as a successful administrator with the NCAA and the University of Houston. After accomplishing my Sport Administration degree from the University of Houston, I would like to pursue a career in coaching at any level. My father was a coach ... to learn from the experiences that Kevin Fite has encountered in his years of practice as an administrator. I would like to learn some more fundamental knowledge of administrative practices of sports at the h...

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