... student athletes are not the only undergraduates with gambling problems. "A study by the University of Cincinnati of 648 Division I intercollegiate men's basketball and football respondents indicated that 25.5% had gambled money on other college sporting events, 3.7% had gambled money on a game in which they had played (NCAA, 2002)."" "According to a 1999 study from the University of Michigan, nearly half of male ... lend themselves to point shaving. When compared to other team sports, e.g., football or baseball, it is much easier to manipulate the result of a basketball game in a way th...

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... need of an overhaul. Solutions are simple. Students should be paid to play the sports they were recruited for with restrictions that make the game fair for players and organizations alike. Keywords: College Sports, Labor Equity, College Athlete Pay College Athletes: Slaves to the NCAA "Every ... Collegiate Track and Field Championships. This event created more committees in the NCAA and more sports began holding national championships such as the first basketball national championship in 1939. After this, various issues arose with the start of World War II. Post season football games wer...

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