... 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). This shows us that because he did not collect any sort of extra payment athletes can survive without ... operating in the black last year."" The only two sports that make the big money are football and basketball. Baseball, hockey, volleyball, soccer, swimming, softball, and other varsity sports play many games and travel quite a bit, but these sports do not have the large fan base the other two sports do ... Dan Cassava...

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... This is easily the biggest dilemma of all and would bring many college protests. If the football team gets paid, why not the tennis team or the volleyball team? They are athletes too, right? What about the golf players? Is the Division I all-time leading rusher or point scorer actually "more ... result in one dominant conference for each sport and about two handfuls of dominant teams. Schools are on a hierarchical scale based on how much money the athletic department has access to spend. So coaching salaries, support personnel, facilities, accommodations, and travel are varied, and the b...

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... was estimated that the University of Texas' Athletic Program had the highest revenue of any other University at $120,288,370 (How Much Revenue). Yet with this huge amount of money, no college athletes are actually compensated for their work. According to NCAA rules, "You are not eligible for participation in a sport if you have ever: Taken pay, or the promise ... school. And finally, an athlete who plays men's basketball or football for a school like Texas or Kentucky, is going to make more money than an athlete who plays men's tennis or women's volleyball at those same schools; not bec...

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