... enough salary for student's athlete in the article "Paying College Athletes: Point/. Counterpoint". For some student the only way to college is through sports, because they come from low-income families. Thus, scholarship is a unique opportunity for some young people. I come from Poland, where family ... low-income families, and their talent benefits their schools as much as it benefits the athletes. Thus, the NCAA should pay participating students for their involvement into academic sports. Moreover, student athletics gain many profits from their talents already; USC's full scholarship ...

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... to decide if the kids who put in their hearts and souls into their sport should not get paid? The NCAA has banned college players from receiving extra benefits from anybody. Recently though the NCAA has begun to re-think their decision on this subject, with players and college getting caught all the time ... for giving and receiving extra benefits the NCAA are starting to think about reforming their laws. It is detrimental to both the school's name and the player's for being caught for ... coach will react in a game they watch it to see their team, their players in action. So there is m...

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... Title IX coverage, it will receive authorization to continue to spend more than it brings in, further worsening unfairness in women's sports and resulting in more men's teams being dropped. People might think that if a school chooses to field a football team that ... football. Under Title IX the NCAA currently gives many women's teams three times the scholarships available to men's teams in the equivalent sports. If they were to exclude football and distribute scholarships equally to men and women's comparable sports, success in collegiate athletics would ... not suffer. Many will argue...

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... state or federal laws that existed to discriminate against women became invalid after the amendment. Men and women should have the same opportunities in treatment. These opportunities include jobs, education, sports, etc. I believe it is extremely important and necessary for men and women to have equal rights. Although the Equal Rights Amendment of 1972 has helped, the problem has not diminished ... can truly be equal between them. It can be said however, that women do have more equal rights in our society than before. For example, there are NCAA laws for women sports. Title IX is an NC...

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Women have started to break social and political barricades by playing sports that previously were played mostly by males. Ice hockey is played by both sexes but there are several differences in each game with the bylaws as well as origin. Although ... , women are gradually making an impact. USA Hockey has recently set up a system to make the youth hockey age divisions the same for both boys and girls. The NCAA has also set up a system to help enhance women's ice hockey. The NCAA has required Division One programs to install a women's program and house its own rink on campus. There are 49 reg...

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... Olympics in Athens where he won eight medals, including six gold and two bronze. For the next four years, from 2004 through 2008, Michael attended the University of Michigan, where NCAA rules against endorsements meant he could not compete on the collegiate level, but where he swam for the Wolverine Swim Club, a private club affiliated with the university. Between 2004 and ... nearly every race he entered, winning 17 World Championship races and breaking seven world records. In August of 2008, Michael Phelps became the most decorated Olympian in the history of U.S. sports when he won ei...

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