... for them to have a free education, but people fail to realize that these athletes have devoted their lives to their sports so they have earned their rights to a free education. The NCAA has created a rule that restricts the athletes from making outside money because it will be considered as a violation of ... 2002 the University of Alabama was charged with public infractions. In other words, they were charged with paying the athletes under the table. The NCAA charged the University previously in 1995, but this time they were finally said that, "the violations involved the provision or of...

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Buckle up. I'm about to propose something so earth shattering, you may just drop, throw, or break whatever medium on which you're reading this. College athletes deserve to get paid. Wait? What? Yea, that's right - young adults who are enrolled in a university, while playing a sport for said university, should be paid. Wait a second, aren't there scholarships, grants, and loans for college athletes? Yes, there are. Doesn't that money include room and board, food, tuition, and books? Yes, it does. Isn't that amount of money enough to live on? Yes, it probably is. If these are the questions runni...

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... It also reaches alumni. People are more likely to get behind a winner than a loser is. What would be lost by unlinking big time sports with Colleges? College sports gives something for the students, faculty, community, etc., to rally around. It provides a sense of pride for where you are and allows everybody ... likely it would be the Cobbers even if they didn't like the sport. A sense of pride can only benefit the college. As I said before, sports also attracts future students (enrollment), alumni may donate if they are happy with what they see. If a team were to do well, for example m...

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... , a Las Vegas businessman, wanted to start a clothing line, and he wanted the Florida State Seminole football players to wear and endorse his merchandise. Of course, it is against NCAA sanctions and regulations to accept gifts with eligibility remaining. Bey broke these sanctions by giving some of the Seminole football players free airplane tickets, hotel accomodations, and clothing to endorse ... . Like Garnett, many college football players also need money, thus, they enter the professional draft before they should. Some people like, Dr. Clarence Shields and Dr. Donald Stevenson, sports...

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... course, the prestige that goes with each of these (The Capital Times by Rob Zaleski). There are many reasons why college sports remains in serious disarray. Is the NCAA in control? Not by a long shot. In the last decade, the almighty dollar has reigned even more supreme, as ... violence, drugs, and outright corruption, as well as the excessive expenditures for teams, facilities, and coaches.(The Capital Times by Rob Zaleski). Big sports Division I athletes typically receive up to four years of tuition, room, and board. Many universities allow athletes (especially in football and basketbal...

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... Calipari Head Coach of the Kentucky Wildcats Men's basketball team who made 5.5 million dollars last season. The NCAA should come up with a payment system for these players whether it's a monthly/yearly payment plan these players deserve a salary. College players have many responsibilities outside of sports such as their all important education. It is big task to try and juggle both education and ... a lot due to this and therefore making the idea that college sports are "amateur" completely false. To reinforce this idea since the NCAA's main focus is the amount of money that it brings ...

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... , reforms should be made in order to straighten out the priorities of these institutions. Even though Americans have a love for college sports, they are becoming more aware of the negative aspects of athletic programs across the nation. Many of these programs in the United States ... growing problem. In May 2002, The Chattanooga Times ran a story entitled, "New test for athletics. Reform movements want drastic changes in college sports." There are several grassroots movements throughout the country that want drastic changes to take place in college athletics. Linda Bensel-Meyers, an Engli...

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... , 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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... , 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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... athletes never graduate from college. Recently, college athletes are even pushing for a bill to pass that would grant them money just to play college sports. Would this not take away from our time-honored traditions? Do college athletes not receive enough extra-funding already? While it is an accomplishment ... on campus jobs. Usually, these jobs have minimum labor and very good pay. So why would these students need to be paid for playing their sports? Most college students who have a part-time job usually work to pay living expenses. Athletic scholars already have their expenses paid f...

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... 14,000 investigations concerning student-athletes and coaches. There have been accusations of coaches doing players homework, paying off teachers, and buying their players expensive merchandise. NCAA sports are starting to become a professional business. Coach's salaries are higher than the president and any other faculty member of the university. The public looks at college ... athletes and says that they"ll end up leaving college for professional sports anyway. But a statistic that a college student-athlete has going for them is their graduation rate. The past decade has produced more...

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... 14,000 investigations concerning student-athletes and coaches. There have been accusations of coaches doing players homework, paying off teachers, and buying their players expensive merchandise. NCAA sports are starting to become a professional business. Coach's salaries are higher than the president and any other faculty member of the university. The public looks at college ... athletes and says that they"ll end up leaving college for professional sports anyway. But a statistic that a college student-athlete has going for them is their graduation rate. The past decade has produced more...

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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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... how many people feel that athletes should not be paid for their ability, there are just as many people whom feel they should. In the Sports Press, Ben Sylvan states reasons why people think a student athlete should be compensated. Some of those reasons include; people feel that often times ... already being fairly compensated. The athletes complain about not getting enough money for sports, but what they do not realize is that they are getting so much more out of the sport than just the money. The NCAA establishes rules and regulations for universities and students to follow, and one of ...

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