There are a lot of athletes that are living very close to the poverty line because they are unable to receive anything in the study “The Price of Poverty in Big Time College Sport” it states that “Duke basketball players were valued at $1,025,656 while living just $732 above the poverty line and had a $3,624 scholarship shortfall” (The Price of Poverty in Big Time College Sport). A lot of athletes do not come from money so when they come to play for these universities that are out of state and away from home they are stuck with surviving off whatever the scholarship allows them to have and depending on what type of scholarship they are on it might not be enough. It is not easy for the athletes to get a job when they have such a busy schedule as a student athlete there is no time for them to travel around the country for games and still have a job and do well in
There are a lot of athletes that are living very close to the poverty line because they are unable to receive anything in the study “The Price of Poverty in Big Time College Sport” it states that “Duke basketball players were valued at $1,025,656 while living just $732 above the poverty line and had a $3,624 scholarship shortfall” (The Price of Poverty in Big Time College Sport). A lot of athletes do not come from money so when they come to play for these universities that are out of state and away from home they are stuck with surviving off whatever the scholarship allows them to have and depending on what type of scholarship they are on it might not be enough. It is not easy for the athletes to get a job when they have such a busy schedule as a student athlete there is no time for them to travel around the country for games and still have a job and do well in