Quality College Football vs. Quality College Education
What is more important college football or college education? There are more than 230 college football teams in the United States and 67,887 college football players according to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Only 1.7 percent of the players gets drafted or plays professionally. But the bigger question and concern are we allowing student athlete to excel on the field but produce sub-standard performances in the classroom? Have we as a society placed more importance on the Athletic Department than the Academic Department?
Student Athletes are not held to the same standards of general body students. A report published by the American Association of University Professors …show more content…
Student fees at universities in the United States as double over the past decade. According to the College Tuition Compare Blog in 2003 the average in-state tuition rate was 8,159 dollars and today in-state tuition averages is close to 12,476 dollars a year. Faced with smaller budgets, universities have responded by cutting both staff and course. Reducing the number the number of full-time instructors and increasing class sizes. In the same report published by the American Association of University Professors course offering have declined by as much as 21 percent over the course of the academic year. This information suggests that universities are serving fewer students and providing fewer services. Theses budget restrictions have made it increasingly difficult for universities to meet their mission, therefore, many students are not obtaining the education and skills they need to …show more content…
The Texas Longhorns are the highest grossing football university in the country earning $139 million dollars in 2013 almost 20 percent more than any other team in the country according to Forbes. “The team’s unprecedented value is built on the back of the nation’s most dedicated fan base, which helped Texas lead all schools in merchandise and ticket sales, secure the most lucrative school – specific TV deal and become the only college football team in history to cross $100 million in revenue, which they have done for the last two seasons.” The articles states that 34.5 million dollars come from ticket sales, an increase by 2 million from the previous season and nearly 30 million from contributions, and about 15 million from NCAA distributions. Universities spend 12 times as much on each athlete as they do on their regular students. Universities know that college football is a big business and they want their share of the revenue. “six out every 10 player in the National Football League have failed to earn their college degree, even though most of these form collegiate stars attended American universities as full-time students for four or five
What is more important college football or college education? There are more than 230 college football teams in the United States and 67,887 college football players according to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Only 1.7 percent of the players gets drafted or plays professionally. But the bigger question and concern are we allowing student athlete to excel on the field but produce sub-standard performances in the classroom? Have we as a society placed more importance on the Athletic Department than the Academic Department?
Student Athletes are not held to the same standards of general body students. A report published by the American Association of University Professors …show more content…
Student fees at universities in the United States as double over the past decade. According to the College Tuition Compare Blog in 2003 the average in-state tuition rate was 8,159 dollars and today in-state tuition averages is close to 12,476 dollars a year. Faced with smaller budgets, universities have responded by cutting both staff and course. Reducing the number the number of full-time instructors and increasing class sizes. In the same report published by the American Association of University Professors course offering have declined by as much as 21 percent over the course of the academic year. This information suggests that universities are serving fewer students and providing fewer services. Theses budget restrictions have made it increasingly difficult for universities to meet their mission, therefore, many students are not obtaining the education and skills they need to …show more content…
The Texas Longhorns are the highest grossing football university in the country earning $139 million dollars in 2013 almost 20 percent more than any other team in the country according to Forbes. “The team’s unprecedented value is built on the back of the nation’s most dedicated fan base, which helped Texas lead all schools in merchandise and ticket sales, secure the most lucrative school – specific TV deal and become the only college football team in history to cross $100 million in revenue, which they have done for the last two seasons.” The articles states that 34.5 million dollars come from ticket sales, an increase by 2 million from the previous season and nearly 30 million from contributions, and about 15 million from NCAA distributions. Universities spend 12 times as much on each athlete as they do on their regular students. Universities know that college football is a big business and they want their share of the revenue. “six out every 10 player in the National Football League have failed to earn their college degree, even though most of these form collegiate stars attended American universities as full-time students for four or five