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    developed a highly interested in the athletic opportunities in colleges. Title IX provided a standard for athletics around the world by education, health, and social aspect. Title IV purposes are to discrimination of sex, racism and provides equal opportunities and funding for athletic participation. Some critics argue that Title IX has a negative impact on sport due to possible causes of the reduction in opportunities for men to participate in collegiate athletics, however, title IX has affected on the opportunities for growth in women 's athletics, but the increase in opportunities will affect the men athletics outcome of opportunities due to cutting of programs and money issue. The women interested have gained attention to the College and university athletic departments.As Title IX allowed women to afford the tuition of universities through academic and athletic scholarships, the chances for women in college athletics has increased to 42 percent in 2000-2001 from 15 percent in 1972 (). As the Title IX has increased growth in athletics, the issue Has raised about doing Men athletic effect in losing sport interested and etc. In the studied of “What Do I Think About Title IX?” Voices From a University…

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    more research by showing the correlation between Title IX’s strengths and weaknesses to that of several other case studies and explain how those studies fuse with managerial practices that have been previously established by outside sources. Those sources or examples include but are not limited to the National Collegiate Athletic Association and its parties that encompass it, the National Federation of High School…

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    perspective. Buysse, J. A., & Wolter, S. (2013). Gender Representation in 2010 NCAA Division I Media Guides: The Battle for Equity was only Temporarily Won. Journal Of Issues In Intercollegiate Athletics, 61-21. 2. Two major themes emerge from myriad studies of media coverage of female athletes at all levels across media over the past thirty-five years of sport research. These include the idea that female athletes are underrepresented in terms of amount of coverage compared to male athletes…

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    American womanhood, fans only accepting athletes who meet the “white beauty queen” standard and athletic competition being seen as being a men’s activity. Before looking at why there is a contrast between the growth in the participation of women in athletics and the difference in popularity between women’s and men’s sports, it is useful to look at the contrast itself. The growth in women’s…

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    Athletics have been a part of colleges for over a century, but are they really worth all the time and money that they are given? It is a common myth that college athletic programs bring in tons of money for their school, but in reality, most athletic programs do not make enough money to support themselves. The main purpose of attending any school is to receive an education and become prepared for the real world. That is something often forgotten by student-athletes and schools themselves.…

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    Also I believe colleges and universities should not have to pay athletes because they are already providing them athletic scholarships and other benefits. An athlete’s scholarship is a form of salary. According to the NCAA, the average value of a full scholarship at an in-state, public school, is $18,000 a year. For an out-of-state public school the value is $25,000. This money goes towards tuition fees, room and board, required textbooks and much more. These universities are giving student…

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    For many, the concept of athletics and education seem to be a flawless pairing, a coupling that has seemed to simply be the way things were for as long as anyone can remember. In today’s society, it is so relevant, that certain colleges are immediately recognized because of their outstanding achievements in either athletics or academics, much like the way Harvard is known to be a tough, academically driven law school, whereas Pennsylvania State University is vastly well known for its football…

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    about and controversial topics within college sports since the past decade is should college NCAA athletes be compensated? While this topic has really heated up in recent years, the term education or exploitation seems to accumulate. College athletes have often been exploited for their talents rather than receiving a profitable education. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a billion dollar organization that is responsible for regulating college athletes and athletic programs…

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    Why Collegiate Athletes Should Not Be Paid The NCAA (National Collegiate Athletics Association) is a not-for profit organization, bringing in $912 million in revenue in 2015, nearly a billion dollars and has deals worth multi billion dollars with its broadcasting partners, Turner/CBS. These astronomical profits are what is leading some to call for collegiate athletes to be paid for their services for their collegiate teams in NCAA tournaments, the proponents of pay-for-play believe that players…

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    glimpse inside college walls. Journalists acted as interpreters to the customs and vocabulary of institutions. Audiences in the late 1800’s and the turn of the century became fascinated with the institution 's claims of uniqueness. Birthed from the desire to stand out the period between 1890 and 1910 saw colleges adopt institutional colors and mascots whose attributes personified its athletic teams. Often times the team 's name invoked “state and regional pride names such as The Ohio State…

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