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    see every year there are the athletes that are still in college but take the chances between going professional in their sport or perhaps risking an injury that can potentially hurt there playing time in their sport. According to the article “College Vs. Pros: Should Athletes Leave School Early?” Clary gives us the pros to why athletes should leave college and go straight to their professional career as well as the pros of staying in college and receiving your degree before beginning a…

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    you ever been watching a college sporting event on television and wondered how much the schools actually gain on having these sports? Well the answer to that question really is not that much. In 2010 the average net revenue of division one college football was 3.15 million, but 43 percent of the schools in division one had an average net revenue of 2.87 million in losses (Chua). This is because the schools that play in the bowl games end up spending more to play the football games then what they…

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    College athletes already receive free tuition, free books, first pick of classes, and a personal tutor. On average, it will cost a student about $30,000 to attend a private college, and $10,000 to attend a public college. If you are a college athlete, you enter college for free. Along with free tuition, college athletes also receive the first pick of class. Colleges desire that athletes get a sterling education along with their athletic adventure. Guidance counselors allow athletes to…

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    When Americans watch a football or a basketball game they mainly focus on the score rather than the skilled athletes. While the team benefits from the goal, the scorer’s social reputation increases as well, due to it becoming a direct focal point for celebration and social approval. As they focus on the score, it makes athletes realize that they should continue to fight towards their desired goal. In other words, it teaches athletics to put their best foot forward and keep the momentum up to…

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    Ethical Dilemma In Sports

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    involved sports. I dated this girl for a while, and I go to the football games at her school, she was in band. But what I started noticing was the team never seemed to win, and I leaned that one reason was most would go out smoking weed before the game. Most of the main players in Dixies Greyhounds team hung around each other, and also smoked together which impacted the whole team. Also most of the band would meet up and hang out with the football team and smoke, mostly weed but also there…

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    Shabazz Napier, college basketball player for the University of Connecticut who is on an athletic scholarship (Sherman). While his tuition is paid, he cannot afford to eat dinner on occasion. Athletes dedicate all their time into sports and don’t have time for for the essential things like eating. They are isolated from all the regular students and only travel in groups among other athletes. Also, the students rarely see their family and friends. As Jake New states,” 52 percent of college…

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    deserve. As a cheerleading squad, we were at every football and basketball game, even the away games. We were there to show support for our fellow athletes, however when our squad was in a cheerleading competition, not one of the other athletes came in support of us. This showed the lack of respect other athletes had for our cheerleading squad. For these past 11 years I have never stopped cheering, between all star, middle school, high school, and now college I never gave up doing what I love…

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    them. People challenge the idea of how sports are safe and why athletes are admired as much as they are; however, there are many ideas on how they protect their players and engage the audience into what is going on. Although David Ewalt states that football is similar to “blood sports,” his statement is extreme because the sport’s motive is to build community and a safer environment for the athletes and spectators to enjoy. In Ewalt’s article “Bread and Circuses,” he states, “It's time to…

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    Professional Athletes

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    little better than everyone else. They were viewed as stars at a young age. Always getting preferential treatment and being told how great they were day in day out. This then transfers over as these athletes get full rides to big time schools to play college sports. Like professional sports, when collegiate athletes get in trouble with the law, it too ends up on the front page of many websites and newspapers around the country. The big question of this whole analysis is what makes many of these…

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    apparel sells, television and radio broadcast, stadium and arena parking passes, game tickets, donations and more. Not only is it unfair that the athletes are being used and don’t see a dime of the billions they are making while they are playing in college, because of the documents signed, the NCAA and universities still make money off…

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