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In 1910, an association called the NCAA, or the National Collegiate Athletic Association was founded. The NCAA is an association dealing with college athletes. It “regulates athletes of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations, and individuals,” according to Wikipedia. College athletics have been around for a long time, over a hundred years. That’s crazy to think. But the people who make these athletics possible is the athletes themselves. Without them, the college athletics would be…

You are a very hardworking and determined college athlete, but you come from a poor family. You were born in East St. Louis. The crime rate there is unimaginable and there is hardly any opportunity, but you were lucky enough to get a scholarship from the Ohio State University. You get a full ride scholarship that covers rooming and education. You finally get on campus and you realize that you don't have enough money to get food for yourself. You go to bed hungry but you can't do anything about…

Amateur Imagine being able to go to college for free and be able to play the sport you enjoy the most. This is the life of many college athletes. They get free rides in college, and they get to play their favorite sport as well. The National Collegiate Athletic Association, or NCAA, has kept the athletic events amateur since the beginning of college sports. Now, athletes are demanding that they get paid for their college services. Student athletes already get advantages in school, colleges…

Should college football players get paid? Many people do not know college football players don’t get paid, they spend 44.8 hours a week on their sports with less class time and no time for a job. College players have been wanting a cut of the money because the lack of time for a job. Being a college football player is s fulltime job. College football players should get paid because some college kids are poor and is an unsafe job that can have a long term consequences it is a multimillion dollar…

Today the National Football League (NFL) is a multi-billion-dollar enterprise, but little did you know its origins as the American Professional Football Association were a whole lot more humble. Its birth really originated in an Ohio auto dealership, some teams in the cities such as Decatur and Munchie and the crowning of a champion four months after the last snap was taken. 14 men huddled inside the Jordan and Hupmobile automobile showroom in downtown Canton, Ohio, on the night of September 17,…

This year the 2017-2018 season has been a great, but intense year for the University of Arizona’s men’s basketball team. At the beginning of the year, one of the assistant coaches was found guilty for taking bribes from a recruit, so that the recruit could play at the University of Arizona’s basketball team. Later on towards the end of the season, the team was suspected bribing a five star recruit to play for the team. The five star recruit was the seven foot one center from Hillcrest Prep…

The Controversy Over Paying College Athletes In a Times cover story, Sean Gregory in referring to Johnny Manziel asks, “How much longer can everyone else make money from college athletes like Manziel while the athletes themselves see their cash compensation capped—at $0?” Manziel, a Texas A&M quarterback, had been suspended for the first half of the season opener because he had signed his autograph for some fans. Although he did not personally accept money for his autograph, it was obvious…

Apparently, basketball is not the only thing Michael Jordon does well. For the second year in a row, he has been named to Forbes' "World Billionaires" list. With an estimated net wealth of $1.14 billion, Jordon jumped 200 spots from 2015 to be listed as the 1,577th richest man in the word. While many would want to attribute his wealth to his ownership of the NBA's Charlotte Hornets, the reality is that only $500 millions is derived from his 90% stake in the team. That leaves over a billion…

Finance Due to the lack of student attendance, the amount of funding from sponsorships has been negatively affected with average annual donations at only $60,000. As a nonprofit organization, Western Athletics relies on sponsors and donors; an unreliable and unpredictable source of money. As a result, Morton has budgeted $10,000 towards advertising events to boost student attendance with the goal of securing a price increase of $7 per student from sponsors. Although Morton wishes to use the…

College basketball vs. pro basketball It is surprising that college basketball teams do not even play half as much as pro basketball teams in one season. In a regular season, NCAA basketball teams play about 30 games, compared to the pros that play 82 games a season. Although they get to play this many games, they still sometimes get play in playoff games and championship games at the end of the season. In college, they have an end of the season tournament to get to the final four in a one…