Collegiate wrestling

sponsoring corporations, the players themselves still make no money. They are in a money wind machine but locked in a straight jacket. Somehow this doesn't seem right. Throughout an athlete’s life the light at the end of the tunnel is becoming a collegiate athlete. Performing at the highest level of competition in their age group, for the top universities in the nations is what every adolescents dreams of. The ultimate is to do all of this while attending the university on a full scholarship.…

Mark Emmert alongside a female Indiana Law Professor talked to a small group of students, teachers, coaches, and adults. The conversation started with a few basic questions. The first being, “How are rules made and what is the process?” Emmert went on to talk about self-governance and how the universities themselves make their own rules and make their own decision on finances. The NCAA however, is broken down into 3 divisions and a collection of university presidents with sub-committees that…

Opened in 2013, Berckmans Place at Augusta National by invitation only is one of the most exclusive clubs at the Masters. The Masters Tournament is known to be one of the most coveted tickets in all of sporting events to try to get ahold of. Only a few are able to get passes but to get credentials to Berckmans Place is even an harder task. Costing $6,000 per ticker and boasting five all inclusive restaurants serving breakfast, lunch and dinner, four inside and one outside on the putting…

One last precedent of athletes prioritizing athletics over academics is that the reason for all of the low grades is because of college athletic departments being motivated by greed. “A culture of greed is at the roots of those pitiful graduation rates. Basketball and football programs produce the most revenue in most athletic departments, which have placed a severe strain on education priorities” (Lewis). A Thabiti Lewis explains, it’s not just the athletes’ faults that they favor athletics…

“In the high school ranks, players are just getting their feet wet in the world of boosters, gifts under the table or losing a game on purpose” (Monroe 46). Sports is definitely a game on and off the playing field or court. You have to take what you can get while the getting is good or you will be broke wondering what happened to your chance at being a star athlete (Fuller 86). Today’s athletes are pampered beyond belief and think they should be treated differently simply because they were given…

In the summer of 1965 on Bainbridge Island near Seattle, WA, three dads created what is now known as pickleball in an attempt to entertain their children. Since then, the sport has gained popularity among the US and Canada, as well as European and Asian countries, and is now growing internationally. The sport features a combination of tennis, badminton, ping-pong, and racquetball. It can be played indoors or outdoors on a Pickleball court, or on a tennis or badminton court converted into a…

Kids all around the world have heard the phrase in almost every language known to man, but is it really true? Do your parents really know what's best for you? After reading ‘How Soccer Explains the American Culture Wars’ by Franklin Foer I realized that sometimes this is not the case. From Foer’s experiences I could tell that sometimes when his parents thought they were doing something that would benefit him, they were actually harming him. They subconsciously convinced themselves that Soccer…

Sixty rights and the U.S government considering them second-rate citizens, we believe that it is right to help them. Also, Puerto Rico could benefit us, economically and politically. In Tokyo, 1961, General Douglas McCarthur said, "The Puerto Ricans forming the ranks of the gallant 65th Infantry in the battlefields of Korea are writing a brilliant record of achievement in battle and I'm proud indeed to have them in this command. I wish that we may have many more like them." Puerto Ricans have…

Former coach Bobby Knight was fired by the University president Myles Brand after 29 years of service. Knight firing came after numerous complaints about his inappropriate behavior. Knight was a legendary and famous coach at the university and had obtained a stellar basketball reputation. However, it was Knight unacceptable behavioral pattern that led to the violation of the university’s zero-tolerance policy including the verbal abuse of one the university high-ranking female administrator.…

Although some professional athletes don’t get paid a lot for what they do, some of them get overpaid for what little they do. Some athletes get paid $13.5 million dollars a year for amusement, while our president and commander chief of our country only gets paid four hundred thousand dollars a year. We all know that’s messed up. Our president does way more than these athletes for our country, and all they do is entertain us. Most athletes spend their money on ridiculous things such as, cars,…