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    How has the business model changed for college football? Is the current business model for Power 5 schools healthy for student athletes? The business model has changed drastically over the years for many college football programs. Over the years the popularity of specific programs have grown the revenue that these colleges are making. The business model change has created many more opportunities for the colleges to receive money because of the success of their teams. This business model changed has

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    I’ve grown up doing the thing I’ve been wanting to do, which is playing professional football for the NFL. I’ve been playing football since kindergarten, since then I know the game perfectly. My first year of kindergarten sparked me to be interested in football. I’ve read about that you need talent, working out, and staying in the best physical condition by training. I chose this career because I like to play football and I’ve researched career information on professional sports salary, work environment

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    On June 26, 2012, the college football world was shocked to hear the news of a new four team playoff system coming to college football in the 2014-15 season. It wasn’t like it came out of nowhere, though. There had been mumblings of a playoff for a few years, but nothing had ever happened to put it in place. The BCS System was going to be taken out of the game of football. This caused outrage in the world of college football. Many people believed this was a bad move, but in reality, it was the

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    4-star football recruit, is weighing his options for the future, which include choosing between attending a large state university on a football scholarship or attending an Ivy League school. It has been Jacoby’s dream to play college football at the Division I university in Texas, but he recently watched the Concussion film with his parents and started to wonder if the cost of health risks would be worth playing college football would be beneficial in the long run. While numerous college coaches

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    What comes to mind when you think of a college football player? They were the best one their team in high school. They are headed toward the National Football League. They must have worked really hard in high school to be where they are. High school football is easy, because if you are good then you have so much more fun playing the game. In high school, there is homecoming, powderpuff, and senior night that gives everyone something to remember. College football there’s about one hundred players that

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    “The College Football Playoff will generate more than $7 billion from ESPN over a 12-year contract. Baskeball’s March Madness will bring in nearly $11 billion from CBS Sports and Turner Broadcasting over a 14-year TV and Web deal. Merchandising and Licensing revenue reportedly exceeds $4 billion a year” (Yee). All this money is made, yet none of it is given to the ones who are making it. The coaches and other staff members make tons of money, but the athletic departments usually end up losing money

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    Should college football players get paid. Yes they should,i'm saying this because they work just as hard to get to get to college as pro's did to get where they're at. Also college football is more interesting to watch than pro ball. First These college players has the same amount of people come to watch them just like pro's. To me they try harder in college because they want to make it to the pros to get paid like them. We all know when playing football injuries will be involved as well

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    Paying College Football Players College football is one of the most watched sports on television in America. The NCAA brings in a yearly $814 million dollars but the amazing thing is that the players get none of that (Gerencer). Colleges are using athletes’ names and jersey numbers to get revenue while the athlete gets nothing. Some would say that these athletes are now called professionals if they start getting paid. However, it doesn’t seem fair that athletes are risking their lives and bodies

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    dream of playing college football. They’re both members of the Central High Trojans. And lately their dream is in danger, because Mike has taken some serious hits. A head injury is affecting his performance on the field and it might mean he’ll have serious health problems. The coach brought a doctor in to do concussion tests on all the players. Kyle figures out a way to cheat the football programs new concussion test, he decides he’s protecting Mike’s chances of playing college ball. But then a week

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    Which conference is the best college football conference? By: Colin Carnes Newton County Theme School 8th Grade Sociology Curry-Miller Verification Page I verify that I, Colin James Carnes, researched this topic and typed as my father, Rod Carnes helped me to research. My mother, Wendi Carnes, helped me to edit this paper by choosing a variation of words and phrases that will not cause me to become repetitive. We did this together. “I verify that this paper was typed by me, Colin Carnes”

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