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    Student Athletes Being Paid or Not

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    Student Athletes Being Paid or Not College athletics today are enormous compared to the size that it was many years ago, especially in the region that I live in which is SEC country, should student athletes that have contributed to this growth be compensated for their contributions or not. With many big television deals and high ticket pricing this has been a topic that has become a constant in the minds of many. This topic is beginning to gather legs and making a move to the forefront of the NCAA

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    any other products” (O’Bannon vs. NCAA, P19). Even though T3Media was not permitted to license student-athletes’ footage, it still obtained the right to this footage after acquiring student-athletes’ allowance. Therefore, the court found there was a demand exists for footage among advertisements,

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    a big football game, and you are vs a kid 5 times your size, and you go up and hit that kid, and want to knock him down, you are going to be fit. In fact, on kidshealth.org they say “When kids are active, their bodies can do the things they want and need them to do. Why? Because regular exercise provides these benefits, strong muscles and bones, weight control, decreased risk of developing type 2 diabetes better sleep, a better outlook on life.” In my own experience, when we had football practice

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    Playing basketball is something that changed my life. It made me to start trying to be healthy because I love the game. I played ever since I was in elementary school, and I knew that I was not very good. I was able to play for the 6th grade students vs teacher basketball team. There was a time in my life when I injured myself in middle school and stopped playing for a while. I guess I was good but I didn’t want to try out because I knew I wasn’t that good. Also playing basketball helped me improve

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    athletic website. The school colors (old gold and royal purple) were established in 1909, with the first sports being established in 1910 (in the form of baseball, women’s basketball, women’s tennis, and volleyball). The football team is established in 1932, with the football stadium (Ficklen Stadium) being dedicated in 1963. The basketball/volleyball facilities (Minges Coliseum)

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    you an example. In 2012, the NCAA men’s basketball March Madness tournament in, “TV ad earnings along eclipsed $1 billion” (Cheney-Rice Zak, Mic.com). Furthermore, in that very same year, “The NFL playoffs generated $976 million, while the NBA, MLB and NHL playoffs combined failed to out earn March Madness, clocking a paltry $991 million” (el at,. Rice). I believe the best business model in the world is coming to the end. It comes down to it; it’s the NCAA vs. Student Athletes. I don’t agree with the

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    for college football. Many college football athletes rely on scholarships to further their education money earned from sports post season tournaments but even more money could be earned for student athletes. Recently the college postseason system switched from a BCS bowl system to 4 team college football playoff system to prove who is the best college football team but still hasn’t resolved the issue of teams feeling left out of the chance to be the national champion for college football. People

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    Iowa State Football Essay

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    Iowa State football hasn’t been the talk of Iowa for many years. In fact, I have seen Iowa State fans getting ready Iowa State basketball in the middle of September. But 2017 has been a diamond in the rough for the Clones. They have been able to do things this season that haven’t been done in a long time for their program. To really understand how huge this season has been for Iowa State, you have to look at Iowa State football since its inception. Iowa State football has been around since

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    James Naismith the man who created basketball. As he watches his sport expand throughout the world. Then before he knows it he is coaching it. When he invented the gym he was offered the job to coach it at Kansas college. He only had 13 rules for the sport which you think is not very many, but those were the first 13 rules in basketball. As the game got more advanced he had to make more, and more rules for the game. Once the game was played everywhere it was held in the 1936 Olympics and he was the

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    Pay to Play More than 460,000 student athletes compete in the NCAA alone, many of which are D1 athletes and participate in one the major sports (NCAA). With college athletics on the rise for popularity, March Madness basketball tournament generates more than $1 billion each year in ad revenue (Green). The last audited number for revenue released by the NCAA reported was a yearly revenue of $871.6 million (NCAA). Many think with all the money floating around these athletes should be paid in some way

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