College sports

proposes that a man or woman who participates in sports as an extracurricular activity is still required to perform in the classroom. They are students first and athletes second. Yet the actions portrayed send a different message. “Speaking as a football player for Ohio State 65-70 percent of my time was taken because of football and it showed,” Lee said. “I wasn’t going to give up sleep just to do homework.” During the month of March college teams compete in their own conference tournament and

Should College Athletes get paid to play College Sports? In Miami in 2011, 73 Miami Hurricane football players were hit with a booster scandal. These athletes blackmailed their boosters to get cars, money, vacations, and many other items. (A list of the… )The boosters had to comply with these players’ demands because a boosters job to try and keep the players happy so they don't transfer to another school. But, they are student athletes, which means they are students first. These kids also need

Drinking on college campuses has become a huge problem. For example, in the 10th century only old people used to drink, but now students drink more than their parents. Students see their parents drinking, so they may think that drinking has no effect on health that anyone can drink so why can’t the students drink? Therefore, college students have been drinking alcohol since the 14th century. Barrett Seaman’s article “How Bingeing Became the New College Sport,” appearing in TIME magazine on August

Tragedy of Commercialism in College Sports Over the past 25 years, ESPN has become the master when it comes to marketing college basketball. They're the professionals of this amateur game. Earlier this spring ESPN and its spinoffs ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN Classic aired a record 97 conference tournament men's basketball games over an eight day period, including 16 games broadcast from 10 different locations on March 12 (Hiestand). For fans of the sport ESPN has become a college hoops haven. CBS may garner

totally rule out trying to play sports in college they need to consider the similarity and differences between high school and college sports. As young children, most high school athletes started out dreaming about being a sports star and making it into the professional. If these dreams are given up because college sports seem out of reach or too difficult, they will never know where they could have ended up. College sports can seem like a big step from high school sports but in the end they have many

Are college athletics becoming the new face of professional sport leagues? What is the value of going to college when you have a $24-million-dollar contract on the table to go play for the Yankees, Celtics, or the Broncos? Is there any person that would give the opportunity, experience, or money to go play for a college on a scholarship? Because that amount of money is so insignificant, it will not pay for his/her whole tuition and have a chance at a career ending injury in result. These are the

Abstract:  Collegiate athletes participating in the two revenue sports (football, men's basketball) sacrifice their time, education, and risk physical harm for their respected programs. The players are controlled by a governing body (NCAA) that dictates when they can show up to work, and when they cannot show up for work. They are restricted from making any substantial financial gains outside of their sports arena. These athletes receive no compensation for their efforts, while others prosper from

Gender Equity in College Sports “Gender Equality In College Sports?” An on going issue facing education today is the growing controversial topic of gender equality in sports participation and it’s so call quota for achieving equality. The most notable action that has taken place as women continue to strive towards equality in the athletic realm is what is known as, Title IX. The basic ideas underlying Title IX are that “if an institution sponsors an athletics program, it must provide equal

Should College Sports be Supported? Across this great nation it is tradition to some to gather on Saturdays to witness the best football games in the world. I’m not talking about professional, I’m talking about the tremendous game of college football. The thrill of men playing for the love of the game instead of the paycheck is an exuberant sight. Yet, even though I speak so greatly about it some say it is just a distraction to students. While college sports might take attention away from learning

athletics systems in many large colleges are no longer beneficial to student-athletes or the academic premise the schools were founded under and are in need of intensive restructuring. Ernest Boyer, former president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching said, "I believe that the college sports system is one of the most corrupting and destructive influences on higher education" (1999). In fact, it is widely acknowledged that there is corruption by many college coaches in the areas of