National Collegiate Athletic Association

sports. College students are financially irresponsible. Most elite College athletes get sports scholarship. Which is payment enough, No fair way to pay College. College athletic programs cannot afford to pay athletes, NCAA is a non-for-profit organization. College athletes should not be paid to complete in college athletics due to the fact that they receive adequate scholarship opportunities that pay for tuition and other living expenses. Paying college athletes would ruin college sports.…

College Athletics is a multi-billion dollar industry that has become a huge cash cow for colleges across America. Colleges use funds from sports revenue to build huge facilities and hold lavish events they otherwise couldn’t afford to hold. The American people love watching and following college sports. The National College Athletics Association (NCAA) is one of the largest companies in America. Everyone benefits, except for the athletes. The athletes work long and hard to train for their…

A commonality throughout professional football is that teams and their owners love new and enormous stadiums. In the 1950’s and the early days of professional football, stadiums were privately owned playing facilities designed to stay away from public finance (Swindell, Rosentraub, 1998, p. 11). Soon enough, with the growth in popularity of football, it became more common for teams to utilize resources of the state and local government and build publicly funded facilities (Swindell, Rosentraub,…

The fiesta of San Fermin never stops from beginning to end. At points one may look out of their hotel rooms to find people running with the bulls down the streets in preparation for later celebrations. Once everyone has woken, they will all walk down to watch the bullfights in the arena that are held on most days of the fiesta. All throughout the party there are groups of dancers running through the streets entertaining endless groups of people that are all found in the cafes and wine shops. The…

“All men are created equal” is what our country was founded on. We live in a fast-evolving era where anything is possible and anything is subject to change. As a member of society one has to learn to be accepting and adapt towards things that are different. Presently, there is a unjustifiable and secluded prejudice aimed at intersex,1 (aka. hermaphrodite) athletes. More has to be done to done to bring equality to the intersex population, because singling them out isn't a good decision. The 2016…

In any high school, most students would say they would not mind seeing an ad the local pub and grille. What real issues are there with just a poster hanging on the wall for everyone to see? Its effect would most likely be that it could maybe influence the students to go there after the big game on Friday. However, an issue that can arise if an ad maybe offends a specific social or ethnic group. The pros and the cons of having corporate sponsorship in schools can have equal weight. Therefore,…

Did you know 86 percent of college athletes are living below the poverty so that they may participate in sports, these statistics was found from the Nation College Players Association. While that on average college athletes practice for averagely around 45 hours a week almost meeting the amount of time a person can legally be working which is set at a maximum amount of 48 hours while being paid. College students have to juggle a life style of sleeping, schooling, and a sport. Meaning a regular…

For almost every high school student , a scholarship to his dream college would strike as a dream. Unfortunately , very few students receive scholarships in their school. Some point out that to receive a sports related scholarship , one must have excellent grades. Though true,college board's view one factor more than the other when deciding whether an athlete should be given a grant. Two factors are,how the athlete plays and his GPA, the factor that taken more into account is how he plays. This…

High school choral and theatre departments are suffering. High schools only help fund sports, and that is horribly unfair. These departments have to fundraise to get their money, and they use it buy microphones, props, and lights. Plus, they don't need as many like sports needing hundreds of jerseys and equipment. Choral and theatre departments need funding from their high schools. Theatre is a big part of many lives. If you take a look at the numbers, there are thousands of aspiring actors…

some of its most avid fans. UCLA Athletics must change that next season by making student tickets free. Currently, students pay at least $129 to attend men’s basketball and football games with the Den Pass. This fee, while…