For The Love Of Money (Conclusion)
The real deal about college sports
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POSTED: Jun 21, 2010
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“Got to have it, I really need it
How many things have I heard you
say”
-- The O’Jays, “For the Love of Money”
1973,
Philadelphia
International Records.
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-- If a coach, A.D., or president violates any NCAA regulations they should be suspended for a year. Then that said coach, A.D., or president would have to re-apply to to the NCAA's excutive board.
-- If a school violates NCAA rules and regulations three times within a 25-year period, the school shall receive the death penalty.
-- Sports agents may not contact any student athlete without the permission of the school, coaches, and parents. If they do this, they will be suspended for a year.
-- Boosters and alumni shall have no contact with student-athletes during the season.
-- Universities and colleges shall pay student athletes a
stipend for the complete four years of enrolment. Students must comply
with passing grades all four years to receive stipends.
-- End the 19-year-old age limit and one year mandatory college enrollment
program designed by the NBA and the
NCAA before entering a professional career.
-- Allow student-athletes to transfer when a coach leaves or
is fired from a four-year program. The student-athlete should not be
penalized by sitting out one year of eligibility after transferring.
-- Parents of athletes, children under the age of 16, the disabled,
senior citizens, and fellow college students should pay $10 or under for
tickets to any university sporting event.
One last issue on this massive problem.
45 percent of
African American professional athletes end up broke after their short
professional careers are over. This is tragic and reveals the problem of
a broken educational system.
The system has forgotten how to teach
athletes the management of money.
The athlete has not taken the
iniciative to understand how to manage his/her money. The question
remains who is responsiable the educational institution, the parents, or
the player?
It is now offical, college sports are no longer a game, but big
business and all FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY.
“People! Don't let
money, don't let money change you,
it will keep on changing, ya,
changing up your mind.”
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