In many cases, scholarship athletes are treated differently than academic scholarship recipients. There are unnecessary National Collegiate Athletic Association rules that restrict and even punish scholarship athletes. Embarrassed when one of its nonsensical rules was challenged in court by sophomore running back Darnell Autry of Northwestern, the sorry-you-can't-do-that specialist on Overland Park, Kansas rounded up enough members of their Administrative Review Panel (ARP) to over turn the original ruling and grant a waiver to Autry that allows him to accept a bit part in a feature film called The Eighteenth Angel (McCallum, 1996

The lack of money for the players will many times entice them to fall into illegal activities. One of the illegal activities they might fall into is gambling. Boston College has announced a range of punishments for 21 students who allegedly placed or handled illegal bets on sporting events (Haworth, 1997). In November the college removed two players from its football team and suspended 11 others from the team-about 14 percent of the roster-after an investigation by the college and the local District Attorney's office showed that the players had bet on college and professional sporting events (Haworth, 1997). Some of the athletes that were caught gambling were even betting against there own team. This shows the desperation these players feel if they are betting against their own team.

Not only are athletes not getting paid for their sport but they are not even allowed to take other jobs. They are not even allowed to take jobs in the college library or the local McDonalds (Economist, 1996). Violate the rules and the price is expulsion (Economist, 1996). Some might think that the athletes payment is the scholarship, but this can be taken away. They run for one year at a time; break a leg or gain fifty pounds over the summer, and the scholarship can be revoked-no matter how good the athlete is in class (Economist, 1996). The college is gambling on who is going to be the best, but in reality the college can not lose. They give only the top athletes scholarships in hopes that these are going to be the stars and bring them money, but if the college realizes that a player is not worth scholarship money it is taken away. What is a player supposed to do if he isn't allowed to play his sport and his money for school is taken away? If colleges really care about the education of big-sport athletes they should keep the halls open to athletes after the pro dream evaporates (Easterbrook, 1998).

Another illegal activity that athletes fall into is accepting gifts from sporting agents. This can have a huge effect on the team and on the player's future. The National Collegiate Athletic Association has demanded that the university of Connecticut return $90,000 that it received after its men's basketball team reached the semifinals of the 1996 championship tournament (Naughton, 1997). Two of the team's players had accepted gifts from a sporting agent and were therefore ineligible to compete, according to the N.C.A.A. (Naughton, 1997). The agent doesn't care if the athlete gets caught. If he gets caught, the athlete is no longer eligible to play in college so his only option is to play professional sports. This works out nicely for the agent since he can not be paid if the player is in college. This is why the agent will give athletes gifts. Marcus Camby, whose dealings with sports agents led to that penalty, said he would make a donation to the university in the same amount (Naughton, 1996). Mr. Ca

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