Athletes do not have time to work due to strenuous practice schedules. A NCAA division 1 football or basketball player has a schedule comparable to having a nine-to-five job, plus being a full time student. It is like someone

working a steady job and turning the paycheck back to his employer. There are huge amounts of revenue being brought into the universities by athletes. According to the Intercollegiate Athletics Report of 1999 Boise State made over seven million dollars on athletics alone. Despite this, some of the athletes that make the money for their schools can't even afford to buy the team sweatshirt that they are making popular.

Universities care more about a winning record than the athletes on their teams. Many colleges have a graduation rate of athletes of less than 50%. (Anderson) Schools often fire coaches unless they have great records disregarding the graduation rate of their student-athletes. The NCAA has admitted that the scholarships athletes are given are around $2,000 short of what's necessary to get by on per year. (Anderson) How are the athletes expected to be able to come up with the difference? This fact leads many to consider the option of going pro early.

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