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Should Scholarship Athletes Work?


Should college athletes on full ride scholarships be able to hold a job
during the school year? Well up until Monday, January 12, 1997, full
scholarship athletes were forbidden to hold jobs during the school year. For
the last five years this has been a very controversial issue in the National
Collegiate Athletic Association, known as the NCAA. Imagine being from a poor
family and going to college on a full-ride scholarship for basketball. Under
the old legislation, that player is not allowed to work or receive money from
the school. In turn the player cannot afford to even travel home over the
holidays to be with his family. Athletes should be able to hold a job during
the school year in order to get the valuable experience of working and make
enough money to cover living expenses and traveling costs.
Under the new legislation, which was passed at the NCAA Convention,
Division I athletes on full scholarship will be allowed to earn enough......

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