Thursday, February 16, 2012

Scholarships

  • http://find.galegroup.com/gic/infomark.do?&source=gale&idigest=8de64512480f8c58026cd9fc2834cb47&prodId=GIC&userGroupName=hins30136&tabID=T006&docId=A199488853&type=retrieve&contentSet=IAC-Documents&version=1.0
  • people think that schools shouldn't give out as many sports scholarships and focus more on giving scholarships to those kids with the grades.
  • People think it is unfair to cut sports like cross country, track, swimming, and other sports just so that you can give scholarships to other sports
  • They say schools should stop athletic scholarships all together
  • Many people are mad that college sports have become so much about profit
  • commercialization- to emphasize the profitable aspects of, especially at the expense of quality
  •  brunt - main force or impact
  • Title IX's - Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 is the landmark legislation that bans sex discrimination in schools, whether it be in academics or athletics.
  • Many say that gender breakdown of athletes mirror the gender breakdown of the general student population.