Athletic Scholarship Debate
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Submitted by sarahpoirier on 06/30/2008 05:21 PM
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Athletic Scholarship Debate
The Athletic Scholarship Debate
This year, 1,800 athletes have made their way to U.S. schools on National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) scholarships, some worth as much as $50,000 a year. (Macleans Magazine) Many do for one simple reason, the CIAU forbids granting athletic scholarships to students with an average below 80% and at that, they only receive about $1,500 per year. Many U.S. scholarships offer top-notch coaching and state of the art training and competition facilities. Many argue that the talent of the CIAU is much less then that of the NCAA for that reason, which makes perfect sense considering that U.S. recruits can offer so much more to top-notch Canadian athletes, then recruits for Canadians universities can. There have been many heated debates regarding the status of athletic scholarships to Canadian universities over the past few years and no conclusion has been reached. Many feel that keeping the best athletes in Canada will improve competition and make for more exciting games, and more exciting games will make for higher gate receipts and, eventually, generous alumni donations. (Deacon, Macleans Magazine) However, not everyone agrees with this, mainly in Ontario. They argue that athletic scholarships can too often lead to recruiting violations, phoney grade scores and other afflictions that have sometimes plagued U.S. programs. They also say that graduations rates among student athletes in the states is as low as 30% as opposed to 90% at most Canadians schools. (Deacon Macleans Magazine) Either way, they both have their ups and downs but it is safe to say that the majority of Canadian athletes that go to the U.S. on scholarships are given false or misleading promises and they are unaware of the downsides of the scholarship when accepting it. This is true regarding the issues of taxes on scholarships, the pulling of scholarships, and quality of education in the U.S.. It can be seen that the athletic scholarship debate, regarding...
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