Nearly 20 million Americans attend college every year. Yet the harsh reality of our current economic climate now means that a college degree is no longer a guarantee of employment. While a four-year degree is still a fundamentally helpful asset in the job market, the amount of time and money needed to pay back student loans has left many questioning whether going to college is worth the financial sacrifice
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Employment
Naturally, the two sides to this argument bicker, though a member of one side hardly ever convinces a supporter of the other. Those who support the status quo say it’s impossible to discuss such a topic with people who obviously don’t see the inherent beauty in college sports and that these kids are supposed to be students first, athletes second. Meanwhile, those who want a major overhaul in college sports would say, “It’s difficult to fight nostalgia, even when it’s stacked up against facts”…
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It’s Time to Start Paying NCAA Players
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College Degrees – Worth the Student Loans?
Pride Cometh Before The Fall: The NCAA vs. Ed O’Bannon
O’Bannon is positively giddy with excitement and with good reason: he has just led the UCLA Bruins Men’s Basketball team to a championship in 1995 – the first in twenty years. Yet the lasting memory of O’Bannon in the minds of college basketball fans may prove to be quite different. For there is a very chance that history will remember him not as the man who helped make the NCAA, but the one who helped bring it crumbling down…
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Double-Dipping Debate Heats Up
Politically speaking, banning double-dipping should be a no brainer for any politician who counts themselves as a proponent of government. After all, an elected official cashing two paychecks for the same job epitomizes government waste. But politicos attempting to legislate a ban against double-dipping are finding it difficult to change the culture…
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Rooting for Royce White: Mental Illness and Professional Sport
Royce White ends up developing into one heck of a basketball player. He’s so good in fact that the Houston Rockets select him with the 16th pick in the 2012 NBA Draft. They’re aware he’s got his share of issues, the least of which is his fear of running. There’s anxiety for starters. He doesn’t like to travel by plane. We’ll work it out though, they tell him…
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