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College Scandals Like Steroids: Should We Care?

Jon Kerr | Posted 10.24.2011

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Jon Kerr

Are we desensitized to the scandals? Are the salacious storylines as much a part of our consumption of sport as when we ask how our team will replace seven starters on defense?

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Should College Athletes Get Paid For Play?

Posted 08.21.2011

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University of Colorado football player Ryan Miller says after his rent and utility bills are paid for the month, he has about $200 of his scholarship ...

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Showtime Offers Voyeuristic Programming

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 06.05.2011

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Jackie K. Cooper

Showtime now offers two sexy, shocking series for their viewers. Coming back for its final season is Secret Diary of a Call Girl, and starting its run...

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Ex-Auburn Football Players Admit To Getting Paid

AP | JOHN ZENOR | Posted 05.30.2011

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Auburn will investigate claims by four former football players, who told HBO's "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel" they received...

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Why the Buckeyes Should Boycott the 2011 Allstate Sugar Bowl

Dexter Rogers | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dexter Rogers

Collegiate athletes lay it on the line for the name on the front of the jersey rather than the one on the back. Perhaps the time has come for the athletes to worry more about themselves.

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Pay for Play - Conservatives Busted Again

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dave Johnson

How much of what we see on TV, hear on the radio and read in newspapers or online as "conservative" or "centrist" opinion is actually paid for by corporate interests?

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Why the Fairness Argument on Pay for Play Isn't a Fair Argument

Myles Brand | Posted 05.25.2011

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Myles Brand

For student-athletes, playing sports is not a profession; everyone else in college sports is making a living from the enterprise.

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Why The Capitalism Argument on Pay for Play Doesn't Work

Myles Brand | Posted 05.25.2011

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Myles Brand

All but 20 Division I schools subsidize their teams because athletics doesn't generate enough to cover expenses; adding a budget line for salaries would undoubtedly mean cutting sports.

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