Van Reid's List: Essay-1

"Morris: Pay-to-play not the way
NCAA athletes will not be paid to compete, if group's president has a say"

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"The disbursement of athletic scholarships at Ohio State is a rigorous task for the head coach of any team.

The NCAA sets the number of scholarships allowed for the various men's and women's athletic teams, and from there the disbursement of funds is left up to the coaches.

"The NCAA puts limitations on the amount of scholarships given to the various sports," said Andy Geiger, athletic director at OSU.

The money for athletic scholarships is raised through repeat business, ticket sales and various other ways through the Athletic Department, Geiger said. The Athletic Department pays the university in cash for athletic scholarships and is self-supporting. "

"Scholarships are payment enough in college sports

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In fact scholarship athletes at big-time colleges graduate a higher percentage (64 percent) than the general student population (63 percent

"The Bowl Championship Series will distribute more than $174 million from its five bowl games, an increase of 22 percent over what was paid out last year, and a slightly higher percentage this year is going to the Big Six Conferences, according to Michael Smith of SportsBusiness Journal.

Of the $174.07 million that the BCS will distribute, 83.4 percent of that money will go to the automatic qualifier conferences ¬ the ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-10 and SEC. Those six leagues will share $145.2 million. "