Should Scholarship Athletes Work?
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Should college athletes on full ride scholarships be able to hold a job
during the school year? Well up until Monday, January 12, 1997, full
scholarship athletes were forbidden to hold jobs during the school year. For
the last five years this has been a very controversial issue in the National
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.... cost of attending school. Athletic scholarships typically cover
room, board, books and tuition, but do not cover costs for trips home, gas,
laundry and other items. The determination of how much money covers those things
is made by each school's financial aid office; most administrators have
estimated the costs to be between $2,000 and $3,000 a year. Athletes who choose
to work, and their employers, will be required to sign an affidavit that says
the athletes have not been hired on the basis ....
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