Schools of higher education have strict admission standards
on the academic performance of perspective students. To even be
considered as an applicant, students must first complete the SAT
or ACT, both of which are standardized tests. The scores from
these examinations along with their high school GPA's are
averaged together and are the basis through which the student is
admitted or denied. Many schools require that a certain score be
obtained on either one of the standardized tests. Other schools
set no limitations on the score that the student recieves, but
require that all applicants take one of the tests. Everyday
students are denied access to schools of their choice because of
the stipulations set on the scores that they must receive. When
it comes to recruiting atheletes, in some cases these regulations
and standards may be overlooked or simply disregarded. Policies
regarding admittance of students are disregarded when recruiting
atheletes because they are seen as money makers for colleges.
"The players are more and more treated as a means to atheletic
success rather than as students who should be educated" (168). As
college level sports become increasingly popular among people,
such events bring publicity and popularity to the school; both of
which centers of higher education thrive on. Aside from
attracting this much needed attention, many of these sporting
events account for much if not most of the funding colleges
recieve. When teams make it to big playoff games, the school they
attend recieves hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars.
This money the school receive is then used to fund other programs
that are provided. In some cases without the funding that
atheletic sporting events recieve, tution for entering college
students may be slighlty increased. Along with this increase in
tution other programs that are offered may be subjected to an
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