quot;outright professional sport," it would lose its respectability as an academic institution. "Be amateur and lose athletically to those who were 'less' amateur; be outright professional and lose social esteem." The solution to this amateur-professional problem was to claim amateurism while accepting professionalism (Smith 171-172).
             When a school gives an athlete a full scholarship, they are, in essence, paying for his or her services in a "commercial entertainment venture, i.e., playing on one of the school's sports teams." If the athlete does not remain on the team for the entire season and "fails to keep his or her part of the agreement... the institution withdraws the financial package, even if the athlete continues in school as a regular student."
             At one time, all athletic scholarships applied for four years and, once awarded, they could not be withdrawn. "Under pressure from coaches who wanted greater control over their players
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