rn a college degree. College is very expensive and can many times run young adults into a large debt once out of college. For example, USC can cost up to $25,000 a year to attend. That includes tuition, books, parking, room, and board. At the end of a 4 year term at USC, the total comes out to about $100,000. That $100,000 is excluding other living expenses such as gas, car payment, car insurance, clothing, and general spending money. Not only is that figure contained to USC but can be easily applied to Georgetown, Brigham Young and The University of North Carolina. Thats a very expensive education and not everybody has the luxury of spending that much money. Many people would take the opportunity to go to college if they could earn scholarships for sports and not pay $100,000 for four years of college. Its money well saved.Another aspect that people generally dont think about is how much money alumni contribute to their former school due to the tradition of their sports programs. If there were no athletic scholarships there would be no scouting for talented athletes, which means schools would less likely have quality players on their teams. Without headlines, such as the ones that come from sports championships, alumni have a lesser reason to financially support their former school. Many colleges need the funding from alumni to afford additional programs on campus such as grants for research, better buildings, and more resources. Not only does it pay for more funding but the alumni donations also go towards other academic scholarships and awards to deserving students. Colleges can not afford to lose that kind of funding.Athletic scholarships not only help athletes achieve their goals in reaching the professional ranks of sports, but they also give many people the opportunity to earn a better education and gives colleges more opportunity to receive additional funding to enhance the campus and its resources. The general p...
