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when we look at the exploitation in college sports as well.
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We see how the N. C. Double A. March Madness
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has been successfully doing so for years and making top dollar in doing so.
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$8.3 billion 2019.
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How much went to the players?
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No
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that's because they are not allowed to make money
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while they're in school playing sports.
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On top of this, they must sign a contract stating that they hold no benefit
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to there
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sports abilities to the benefits they may achieve from doing so and any
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kind of funds that they could possibly gain while playing during the N.
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C double A. S. March Madness,
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they hold all
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successful revenues.
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The N. C double A does
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also when we look at
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professional soccer plane
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at a college level
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elite pay to play academies
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have special programs
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that bring in underscore undiscovered ideal soccer players
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and start training them to see if they can make the cut.
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This is an absolutely normal thing that happens whether they go to low
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income neighborhoods or even in south America to recruit and bring over players
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after they watched their skills for almost a semester.
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They decide whether or not to keep them or to release them.
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This can be detrimental
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to a student
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on any level
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practices of micro level racial stereotyping by coaches leaks and organizations
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can manifest themselves
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in all various levels.
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This also reveals a larger racial and class assumptions and stereotypes
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in operation
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at all levels of sports.
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We need to address these issues
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and help support our youth, not have to live out this
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ideal
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structure of benefiting off of their sports,
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no matter what,
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let's break down these barriers so that all can participate at equal levels.