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  <title>Money and Amateur Athletics</title>
  <description>The Ohio State University is top tier in both men’s and women’s athletics competition across many sports.&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;College sports are a $13 billion dollar industry&amp;amp;nbsp;with&amp;amp;nbsp;Ohio State&amp;amp;nbsp;2018 sports revenue bringing&amp;amp;nbsp;in more than $205 million&amp;amp;nbsp;with&amp;amp;nbsp;$110 million in revenue from football alone.&amp;amp;nbsp;Should athletes be paid? There are myriad reasons against paying athletes, not the least of which&amp;amp;nbsp;are&amp;amp;nbsp;the elimination of amateur status and the prioritization of athletics over academics. On the other hand, you have&amp;amp;nbsp;thousands of young people who sacrifice&amp;amp;nbsp;their time and bodies for what is essentially entertainment.&amp;amp;nbsp;While&amp;amp;nbsp;there is a lot of revenue in college sports,&amp;amp;nbsp;most&amp;amp;nbsp;programs aren’t profitable, begging the question of where salary money would come from&amp;amp;nbsp;and how would it be equitably paid between schools and players.&amp;amp;nbsp; Would only the biggest stars get paid?  Coming off a banner year for the football team, we welcome&amp;amp;nbsp;Gene Smith, Athletic Director, The Ohio State University.&amp;amp;nbsp;Maria Durant, Reporter, WSYX ABC 6, will interview.  </description>
  <author_name>The Columbus Metropolitan Club</author_name>
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