SHOULD SCHOLARSHIP ATHLETES WORK?         Should college athletes on full ride scholarships be able to hold a job during the school year? Well up until Monday, January 12, 1997, full scholarship athletes were forbidden to hold jobs during the school year. For the last five years this has been a very controversial issue in the National Collegiate Athletic Association, known as the NCAA. Imagine being from a poor family and going to college on a full-ride scholarship for …showed first 75 words of 541 total…

…showed last 75 words of 541 total…of the NCAA Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. She gives a good example of why the real work experience is necessary to becoming successful. She said, 'Athletic experience, while valuable, cannot be equated with real work experience. . . . When you apply for a job, an employer says, `It's great you can run a 4:30 mile, but what work experience do you have?' ' Now full scholarship athletes will be able to get at least some real work experience.