College Athletes: A Case Study

With college basketball and football originating in the 1800’s, the game has had much time to adapt. Over the years, the sports have become more and more popular, gaining a bigger fan base, which has resulted in substantial profits from the sale of merchandise representing the teams and players. There is one thing that has not changed; all of the athletes are still not being paid. The National Collegiate Athletic Association, or NCAA, is an organization that regulates most aspects of

Thesis: College athletes deserve be paid because they invest a lot of time, work and take significant risks but do not receive enough of the money they generate for the NCAA and schools.

A recent survey was also published by the NCAA stating that the average football player spends 50 hours a week devoted to their football team. That’s more than a full time job!

These players have extremely hard practices, and so very intense games, and usually put in another 40 hours plus without counting practices. Their total efforts each year lead to at least 11 billion dollars each year for the collages. Each day for the men 's basketball players the average is about 5 and a half hours each day.(Peter Jacobs) Why is this business model--unpaid labor, mostly by black athletes, generating riches for white administrators--still treated. (Donald Yee) For football they usually have about 10 games and then they have playoff games if they make it around 13 games. After all you can see that these players put in a tremendous amount of time for their sport.

The student athletes at most universities can be compared to employees, yet receiving no wages (Cooper 12). Along with time in the classroom and being a full-time student, athletes are expected to spend just as much time on their respective sport. In an article “Top 10 Reasons College Athletes Should Be Paid,” Dave Anderson explains that a college athlete spends just over 43 hours a week devoted to their sport. Those hours are spent with mandatory lifting workouts, conditioning workouts, watching film, position meetings, and practice. As I stated earlier, all this time that is spent on their sport is in addition to the time spent in the classroom with homework and studying. All of that added up well surpasses the time of the average work week at 40 hours and these athletes can quite honestly be looked at as workers for their universities.

March Madness collegiate basketball tournament, hosted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) tournament, generated “7.5 billion dollars in revenue over the past decade,” through advertising alone (Chupka, 2016). Currently, this year 's 2016 March Madness tournament is projected to make over “1 billion dollars” (Chupka, 2016). The NCAA is counting the cash, lots of it,” stated financial analyst Kevin Chupka. Does this solicit the view that the NCAA is a money-hungry organization? Through extensive research as a group, we will be collectively addressing the intrinsically paternalistic view that the NCAA has portrayed to all athletes and spectators alike. We will be focusing on the origin of the organization, motivation for implementation, specific divisional separation, financial asset allocation analysis, and the social stratification of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

College athletics assume a large role in the entertainment industry of America. Each week, millions of people tune in to watch their favorite team, buy tickets to go to the games, or spend money on university athletic merchandise to show their pride. The NCAA and universities benefit enormously from college sports. The top 10 total revenues generated by universities were all well over the $100,000,000 mark in 2012 (“College Finances 2012”). The University of Texas tops the list with $163,295,115 total revenue from athletics (“College Finances 2012”). Last football season, Texas A&M University quarterback Johnny Manziel won the Heisman Trophy. As the first freshman to ever win the trophy, he propagated over 1.8 million media impressions which translated to $37 million of media exposure (Cook). The University’s licensing revenue jumped 23% this past year due to the success of one player (Cook). The NCAA itself generated $871,600,000 in revenue from the championship games (“College Finances 2012”). All of this revenue is impossible without the student-athletes. The NCAA is strict on making sure that athletes should be treated no different from any other student (Blias). However, the athletes are involved in a heavily commercialized multi-billion dollar industry. As amateurs, athletes remain restricted solely to scholarships as the only form

As winter comes to an end and spring approaches, so does the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) March Madness frenzy. Since it's inception in 1939 this tournament has gained increased popularity among gamblers and fans alike to become the second most popular tournament in the US after American football's Super Bowl. Every year the madness begins the second week of March and ends the first week of April. Millions of fans across the states eagerly watch as 68 teams race to win college basketball’s biggest prize. This paper will look closely at two of NCAA Division I teams, the Oklahoma University (OU) Sooners men’s, and the Texas Longhorns (TL) women’s programs. It will first break down the tournament revenue brought in to the

The revenue of college football and basketball programs make more than the NBA does yearly, making around 6 billion in revenue yearly. After all of that money that these colleges and teams are making, these athletes do not see a penny of that revenue. The coaches on the other hand do see a lot of that money. In 2015, the Alabama Crimson Tide made around 143.3 million dollars in just one season alone. The coach alone made 7 million dollars, but the athletes did not get any of that money. March Madness, the biggest college basketball tournament around the United States, makes 770 million dollars in 3 weeks due to TV rights

Salaries for 8-5 individuals are based on approximately 40 hours a week. A division one NCAA college football player dedicates more than 40 hours a week to their sport. Therefore, they are bound to receive direct financial compensations just like a full-time working American (Karaim, p 20). It is important to note that the NCAA maintains that college athletes should attend classes and participate in sports. Therefore, their 40 hours of practice acquires an additional 11 hours of classes on a weekly basis (Karaim, p 21). I go to Passaic County Community college as a full-time student and work 40 hours a week just to live life. These college athletes are doing the same thing I am doing. The college athlete needs to maneuver their schedule smoothly to ensure they do not fail to attend classes and sports' practice. College athletes skip classes to travel and go to tournaments. Spectators purchase tickets to watch games which are made up of the college athletes. It is not only decent but sensible to pay the people who are the life of the

College-athletes have to be skilled in their area and also book smart. After all they aren’t paying that much just to leave without a degree. According to a NCAA survey, Division I baseball players said they spent 40 hours on their sport, 32 on academics. In men's basketball, it was 36.8 hours on their sport vs. 33.9 hours on academics. (Wieberg)

It is true that college football players do not have time to have a well established job. Without a job the players are unable to acquire money for when they finish college. This inhibits their independence, most move in with family until they attain enough money to support themselves. Many players go to schools across the country from their families; it is expensive to fly across the country, and many athletes would use the extra money to visit their

College Sports it is a huge part of most people’s life we cheer for teams our whole lives, we grow up watching them with friends and family. People spend an outrageous amount of money on games, apparel, toys, and things of that sort; Alex Moyer writes “With annual revenues exceeding twelve billion dollars, the college sports industry is the highest-grossing sports enterprise in the United States, consistently outpacing professional leagues like the NFL and NBA.” Now most of us know that college sports make a lot of money, but we often fail to think about the people who this company is built on. I am talking about the athletes themselves they put in countless hours of work and if you think about it without

“ Louisville men's basketball player Kevin Ware's gruesome injury Sunday evening did not just mean the end of his season and, potentially, his basketball career. It also puts at risk his college education and could leave Ware and his family responsible for medical bills related to an injury that Ware sustained while helping make his university millions of dollars.” “http://www.cbsnews.com/news/kevin-ware-injury-could-put-scholarship-at-risk/BRIAN MONTOPOLI ”. The fact that the NCAA brings in hundreds of millions of dollars shows that they have the money somewhere to provide the athletes with the type of insurance they need. “ The National Collegiate Athletic Association, the largest collegiate sports organization in the United States, oversees much of the business of American college sports. For 2011-12, the NCAA reported $871.6 million in revenue-- 81 percent of which came from a broadcast rights agreement with Turner/CBS Sports. Another 11 percent came from sponsoring championships, such as the annual "March Madness" basketball tournament. The NCAA distributes roughly 60 percent of its revenues among Division I schools to help fund athletic departments and scholarships.” “http://finance.zacks.com/much-money-college-sports-generate-10346.html by Scott Morgan, Demand Media” Below is a visual representation of, “. For 2011-12, the NCAA reported $871.6 million in revenue-- 81 percent of which came from a broadcast rights agreement with Turner/CBS Sports. Another 11 percent came from sponsoring championships, such as the annual "March Madness" basketball

The collegiate athlete I have chosen for this assignment is my younger brother his currently on the track team at Oklahoma Baptist University. His ran track for many year, but the problem with this is it’s harder to make any drastic improvements. Some races he would improve by a couple tenths of a second, remain the same, or even get a slower time. Without continuous improvement I’ve noticed his self-confidence, motivation decline, and increase in anxiety when faced with equal or superior athletes. Feeling stagnant has caused him to get caught on a performance plateau. My psychological skills training program will be focused on helping him regain his self-confidence, motivation, and decrease competitive anxiety. Ways