Collegiate Student Athletes

While high school student-athletes invest a lot of time and energy into their sport, the collegiate lifestyle brings a new level of difficulty that many incoming freshmen can find intimidating and overwhelming at first. In addition to being under more pressure to perform on a larger, more competitive stage in

Should Student-Athletes Get Paid Wilson Hinds Professor Dorothy Valentine, Strayer University 5 December 2012 Abstract For many students, the college experience is measured by the success of their NCAA-sanctioned athletic programs. Without the experience and athletic performance the student athlete brings, most colleges would not reap the benefit of these significant revenue-generating activities.

The competitive athletics programs of member institutions are designed to be a vital part of the educational system. A basic purpose of this Association is to maintain intercollegiate athletics as an integral part of the educational program and the athlete as an integral part of the student body and, by so doing, retain a clear line of demarcation between intercollegiate athletics and professional sports (NCAA, 2011).

The NCAA has relied heavily on the age-old characterization of college athletes as “amateurs” who are first and foremost “student-athletes” (Sanderson and Siegfried). Because they are considered students and

Ridpath, B. D., Gurney, G., & Snyder, E. (2015). ARTICLE: NCAA Academic Fraud Cases and Historical Consistency: A Comparative Content Analysis. Retrieved from http://www.lexisnexis.com/lnacui2api/auth/checkbrowser.do?ipcounter=1&cookieState=0&rand=0.752715828617655&bhcp=1 This article has a focus on specific cases of academic fraud, NCAA bylaws, and motivations of athletes to violate regulations regarding academics. This reading, as well as the

You are the athletic director of a budding high school. Currently there is a six and a half foot junior with incredible athletic ability, earning national recognition. Weekly you are receiving phone calls from newspaper and television reporters, as well as fielding questions from college coaches and community

Being a college student-athlete is a full-time job, bouncing between the weight room, the court/field, classes, and film sessions. College athletics are extracurricular activities, but the schedules of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) tournaments require an extended period in which the student-athletes must miss school. Not only do they miss class, but they are absent for nationally televised games that make a lot of money and receive millions of viewers.

Branch stated "We are imposing amateurism on these students". I think this is very important because it makes it clear what is really going on in the world of collegiate athletics. Athletes are not given a choice, they are told what to do and how to do it; with no option to object. Before some rules came into play really talented athletes went straight to the professional level without going to college. Now athletes have to go to college for at least one year or so depending on the sport they play. This in turn helps bring in the millions of dollars for the schools. So why can't the athletes that make this all possible receive some form of compensation?

As we all know, it is every high school athletes dream to go forth and play at the college level, or perhaps even the professional level. There are over 48.9 million students enrolled in public schools in grades pre-k through 12th grade, and another 5.3 million students enrolled in private schools. Of those in public schools alone are 14.8 million high school students in grades 9th through 12th. (nces.ed.gov) Among those high schools are 7.7 million athletes competing not just for victory, but for scholarships as well. (bangordailynews.com)

The NCAA has wide-ranging rules and regulations covering all aspects of collegiate athletic activities for member schools. Aside from student-athletes being medically qualified (by a physician) to participate in athletics, the organization has academic standards that must be met by all Division I student–athletes. The NCAA has two categories of student academic classification: (1) qualifiers (students who may receive athletic scholarships, practice with their teams, and participate in intercollegiate athletic competition during their freshman year), and (2) non–qualifiers (students who may not practice, participate in intercollegiate athletics, wear school uniforms, or receive athletic scholarships during freshman year).

Throughout the history of college sports, athletes have been viewed as “student-athletes.” However, in the last two decades, universities have placed an emphasis on athletes and the sports they play, rather than their education and well-being. School has not been coming first, and this has caused a struggle for athletes to become eligible to make grades. For example, the University of North Carolina had paper classes where the football players would get credits, but did not need to show up for class; they only had to complete one paper and most got A’s or B’s.

This article takes a look into how to change the perception of college athletics by making universities realign their athletic department to the university’s mission of academics. Gordon Gee is spearheading this reform throughout the NCAA and started this by moving Vanderbilt’s athletic department into their Division of Student Life department. This is just one of the ways he believes universities can reform their athletic department. Many believe that athletes take easy classes in order to keep their GPA up so they remain eligible for their sports , which in some cases are true as mentioned in $chooled: The price of College Sports (2013) a documentary that looked into the world of college sports. They discussed that some students were taking

Athletics and academics go hand-in-hand when it comes to college athletes, after all, the NCAA (National College Athletic Association) states that the players are students first, and athletes second. Because they are student-athletes, obtaining their degree and furthering their education should come first and foremost; above how many games they

The United States is without a doubt a sports culture. We just finished a Sunday dedicated to football also known as Super bowl and now we are about to partake a month of March Madness in basketball. One thing that is shown by the athletes is definitely competitiveness. Some athletes motto seem to be eat, breath and compete. No matter the event/ task some just have that competitive streak in them in everything they do. Due to competitive disposition, student athletes are more motivated in academic endeavors

It is at this point that a dangerous situation can develop – one where a player is a student-athlete first semester, in order to maintain their eligibility, and simply an athlete after Christmas. The second half of their freshman year is the athletic equivalent of a presidential lame duck. The way the eligibility requirements are currently structured, students can easily blow off class and never suffer the consequences, while their schools are left with a lower APR score because their superstar left in less than stellar academic standing. Certainly not all athletes can be lumped into the same category, but there is no denying the opportunity is