Creighton Case Study In College

Do student athletes make the most of their opportunity to obtain a post-secondary education? Do they have the same academic success as those students that are not athletes? Are student athletes just “dumb jocks?” The answers to these questions might surprise you. Much research has been done to dispel the myth that athletes going to college are only there to play sports with little regard to their education. Programs have been created to assure that colleges and universities hold athletes to the same standards as the everyday student. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has decided that the “magic number” to put the “student” back into “student-athlete” is 925 (Hamilton).

In his article “The Shame of College Sports,” Taylor Branch (2011) describes how universities are focused on advancing and receiving money from major athletics and having star athletes, but how the universities are not caring for the “student athlete.” The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has made college sports into an unmerited business. However, as years progress more athletes are getting smart and are taking the NCAA to court. The more students that challenges the rules by the NCAA and take them to court, the secrets and undermining values of the NCAA come out and the closer the NCAA comes to an end.

In 1995, several years after he stepped down as the NCAA’s executive director of 36 years, Walter Byers published Unsportsmanlike Conduct: Exploiting College Athletes. The title didn’t belie the book’s content. Among Byers’ confessions was the deception he sought in coining the well-worn phrase “student-athlete” to describe college athletes.

Every year, thousands of student athletes across the world sign the NCAA’s 08-3A Form, also called the “Student-Athlete” form, which waives their right to receive money for the use of their name and image. Like many of us in this class, these college athletes devote their time to their academics while spending additional hours with training and practices throughout the day and receive no stipend in return. This 08-3A form defines college athletes as amateurs, who cannot receive payment for playing their desired sport. While their schools and coaches may make millions of dollars in salaries and endorsement deals and are the highest-paid public employees in many states due to their performances in their desired sport, these “amateurs” can never

The price for college is a huge sacrifice that many families end up taking for their child. For athletes, many receive scholarships or are granted money to attend college, but the sacrifice they have to deal with is much larger than money itself. However, many of these athletes’ superiors argue that it's their choice to sacrifice their bodies, and that they’re just student athletes they don’t deserve to be paid. The people who end up stating these claims are the people who end up making millions off of them and who pay their coaches millions in return. Of course they’re college athletes, but college sports have never fell from the public eye and are just as popular as professional sports, and just as profitable. The problem with college sports

Collegiate athletics is a multibillion dollar business. Competition across basketball, football, and other popular sports generate just as much money as they do excitement and entertainment to sports fans and the casual viewer. The driving force behind this behemoth are the athletes that don the uniform of the competing universities. These athletes, the most of which are black, dedicated time synonymous to working a full time job on top of being student in order to serve this money machine. What is so damning about this system then? The truth is that the student-athletes do not see a penny of the millions they earn for their schools. On top of that, they are stretched beyond reasonable means in order to serve their athletic program. In return, they are compensated with scholarships to attend the college. However, what might seem like a coveted opportunity is not what it seems.

Devastated, Joe returns to his dorm room and finds a letter from the university, informing him that he no longer has his full ride scholarship and must begin paying for his own room and board. Not able to pay for the $15,000 a year to attend the University, and his parents also unable to pay, Joe drops out of school and becomes a male dancer at the day and night dance club. Now the same thing would happen if Joe simply decided to no longer play for U. of A. in order to concentrate on his studies. Where’s the problem in this? Well, according to the NCAA’s rules, no athlete may be a professional and receive payment while in college and playing college sports. But doesn’t that sound like employment to you? Wasn’t Joe just fired from his job of Basketball? Wasn’t that athletic scholarship his salary? Look at the quote at the beginning of this paragraph and marinate on that for a minute, meanwhile I’ll discuss the issue of professionalism in sports.

Robert and Amy McCormick, law professors at Michigan State University, believe that some student-athletes attend college to play sports and that due to scheduling conflicts between class and practices they do not have full choice as to what major they would like to take (Cooper, 12 – 13). “The way football and basketball players in Division I programs manage juggling sport and school, the McCormicks maintain, undermines the NCAA’s contention they are student-athletes.” (Cooper, 12-13).

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. At best, current NCAA regulations need to be revisited to ensure all avenues are addressed to enable the success of athletic students both in the classroom and on the field or court of play. As stated previously, even though students receive full and partial scholarships determined by their athletic performance, in both instances

Dr. Brené Brown, a writer, researcher, and educator was quoted as saying, “what separates privilege from entitlement is gratitude.” By focusing in on today’s society, ethics has taken a backseat to making an extra buck. While Division One Universities are making upward from seven to nine figures in revenue each year off of their athletics department, athletes on athletic scholarships are starting to get intolerant to not receiving any incentives for playing the game they love. These athletes are becoming so disheartened by the system that they are now speaking out to the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) and the NLRB (National Labor Relations Board) about how they deserve to receive cash incentives for the performance and time they devote to their athletics for the University. However, why should these athletes be entitled to additional money? They should be grateful for the privileges and opportunities they receive at the University and reap the benefits that are intangible to them. Division One athletes should not be able to receive payment in order to participate in their Universities Athletic programs.

The judge took many factors into consideration before he made his decision, and his logic was thorough and sound. To begin, the judge acknowledged Tyler Junior College’s right to establish their own rules and regulations. This acknowledgement established the fact that the institution of Tyler Junior College is not a tyrannical entity, but rather a public establishment with rights of their own. Directly after this acknowledgement, he stated that the power of institutions like Tyler Junior College has been limited in the past. Examples were given for power limitations, and the conclusion for this train of logic stated the fact that colleges had the right to classify students regarding their general appearance and behavior, but not on an unreasonable basis. Tyler Junior College’s restrictions on hair length are unreasonable because the rule in converse is, quite simply, ridiculous. No sane college would require their male students to grow their hair out to a predetermined length, so why do they require male students to cut their

The ethical dilemma of college education versus the sport is one of the issues addressed in “The Business of Amateurism”. I . The main parties that were involved in this education issues are NCAA, university and athletes.

The Seton Hall University name is well known through the northeast, leading to my interest in the institution. Its location in Newark opens doors to not only occupations there, but also in New York City, Philadelphia, D.C, and Boston among other places. Being born and raised in the Boston area, the authenticity to the city is much like Newark’s, which is appealing to those already accustomed to that setting. Academically, Seton Hall’s Law and the Global Community program is exactly the type of international law program I am looking for. The relationship that Seton Hall has with the United Nations creates exciting prospects for future interning, considering my dream has always been to work for the United Nations Security Council. The university’s

There has been amplified debate on the treatment, education, training of the college athlete. To avoid exploitation of athletes, “The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), formed in 1905, set bylaws requiring college student-athletes to be amateurs in order to be eligible for intercollegiate athletics competition” (Schneider n.p.). Intercollegiate athletics have dramatically changed over the last several decades. Currently, intercollegiate athletics generate tremendous amounts of revenue, remarkably in football and basketball. College sports in America is a

From the moment, I had stepped on Creighton’s campus for my student visit as a high school senior, I knew that I wanted to go to Creighton University. It had everything I wanted, a beautiful campus, small class sizes, and a great pre-med program. My mom could even tell that I wanted to go to Creighton, the moment I got home and started talking about my visit. However, there were two things holding me back from going to Creighton. The first reason was that I thought Creighton was not far enough away from home for me to be able to show my independence. The second and main reason was that I had a better scholarship from Rockhurst University. Being the oldest in my family, I often look out for my younger siblings and because of that I was worried