Dual Position Research Paper

Hartnett points out that even with a scholarship many college athletes are broke while NCAA executives are making about $1 million per year (Hartnett). Coaches earn at least $100,000 per year and also receive bonuses on top of that when their team does well while their athletes receive nothing (Hartnett). I don’t see how this is fair at all and Hartnett also brings up how athletes promote and make money for their school and yet receive nothing for it (Hartnett). The NCAA executives are obviously doing well because of what the college athletes are doing for them, so I think a little extra paycheck at the end of the month wouldn’t be too much of a

The millions of dollars brought into the schools by the athletes, is given to everyone else besides the athletes. The coaches, the president of the school, and the faculty are the ones who get all of it. “It is a modern form of

When you get to the issue of budgets there is really two parts to them. The general budget which is what the school district per say pays towards coaches salaries, transportation, and event workers. Coaches salaries are normally $120,000, transportation would be $50,000, and event workers can be around $5,000 - $10,000. Then the other part of the budget is the sports income, which is money from booster clubs, participation from other schools, and admissions, and it comes to roughly $120,000. Which goes out to uniforms, the athletic trainer, equipment and our participation at other school events. (Ross)

     Instead of putting the money in the athlete’s hand, the majority of it goes to the coaches. In the past, Florida Gators coach, Steve Spurrier, signed a six-year contract for over $2.5 million a year, not including benefits. Also, the Iowa State basketball coach earned $1.1 million a year (Espn.com). A scholarship-athlete can’t receive $200 a month but his coach can get $2.5 million a year. Who is the one playing the game, the coach or the athlete? Without the players, coaches would not get paid as much as they do. Nobody goes to the college game to see the coach in action, they go to see the players. The players determine how good the coach is anyway. How well they play reflects the ability of the coach. In the NCAA the coach has complete control over the athlete due to the one-year grant-in-aid contract. “Placing the financial aid awards in the hands of the regular university financial aid committee

Everyone except the “student-athletes” have their hands in the money pot. Yet “The whole structure depends on the players’ willingness to perform what is effectively volunteer work. The NCAA President Mark Emmert grossed $1.8 million in 2013. During the season Mike Krzyzewski,The Duke University head coach makes $193,640 a week. There is no way Nick Saban (Alabama University head football coach) should make 160 times more than the average Tuscaloosa public school

Keeping the student in school wins on multiple fronts but most importantly a better educated student. So if they are getting paid it will motivate the athlete to stay in college for a longer period of

Recent studies show that the average annual salaries of college head coaches have exceed the pay of corporate executives averaging an astounding 1.64 million dollars (Brady et. al). Athletes are, however, offered an annual scholarship, but it only covers a portion of athletes living expenses. The talents and efforts of athletes are those people pay to see. College sports and the NCAA are all about business. Business is all about brand and athletes are significant to the brand of the institutions.

“They need to have some real money to walk around with that they can live off of.” Student athletes are not allowed to work much under NCAA regulations, and those who are in favor of paying them often point to that rule as a reason college athletes need money. But that reason isn’t enough for all coaches to share O’Brien’s views toward paying student athletes. Wrestling coach Russ Hellickson answered the same question: Should student athletes be paid? He came up with a very different response. “No, but they should be able to get what, say, a Presidential Scholar gets,” he said in an e-mail. “This should be an educational experience.” Presidential Scholars receive full in-state tuition, room and board, book allowances and miscellaneous expenses — a total that OSU media relations estimates to be $12,483 per year for in-state students. That is nearly $2,000 more than an in-state athlete receives, even if they are awarded a full scholarship. Most of that $2,000 falls under the category of miscellaneous expenses, something athletes do not receive money for. The extra scholarship money is to be used for “athletic tickets, book costs, bus passes; anything that students need for living,” said Amy Murray, OSU spokeswoman. Some coaches are in favor of keeping things exactly as they are, without raising scholarship levels. Softball coach Linda Kalafatis said she did not feel well

their pay. Typically athletic directors file reports on the status of each team and its successes and

“Plus the money isn't just a couple thousands, not even hundreds of thousand dollars, more like MILLIONS!” NCAA president Mark Emmert stated “Rather than push college athletics further and further from academics, we need to bring it closer.” Let's face it everyone in college is not going to have the dream job of making millions of dollars doing what they love but having the education of being able to get that job is way better than just relying on it to happen. Even if they are not Making it big time giving some money to work with is good because, money management isn’t just athletics it’s life but teaching them that make show them better ways to finance their money.

However, it is important to note that there are other costs which are not covered by the scholarship which the athlete need to provide for themselves. Most athletes spend approximately 90 hours a week studying and training. Therefore, they are bound to eat more times than the university offers. Such costs come from the athletes' pockets since they refrain from asking for upkeep money from their parents. Additionally, the prominent college athletes are expected to attend the expensive dinners set up by athletics associations. In such an event, they are required to dress in expensive suits and shoes all of which is not catered for by the NCAA (Haines, p 23). To ensure that they have a back-up financial plan, some of the students get into part-time jobs. After subjecting themselves to 90 hours a week of studying and training, they add another 10 to 15 hours of part-time employment. On the contrary, the University of Alabama football coach received a total of $5.5 million in 2013 as annual gross salary. Subsequently, the University of Texas football coach received $5.4 million (Haines, p 27). While college athletes are struggling to make their ends meet, team coaches make an enticing salary for managing the

Athletic scholarships are their compensation and a fair one at that. Some of the best colleges, public or private, have a level of education many cannot get without scholarships. Essentially athletes receive a free education and in return they represent the school in a certain sport. To add, scholarships pay for an education including meal plans, traveling, top-notch facilities, travel plans, expensive uniforms, etc. Scholarships are enough, and so is everything that comes along with it.

Many people who know me know that I am a triplet. Yes, a triplet one of two boys and one girl. Fortunately for everyone, we are not identical. Growing up we where the A-team. If one of us did not get what we wanted the other two would throw a fit, we had each other’s back. We had our own language that not even a translator could translate, if one of us caused a scene in class the other two did as well. Being one of three meant that we experienced every new experience together, without any older siblings to give us advice; we had to figure out the hardships of life for ourselves. We each teach each other through the mistakes and accomplishments we made along the way. Many think that being a triplet is cool, awesome, and above all the least bit

“To this day, after being in this business … the best day on a college campus is graduation, When I see kids I had a relationship with … graduating, you feel like you had a part in that.” David Williams, Athletic Director of Vanderbilt Athletics. Being around sports my whole life and now currently coaching a basketball team, I have encountered a few athletic directors and their supporting cast, which in a high school, it’s the principal and the administration staff. In some circumstance, especially from most coaches’ point of view, it is always about the result of the team and how good the players are. For some athletic directors, it is the same, but at the school I coach, it is also about

According to an article by Roxanne Schroeder-Arce, the head football coach of the University of Alabama, Nick Saban, earns over $7 million per year. This is over 70 times more than other teachers in universities. The author of this article claimed, “I was a high school theater teacher in Texas for several