Problem Identification: The Collegiate Athlete

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.

Jack Nimble was the fastest hurdler on his high school track team. In fact, he was so fast that he was able to win the state championship in New York. As a state champion, Jack was invited to compete in the national championship. However, being his first time competing in a national championship, Jack was overwhelmed with anxiety and had lost his confidence. As he practiced for the national championship, Jack was not able to focus as he ran. His coach noticed how he wasn’t able to run as fast as he normally would, as well as jump over hurdles perfectly. As the days grew closer to the Championship, Jack’s coach decided that they shouldn’t practice, instead they should have a talk to help Jack with his anxiety and help him regain his confidence.

Throughout the world of sports, it is very common for athletes to get injured or bruised up. A lot of the injuries that athletes suffer from often require surgery and intense rehab. Many kids are stuck with paying the medical bill and have no insurance to cover it. The worst part about all of this is that most college coaches end up taking away the player's scholarship because of an injury. The NCAA has its own catastrophic injury insurance, which insures individual athletes up to $20 million. But the majority don’t qualify. This example just shows that most athletes don’t have enough money to get insurance which would help them with their injury. As a result for the players not having insurance, the coaches will end up taking away their scholarship.

The term “student-athlete,” coined by Walter Byers and the National Collegiate Athletic Association, has been frequently mentioned and used in intense arguments between the NCAA and former and current students (Nocera, 1). Today’s student-athletes are expected to be students first and athletes second, but when these athletes are forced to undergo countless hours of preparation for the big lights on Saturday in order to retain their scholarships, they often must ignore their studies. These athletes do not have the time to maintain jobs and make money because of their stressful schedules. The NCAA, an organization that the federal government qualifies as non-profit, makes nearly $1 billion a year and gives absolutely none of that money to the true makers of revenue, the athletes (primarily those in Division I football and men’s basketball). The only compensation that athletes receive for their work is scholarship money, which may be deemed priceless for one’s future but is really only worth $25,000 a year. Universities, television networks, and the NCAA are ignoring that college athletics is a real business (Jackson, 1). The educational benefits do not provide these athletes with food for their tables, money for their families, or even beds to sleep in. Student-athletes are commonly forced to take benefits from alumni, fans who have money, and their own coaches, despite it being an NCAA violation. Because college sports serve as one of America’s most profitable

Portfolio 3 was a struggle because I was out of class for all of it. Even though it flowed from Portfolio 2, it still took me a while to understand what a literature review was and how to turn my prezi into one. I tried turning into a review by basically allowing a paragraph for each topic, introducing evidence/research and then explaining it. I think there might be a little bias in my review, just because a majority of my data collected was the negative side of being a collegiate athlete. After my first draft, I adjusted to add more opposition and benefits of being an athlete to show both sides. I think the review speaks to high school students, college students (athletes and non-athletes), parents, and sports professionals because they

It’s the only time of year when one shot can make or break a team’s season. It’s the only time of year when athletes can be magnified into stars or heros. Millions of eyes witness every heart-breaking upset and every game-saving buzzer beater. It’s March and it’s madness. The National College Athletics Association (NCAA) makes "$6 billion annually and $1 billion just off of the men’s basketball tournament” (USNEWS). In 2013, the Louisville Cardinals faced the Duke Blue Devils in the Mid-West Regional Championship. Louisville, the tournament’s one seed, looked to be moving on to the final four when a freak accident slowed everything. Late in the game, sophomore Kevin Ware of the Cardinals leaped to contest a 3 point shot. While everyone in

These athletes had a great idea, but first they had to earn the right to become a union. The players had to go through the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) The NLRB considered the question of whether football players on athletic scholarships at Northwestern University are employees under the National Labor Relations Act (Patterson). After 16 months of deliberation the NLRB dismissed the Northwestern players’ petition. It was dismissed because Northwestern football players were not employees under federal labor law and could not unionize because of it. (Mccann) Although Northwestern players did not succeed they still made great progress. Since they started the movement in 2013 and a lot of positive changes has come from this movement.

For any athletic program during any sporting event, a brawl breaking out between the two opposing teams could be considered an undesirable situation. During a game between the Florida International University Golden Panthers and the Miami Hurricanes, that very thing happened and severe punishments were handed down by both programs to those involved. On October 14, 2016, a game between these two “cross town rivals” took place, and there was trash talk and penalties throughout the game. All of these penalties and trash talk led to a brawl that took place after a touchdown catch by running back James Bryant. According to Susan Miller Degnan, Barry Jackson, and Michelle Kaufman of the Miami Herald, “after Bryant ran inside the pylon for the score,

On October 25th a message was sent to the Varsity Football Team regarding the necessity to retake their team photos and it was scheduled for October 30th. My sons asked if I could attend so I could take some extra pictures for them, especially since this was Alexander's last year with the high school. I was both crestfallen and enraged yesterday when only thirteen players, including my two, and one manager who showed up for the picture. None of the coaches were present for the picture either! I have enclosed both a copy of the picture as well as the initial request for pictures at the bottom of this email for your review.

Athletes today are exhausted, enfeebled, and broke. They are at the peak of their career performing before countless fans, yet what are a large portion of them receiving in return? Only a few players go ahead to profit from contending professionally in their sport and most athletes don't seek after a career in their major. This is on account of they are frequently grouped into majors that won't enable them to prevail in life, rather the major makes it simpler for them to concentrate on their individual sport. According to ljworld about Baylor’s football team: “51 percent of players major in general studies, compared with just 1 percent of all other undergraduates.”. Understudy athletes ought to be paid in view of the requesting way of

Individually managed alumni engagement and impact measurement projects through background research, work-plans, budgets, M&E, and internal

College athletics and the athletes themselves have become a focus for researchers to conduct studies observing health behaviors. Health behavior studies from these athletes range from alcohol abuse, anxiety, eating disorders, and lack of sleep. As a collegiate athlete commitment to athletics and academics is very important, but may also be a dwelling situation. Dr. Shelley Armstrong and Dr. Jody Oomen-Early, authors of, Social Connectedness, Self-Esteem, and Depression Symptomatology Among Collegiate Athletes Versus Nonathletes, compared collegiate athletes and nonathletes in search for any significant differences in social connectedness, self-esteem, and depression (Armstrong & Oomen-Early 2009).

It has been identified that through sports psychology one can improve their physical ability and performance. Sports psychology is the study of how the mind, mental states and behaviour effect sporting performance. There are several sport psychology techniques, which have helped me become a better volleyball player. These techniques include planning for performance, controlling arousal levels, mental rehearsal and concentration.

Within the investigation launch by NCAA it identified that student-athletes had received more than $27,000 in financial benefits associated with their athletic positions from outside agents. This agents created an environment of preferential treatment where student-athletes would be offered future employment or endorsement agreements. To secure these future agreements with athletics these outside agencies had supplied at no cost trips, jewelry, cash and other gifts from financial and agency advisors. The student-athletes involved within the scandal were aware they were in violation of NCAA regulation and institutional policy when the accepted these gifts. It was reported that number of the student-athletes involved had repaid the cost of the

​Lincoln Sports is considering introducing a new cleat. They want ensure the outcome of the project on whether they should accept the project or reject it. They are using the expected net present value E(NPV) to make the decision. We use E(NPV) as a guideline, if it is positive then we can accept the project , but on the other hand if it is negative then we must reject the project.