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With debate on whether or not to compensate the college athletes in monetary terms due to the students’ sports talents help their various colleges to receive awards both rewards and cash money, it is important to look at criticisms of the National Collegiate Athletic Association with regards to the association’s advertisement deals of approximately more than a billion shillings profits yet no athlete is being compensated for his or her hard work. That according to Zimbalist (2013) is because the critiques are using the very developments to argue in favour of the payment of the student athletes since the opportunity for education and exposure to earn a professional contract is enough compensation since the cost of paying the student athletes would be too high.

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

With the universities pulling in more than twelve billion dollars, the rate of growth for college athletics surpasses companies like McDonalds and Chevron (Finkel, 2013). The athletes claim they are making all the money, but do not see a dime of this revenue. The age-old notion that the collegiate athletes are amateurs and students, binds them into not being paid by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). This pay for play discussion has been talked about since the early 1900s but recently large steps are being made to actually make a change. There are many perspectives on the payment of collegiate student athletes coming from the NCAA, the athletes themselves, and the university officials.

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).

Should college student-athletes be paid has become a much debated topic. The incentive for a student-athlete to play a college sport should not be for money, but for the love of the game. It has been argued that colleges are making money and therefore the student-athlete should be compensated. When contemplating college income from sporting events and memorabilia from popular sports, such as football and basketball, it must not be forgotten that colleges do incur tremendous expense for all their sports programs. If income from sports is the driving factor to pay student-athletes, several major problems arise from such a decision. One problem is who gets a salary and the second problem is how much should they be paid. Also, if the income

Student athletes should be compensated for their craft, they are the sole reason for the athletic program’s surplus in revenue. Student athletes put in a average of 43.5 hours a week just dedicated to their sport. The amount of time they put in is more than the American average work week which consists of 40 hours. Despite the success of NCAA tournaments, athletes fail to receive any monetary compensation. The NCAA does not pay athletes because they want to maintain its amateur status and the payment would compromise the integrity of intercollegiate

For example, the coach of Indiana, tom crean, will get a bonus of 50,000 and the rival coach will get an advance of 200,000 in his team advances (Affleck)”. This shows that the schools have money to pay players but choose to pay the coaches. Even though

The magnitude of the controversy to pay college athletes has intensified over the past few years. It might be due to the prevailing economic atmosphere causing everyone, including aspiring athletes, to look for new ways to make money. It might also be due to many higher educational facilities giving the public access to their annual budget, causing outsiders to focus on the profit of specific athletic programs. However, it might also be due to the coaches’ outrageous salaries and the money that universities make from bowl games and basketball tournaments. Regardless, this has intensified the fact that athletes see none of these profits and this is what implores the simple question of “where is my portion?”

There are some people who think that if universities are making billions of dollars so easily then, they should be giving their athletes more of a financial bonus to compensate them for their individual efforts and the team’s success.

college level, the hiring of coaches is a key responsibility for athletic directors that can be subject

There is no demand to watch soccer”. But, Abe Metamoros believes other athletes should get paid. “Yes, pay the football players, but not the athletes in the non-revenue sports.” According to Ekow Yankah, it couldn’t hurt by paying these athletes more because, “The athletes in major football and men’s basketball programs are

For quite some time now there has been a great dispute about whether or not athletes at the collegiate level should receive compensation for their hard work. The proposal of payment to student athletes has begun major conversations and arguments nationwide. Some people argue that college athletes already receive compensation by not only having to pay for college tuition but the special treatment that goes along with being a collegiate athlete. While the idea of receiving a free college education for four years is something few would complain about; when examined up-close, the issue becomes more apparent that it is not enough.

The question of whether the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) should separate public and private schools into their own divisions has been a topic of discussion for years. As a product of 14 years of Catholic education, I was fortunate enough to be able to participate in athletics during my high school career. Many of the teams that we played were public school teams from small communities where athletics were almost more important than an education. Unfortunately, I have witnessed firsthand the animosity that has surfaced between public and private schools.

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

All students should support the tennis, cross country, and field hockey teams. St. Ignatius provides an abundance of sports for all types of athletes. Some athletes from tennis, cross country, and field hockey excel and become terrific athletes in college and beyond. These athletes would perform even better if there was a bigger crowd of St. Ignatius students. St. Ignatius students predominantly view the basketball and football games believing these are the only sports that are entertaining to watch. This is false because watching the other rarely watched sports can be entertaining as well. Tennis is a worldwide known sport shown on television. Tennis provides wonderful tournaments such as Wimbledon, U.S. Open, and the Australian Open. Tennis