Student Athlete Pros

Secondly, there is a major difference between professional sports and college sports. “Students are not professional athletes who are paid salaries and incentives for a career in sports. They are students receiving access to a college education through their participation in sports...student athletes are amateurs who choose to participate in intercollegiate athletics as part of their educational experience, thus maintaining a distinction between student athletes who participate in the collegiate model and professional athletes who are also students” (Mitchell). The collegiate athletes’ incentive is the access to an outstanding education. College athletes playing a college sport is not a career or a profession. “The NCAA plays a critical role in the maintenance of a revered tradition of amateurism in college sports”(Ross). This quote is laudable because

Purpose: to connect high school athletes with the colleges that will give them the best chnce to

Resolved: NCAA student athletes ought to be recognized as employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

There are many good athletes in professional sports today. There are many good athletes in college sports today also. Some of the biggest names in sports are Mark McGwire, Steve Young, Michael Jordan, Allen Iverson, and so on. Now, imagine if all of those players never made it to the pros. What would happen to professional sports? Why are they in the pros now? To make it into professional sports you need more than just talent. You need opportunity. College scholarships not only give athletes the opportunity to reach the professional ranks, but also give the chance for many players to earn a degree in higher education.

Rebecca Lobo once said“Athletes who take to the classroom naturally or are encouraged to focus on grades should be able to do well in the classroom. I believe the reason you go to college is to get your degree. It's not a minor league or an audition for the pros.” many athletes should read these and apply it to their life because college isn't about trying to play in the pros if you're an athlete sure you can have a dream, but you need to also get a degree that should be the main focus not getting a tryout or an audition for the pros. Every year around one hundred seventy-seven thousand athletic scholarships is given out to those that stood out in their sport, whether it was basketball, football, or even baseball. The kids receiving these scholarships are given a free

According to Andrea Castro from Borderzine, “Only 1% of college players go pro and only a smaller percentage are able to play overseas” (Castro). Athletes deserve to get paid when they play professionally but only 1% of college athletes actually make it to the professional level. But those that did not go professional now could use the free education they have obtained and make a living off of whatever they studied. Andrea Castro uses a college football player as an example, “Trevor Vittatoe, former University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) star quarterback. ‘After trying for two years, I've fallen short of making the NFL roster” (Castro). Even though Trevor Vittatoe was a star quarterback at the University of Texas, he still was not able to play professional football. This goes to show the scarcity of people going to play professional sports, and if a student athlete is looking for pay trying to make the professional league would not be a easy task and the revenue aspect would be a reward for making it to that level. Paying college athletes would defeat the purpose of professional

If the athletes get done with college, and have spent all of their time practicing, that means they may not have had a job to save for when college is over. The college athletes are playing for big reasons, to make it to a professional level and for a title. Being at a professional level means making money, so they should be able to in college as well. The players would give up just about anything to be on the team they give their blood, sweat, and hard earned time for. They could be studying or out hanging out with other college kids, but they are putting their time in gyms and on fields for their team. This is why college athletes should be paid for their talents and work, not just given a

The way the system is set up, it makes it very hard for a professionally athlete to sustain a typical life. Generally tuition for good colleges is about $25,000 per year, and some people would say “$100,000 over four years is a lot of money for an athlete”. It is but most athletes don’t even last 4 years at their colleges. Athletes have to deal with the shuffling of coaching staffs, who may or may not mistreat the athlete, forcing him or her to transfer to a different school. Additionally, teams may end an athlete’s scholarship following a series of uncontrollable injuries. Athletes in college are putting themselves at the same physical risk as the professionals involved in each respective sport. They need to be insured medically so their bodies cannot develop lingering problems due to injury and stress on the tissue, muscles and bones. Also the

While some students get jobs to pay for college, many of the student athletes don’t have time for work. Division 1 NCAA basketball players spend an average of 37.2 hours a week devoted to the game. That is basically a full time job, and when you factor in that the players are also full-time students, having a job outside of school and the court sounds unrealistic. However, many student athletes are far more dedicated to the game than they are to their studies, and basketball stars are no exception. The NCAA almost encourages this behavior as well. According to the NCAA website, “In addition, Division II student-athletes must earn a 1.8 cumulative grade-point average after earning 24 hours, a 1.9 cumulative grade-point average after earning 48 hours and a 2.0 cumulative grade-point average after earning 72 hours to remain eligible”(“Remaining”). The guidelines for Division I students are only that they meet the GPA graduation requirements for their

Athletes simply can’t fit a part time job around their hectic schedule of attending their sports training and practices while also keeping up with their classes and school work. This inability to hold a job leaves many college athletes in a murky situation. They don’t have time to hold a job and generate spending money for themselves, schools aren’t allowed to provide them much beyond the essentials of a scholarship--such as books, food, and room/board, and they aren’t allowed to sign endorsement deals or profit off of their own likeness in any manner. The NCAA is holding college athletes in a state of financial purgatory. To exemplify this point, Bill Plaschke, a writer for the Los Angeles Times, writes

They will make enough money from just playing. And you don’t really need a 4.0 GPA if you’re going to play basketball. But many things can go wrong. In Bobby Hurley's case, he was drafted in the first round, but a couple of weeks later he got in a severe car crash that led him to having collapsed lungs, and fractured bones, a torn tendon, and broken ribs (according to the Associated Press). And in Jay Williams case he got in a motorcycle accident and according to a New York Times profile, the bike crash left Williams with a total knee dislocation, torn ligaments, a dislocated pelvis, a torn nerve, a severed artery, and more. Both these players had bright futures but were stopped by injuries. They both played in the d-league later, which is an incredible success, but they only got about $40 a game, and they had to go get average jobs. So if you’re drafted, it’s not an automatic income, you could be laid off or released if you can’t continue to play at the pro level.

According to Cornell ‘“One of the things that is crazy about the system as it is, is that players are risking injury and hoping to get through college unscathed to get these huge contracts,’” (“At Risk”). This is in part due to the NCAA being a training ground for the National Football League (NFL) and the National Basketball Association (NBA) due their specific age limitations. Football players cannot enter the NFL draft until after being out of high school for three years and NBA draft requires players to play one year of college basketball (Entman). This requires athletes to play at the collegiate level for a specific period of time with a greater potential of injury. If an athlete does sustain an injury, they run the risk of losing their scholarship as four-year athletic scholarships do not exist and are renewed annually (Deutsch). A college athlete can contribute to a team’s performance for years, generating revenue for the university and athletic department, sustain an injury causing him to lose his scholarship, and not be able to afford to finish his education.

Beaten down, battered, and bruised is how I left the gym every day after practice. Waking up sore on following days made the aching seem never ending. The problem was simple, I was a short point guard who frankly didn't have the strength capable of contending against larger opponents. It wasn't until my head hung just as low as my self esteem that I chose to finally do something about it. Setting out on a mission to better myself I scheduled a four month plan fully dedicated to making not only making my skills better, but also my body.

When I was looking at our results I found some things that was interesting to me. I looked at if student athletes watched more or less of Netflix. The answer, to this is more. The student athletes are the ones who watched more Netflix. However, there was a few who said they watched a lower amount but, majority of the student athletes watches 3-4 hours a day 7 days a week. Then I looked at if students who worked watch more or less Netflix. The answer to this is less. Majority of the students who work stated they didn’t have time to binge watch unless they weren’t busy. Some also stated that they don’t feel like they binge watch because they only watch 1-2 hours a day and not all week. Then I looked into if the students who missed more classed binged more or less. The answer to this is, more. They had the tendency to binge watch every day. Then I noticed the students who stated, they didn’t binge watch had a higher GPA average and didn’t miss class at all.

From a human resources perspective, primarily student employees are hired causing a high turn around rate. This will result in the employees being inexperienced and unknowledgeable, which will lead to a sub-par human resources team. On the other hand, Morton has hired a very devoted student leader who has experience in the field, and being a student herself, has a good understanding of this market. Furthermore, due to Morton’s previous work experience he will be well equipped when developing corporate sponsorship packages and negotiating potential daels.