Student Athletic Policy Paper

Overall, I would say that my career goal of becoming a high school athletic director has not changed. I very much enjoyed the tasks and environment of working in an athletic department. The only downside that I observed were the long hours due to having to be present both at all home athletic events, and in the athletic office during the school day. Other than that one downside, I think that I would really enjoy being a high school athletic director. This job would allow me to fulfill my desires of changing the lives of young athletes and promoting the importance of education.

During the early and mid-1900s student, athletes were routinely recruited and compensated through a pay-to-play effort. History shows that in some instances individuals representing the not necessarily enrolled as students at the colleges they were representing, according to (Johnson & Acquaviva, 2012). In an effort to win the game, colleges and universities were focused on the human muscle factor versus the mental factor. It was during this era, the marriage of collegiate sports and academia was created. Realizing that not all schools were fiscally postured to entice athletically inclined students, policies and governance was introduced. In an effort to ensure the integrity of college sports programs and to protect student athletes, the National Collegiate Athletic Associated has established strict guidelines, particularly when it comes to student athletes receiving compensation (Johnson and Acquavia,

Abstract:  Collegiate athletes participating in the two revenue sports (football, men's basketball) sacrifice their time, education, and risk physical harm for their respected programs. The players are controlled by a governing body (NCAA) that dictates when they can show up to work, and when they cannot show up for work. They are restricted from making any substantial financial gains outside of their sports arena. These athletes receive no compensation for their efforts, while others prosper from their abilities. The athletes participating in the two revenue sports of college athletics, football and men's basketball should be compensated for their time, dedication, and work put forth in their respected sports.

Anderson, Dave. "Top 10 Reasons College Athletes Should Be Paid." Top 10 Lists | ListLand.com. N.p., 09 July 2016. Web. 28 Feb. 2017. With college comes responsibilities, and getting a job would be one of them, but playing a sport is a privilege. Dave Anderson, columnist, states that, “There is just no fair way to pay college athletes.” There are many sports programs that bring in different amounts of money. Is it fair to only pay for basketball and football programs, but not lacrosse, tennis, or volleyball? How do you begin to rate who gets paid and how much they get paid? Many college athletes say that they do not get enough funding for new materials and practice gear. On the contrary, most of the time when athletes ask for new gear they receive it through donors or college

The multibillion-dollar industry that college sports has become has richly rewarded the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), university athletic programs and top football and basketball coaches. Athletes, however, continue to play under a decades-old system in which scholarships pay for tuition and room and board but fall short of covering the full cost of attending school. In return, players are expected to maintain a rigorous training and playing schedule while keeping up their studies. This falls very short to being fair for the student athletes, who are the ones putting their sweat, hearts, bodies and health on the line, day in and day out.

It is time to pay college athletes. The collegiate sports nonprofit conglomerate the NCAA is an organization that oversees over 1200 institutions between two divisions, D1 and D2. They implement rules and regulations that every student athlete must follow between these two divisions regardless of their sport or school. These top college players are expected to withstand a 40 to 50 hour training and playing schedule While keeping up their school work in the same week. Because of this many of these students get nothing out of their scholarships they receive to attend the school and an even smaller amount of these kids even make it to a higher level of competition. The NCAA the tax exemption monopolistic program takes in an average of over

The American dream of making a living in sports at both the collegiate and professional level grows each year. The youth of today’s society strive to join the ranks of the professional athletes they worship, and college is the beginning of that dream. Over the past few decades, college athletics have gained immense popularity across universities in the United States. Intercollegiate sports bring in a surplus of revenue to their respective universities as well as build a reputation for the college. Athletes attending Division I sports go to their particular schools in hopes of fulfilling their dream of making it professionally. There is a long-debated argument on whether college athletes at the Division I level should be paid to attend school

SB 2006 calls for a three member committee to be established by the State Board of Education from its membership to study the regulation and oversight of high school athletics and activities in the state as presently conducted by the MHSAA. There is nothing wrong with looking into the management of organizations within the state that operate as not-for-profit from time to time, but SB 2006 goes beyond conducting a study and making

With sports being such a big part in a student getting admitted to college their education is often put as a secondary priority. Many student athletes lose focus on the purpose of attending college due to the dedication required for playing sports at a collegiate level. Responses by student athletes vary when asked: Should student athletes be paid for their participation in college sports? College athletes very rarely analyze everything they are given, including opportunities to meet people, luxuries such as clothes and shoes, and lastly a free education. College athletes are offered scholarships and are given the chance to attend school debt free, while playing the sport they love. Student athletes

Good afternoon ladies and gentleman. I stand before you today with a matter that is very prominent in the college sports industry, especially within the sports of football and basketball, and that is whether or not to pay the collegiate athletes. I firmly believe that college athletes have the right to receive payment due to their services in the sport. Many college sports are large attractions for these schools resulting in a gross of millions of dollars for the universities. The league that represents them, the NCAA, is a billion dollar organization due to the popularity of the sports teams. The players on these teams deserve a fraction of the money that they bring to these other groups. Also, making it to the professional level is a

An argument can be made that because of these restrictions and a desire to keep things “pure”, meaning do not allow the allure of incentives like money or gifts to influence decisions by prospective student-athletes and their parents, this has created a black market for the type of corrupt behavior exhibited by students, their parents, coaches, school officials, advisors, and corporations. This prohibition has forced what could be seen as just compensation for the athletics performed or finder’s fees by representatives of school athletic programs to be viewed in a negative light.

“Sports are too expensive example parents estimated $671 annually on sport- related activities, most of the money goes to football”. “The parent has to pay 4 to 5 fees like coach fees, meet fees and equipment fee”. This

In todays society… sports, and all kinds of sports are wanting to be played by young kids and adults all throughout the United States and the world. Thousands and thousands of people participate in sports no matter what social class they may fall under, the sad part is some of these participants are not able to participate. The reason for this is many middle class sports require significant monetary funds from participants. While members of the middle-class are typically not members of

According to Up2Us, a New York-based nonprofit that promotes youth sports, from 2010-2011 more than $3.5 billion in athletic funding was cut. This has been the case across America impacting athletics from youth sports all the way up to high school and college level athletics. To have more money for school funding, schools are using athletics as a scapegoat to have enough money to fund school based activities (“Baker”). Lack of funding, due to the recession’s budget cuts, for high school athletics is ultimately hindering sports teams potential, but with more efficient fundraising, better implementation of Title IV, and more athletic facility fundraising groups, a solution could be reached.

(2015) The rising cost of youth sports, in money and emotion, The New York Times.) although many other parents look at the cost that they have to pay for their children to enroll in competitive sports as an investment, with the ultimate goal of getting a scholarship, but this can be extremely misleading given how few children who participate in youth sports actually go on to even play sports in college. Consequently, these expectations are wholly unrealistic, and has spurred a culture of year-long athletics instead of more financially manageable seasonal sports. Off-season training camps have become hugely popular, and parents fear that if their child does not participate they will get left behind. This often happens,though, many communities offer competitive sports to parents of young kids, but for those who can’t afford it, they start to feel left out of the community, and the children can be teased at school for not participating in an athletic