Washington College Vs. Summer Olympics: A Case Study

College is a time for young people to develop and grow not only in their education, but social aspects as well. One of the biggest social scenes found around college campuses are athletic events, but where would these college sports be without their dedicated athletes? Student athletes get a lot of praise for their achievements on the field, but tend to disregard the work they accomplish in the classroom. Living in a college environment as a student athlete has a great deal of advantages as well as disadvantages that affect education and anti-intellectualism.

Collegiate athletics is a multibillion dollar business. Competition across basketball, football, and other popular sports generate just as much money as they do excitement and entertainment to sports fans and the casual viewer. The driving force behind this behemoth are the athletes that don the uniform of the competing universities. These athletes, the most of which are black, dedicated time synonymous to working a full time job on top of being student in order to serve this money machine. What is so damning about this system then? The truth is that the student-athletes do not see a penny of the millions they earn for their schools. On top of that, they are stretched beyond reasonable means in order to serve their athletic program. In return, they are compensated with scholarships to attend the college. However, what might seem like a coveted opportunity is not what it seems.

The high school athletic association within each state is granted the right to govern and implement all of the regulations and policies related to the interscholastic athletics participation of the high schools (Sharp,Moorman,Claussen, 2014). In the article “Parent behavior, cyberbullying hurting high school sportsmanship”, the high school athletic association throughout the U.S has had several reoccurring issues such as constant interference by the athlete’s parents, social media and cyberbullying, and lack of sportsmanship.

The “NCAA is a voluntary, unincorporated association of colleges, universities, and other institutions of higher learning.” Roughly half of the member institutions of the NCAA are either state or federally supported. NCAA members are divided into three divisions: Division I, Division II, and Division III. All three divisions of the NCAA maintain separate rules and regulations governing the recruitment of student athletes. The goal of the NCAA is to “govern competition in a fair, safe, equitable and sportsmanlike manner, and to integrate intercollegiate athletics into higher education.” To effect these goals, the NCAA provides a number of services to its member institutions, among the most important of which is regulating the recruitment of student athletes.

College athletics are the backbones of most colleges in the United States. Sports on the college level hold the biggest influence over potential students and the campus’ overall performance. The purpose of this argument is to explain how influential college sports are to the actual college. This particular topic should be discussed and brought to light because not only does it provide a better understanding of college sports, but it also enlightens readers that programs in college are not all about academics. College athletics serve as a major attraction for potential students in respect to enrollment issues, students’ major choices and ultimately their careers, an opener for commercial use and the receiving of charity donations,

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

In today’s society there is an ongoing debate if college athletics play a valuable role in higher education. First, when and where did college athletics start? Historians trace the origins of college athletics to Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire when Harvard and Yale had a boat race in 1852. This evidence suggests that schools have been competing for over 160 years which means they need to have rules in place to keep order. The NCAA does have rules in place for athletes. Some rules include scoring a 1010 in the SAT or a combined score of 86 on the ACT along with maintaining a GPA of 2.0. This shows that the NCAA has rules so an athlete must do school work to keep their grades up but, what does the NCAA do to enforce their rules.The NCAA

The intercollegiate Athletics Council for Norfolk State University shall advice the President, through the Vice-President for Student-Affairs, on all matters of policy and procedures for the operation of the Intercollegiate Athletics program. The President in ultimately responsible for the conduct of Intercollegiate Athletics at Norfolk State University, and all recommendations of the Athletics Council are advisory to the President. The Athletics Council will review Athletics Department policies and procedure to ensure compliance with NCAA rules and regulations.

How are college athletes able to make time for classes during college? In this day and age, college athletics take up a huge amount of time for college athletes. They have to devote

Schools everywhere give students opportunities to participate in sports by participating in athletic programs. With budget cuts, the administration is considering the possibility of eliminating all athletic programs. Admittedly, eliminating all athletic programs would save Lexington some money, but, on the other hand, it opens up opportunities for students who might not have a chance elsewhere. In fact, it has been proven that students who were involved in sports as teenagers are healthier as adults. Furthermore, school sports help kids bond and, moreover, show school spirit. The fact remains, athletic programs continuously show improvement in students more than weaknesses in the school. Athletic programs create opportunities for

In 1896, the Olympic Games were officially reborn into the modern era thanks to a Frenchman named Baron Pierre de Coubertin (Lewis, 1992). In 1904, the Games of the III Olympiad arrived in the United States, marking itself as the first Olympics to be held in said country as well as the first hosted outside of Europe. Often forgotten, this specific Olympics also signifies the beginning of the horrible luck Chicago, Illinois, has had regarding the hosting rights. With four losses under its belt and a history of bad news, Chicago is frequently told—to no one’s surprise—that it should simply give up on its dream and focus on improving itself. However, who’s to say that the Jewel of the Midwest can’t do both? By incorporating a well-thought-out narrative of what the city has gone through into their appeal process, Chicago could very well win the bid next time around—whenever that might be. The city boasts an efficiently compact setting; a history and love of sports that entices amiable relations between residents; and an enthralling tale to tell. Overall, Chicago can use its need for a strong community to reach the top of the podium in the rigorous battle for host city status. A point often overlooked, the city technically won the hosting rights once.

The University of Texas at San Antonio, located in San Antonio, Texas, invites nominations and applications for the position of Director of Athletics.

Over 460,000 college students participate in the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) in the United States but research on the cohort is quantitatively and qualitatively unsupportive of athletes on and off the field. Athletes make up a particularly stimulating population for mental health professionals as athletes and their teams operate within their own culture and systems allowing for mental health professionals to expand their innovative skills to deal with the multidimensional realm of “no pain, no gain”. There is stereotype threat that follows athletes, the idea that athletes are less motivated in the classroom and over privileged in comparison to their student peers. In turn, peers and professors alike create their own biases towards or against the benefit of the student athlete; not allowing make up assignments for class time missed due to collegiate athletic events or, on the other end of the spectrum, giving preferential treatment to athletes (in turn perpetuating the negative stereotype). Although research indicates this threat to be strong, research also indicates that the stereotype is seemingly unfounded. Student athletes are recruited into university less academically prepared and must devote upwards of 20 hours a week to their sport while the graduation rate for student athletes (51%) is virtually equal to that of non-student athletes (52%). (Fletcher)

My organization is the Sam Houston State University Athletic Department. The offices are located in the Ron Mafrige Field House at Elliott T. Bowers Stadium, in Huntsville. The Athletic Department has about 73 employees.

The following Case Study is about the National Collegiate Athletic Association unethical act in the sport college league. How this league creates big amounts of money which is invest in all short of projects rather than take care of the student-athletes. The study case highlight the two main principles issue that the National Collegiate Athletic Association faces; the money how the student are not getting paid and the academic versus sport.