NCAA Division I FBS National Football Championship

National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I sports, specifically football and men’s basketball, have become a a grand spectacle in American culture today. The rights to broadcasting the playoff schedule for these two major sports brings in nearly a billion dollars worth of revenue for the organization each year. The time has come for student- athletes to no longer be seen as amateurs. College athletes are the number one reason the NCAA is able to generate such a great amount of revenue;

founding of the National Collegiate Athletic Association in 1906, there has been a principle in place that states that “student-athletes shall be amateurs in an intercollegiate sport, and their participation should be motivated primarily by education and by the physical, mental, and social benefits to be derived… and student-athletes should be protected from exploitation by professional and commercial enterprises” (NCAA, Division 1 Amateurism Deregulation Proposals, 2014). The NCAA has since attempted

The 2016 NCAA College Football Playoff Championship game aired January 11, 2016, to an audience of over twenty-five million people (Consoli). A thrilling game saw the Alabama Crimson Tide win their fourth championship in the past seven years, defeating the Clemson Tigers of South Carolina. Coverage of the game was provided by sports media behemoth ESPN, which had agreed to pay 5.64 billion dollars over ten years, or 470 million dollars per year, for the exclusive rights to broadcast the game (Hinnen

in early March at the approximately 10,000 seat William D. Mullins Center in Amherst. The struggling UMass Minutemen basketball team is finishing out its regular season play in the Atlantic 10 Conference against the Richmond Spiders, a team on the NCAA Tournament bubble. What is usually seen to the common sports fan as a perfect situation for college basketball craziness is actually a borderline meaningless game resulting in a loss for the hometown team in front of a crowd of under 2,500. Wait

Since 1957, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has allowed schools to pay the room, board, tuition, and other fees of college athletes (Sack, Allen). Fast forward to 2016, the most recent year NCAA revenue statistics are available, the NCAA brought in $996 million in revenue. Out of that $996 million, not a single penny went to a student athlete. To put that number into perspective, you could purchase this island, Apo Island, a 2147 acre island located in the Philippines, which costs

23 July 2015 Gender Inequality in Sport Sport has been one of the most important socio-cultural learning experiences for males and females. Sports provide an amazing release for people of all ages. People are requested and welcomed to play sports at any age. Sometimes there are many limitations due to personal reasons that restrain people from participating in sport such as money, peer pressure, location, etc. For the last century males are expected to be strong, independent, and athletic. Male athletes

Gender Inequality in Sport Sport has been one of the most important socio-cultural learning experiences for males and females. Sports provide an amazing release for people of all ages. People are requested and welcomed to play sports at any age. Sometimes there are many limitations due to personal reason that restrain people from participating in sport such as money, peer pressure, location, etc. For the last century males are expected to be strong, independent, and athletic. Male athletes masculinity

debated topic for many years now, paying NCAA football players has been the tip of the iceberg for this movement. This argument is not the first time that something of the similar fashion has happened. Many years ago when the NCAA, and football for that matter, was just starting, the argument of whether to pay college coaches or not was a huge debate in sports. This essay is directed to inform the reader about the constant argument on whether NCAA football players should be paid additional money other

College sports these days are a huge money pit, NCAA makes millions of dollars off of student athletes every year. Should the NCAA start sharing the profits with these student athletes, which every year help grow the NCAA brand? It’s an important question that seems to come up every day on television, the internet, and even in the newspaper. Student athletes are going to college on scholarships which are sold to them by coaches, scouts, and other school administration as a commitment to the student’s

play has gone back for decades not just on the collegiate level but on the professional level. Athletes, over the years, have verbally attacked the unfairness of the NCAA or professional owners unfairly profiting of the sweat of the athletes backs. I believe paying athletes a modest amount would lessen the temptation to break NCAA rules by taking cash from boosters, agents and anyone else willing to give it. For example, is the case of Cam Newton’s, former Auburn quarterback. Reports were released