After reviewing the FLSA’s definition of professionals, one could argue that we as athletic trainers do not always have the ability to exercise discretion and/ or judgement. Relating what we’ve learned in pharmacology to this matter, the text clearly states that anytime there are medications stored in an athletic training facility, there must be a licensed physician who accepts responsibility for the medications. Furthermore, the dispensing and administering of medications is considered a discretionary decision in which only a physician is allowed to dispense or administer medications. This example leads me to presume that currently we as athletic trainers are not considered professionals due to the fact that physicians can make the final decisions
