College football; america’s favorite fall pastime. For many nothing is better than sitting back and watching the boys of fall. It’s a great source of entertainment, way to meet new friends, and have a good time. Many people’s best memories are made because of college football. However, recently the athletes have not been too fond of the sport. They feel that they are doing so much for the sport, but are receiving nothing in return. They feel that they should be compensated monetarily. Some of the Northwestern University players took the matter into their own hands and took the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to court over their inability to be compensated for their competition. College football players believe that they should be compensated, but aren’t they already compensated enough?
Why do college football players feel like they need more compensation than they already receive? Is free tuition and zero college debt not enough for them? Almost all athletes receive free or partial tuition, room and board, and meal plans. And if they are not on full athletic scholarship, they receive a hefty amount of academic scholarship to reduce the cost to as little as it can be. Not to mention at the bigger universities athletes receive academic counseling, tutoring and nutritional advice …show more content…
“The NLRB effectively denied their claim that they are university employees and should be allowed to collectively bargain” (Strauss). The five-member board made a unanimous decision on the case: “They declined to exert their jurisdiction in the case and preserved, for now, one of the Student-Athlete Benefit’s core principles: that college athletes are primarily students” (Strauss). This contradicts Colter’s statement that players are brought to a university to play football. They are there as students, and have the privilege of playing
Why do college football players feel like they need more compensation than they already receive? Is free tuition and zero college debt not enough for them? Almost all athletes receive free or partial tuition, room and board, and meal plans. And if they are not on full athletic scholarship, they receive a hefty amount of academic scholarship to reduce the cost to as little as it can be. Not to mention at the bigger universities athletes receive academic counseling, tutoring and nutritional advice …show more content…
“The NLRB effectively denied their claim that they are university employees and should be allowed to collectively bargain” (Strauss). The five-member board made a unanimous decision on the case: “They declined to exert their jurisdiction in the case and preserved, for now, one of the Student-Athlete Benefit’s core principles: that college athletes are primarily students” (Strauss). This contradicts Colter’s statement that players are brought to a university to play football. They are there as students, and have the privilege of playing