The Pros And Cons Of Student Athletes

You are not eligible in any sport if, after you become a student athlete, you accept any pay for promoting a commercial product or service or allow your name or picture to be used for promoting a commercial product or service. (NCAA) But ironically, the student athletes are required to sign a release that allows both the NCAA and university to use their names, likenesses and images for any purpose. Money pours in from athletic apparel sells, television and radio broadcast, stadium and arena parking passes, game tickets, donations and more. Not only is it unfair that the athletes are being used and don’t see a dime of the billions they are making while they are playing in college, because of the documents signed, the NCAA and universities still make money off …show more content…
Sports have become key social institutions chained to family, education, and economy. By surveying a large population of student athletes the argument against why student athletes should not be paid may become weaker as recurring stories are told within the life of each student athlete.
Variables
Student athlete, gender, socioeconomic status, and unique talent are considered the independent variables. Dependent variables include mode of entry into type athlete (full tuition, partial scholarship, walk on, transfer), number of involvement in more than one collegiate sport, the success of the sports team throughout the season (how well their season goes reflects on how much more revenue will be generated), and attitudes towards being a student athlete (is there balance? Amount time consumption? Etc)