Canadian Colleges Athletic Association

more leniency than the average student because of their sport? Athletics are time consuming, but students who are not involved in athletics are…

A major issue that resides within the sphere of college athletics is whether college athletes should or should not be paid while they are attending school. College athletes work hard every day to meet the scholarly standards of their universities. They also strive to keep their level of play at its peak. These college athletes need to be awarded and credited for their achievements. This problem often leads to athletes making poor judgments in accepting money from boosters and others that are…

College athletes are undoubtedly some of the hardest working people in the world. Not only are they living the life of an average student, they also have a demanding schedule with their specific sport. Instead of getting a common college job, they choose to play a sport they love. It may seem as if they’re losing money by participating in school activities instead of working, right? That’s incorrect. The scholarships these students can receive are outrageous. Earning $36,070 over the course of…

playing NCAA sports. In the article, “US College Connection”, Posnanski reports all of the incentives that college athletes are given. For example, NCAA athletes are provided with free tuition, room and board, access to exceptional facilities, and the best coaches and doctors. The list continues on. If the system were to start paying athletes for participating in sport, it brings up several questions of where this money would come from and if all college athletes would get paid commission. Some…

non-profit association known as IAAUS, changed its name to NCAA, which has grown to a tremendous size, and currently produces 11 billion dollars in revenue annually. With all the money the NCAA has brought in, it has arisen the idea of student-athletes being paid, but student-athletes are already given a lot more than others. Many people are discussing if student-athletes should be compensated for their effort. This topic has raised a controversial debate over student-athletes in college being…

States of America. The term refers to a several-week long, end-of-year basketball tournament that determines the NCAA National Champion of college basketball. The tournament attracts dozens of millions of viewers, with the championship game receiving a viewing total that has surpassed 30 million. That is nearly a tenth of the entire nation tuning in to watch college students play a game of basketball. This is, of course, not even professional basketball! This goes to show how popular basketball…

The Big South Conference was founded on August 21st, 1983. When Charleston Southern Athletic Director and Augusta President George Christenberry started recruiting members into the conference and they brought in Augusta, Charleston Southern, Campbell, Coastal Carolina, and Winthrop joined the newly formed conference (Big South). Dr. Edward M. Singleton was then named as the leagues first Commissioner. Singleton then continued to add members to the conference such as Armstrong State, Radford, and…

athletes go on to play a college sport without pay (Scholarshipstats.com). Less than two percent of college athletes go on to play in a professional sport (Cheney-Rice). Eighty-six percent of college athletes live in poverty after graduation (Hayes). If the NCAA paid them for their contributions while playing how much lower would that number be? College athletes around the United States deserve to be paid for the work, time and effort they put in for their respective college or university. In…

I believe college athletics would most benefit from an analysis of conscience because many problems arise from or are related to this aspect of college life. From my knowledge, there have been many occasions in which athletes did not have to endure the same consequences as non-athlete students might endure due to the college placing a greater importance on improving and/or maintaining their athletic performances, with the goal of being the best at the collegiate level. The one issue that…

Currently, college athletes bet on their athletic ability. They bet that their four years of hard work and no pay will guarantee them a 250 thousand dollar salary (Bleacher Report, 1). “The Northwestern University football team may have fundamentally changed college athletics: They voted on whether to unionize” (Kariam, 1). What this means, is that if the vote is in favor of unionizing; they will be considered university employees and receive pension. Why does the NCAA think that it’s okay not…