Canadian Colleges Athletic Association

Compensation for college athletes would be detrimental to the school's athletic programs and traditions. Before going on, the background details are needed. The National Collegiate Athletic Association, also known as the NCAA, has three-division systems: Division l, Division ll, and Division lll. Larger and more predominant schools compete in Division l while smaller schools compete in Division ll and lll. This is important to understand because there is an obvious gap between prestigious…

I fully think that NCAA athletes should be paid for their effort on their college team. College athletics have gained immense popularity among Americans over the past few decades. This has resulted into increased in a lot of money for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the participating colleges, which has sparked the debate of whether college athletes should be given money beyond their athletic scholarships but I think they should get paid for the following reason they…

people by their non-stop reporting on baseball, college football and other sports (Towers 1). People around this time period began to move organized pastimes for leisure and shortly thereafter baseball truly became the “National Pastime” as people started playing and attending baseball games (Fischer 453). As a result, sport sections began to appear in newspapers; mostly about baseball, however (Inabinett 14). In addition to consumption, athletics became a staple for manual workers as a stress…

Introduction: The concept of character is not new; however, many college sports programs focus not only on building winning teams, but also building strong character in athletes. For instance, not all college athletes get the chance to play professional; therefore, coaches strive to implement characteristics in their athletes to be successful on and off the field. Why is this prevalent? While it is true that the origin for this phenomenon lies in traditional beliefs that character trumps talent…

the players who get hurt in College and in the NBA are getting hurt while making money for these leagues, players who get injured are likely to have early ending careers and they could face poverty because of this. Lastly, there is a very high injury risk in basketball. You are going to get injured eventually if you play basketball. Especially at the collegiate and pro level. But in college getting hurt is much worse than it is in the pros. First of all, in a D1 college if you are playing a…

The Battle of The Bone Rivalry This past week the biggest rivalry football game of the year was played in Chino Hills. The game was between the Chino Hills Huskies and the Chino Hills Bulldogs; this is a rivalry that has been going on since the start of the schools. The nickname that was given to the big game was the “ Battle of the Bone.” This rivalry is a center piece to both schools, even after Chino Hills High School moved to a new sport division and could not compete against the Bulldogs…

got more notoriety. Now, athletes struggle for sponsorship to maintain a good lifestyle because they cannot get enough money to compete and satisfy their daily needs such as housing, clothing, and other amenities. Although the US Track and Field Association denies…

Golf has been looked at by some as a mere game, or just an activity. However, this is not the case. Golf should be considered a sport because of the income brought in by the athletes, how it has been put into the Olympics (the ultimate worldwide sporting event), and how it is played just like other sports, amateurly and professionally. Based on income, athletes that compete in golf are some of the best paid athletes in the entire world. Two of the top four richest athletes of all time are…

Why should someone who’s swinging a bat at a ball make more than 2 times what a life saving job makes? Even more compared to and educator! Do they really deserve it if they don't know how to responsibly spend it? PLayers don't know how to responsibly handle their money. For example according to a 2009 article 78% of NFL players get in financial trouble within two years of retirement. Kenny anderson an NBA player was whining about how he was having trouble paying for the insurance of his 8…

LeBron James and many other athletes make millions of dollars each year. Yes, professional athletes do gain their salary because they are extremely impressive, but they are not worth millions of dollars than nurses, firefighters, and policemen that dedicate their lives for the rest of us. However, athletes are overpaid. Some people think that these athletes are not overpaid. Tom Brady makes $36 million in one year. Compare that with the average income for a family: $54,000. Americans will work a…