Division I

means for colleges around the country to discuss current issues and to create a uniform set of rules to govern all intercollegiate athletics. The NCAA is a nonprofit organization that currently consists of over 1,200 different universities. The NCAA organization started out with an emphasis on student athletes. The mission of the NCAA is to have an emphasis primarily on sports, but also having certain rules and requirements for their students to follow in the classroom. In August 1973, the idea of different divisions was implemented within NCAA universities. The NCAA was split into three major divisions classified between Division I, Division II, and Division III. This idea was created because of intense increase in the size of some of the major universities. Later on in 1973, the current president and his colleagues decided it was only fair for Division II, III athletes to receive scholarships for academics and or athletics. Within the last decade, many Division I student athletes have contended that their scholarships qualify them as employees of their universities. The universities and the NCAA have argued that the student athletes do not qualify as employees because they are in the school for a limited period of time with a primary focus on academics. With the NCAA having a primary focus on academics the NCAA is still heavily involved in the athletic piece of a young students career. Brown University states that student athletes are not employees of the university,…

Another reason I believe why these athletes are employees is that they are economically dependent on their universities, just as most of traditional relationships between employer and employees. College football players are dependent on their universities through basic survival needs, such as food and shelter (McCormick., McCormick, 2006). Only some of the players are given grants and aids to be able to eat as they would not be able to finically support themselves without it (McCormick.,…

paid for their talents. I find this topic very interesting because sports is always going to be around, from pop warner levels to the professionals. I’ve recently been grateful enough to be a collegiate athlete. It is a hard task to balance being a student and an athlete because you are constantly working on your craft and studying. I would have certainly loved the idea of being paid to do what I loved while studying in the field of my interest. As I become more aware of both sides of the…

This year in the United States of America more than eight million athletes will compete in an organized high school sport. Of this eight million only 460,000 will go on to compete at the NCAA level and of those 460,000 only 1% will compete in the Division I sector. (George, 2013) “Being the 1 percenter”, as many athletes call it, is a goal that millions of high school athletes have. They dream of playing on the court or field surrounded by thousands of fans and being televised all over the…

oppression forced upon them by the coaches and the NCAA, Division One college football players should be paid. This problem began with the creation of the National Collegiate Athletic Association as a governing body of collegiate sports. In 1906 the NCAA was formed to bring stability and safety to college athletics. “In addition to setting new football safety standards, the NCAA began making official rules to govern recruiting and scholarships... The new regulations, postseason play, and…

that the NCAA do unlawfully restrain trade – in order words, do violate antitrust laws – but reversed the district courts ruling regarding compensating student-athletes beyond the full cost of attending college through deferred payments. The ruling was appealed to the Supreme Court as well, but the Supreme Court rejected their option to review the case. This lawsuit could potentially have forced the NCAA and their schools to pay million – perhaps even billions – in damages, as an antitrust…

“NCAA Division I athletes still receive expert coaching (that could lead to a professional career as an athlete or as a coach), on-campus housing, frequent meals, non-uniform clothing, free medical consultation, free access to state-of-the-art training facilities and free professional development (media/public relations, life skills, networking, etc.).” ( Rick Burton). It is true that some college athletes get this kind of attention but not all of them get this. Yes, bigger schools with…

The heated debate of paying college athletes and the status of student-athletes as amateurs has been argued often and thoroughly in recent times. With testimonies coming from current and former NCAA Division I athletes about inability to afford basic living amenities such as being able to afford dinner, being able to see a movie with friends, or find time to balance athletics with academics and a social life, media and critics have been arguing whether or not it is time to start paying college…

and trying to play a sport is very difficult to some. Depending on what majors people are studying is a big factor because if someone is studying engineering or aviation and playing a sport, then that is tough to do for some people which sometimes comes to where the student has to quit the sport because they can not handle the work studies and the sport life. Quitting a sport can be upsetting to some people because maybe someone worked so hard to get to earn that privilege to play a sport on a…

many against, it seems to be an ongoing cycle. These college athletes are basically working full-time jobs and gambling their physical health each day. They are being trained to go professional and be paid, but what if that doesn 't happen? College athletes are giving their schools too many hours and incurring health risks without getting paid. Many people support college student athletes getting paid for playing. The money the athletes earns could go back to their families who are…