Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association

One of the largest on going issues dealing with the injustice that is the current NCAA rule system is the limited spreading of wealth/profit within the institutions. This can be seen in the tremendous profits schools make yearly due to their athletic programs. Where the problem/injustice comes into play here is in how the colleges/institutions are able to get away with not spreading their wealth/profits to those have earned compensation. I believe this is a direct result to the rule system in…

One of the hottest debates in the sports world is whether or not college athletes should get a cut of the revenue they produce for their school. Men’s basketball and Football players produce billions of dollars a year through television contracts for their schools, so why don’t they get a percentage of the profit? Recently, star basketball player for Wisconsin, Nigel Hayes was on College Gameday and held up a sign that said “Broke college athlete, anything helps” and the sign had a referral to…

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.,…

One can say being a full time student and college athlete is like having two full-time jobs. Student athletes are working non-stop day in and day out to not only meet academic standards but to maintain their athletic scholarship. College athletes bring millions of dollars to universities, but in return, they only receive small monthly stipends for food. With every sporting event, each student-athlete gives their all not knowing if they will get seriously injured or not. Yes, they are students,…

Transporting college student-athletes safely is a one of the biggest issues that administrators face today. Failing to provide safe and dependable transportation can leave a school and administrators at risk for a lawsuit. According to Sharp, Moorman, and Claussen (2014) there are four issues that are related to proper transportation, they are the selection of competent drivers, selection of a safe mode of travel, the proper maintenance of vehicles, and proper training of drivers. If an…

Understanding the Role of the Football Manager in Britain and Ireland: A Weberian Approach I‘ve always known about the difference that in UK football there are no head coaches of football clubs but there are managers. Maybe I had some notions why it was like this and what were the basic differences between being head coach or manager. But when I discovered this article, as a big fan of football and the English one especially, I really felt the need of fully understanding the role of the football…

argument by stating that “Amateur competition is a bedrock principle of college athletics and the NCAA. Maintaining amateurism is crucial to preserving an academic environment in which acquiring a quality education is the first priority. In the collegiate model of sports, the young men and women competing on the field or court are students first, athletes second.” Not allowing the student-athletes to have a salary for participating in athletics, and receive prize money above actual and necessary…

Pro athletes are the highest paid occupation in the world. For What? For them to run down a field score and touch down or skate down the ice to score a goal, or even stand at base hitting a ball out the park. All though things are what we as kids do growing up, so why do they get paid so much as adults to do things we all did growing up? Athletes get paid too much for what they do, no matter if they play the whole game or are injured; they still get paid the same amount of money. It’s just a…

Commercials are a part of our everyday life. They are on television, radio, in magazines, and in newspapers. They pay large amounts of money for a prime-time spot on the most popular programs on TV like the Super Bowl. Commercial designers work tremendously hard to surpass one another for the most creative and exciting commercials on television to gain consumer recognition. Nike is a brand that is popular with athletes of all kinds and also with the general public both athletic and…

Ticket scalping is an act of reselling tickets in the secondary market at inflated price. It occurs in many sports events, particularly in major rugby tournaments. Resellers (scalpers) will purchase heaps of tickets at one price and resell it at higher price due to excess demand in the market. This action causes outcry from the public. There are three main aspects to address and essentially propose a policy to curb ticket scalping, which are why and how ticket scalping arises, which party…