National Collegiate Athletic Association

children want to be a college athlete and later become a professional athlete. Because of Title IX, young women have the opportunity to compete at a college level. It is important to push colleges to treat their athletes equally because we want female athletic participation to keep increasing. There is absolutely no reason that women should not have the same opportunities as men to play college sports. Female athletes are humans, we have ten fingers, ten toes, and red blood. Colleges should not…

primarily based on the athletic program rather than academics. Since the university greatly benefits from the athletic services provided, student athletes consider themselves to be employees of their university. March 31st, 1906 was the day the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) was founded. When the founders discussed the role of the NCAA, they were particularly concerned with the violence in football, but they intended for the organization to set national standards for all…

the greatest institutions in the nation. As the years go by, it seems like that the best players in the NCAA decide to leave their colleges earlier each year to chase their dreams of playing professional sports. I think this is a cancer to collegiate athletics that the NCAA committee needs to cut out as soon as possible. To these athletes it seems like a great idea to declare for their professional statuses early, however; it is only hurting them in the long run. The rule would benefit players…

On January 11th 2016, Alabama football coach, Nick Saban, won his 4th national championship for Alabama. The University of Alabama is projected to make well over $100 million dollars, solely from the success of the football team this season. Commonly referred to as Nick Satan and the Nicktator due to his charming personality, Saban is scheduled to make more than $7 million dollars just this year. Derrick Henry, the Heisman winning running back who carried the ball over 400 times this year will…

The BCS football championship and the NCAA(national collegiate athletic association) men’s basketball championship had a 41.7 million viewers making tv networks millions. At the same time the student athletes playing suffer from poverty and can’t provide for themselves. Forcing many to have to take money from under the table or illegally.According to Shabazz Napier one of the nations leading basketball player says"I don 't feel student-athletes should get hundreds of thousands of dollars, but…

players. The organization that was founded in response to Roosevelt’s urging was the Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States. Four years after its founding the organization changed its name to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The NCAA’s main focus in the years following its founding was player health. As time went on though, the commercialization of college athletics started to shift the focus towards the financial stability of the NCAA’s member…

and have a huge impact on. Those individuals are the various student athletes scattered among the basketball and football programs of superior institutions. Various players that have the opportunity to pursue a higher education initially have their athletic ability to thank. The controversy between student athletes and whether or not they should receive pay from the institutions they attend has generated multiple positions. The discussion generates ideas and beliefs that support the reason for…

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is the center for amateur and college sports in today’s society. This organization houses 1,281 institutions all across the United States. With levels of competition at the Division 1,2, and 3 levels there are over 460,000 students athletes competing in the NCAA. NCAA Student-Athletes are recruited from their hometown high school or club organizations worldwide. The athletes are rated on how they perform in the classroom and on the field. Many…

Seats are filling up, butter soaks the popcorn, and skeleton shaking bass fills the room. The newest action movie featuring this year’s coveted super hero has arrived. Incredible strength, overwhelming speed, and mind bending flexibility, are all physical traits unattainable by the normal population. Viewers are mesmerized by the double life these characters lead. Similarly, miles away, a crowd roars. Not one seat is left unoccupied. Spectators watch their favorite athlete, clothed in his or her…

The Ultimate Paycheck The NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) and College and University Athletic Departments are only profitable because of one reason and that is the athletes that agree to come play for the colleges and universities. The athletes are what make college athletics so successful. The NCAA is one of the most profitable nonprofit organizations in the country. According to Marc Edelman in the article “The Case for Paying College Athletes”, The college sports industry…