National Collegiate Athletic Association

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…

Pay for Play? Dave Anderson, Laura Freedman, Lee Goldman, and Peter Goplereus III have all written articles on whether or not the NCAA should pay their student athletes. Their articles, “Top 10 Reasons College Athletes Should be Paid”, “Pay or Play”, “Should College Athletes Be Paid”, and “No Control Over Their Rights” all provide many reasons as to why student athletes deserve payment. The NCAA is in the wrong for accepting “free labor” from these athletes. Although many student athletes are…

The NCAA, coaches, players and fans are debating whether or not D1 College football players should be paid for playing their sport. Division 1 football is the highest level of play for intercollegiate athletics authorized by the NCAA. The NCAA stands for the National Collegiate Athletic Association and governs hundreds of colleges and thousands of athletes. There has been an ongoing discussion by media, fans and people across America whether student athletes should be getting paid or not.…

NCAA’s most strict and controversial topics is that of amateurism. The NCAA states “Student athletes shall be amateurs in an intercollegiate sport”, defining amateur as someone who has never been paid (or signed an agreement to get paid) for their athletic talents, or played in a professional event (NCAA Division 1 Manual, sec. 12.1.2). The NCAA expresses student athletes should go to college “primarily for the aspect of higher education” and play sports for “the physical, mental and social…

their academics instead of these student-athletes fulfilling their academic requirements on their own. Regardless of what sport you play there are ways around going to class and getting good marks, so that you can focus more of your time towards the athletic side of your student athlete life. The University of North Carolina Chapel-Hill has been under investigation for certain scandals dating back to the early '90s. The biggest scandal from UNC has to do with student-athletes taking questionable…

in 1906, the National Collegiate Athletes Association (NCAA) has limited the amount that a student-athlete can be compensated. The opinions that we express for paying student-athletes are formulated on the basis of paying Division I and II students for their efforts on the field of play. The NCAA is currently comprised of the following distinct athletic divisions: Division I: Larger schools with larger athletic budgets and athletic department support. Comprised of 32 athletic conferences.…

inevitable twilight. He compares James’ past and present obstacles to those of other legendary athletes, such as Michael Jordan. Simmons, using a plethora of writing structures and styles, also discusses the historical ups-and-downs of the National Basketball Association. The article uses several anecdotes and facts to both humor the reader and support the author's thesis stated in the title. Why the hell does our society care so damn much about sports? There are hundreds upon thousands of men…

College students have financial obligations outside of the classroom; being on scholarship does not lighten the financial burden. Student athletes not only have to juggle school and family but also have to deal with the pressures of producing in athletics. College students have luxury of being able to work a part time job along with school, studies, practices, and games.…

Lizzy Tilton Professor Castor LAN105 12/4/17 Should College Athletes be Paid? “The typical Division I college football player devotes 43.3 hours per week to his sport -- 3.3 more hours than the typical American work week” (Edelman, Marc). Throughout the era of college sports there has been a large and continuous debate about why and whether college athletes should be paid for the services and income they provide their respective…

website. Broadcasters like CBS make over a billion dollars off of important tournaments and games, “thanks in part to a $700,000 ad rate for a 30-second spot during the Final Four,” as Forbes’s Chris Smith writes (qtd. in Debate Club). Also, the athletic conferences the successful teams are apart of receive millions from the NCAA (Debate Club). One could say the success of many businesses is accredited to college athletes, because without them, none of it would be…