10Oct14 Big Ten Conference Guarantees 4-Year Scholarships to All Its Athletes
http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/big-ten-conference-guarantees-4-year-scholarships-to-all-its-athletes/87721?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
29Sept14 Opinion:
Pay athletes to represent colleges William V. Muse of Pleasant Ridge is president of the
National Issues Forums Institute in Dayton. During a 40-year career in higher
education, he served as president or chancellor of three Division I
universities (Akron, Auburn, and East Carolina) over a period of 20 years. http://www.cincinnati.com/story/opinion/contributors/2014/09/18/opinion-pay-athletes-represent-colleges/15820043/
What do you think about his argument?
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/money-and-march-madness/
This is the link to the video we watched in class -- what is your reaction to it?
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/money-and-march-madness/big-bucks-bracket/
Follow the money, right?
My reaction to the video is that division 1 athletes do not need to get paid because they are student-athlete. They are not employed with the university so they should not receive money from them. I do not agree with the NCAA not allowing them to receive money after they leave the college since their picture is representing the college.
ReplyDeleteThen what about lower level collegiate sports; D2, D3 ... I know for a fact that there is a picture of a couple of TMC's past athletes on the Griffin stadium building. Shouldn't they get paid as well.
DeleteI think once they leave the school they are allowed to receive money for advertising their picture. When you are in the school you talents and abilities are helping the college so in you performing well you are helping the college and yourself. Once you are gone you are no longer helping the school they are just advertising you.
DeleteI have a mixed opinion on the video. While I do not think division 1 athletes should be paid while they play their sport, I do believe that they should get some money after they graduate for certain issues. For example, if a player graduates from college and the college wants to use their picture or that person (in a video game) for sales, that specific person should have the power to grant their college use of that. They also should receive a portion of that profit.
ReplyDeleteI do not believe that while they are playing, though, that they should be paid. I feel as if receiving a decent scholarship to play a sport is good enough. I think it is important to remember that all college athletes are student athletes--meaning school needs to come first. If a school is paying for that student athletes to attend school there and play a sport, I see no need for that person to be paid on top of that. During that time period, the school should have the power to use that person in sales. It is only after they graduate that I think the power should shift to that graduated individual. Even if that person doesn't graduate, the school should no longer have access to them or their photos once they are gone.
This is a very difficult topic and I think that there will always be issues regarding this because it has been an issue since before I can remember. I personally do not think these athletes should be paid for their athletic talent. I feel as if these athletes are still young and the reason they are in college is to get an education and their second priority is sports therefore they need to focus more on that rather than getting paid in college for their sports. I do agree that these athletes put a lot of dedication and hard work into practices and games however they are college athletes and not pro status just yet therefore should not be paid.
ReplyDeleteMy thing is today everyone wants money and don't care how they get it or who they hurt to get it. This is a two sided coin, while the players are getting ripped off they should not get paid, let me rephrase that, they are getting a free college education which could have cost them more money than if they were just paid straight up without a scholarship. They are given an amazing gift that any of us D3, D2, or even low D1 players would die to get. While paying players would give them a nice reward the money itself would have two options: be spent well on the family and other things OR BLOWN by bad habits and problems. That is my view on those videos. People are greedy.
ReplyDeleteI also agree that this situation is frustrating but simultaneously hard to address. It certainly seems unfair that these students function as a means for raising so much money and I honestly do not really accept that a scholarship alone is adequate compensation, especially given how an injury might shatter the chances of that individual to attain an education. The argument of the NCAA seems to be that these athletes are students first—they are constantly reminded they are “amateurs” and more and more attention is being paid to their academic record—but as soon as they can no longer perform athletically, any thought given to their education seems to be immediately forgotten.
ReplyDeleteFurthermore, and quite frankly, it is utterly ridiculous that the NCAA requires athletes to sell their image or likeness so that these can be sold for whatever purpose. The documentary certainly does not present a very positive perspective of the NCAA: I am surprised that Mark Emmert agreed to be interviewed.
I do not know if the solution would be to pay these athletes—perhaps that might ameliorate the matter. However, at the same time, I would like to play devil’s advocate: If their commitment is so great and so unfair, they always have the option to disengage, to not play. Granted, I know that this would constitute forfeiting their scholarship opportunity and, if talented enough, diminish their chances are becoming a professional. However, given the reference in the video that very few do become professionals, these athletes may well spend more time in the classroom to have an effective post-baccalaureate plan (like that of RGIII), and quite simply, if they were able to organize some kind of “strike”, I think the shock waves would force the NCAA to reconsider their position on this matter.
I don't agree that players need to spend anytime in college before they get to the pros. This is just driving up the pressure for the NCAA to change its ways and try to help these certain players who need to be babysat for a couple years until they grow up. Now they expect to get paid as well, and are ruining the NCAA athletics for the not top tier DI schools. The rules on players going to college is what is now forcing the NCAA to durastically change its whole persona on the rules of recruitment and players
ReplyDeleteI don't think student athletes need to get paid because they are students before they are athletes. So academics are more important than athletics. If the athletes want money than they can get an academic scholarship rather than getting paid.
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