http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/sports/money-and-march-madness/obannon-ruling-raises-new-questions-over-future-of-money-in-big-time-college-sports/
NYTimes Q&A (8Aug14)
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/09/sports/what-the-obannon-ruling-means-for-colleges-and-players.html
NYTimes Op Ed (14Aug14)
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/14/opinion/the-obannon-ruling-college-athletes-win.html?_r=0
After reading a few of the articles I agree with the ruling the judge handed out. If athletes are going to get paid; now the schools make the decision if the their athletes should get paid. They deserve to be compensated for all the hours they put in. I don't believe the president of the NCAA realizes the hours that these athletes are putting in. They deserve payment just for that reason, AND on top of that they can use the players naming rights and image to make a profit for themselves. It's bad enough the players who's jersey is flying of the shelf don't get a dime of it; it's even worse when the player leaves their institution/ NCAA and they continue to use their name and images to make a profit.
ReplyDeleteI agree to some of what you are saying. I do not believe that a Student- Athlete should be paid an exorbitant amount of money, but yes with all the time and effort they put into their sport they should be paid some.
DeleteBut what do you think of Low D1 colleges or even D2 and D3? They do not necessarily have the money coming in to pay all of their athletes in ALL sports, not just football and basketball.
I agree with Kohrs not all of the schools will have the money to pay each player by the amount of how many jersey's people buy. I do agree with Kevin about the NCAA can use their name and continue making a profit even after the player is about of college and they cannot receive any money.
DeleteNick--What about them getting a scholarship to play a sport? Should they still be paid if their entire tuition is being payed for? What if they don't get a scholarship and instead just got paid? How would that go over? Personally, I feel that they should only receive scholarships for a sport. I think things could go very wrong if schools started paying their players and also gave them scholarships. I believe if that did happen that players would focus only on their sport (it would be a job if they got paid) instead of school.
DeleteI'm totally okay with them being paid after they leave that school for sale purposes, but no other reasons do I agree about.
I agree with what you are saying here. I believe that in school the STUDENT-athlete should not be paid but after they leave college if their image or likeness is used then they should be paid, after all they put in all the time and effort(like a job) they should be rewarded some. Keyword some.
DeleteI agree that there might be a chance these students may view athletics as a job and as a result they may not focus quite as much on education – this is definitely a valid point.
DeleteHowever, there are many students—granted they are not athletes—that work part-time or full-time while studying. It is certainly more difficult to perform well academically, when one has to divide his or her time between class and work, but nevertheless this is daily life for many students and I do not see why it could not be this way for student athletes.
As I mentioned below, I think that giving student athletes some money – and like Nick said, I really want to emphasize that it should be within reason – to cover living expenses in addition to a scholarship to pay tuition would represent progress in this debate and will lead to the development of a fairer status quo. There will always be a specter that relaxation of the policy that these athletes remain unpaid will lead to abuse, but the present system is just too unfair.
I think the athletes should get paid while in college but once they have left college for the NBA or graduated, I do not see what the problem is in paying them. I put in at least two to three hours everyday with running not including all of the races that we have to drive to and from. I understand they put a lot of work everyday but most if not all have an end goal of making it to the big leagues where they do get paid a lot.
ReplyDeleteSince the NCAA is bringing in all of this money due to the athletes could some type of "retirement fund" be put in place to ensure the success of the athlete in which they are still profiting from? Just a thought. Maybe they could only access it years down the road but at least it would be some compensation.
ReplyDeleteI do like this Idea, but what if this athlete is a freshman drop out who basically screwed around and did nothing with his life. Should he be paid as well--> reward for doing nothing???
DeleteI think your idea of a retirement fund is a great idea. NCAA is making too much money to not somehow reward the athletes on their hard work and dedication. However, I do think that if they would do the retirement fund or some type of fund there should be rules to follow in order to receive the money and if any of those rules are broken then the money is not rewarded. This would make the athletes more responsible for their actions if they want to receive their hard earned money.
DeleteOne of the articles brings up a great point that I had not considered: If the NCAA relaxes its policy that student athletes may not be paid by their institution, this opens the door for abuse with athletes making exorbitant amounts of money and the wealthiest colleges recruiting the most skilled athletes through promises of such inflated salaries.
ReplyDeleteThe compromise presented here seems to be a reasonable one: Providing $5000 per year in addition to a considerable scholarship should be able to go part of the way in compensating an athlete for his or her time but is hardly excessive. I am not exactly sure what the purpose of maintaining these funds in a trust is. I suppose there is a chance the student may misuse the money if he or she received it annually, but there is nothing to stop them from doing that even after they receive it.
The most important element of this decision to me was the stipulation that the likeness of the player could not longer be used with his or her consent, as if the NCAA and the member colleges somehow owned what he or she looked like. That was the most outrageous policy with which I disagreed most.
I feel like the paying of college athletes is going to ruin the game for the rest of the college teams. they are creating another league in the NCAA, D1 paid athletes, D1 athletes, D2 athletes, D3 athletes. D1 paid athletes will basically be the farming league for the pros. now not everyone has a chance, only players who play at the three big confrences who pay their way into a campionship.
ReplyDeleteI dont think that college athletes shouldn't get paid. Athletes have got paid sho why should they start getting paid now? Why change something that isnt broken? If they want money than they can get an athletic or academic scholarship to get money.
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