Should College Athletes Be Paid? Institute of Sports Law and Ethics, Santa Clara University, law.scu.edu/wp-content/uploads/Should-College-Athletes-Be-Paid.pdf.
This part of the article talks about how much money tv companies pay to cover games in different conferences. Cardozo Law Review published the numbers for the article. It shows how much money people are paying to see the athletes play. Within the last 10 years. Found on google. Used google scholar.
“Big Ten Conference: $1 billion, 10-year deal with ESPN/ABC, and a $72 million, six-year deal with CBS for basketball only. Also, the Big Ten Network has a $2.8 million, 25-year deal with News Corp.”
Should College Athletes Be Paid? Institute of Sports Law and Ethics, Santa Clara University, law.scu.edu/wp-content/uploads/Should-College-Athletes-Be-Paid.pdf.
This part of the article talks about how coaches get paid millions of dollars to coach but players get a scholarship not nearly as much. A bill from California that talks about institutions paying for more expensive if they make more than a certain amount of money. It shows how certain sports bring in mass amounts of money but none of the athletes receive it. 2014. Found on google.
“For example, Alabama head football coach Nick Saban’s contract extension calls for him to make $45 million over the next eight years. His players, on the other hand, receive only an NCAA scholarship that does not even cover their basic living expenses”
Should College Athletes Be Paid? Institute of Sports Law and Ethics, Santa Clara University, law.scu.edu/wp-content/uploads/Should-College-Athletes-Be-Paid.pdf.
This part of the article talks about how students who create something for the school get compensated for their inventions but athletes do that but do not. Reported by Santa Claire university law department. This shows how all students should be treated the same and not punished just because they play a sport. Found on google, using google scholar.
“the Bayh-Dole Act of 198013 requires that they receive a share of royalties from their inventions. It is not illogical to suggest that inventors, who are college students, and athletes, who are college students, should be treated the same, i.e., each should share in the value they create for their institutions without being penalized. Stanford, for example, paid, not penalized, the founders of 5 Google for their inventions while they were students. Why should a student-athlete be penalized if he or she is paid for his or her contributions?”
Pennington, Bill. “When Injured Athlete Leaves Campus, College’s Responsibility Ends.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 19 Oct. 2018, www.nytimes.com/2013/04/05/sports/ncaabasketball/broken-leg-renews-focus-on-college-athletes-health-insurance.html.
This article talks about how athletes put their bodies on the line for these schools but are not treated like employees. Money is generated from their performance but once you leave the school you aren’t their problem anymore. New York times article. This shows how athletes are only being used to create revenue and popularity for the school. 2018. Used google to find.
“College athletes aren’t employees, so there’s no workmen’s compensation. They tell us we’re student-athletes because it’s not a job. But it sure is a business, and it’s not a nonprofit.”
Pennington, Bill. “When Injured Athlete Leaves Campus, College’s Responsibility Ends.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 19 Oct. 2018, www.nytimes.com/2013/04/05/sports/ncaabasketball/broken-leg-renews-focus-on-college-athletes-health-insurance.html.
This section of the article talks about how many athletes only go to college to become a professional one day but many risks it all and get hurt and they’ve lost everything. New York times article. This shows how athletes’ careers can be over so fast and then they are left with nothing. Used google to find.
“Ware’s injury underscores just how vulnerable college athletes are: in a moment it can all be gone,”
https://digitalcommons.law.msu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1241&context=facpubs
McCormick, Robert. “The Exploitation of the College Athlete.” Digital Commons at Michigan State University College of Law, 1 Jan. 2010, digitalcommons.law.msu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1241&context=facpubs.
This document talks about how money is generated but not seen by anyone who is actually performing. Professor at Michigan state. This shows how everyone involved with the sport because the athletes are reaping the benefits of the sport. Found on google scholar.
“NCAA rules obligate players to live by a code of amateurism that forecloses any real opportunity to earn compensation for their labor, that precept does not apply to university officials, coaches, athletic directors, conference commissioners, corporate partners, or NCAA officials who… enjoy the bounteous wealth created in substantial part by the players.”
brett, martin. “A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF REVENUE PRODUCING SPORT STUDENTATHLETES’ PERCEPTIONS OF THE NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION (NCAA) .” Etd.ohiolink.edu, 2005, etd.ohiolink.edu/rws_etd/document/get/osu1122396124/inline.
Talks about how they are supposed to be students but aren’t treated like students, they are more athlete than students due to the expectations and pressure put on them. Found on academic search complete. This shows how if they are supposed to be the same as students why are they treated different and have more expectations then them.
“They [student-athletes] talk about the intrusion of athletics on their time, especially personal time….about their inability to integrate into the rest of the student body because of demands and the isolation imposed upon them by coaches….the socialization and “culturalization” failure they feel because their world is rarely allowed to expand beyond the width of the field or court…the reality of expectations that turn them into athlete-students far more often than student-athletes” pg. 15
COLLEGE STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS ON THE PAYMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE STUDENT-ATHLETES. By: Schneider, Raymond G., College Student Journal, 01463934, Jun2001, Vol. 35, Issue 2