A Problem Exists
Darwin Freeman
Strayer University
ENG 215
Dr. Aaron J. Miller
December 18, 2012
A Problems Exists
College athletes should be paid a portion of the money that they make for college universities. Every year there are college athletes who are stripped of their scholarship and their ability to compete in college athletics because they received money or improper gifts and deemed ineligible by N.C.A.A. (www.buzzle.com ) I’m researching this topic because I too know how the poverty line all your life. I also believe that these college athletes deserve to be paid and that way they’ll be less for these students to be concerned with being ineligible and hurting their respectful universities. The NCAA is refusing to budge on the idea of paying athletes a portion of the revenue generated by the skills of these college athletes. There is a 10.8 billion dollar deal between the NCAA and CBS/ Turner Sports for March Madness between 2011 and 2024. (Buzzle,2012) that’s close to 11 billion dollars for three weekends of television per year. Also there’s a new four year deal with ESPN that pays the Bowl Championship series in college football 500 million dollars. I’m not saying that these athletes should be paid a million dollars, but I do agree that a stipend of some kind should be awarded to every college athlete regardless of the sport. Every athlete should be paid the same amount to keep it unbiased. The N.C.A.A rulebook states that you as a college athlete are not eligible for participation in a sport if you have taken pay, or the promise of pay for competing in that sport. Also an athlete is ineligible if they’ve ever accepted money, transportation, or other improper benefits from an agent, or agreed to have an agent market you athletics ability or reputation in that sport. (NCAA, 2012) It is true however that the N.C.A.A has paid millions into a fund for in need athletes to cover clothing purchases, emergency travel and medical expenses. There’s also a special assistance
Strayer University
ENG 215
Dr. Aaron J. Miller
December 18, 2012
A Problems Exists
College athletes should be paid a portion of the money that they make for college universities. Every year there are college athletes who are stripped of their scholarship and their ability to compete in college athletics because they received money or improper gifts and deemed ineligible by N.C.A.A. (www.buzzle.com ) I’m researching this topic because I too know how the poverty line all your life. I also believe that these college athletes deserve to be paid and that way they’ll be less for these students to be concerned with being ineligible and hurting their respectful universities. The NCAA is refusing to budge on the idea of paying athletes a portion of the revenue generated by the skills of these college athletes. There is a 10.8 billion dollar deal between the NCAA and CBS/ Turner Sports for March Madness between 2011 and 2024. (Buzzle,2012) that’s close to 11 billion dollars for three weekends of television per year. Also there’s a new four year deal with ESPN that pays the Bowl Championship series in college football 500 million dollars. I’m not saying that these athletes should be paid a million dollars, but I do agree that a stipend of some kind should be awarded to every college athlete regardless of the sport. Every athlete should be paid the same amount to keep it unbiased. The N.C.A.A rulebook states that you as a college athlete are not eligible for participation in a sport if you have taken pay, or the promise of pay for competing in that sport. Also an athlete is ineligible if they’ve ever accepted money, transportation, or other improper benefits from an agent, or agreed to have an agent market you athletics ability or reputation in that sport. (NCAA, 2012) It is true however that the N.C.A.A has paid millions into a fund for in need athletes to cover clothing purchases, emergency travel and medical expenses. There’s also a special assistance
References: Buzzle, 2012 NCAA, 2012 CNN sports, 2011 USA today, 2009 ESPN, 2010