Jarrod Uthoff, a Cedar Rapids native, left a legacy at the University of Iowa. He scored 30 points in one half at one of the most hostile arenas, Iowa State. He has made history by now being one of the Big Tens most dominate players. He was named Mr.Basketball in 2011 and also Gatorade Player of the Year. They put in around half of their time practicing their sport and that is without school work involved, according to Peter Jacobs author of an article from college student athletes. Yet after all that time they are not getting paid. As of right now the student-athletes do not get a wage, but they do get a scholarship, which is why this is such an important topic because the college players are a huge part of this issue. Many people …show more content…
These players have extremely hard practices, and so very intense games, and usually put in another 40 hours plus without counting practices. Their total efforts each year lead to at least 11 billion dollars each year for the collages. Each day for the men 's basketball players the average is about 5 and a half hours each day.(Peter Jacobs) Why is this business model--unpaid labor, mostly by black athletes, generating riches for white administrators--still treated. (Donald Yee) For football they usually have about 10 games and then they have playoff games if they make it around 13 games. After all you can see that these players put in a tremendous amount of time for their sport. They also need to get paid because of how much extra money the colleges have. Most college coaches get paid millions and that 's just for coaching the team, it’s not him that brings in the money it the players. The highest paid coach in college football is Nick Saban getting paid just a bit more than 7 million. (Washington Post) According to USA today their are more than 9 athletic directors that make more than 1 million and about 50 that make around 500,000. Their would be caps for basketball it would be 650,000 and for football it would be 3 million so neither of those are even close to the 11 billion the collages make a year. The amount players would make is 25,000 each and all that added up among the players would not even be more than 1 coach. They
Collegiate sports have turned into a billion dollar industry and are probably just as popular, if not more popular than professional sports. College athletes put their bodies on the line to play a sport they love, many with hopes and dreams to one day make it to the professional leagues. Athletic facilities are the major money makers for all universities. Colleges bring in billions of dollars in revenue annually, yet athletes do not get paid. Some fans believe athletes should not get paid due to their sports level being “amateurish.”; however, this is far from the truth. There is much more to being a college athlete than just practicing and playing games. These student-athletes must practice, weight lift, go to meetings, travel, go to tutoring and study groups, all the while maintaining sufficient grades. This is very tedious work and is very time consuming. College athletes have a high standard to live up to (Frederick Web; Huma Web; Patterson Web ).
But why should a student athlete be paid in the first place? Their just athletes right? They go to school just like everyone else? What makes them so special? What makes a college athlete different than the average student is the amount of revenue that they help bring to their selected colleges. This type of revenue is made up from ticket sales, merchandise, media rights and contributions. “USA today” reported that the University of Texas generated $167.7 million dollars from their athletic programs, and that’s just one school. With this in mind, imagine just how much money other colleges are making from their athletics. Sure one can make the argument that they should not be paid because they are not professionals, but one can’t ignore the fact that they are bringing in millions of dollars and seeing none of it.
Have you paid attention to all of the news that has been surfacing about collegiate sports lately? It is a big topic now days in the world of sports on weather college athletes should be getting paid to play sports. College athletics have gained great popularity of the past few decades, and have brought schools lots of revenue. A lot of college athletes think they should be getting paid for their services they do for their school. College sports like basketball and football generate over six billion dollars a year, but none of it goes to the athletes. Athletes should be paid for all of the time and dedication they put forth to their sport and the effort they put towards school to be eligible to play, athletes should get paid for all the money they bring to their school by playing sports, and players should also be paid for putting their bodies on the line while playing sports.
Some believe that college athletes at the highest performing schools are better treated than others. Although they do not get paid, they do receive some benefits for being athletes that other students would not get. One advantage for playing a sport is access to scholarships that some schools reserve for their athletes. Depending on the school and the athlete’s performance, money towards tuition is often given. Only some schools are willing to grant “full-ride” scholarships for certain athletes. According to its rules, “the NCAA prohibits payments, beyond educational scholarships and specified expenses, to the athletes who are responsible for producing those revenues” (Goldman, Lee). This rule is a way to limit an athlete 's ability to
One of the hottest debates in the sports industry is if college athletes should be paid. If you want to pay these athletes, how would the college determine the dollar amount that should be paid? Should the basketball team make more than the football team? Should the the soccer team be paid as well? Cheerleading? Chess team? Should everyone on the team get a salary? What if your college is good at football and your basketball team is awful? Rather than thinking about these questions, the college board is just better off not paying athletes like how they did in the old days. For example, “When the National Collegiate Athletic Association was founded by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1905, the institution was devoted to the belief of not providing a salary to the college-athletes who took participated in the organization. It is based on the belief of amateurism, and it was a remarkable idea” (Meshefejian). However, The continuous growth of NCAA causes a huge amount of revenue to come into colleges and this cause controversy to whether if athletes should be paid for what they do. The opinions on this subject can be grouped into two general categories. Some feel that college athletes should not be paid because education comes first and athletes are already paid in full. Others feel that college athletes should be paid because playing a sport is a full-time job and it would make the sport more competitive. Although some
Collegiate athletes lay it all on the line when they compete. Just like their professional counterparts, they play the game with heart and soul. Why, then, are they not given monetary compensation in return for all the blood, sweat and tears they shed for their school? According to “Let’s start paying college athletes” by Joe Nocera of The New York Times, the 15 highest-paid NCAA football coaches made $53.4 million; meanwhile, the 13,877 Division I players made $0
In addition, paying college athletes will result in greed so it is best to not pay them. Athletes are motivated to play and try their best in each game to earn scholarships. If NCAA start paying them then it will
"College Athletes Should Not Be Paid due to Post-Eligibility ). But this downplays the exploitation. The athletes in major football and men’s basketball programs are disproportionately black, many from poor and educationally disadvantaged backgrounds. For many of the college athletes this is the ¨only game in town¨. Paying College Athletes is a huge mistake because it is a quote on quote ¨misdiagnoses the disease but because it suggests that the only cure is to put the patient out of his misery.¨ It fails, to recognize the value of sports as a part of education. This can be seen in the numerous student athletes, from basketball to tennis players, who pour so much time into training and playing games with no hope of going to a major league level. Many of these kids, in even the biggest sports show dedication and determination for long periods of time after it is clear to them that they will never be on the professional level. ¨At many of America's largest colleges and universities, athletics has become overemphasized at great financial, academic, and moral costs. As average for the entire period of 2004-2006, only 16 teams broke even. ¨ ( NCAA Division I Institutions:
To begin with, college athletes should get paid because scholarship money are not enough. Scholarships do not always provide the athletes the right amount of money. The pay would be comparable to those who work a job because
Around 60 percent of National Basketball Association players are penniless within the first five years of retirement. Countless of these athletes point their fingers to poor financial investments, funding their family and friends and having extravagant spending habits. If the NCAA agreed to begin paying student-athletes, the financial experience could help them develop a foundation of financial knowledge, and teach these young adults how to manage their finances and carry that wealth of knowledge to which ever career field they decide to take (Patterson). Student-athletes getting paid has gained so much momentum and controversy that the issue has made its way to the federal courts. The college football players at Northwestern University appealed the National Labor Relations Board to form a union. The main reason why these student-athletes went against the board was because they felt like they should be treated like regular employees and not students. An average college football player dedicates about 43.3 hours per week just towards football. That is 3.3 more hours than the average American work week. Another reason is even though the NCAA claims college athletes are just students, the NCAA requires that college athletes miss classes for nationally televised games that generate a large amount revenue. For example, the NCAA Division I football championship game is played on a Monday night. That means that the championship game requires football players to miss the first day of spring classes, which clearly demonstrates that the student-athletes are actually athletes first and students second. Also, the annual NCAA men’s basketball tournament, which generates about one billion dollars per year, affects more than six days of classes. Another clear indication that the NCAA cares only about how much money their student-athletes
If an employee earned millions of dollars for a company and received little to no compensation, many issues would arise, possibly even a riot. In contrast, when this same dilemma comes about for a collegiate athlete, the only people who believe that these athletes deserve this money are the athletes themselves. The definition of a full-time job is commonly considered to be a 35-40-hour work week, and these everyday employees get paid, so why do college athletes who work over 40 hours for their sport not get paid (Edelman, Marc)? During recent years, there has been a great debate that has arisen over whether these athletes deserve to be paid for their hard work, rather than simply receive scholarship money that the athletes never see. Many spectators wish to preserve the amateurism of the sport, filled with athletes that play because of their love for the game, not because of a paycheck. On the other hand, there are a growing number of proponents who firmly believe that
Proponents emphasize that college athletics is a billion-dollar industry that generates significant revenue for its institutions and these institutions should share this revenue with their student-athletes. The NCAA generated over $845 billion dollars in 2012 from their college athletes’ performances at the highest level. This can be compared to a for-profit corporation that makes a lot of money but doesn’t have to pay its employees. (Why College Athletes Should Be Paid). According to a September 2011 study, for each NCAA Division I institution, their average football player generates $120,000 and their average men’s basketball play generates $265,000, annually for athletic department.
There has always been a big controversial debate on whether college athletes should receive some type of compensation for playing Division one sports. Many college teams pile up huge revenue from football games, basketball games, and many other different sports. Although the university piles up huge amounts of that money, not one penny goes towards any of the athletes. Even though they’re the reason why universities are getting rich from all the money the sports have obtained, the revenue that usually comes from game tickets, sponsorships, and booster clubs. Also college athletics have a huge popularity among Americans over the past few years, more American have turned their heads to watching collegiate sports rather than watching professional sports, to the fact that its way more exciting. This has resulted into increased revenues for the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the other colleges that’s participating with this, in this case the debate of whether college athletes should be compensated beyond their athletic scholarships. Student athletes have worked hard, have dedicated themselves to the sport and also sacrificed their own time for the sport they love.
Although student-athletes are noticed, scouted and recruited by colleges for their athletic abilities, the colleges’ main priority, to educate the students, does not change. According to Krikor Meshefejian, “[this is] the main problem with paying student-athletes… it is not the college’s primary function” (“Pay to Play”). However, when debating pay for play in college sports an individual must consider the hypocrisy of the current system. One could question the colleges’ chief concern when they look at the scheduling of games, as well as game times. The National College Players Association argues that the N.C.A.A. could do a better job at not scheduling games during the week when classes are in session because this stresses student-athletes scholastically (“College Athletes”). Unfortunately, many people that oppose college athletes being paid have ignored the underhanded ways of the N.C.A.A., as well as the colleges when they state what their central goals are with student-athletes. According to the New York Times, “Last August, [federal] Judge Claudia Wilken ruled against the N.C.A.A. and in favor of O’Bannon, who argued that college athletes should be paid for their names, images and likenesses” (“ N.C.A.A.”). This ruling is a gigantic stride in the right direction. Because of the requirements, the revenue produced and the restrictions, college athletes deserve to be paid.
Waking up before the sunrise is a daily routine. Early morning film sessions, class, then practice, which dominates the day. There are few moments in between for food and socializing, but the life of a student athlete is anything but ordinary. Sleep, eat, practice and school are all an athlete knows, and with the pressures of campus life it becomes even more difficult. No time for much of anything, let alone getting a job. Like most students, these athletes need money, but do not have a spare second to work. Without any source of income, athletes are put at a major disadvantage. Their full-time job is athletics, in addition to rigorous college-level courses. The possibility of becoming a professional and making millions becomes very appealing. This course of action leads to student athletes making money illegally, dropping out of school, or leaving school early without a degree to try and make it professionally.