Commercialization of college athletes

COMMERCIALIZATION OF COLLEGE ATHLETES

Should they be paid?Zach Siedlecki

Status Now

At the moment college athletes don’t get paid in proportion to their worth

The NCAA president Mark Emmett backed a proposal to increase the scholarships athletes get by 2,000 $

Argument for

NCAA made 11.3 billion dollars of TV deals for March Madness and BCS (wilbon) Students are essentially employees

Players that get their likeness used in video games, and their jersey sold by schools should get some form of compensation

Real Life

Georgia wide receiver A.J. Green was suspended 4 games for selling his jersey to an agent for a reported 1000-750 dollars

Reason Against

If you were to pay players the amateurism of the college game would cease to exist.

There are not enough funds in college sports to fund all college athletes salary. Title IX

Possible Mediation

Athletes getting a stipend based off a percentage of the scholarship the school is giving them.

Allow Players to sell their jerseys Teams participating in the major

tournaments get bonuses from NCAA so they can give their players slight bonuses

Problems

It is very hard to keep amateurism in the game while still giving them and form of money beyond scholarships.

Works Cited

Staples, Andy. "Double Standard Doubly Frusterating." Web log post. Fitness Information Technology. International Center for Performance Excellence, 9 Sept. 2010. Web. 29 Mar. 2012. <1. http://fitinfotech.wordpress.com/2010/09/09/do-ncaa-licensing-deals-exploit-student-athletes/>.

Wilbon, Michael. "College Athletes Deserve to Be Paid." ESPN College Sports. ESPN, 18 July 2011. Web. 30 Mar. 2012. <http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/6778847/college-athletes-deserve-paid>.

Grier, Alvin. "Should College Athletes Be Paid? Pros and Cons of Each Perspective." Get 2 the League. 27 May 2011. Web. 30 Mar. 2012. <http://www.get2theleague.com/money/should-college-athletes-be-paid-pros-and-cons-of-each-perspective>.

Sander, Libby. "NCAA Takes Heat over Commercialization of Athletes." Onnidan Online. 28 Oct. 2008. Web. 29 Mar. 2012. <http://onnidan1.com/forum/index.php?topic=21138.0;wap2>.