Should College Athletes be Paid?

A Multimedia Project Proposal by Joey Young, Nick Hostetter, Matt Lusardo, Jake Brockhoff

What’s the problem?● Mass revenue is being collected by

universities and the players aren’t being paid● Former Athletes are indifferent● Coaches are indifferent● Sports Analysts are indifferent● The NCAA does not want to pay their athletes

Former AthletesDivided Stances

In Favor: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Against: Charles Barkley

They both expressed their feelings toward the situation through multimedia

College CoachesDivided Stances

In Favor: Nick Saban Against: Jim Boeheim

Expressed through press conferences and interviews

Sports AnalystsDivided Stances

In Favor: Joe Nocera

Against: Scoop Jackson

All of these sources expressed their opinions through television and the internet

National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)Completely against the idea

Core Values

Amateurism

Mark Emmett

STANCE Athletes should not

be paid because...“there is no system of payment that

can be put in place that is fair across the board to all students, all sports and all schools that participate in college athletics” (Jackson).

Athletes are already essentially being paid

University funds would need to be totally reallocated

Smaller schools would struggleThe “college model” would be

abandoned

Modality: WebsiteBenefits

Straight-forwardEasy accessConvenient

ConstraintsNot extremely

publicTechnical

difficultiesTarget Audience

College sports fansCollege students

Questions?