Corruption In College Sports Analysis

Many public policy makers have been led to believe that professional sports are a public good, like youth sports activities, or community centers. Yet there is very little evidence to suggest that there are any positive effects produced by professional athletic teams that can’t be produced by other forms of entertainment at a much lower cost. Unlike public entities that are mandated to provide certain service(s) for the public, professional athletic teams provide entertainment with no obligation to fans or the cities in which they play. The numerous players strikes and lock outs are a testament to

According to New Direction in Public Opinion, Ideology can be defined as, “shared belief systems that reflect some groups understanding of the social world and its vision of what that world should ideally look like” (Berinsky, A., 2012). Ideology relates to the issue of college athletes being paid in several ways, one side being, political elites such as the NCAA’s ideological views on the topic and one side being the college athletes of the NCAA. The NCAA is the political elite of college athletics.. The NCAA holds the position that collegiate athletes are considered amateur athletes and it should be illegal to receive compensation for their actions on the field. NCAA President Mark Emmert echoed this in 2014 when he said “The overwhelming majority of student-athletes, across all sports, play college athletics as part of their educational experience and for the love of their sport — not to be paid a salary.”

College Varsity Athletes Should be Paid In this paper, I argue that college varsity athletes should be paid for playing sports that bring in revenue. In particular, College football and basketball because they bring in the majority of the revenue for the schools. The revenue accomplished by college sports programs continues to increase, due to the growth in interest of the NCAA basketball tournament and the college football playoffs (Berry III, Page 270). Throughout the past few years, one of the main topics debated in college sports is whether or not the athletes should be paid.

College football, as an “amateur” sport, produces nearly $3.5 billion dollars a year, but the young men who play the game, primarily African American, don’t see a penny of revenue. Yes, student athletes get tuition, room and board, and lots of Nike, Adidas or Under Armour gear, but they’re really free labor. The world refers to them as “student athletes,”. There are three different levels of competition under the NCAA. Division I, Division II and Division III are the three levels associated with the NCAA.

Major college football and basketball programs bring in millions of dollars a year for their university and the NCAA. Many people claim the players are the reason these programs make so much money and should be compensated for their work. At first this seems to be logical, but there are many flaws with paying athletes. However, athletes should be able to pursue business opportunities. College athletes should not be paid for playing sports, but should be able to have an outside income.

According to Michael Wilbon of ESPN said that the NCAA signed a contract with CBS Sports that spans from 2011-2024 and costed the NCAA $10.8 billion. That contract will pay the NCAA about $830 million dollars per year. So the profit for NCAA is at least $1 billion dollars in a span of 3 weeks of basketball. So where does this money go obviously it goes somewhat to the players but it mainly goes to the university, I think athletes should directly get that money so they can pay for stuff that they need during their time at college. According to Joe Nocera of the New York Times, if college athletes were paid there might be a less likely chance of scandals like the one at Miami University.

Not only did they monopolize the college sport industry, in doing so, they have disallowed pay to all of their athletes. The only reason people go to games or buy merchandise is because of the athletes. " Fifty colleges report annual revenues that exceed $50

Division one college athletics, especially basketball and football, are some of the most popular events in the country. In 2017, the College Football Playoff Championship game was the tenth-most viewed television program in the U.S. at 24.42 million total viewers, and the NCAA Men’s basketball championship game was the thirteenth-most at 23.01 million total viewers (Mitchell). This means that college sports generate large amounts at money from television ratings and exposure. Lots of money is also made by colleges from merchandise sold due to recognition gained by their sports teams. Because of this, many people believe that college athletes should be paid to play their sports.

College Athlete or Employee? According to the NCAA, more than 460,000 student athletes compete in NCAA sporting events every year. Could you imagine being one of those athletes? Picture devoting 40 hours or more of your week practicing to perform for the NCAA, an organization that pulls in an average of one billion dollars every year, knowing that every time you step on the field you could be risking serious injury. On top off all that, guess how much money you 're making?

Every year the NCAA makes around one billion dollars (Alesia). While the NCAA as a whole made this sum of money other leagues like the NHL (National Hockey League) make only around two-hundred and seventeen dollars (Badenhausen). Most of their profits come from TV advertising and licences. This is supported by figure B (Revenue). While the NCAA is making a billion dollars a year, it is the colleges that receive most of that capita.

are the only people getting paid while the football, basketball, soccer, tennis players do all the hard work making the NCAA billions of dollars every year studies that were conducted found this to be very disturbing, considering the fact that college football games bring in 10.8 billion dollars a year, college basketball brings in 27 billion dollars a year, and not one football or basketball player sees any money made from the games they slaved over. The reason the people in charge of the NCAA will get away with what they’ve done to players for years on end is because the coaches and other staff are getting paid to shut their mouths and not speak out against the NCAA, because they need a job, these young men and women work so hard throughout their sport seasons with practices, training, conditioning, and games these students athletes need some type of pay and most of all educational help on and off the field to help them do good in school and focus on their passion. Now back to the first point made about the NCAA believing that if they partnered with universities around the world to grant every young man and woman a full scholarship to play sports for their brand and that school then they receive free benefits like a room and board, books

The Injustice of the NCAA The NCAA is making an extremely large profit on the amateur athletic performance of student athletes, without them seeing a penny. The NCAA earns around 1.5-2.0 billion dollars on average every year (compared to the NFL at 1.0-2.0 billion dollars as well). They are additionally qualifying themselves as a non-profit organization, therefore not having to pay taxes on any of the money they receive. College athletes should be able to receive an allowance, besides the scholarships they receive, because many students struggle to get through the week, paying for food, clothing, and other essential items. Student athletes, as stated in bylaw 15.01.2 of the NCAA handbook, are not allowed to take any handout or financial help

In his article “Should College Athletes be Paid? Why, They Already Are”, Seth Davis is able to effectively argue why Branch’s argument in “The Shame of College Sports” is incorrect through his use of rhetorical strategies to the Sports Illustrated audience. Davis’ use of ethos addresses Branch’s trustworthiness in what he includes or does not include in his article. Through his use of logos Davis is able to point out why Branch’s logic does not add up. Finally, Davis’ accusatory tone asserts his opinion of Branch’s writing, which tears down why Branch’s own article is flawed.

In the 2013-14 seasons, the NBA grossed $4.79 billion in revenues. That’s over 100 times more than an average NBA player makes in his whole career. NCAA men’s basketball tournament accumulated $1.15 billion in ad revenue, $200 million more than the NBA Playoffs that same year. Despite the staggering profit numbers they generated, tournament participants did not receive one cent for their efforts. The NCAA currently resides in a state of pure hypocrisy.

The NCAA has appealed.” The NCAA had one simple solution to this problem and that was to remove player images from all commercial use. This has resulted in the cancellation of popular videogames such as ‘NCAA Football’ or ‘NCAA Basketball’ and is also resulted in the removal of names from all NCAA athletic apparel sold to the public such as jerseys. To say that NCAA teams make their schools millions of dollars is an understatement. USA Today and Stanley Eitzen calculated how much money National Basketball League Hall of Fame member and former Georgetown basketball player Patrick Ewing made Georgetown during his college career.