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. This would regulate who gets money and not

let players get more then their worth Players that are just walk-ons don’t get

anything extra The amateurism is still intact because it isn’t

full blown salaries.

Mediation cont. The teams participating in tournaments

like BCS and March Madness get a bonus from the NCAA to give the players.

Mediation cont. Change the rule so that if players would

like to sell their jerseys to someone they are allowed too.

Problems It is very hard to keep amateurism in the

game while still giving them and form of money beyond scholarships.

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