Being a college student-athlete is a full-time job, bouncing between the weight room, the court/field, classes, and film sessions. College athletics areextracurricular activities, but the schedules of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) tournaments require an extended ...
Since the argument about whether college athletes should be paid has gotten a lot of public attention, there are some lines of reasoning that are frequently called upon to support the claim that college athletes should be paid. In this section,we'll look at the three biggest arguments in favo...
Big-time college athletes are a step closer to being paidANNEMARIE GREEN, DEAN REYNOLDS
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...
ofcollegesports is at its all time high. With millions of people watching these sports‚ the broadcasting alone brings in over 700 million dollars each year for the NCAA. When the NCAA is making that much a year‚ doesn’t it make you wonder if the right people are being paid?
There are many differences in acollegeathleteand a professionalathlete. The thing about payingcollegeathletesis they would just spend all their money on things that they do not need.Collegeathletesshouldnot bepaidbecause they are still studentathletes‚ beingpaidwould take the intensity out of the...
NCAA rules strictly prohibits players from being paid for all the hard work they do to protect “amateurism”, but are you really an amateur putting in over 40 hours a week between practice and other activities? Although students earn a college scholarship, that doesn’t cover living expenses,...
The NCAA and five major college sports conferences have agreed to settle antitrust allegations for nearly $2.8 billion over the next 10 years.
Diggins is a WNBA point guard for the Dallas Wings. Playing college basketball at Notre Dame, she succeeded in winning the Nancy Lieberman Award for the top point guard in the nation in both 2012 and 2013. In the WNBA, she was named an All-Star in 2014. Since suffering an ACL injury ...
The debate over whether or not college athletes should be paid may not be a new one. However, it is being escalated as the amount of money being made by colleges in the form of broadcast rights, ticket sales and memorabilia has skyrocketed. ...