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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 .

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Commercialization of college athletes

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  1. Commercialization of college athletes Should they be paid? Zach Siedlecki

  2. 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 $

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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.

  7. Mediation cont. • The teams participating in tournaments like BCS and March Madness get a bonus from the NCAA to give the players.

  8. Mediation cont. • Change the rule so that if players would like to sell their jerseys to someone they are allowed too.

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

  10. 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>.

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