AmeraturismEssay Preview: AmeraturismReport this essayAmeraturismThe North American sports market is worth about $65 billion today. Do you think NCAA should be paying college students and ameraturs before they become professionals. Currently the NCAA rules reject amateurs from being payed and when they do, they stop being amateurs and become professionals. Arguably, the NCAA should not allow amateurs to be paid because it creates an unfair advantage, they already have scholarship opportunities, and it ruins the dream of become “pro”.
The NCAA should not allow amateurs to be paid because it creates an unfair advantage. When the students start being paid as athletes, they are already almost guaranteed on becoming a professional after being an ameratur. “Amateurism requirements do not allow contacts with professional teams” (NCAA definition of amateurism). This protects amateurs from playing with people who already have signed contracts with professional teams. Once an amateur starts accepting money they become a professional. Being an amateur is supposed to be a part of an athletes career to prepare and teach them to become professionals. If an athlete is good enough to get offers from professional teams, why would he/she pass up the offer to unless they are on a college scholarship, in which another contract will be available. If amateurs were being paid, the teams focus would be on the athletes that are the first to be offered contracts, not giving other amateurs a chance to get the same learning.
The NCAA should not allow amateurs to be paid because there are already scholarship opportunities for them. If an amateur is good enough to receive contracts from professional teams, and grants to play with professionals, why wouldnt they leave their amateur life to become one. Colleges already offer students scholarships to get an education, why should the student athletes also be paid while receive financial aid. “Students athletes receive, covering their tuition and most living expenses at some of the best schools in the nation, is ample reward” (NCAA). Some student athletes are offered free education to the best schools for being an athletes. That alone is equivalent to being paid for playing. There should
The NCAA’s decision may make these college athletes even more difficult to help. They are being asked to join a private club that promotes their education and help them prepare to tackle a more challenging job.
When the NCAA began its investigation last year, it found that the only programs in the country that provided scholarships to athletes who graduated from such schools were those that provided grants to college athletes. Those programs did receive more scholarships than the other programs. No private program was involved in the investigation, and the NCAA released a more detailed finding after the NCAA’s initial report is released on Monday.
“The NCAA Board of Regents has a responsibility to make sure that the quality of the institution and to improve the public image of it, both in terms of our reputation and in terms of our programs, is maintained at a level that is fair and meets the standards we have set out for our schools,” NCAA President John Swofford said. “I think that’s a very important concern to me and a very valid one. The fact that the NCAA has a responsibility to make sure that the quality of education programs, those that offer scholarships to athletes and those that provide grant to college athletes, meet the standards that we have set out is something we’re very proud of not only professionally, but in terms of quality public relations for [the schools]. And that’s something that has to become more and more important because in terms of our reputation we are not doing everything in a timely manner.”
On Monday, university officials told Inside the NBA he will hold up scholarship applications from people who attended such schools at other universities unless they can prove financial aid from a state university was not sufficient to cover the amount of interest.
The NCAA has not yet decided whether it would consider providing private scholarships to athletes. They are also still investigating and evaluating the reasons for the student athletes leaving.
The NCAA is expected to release its own report in about 90 days about the reasons for the schools’ financial aid in future weeks, according to the NCAA.
This is not the first time such scholarship programs have been involved with the NCAA’s investigation. There was an investigation by the NCAA and the U.S. Department of Education into why the students in the U.S. were being penalized.
The NCAA also announced it would investigate the lack of financial incentives for athletes to leave the country. The NCAA also said in a statement it didn’t think it could afford to take on such an issue.
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