compensation for college athletes
Cody Withrow
November 28, 2014
Dr. Folkworth
To Get Paid or Not Get Paid
“Everybody gets rich off the NCAA Tourney -- the colleges, the conferences, the networks, the announcers and analysts, the coaches, the fans who win their office pools -- everybody, that is, but the stars of the show: the players themselves.” (ESPN)
The National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) essential principles about the role of student-athletes and its economic model received a partial rebuke from the courts. On Aug. 8, 2014, a federal judge ruled that the NCAA’s rule prohibiting student-athletes from being compensated for the use of their names, images and likenesses violated federal antitrust laws (Johnson).
A former basketball star at UCLA, Ed O’Bannon and several other current and former student-athletes brought the case up in 2009. Specifically, the athletes challenged the NCAA’s rule that prevents Division I men’s basketball and football athletes from receiving a share of the income that the NCAA and its schools earn from licensing agreements to use the athletes’ names, images, and likenesses in video games, telecasts, and other footage. The athletes argued that the NCAA’s rules violated the Sherman Antitrust Act as an unreasonable restraint of trade (Johnson). The Sherman Antitrust Act states that is a landmark federal statute in the history of United States antitrust law (or "competition law") passed by Congress in 1890. I believe Division 1 athletes should get paid for their performance during the year because division 1 schools produce over 10 million dollars a year and athletes at division 1 schools are treated like employees.
All television revenue, ticket and jersey sales, likeness promotions and other sources of income go to the NCAA, the schools, the coaches, the event staffs and everyone else involved in the business, except for the athletes creating the value. The NCAA currently produces nearly $11 Billion in annual revenue from college sports, more than the
November 28, 2014
Dr. Folkworth
To Get Paid or Not Get Paid
“Everybody gets rich off the NCAA Tourney -- the colleges, the conferences, the networks, the announcers and analysts, the coaches, the fans who win their office pools -- everybody, that is, but the stars of the show: the players themselves.” (ESPN)
The National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) essential principles about the role of student-athletes and its economic model received a partial rebuke from the courts. On Aug. 8, 2014, a federal judge ruled that the NCAA’s rule prohibiting student-athletes from being compensated for the use of their names, images and likenesses violated federal antitrust laws (Johnson).
A former basketball star at UCLA, Ed O’Bannon and several other current and former student-athletes brought the case up in 2009. Specifically, the athletes challenged the NCAA’s rule that prevents Division I men’s basketball and football athletes from receiving a share of the income that the NCAA and its schools earn from licensing agreements to use the athletes’ names, images, and likenesses in video games, telecasts, and other footage. The athletes argued that the NCAA’s rules violated the Sherman Antitrust Act as an unreasonable restraint of trade (Johnson). The Sherman Antitrust Act states that is a landmark federal statute in the history of United States antitrust law (or "competition law") passed by Congress in 1890. I believe Division 1 athletes should get paid for their performance during the year because division 1 schools produce over 10 million dollars a year and athletes at division 1 schools are treated like employees.
All television revenue, ticket and jersey sales, likeness promotions and other sources of income go to the NCAA, the schools, the coaches, the event staffs and everyone else involved in the business, except for the athletes creating the value. The NCAA currently produces nearly $11 Billion in annual revenue from college sports, more than the
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