Receiving Pay For Performance
De’Andre Adams
Heather Surface
Writing Seminar
6 May 2014
Receiving Pay For Performance:
One of the most controversial topics discussed in collegiate sports, is that of whether college athletes should receive compensation beyond their financial aid for the services they perform. College athletics are a major source of revenue for universities, yet the student athletes rarely reap the benefits of the hard work that they provide. While students are awarded scholarships for their attendance in school, this aid at times, is just enough to cover housing, books, and tuition. Many would say that this is more than enough. What is not being kept in mind, is that the amount of hours that student athletes dedicate to their respective sport, is usually more hours than that of a full-time employee (Th). Leaving them with no extra time to indulge in employment elsewhere.
This is where the issue lies, if the students apply all of their extra time to the sport they play, and the university is immensely receiving financial benefits from the students’ performances in that sport, how is it justifiable that the students not be considered employees of the university they attend (Ts)? College athletes should receive extra compensation, outside the form of scholarship awards, for their performance and participation on their college athletic team.
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a membership organization of colleges and universities whose fundamental charge is to “maintain intercollegiate athletics as an integral part of the educational program and the athlete as an integral part of the student body” (NCAA 2014). This debate of whether college athletes should receive compensation is not that of new origin (Ts). This has been a topic of discussion since the inception of the NCAA. According to Anthony Miller, author of NCAA Division I Athletics: Amateurism and Exploitation, when it comes to debating whether or not college athletes should be paid, the two most
Heather Surface
Writing Seminar
6 May 2014
Receiving Pay For Performance:
One of the most controversial topics discussed in collegiate sports, is that of whether college athletes should receive compensation beyond their financial aid for the services they perform. College athletics are a major source of revenue for universities, yet the student athletes rarely reap the benefits of the hard work that they provide. While students are awarded scholarships for their attendance in school, this aid at times, is just enough to cover housing, books, and tuition. Many would say that this is more than enough. What is not being kept in mind, is that the amount of hours that student athletes dedicate to their respective sport, is usually more hours than that of a full-time employee (Th). Leaving them with no extra time to indulge in employment elsewhere.
This is where the issue lies, if the students apply all of their extra time to the sport they play, and the university is immensely receiving financial benefits from the students’ performances in that sport, how is it justifiable that the students not be considered employees of the university they attend (Ts)? College athletes should receive extra compensation, outside the form of scholarship awards, for their performance and participation on their college athletic team.
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a membership organization of colleges and universities whose fundamental charge is to “maintain intercollegiate athletics as an integral part of the educational program and the athlete as an integral part of the student body” (NCAA 2014). This debate of whether college athletes should receive compensation is not that of new origin (Ts). This has been a topic of discussion since the inception of the NCAA. According to Anthony Miller, author of NCAA Division I Athletics: Amateurism and Exploitation, when it comes to debating whether or not college athletes should be paid, the two most