Pay for play
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The NCAA generates $4.2 billion annually from fans and partnerships. While college sports have become big business, student-athletes are still considered amateurs and do not receive direct payment beyond scholarships. However, some argue student-athletes should benefit more financially given their important revenue-generating role. A student-athlete's life involves balancing early practices and travel with academic coursework. College athletic department revenues have significantly increased for some schools between 2005-2008, with Hawaii seeing the largest growth. Television money, bowl games, and marketing deals are major sources of income in college sports. Some fans feel student-athletes are being exploited by their schools.
Pay for play
- 1. Pay for playBy: Ibrahim Yayah
- 2. College SportsNational Collegiate Athletic Association or NCAA which is estimating a generated $4.2 billion from both fans and various partnership deals.
- 3. NCAASince its birth, the NCAA has grown into a multi-million dollar industry and some experts feel college athletes should begin to benefit more financially from the large revenues being brought in.
- 4. Why are students-athletes not getting paid?Student-athletes are students first and athletes second. They are not university employees who are paid for their labor. Many receive athletics grants-in-aid that can be worth more than $100,000.The NCAA believes that amateur athletics should not be infected with the pursuit of capitalism, thus, maintaining its purity in terms of amateur athletic competition
- 5. Life of a student-athleteLife for a college student-athlete can be a hectic. Early wake-up times, practices, team meetings and traveling out-of-state for competitions are just a few things the average student-athlete at any division-one school has to juggle. And they must stay on top of their grades.
- 6. RevenuesRank (by percentage point change)SchoolPercent of allocated revenue to total budget, inflation adjusted, 2005Percent of allocated revenue to total budget, inflation adjusted, 2008Percentage point change, 2005-2008Total reported athletics department revenue, inflation adjusted, 20081Hawaii9.4%26.3%16.9%$37,200,582 2Louisiana Tech43.8%55.4%11.6%$14,568,211 3Nevada Las Vegas39.0%49.6%10.6%$38,145,508 4Memphis19.2%29.6%10.4%$34,170,804 5Louisiana-Lafayette42.4%52.8%10.4%$11,429,370 6San Diego State42.8%52.5%9.8%$31,923,724
- 7. Sources of income in college sportsTelevision moneyBowl moneyMarketing
- 8. Student-athletsA lot of fan out there feel that student-athletes are being exploited from their universities and colleges
- 9. Story of the Fab 5http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cLNozbi6FU