Are student-athletes employees for the university?
The National Collegiate Athletic Association also known as the NCAA is a non profit organization where student athletes in college play their selected sport. Over the years there has become a serious debate whether these athletes should receive a payment for playing at their school. The main question for this dilemma is, are the players employees of the institution/organization. There are many outcomes to paying the players, some good and some bad. People believe if these players start to receive a certain salary that maybe players would stop signing autographs for money, or selling memorabilia of theirs for a profit. For years players have been putting their bodies and future careers at risk by playing for free while the university and companies that associate with the universities make millions of dollars from games and media contracts. Recently ESPN agreed to a contract with the NCAA to have the rights of airing the college football playoffs for around $470 million dollars a year for the next 12 years. That accumulates to $5.64 billion over 12 years for only 3 games a year. Certainly some of this money can be distributed to players around the NCAA. Journalist Jonathon Chait believes if athletes start to unionize it can save NCAA sports by truly giving the student athletes scholarships that will pay for the costs of attendance. Journalist Horace Mitchell feels that NCAA players shouldn't be paid though. If problems persist and teams start to unionize or receive pay, it could affect the NCAA in the long run. The only question is will it affect it positively or negatively.
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