Pay For Play Research Paper

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Pay for Play Raymond M. Mabrey Post University: Learning Across the Lifespan 9 December 2012 Pay for Play In the current world of college sports as a training ground for professional sports, college athletes should be paid for their performance on the field or court. In today's society, with everyone wanting to win at all costs, college athletes are performing at an extraordinary high level and should receive payment for their performance in their respective sport. Most college athletes are attending college via partial or full scholarship to pay for their education. However, these kids still have a life outside of sports and school. With practice throughout the year, their class load and the pressure to maintain…show more content…
However, the University of Nebraska averaged out the annual cost of a "Full Ride" scholarship for a division one student/athlete and it equated to the following: $19,848 dollars for tuition and fees, $1,020 for books and supplies, $8,196 for room and board, and $3,422 for miscellaneous expenses including travel home, clothing, and laundry. The problem with this "Full Ride" scholarship is due to NCAA rules and regulations the University of Nebraska would only be allowed to pay $29,064 to the athlete, the remaining $3,422 would have to be covered by the student and their family. Most people would say that should be enough, but considering students still have bills for example cell phones, food (may not always be able to eat in the cafeteria) this will then put students in situations where they could get themselves in trouble with their school and/or the NCAA (Staples, 2012). For example the Ohio State University has self- reported 46 violations in all sports combined. What is so shocking about this, is it was right after Jim Tressell former head coach of the football team resigned from allegations that he knew of rules being broken by his team and did not report them. Of these 46 infractions reported by the university they ranged from coach Urban Meyer telling a recruit "good luck" during a game, one coach using tobacco products on the field during a game, and lastly a member of the alumni sending a video to a recruiter, all of these are in violation of NCAA rules (Manzullo, 2012). Jacory Harris a member of the University of Miami football team received a 1 game suspension for receiving approximately $140.00 from different restaurants in the community (Cohen,

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