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Everything in the article is related to the tittle. It talks about the definition of the tittle, what evolves since it first started in 1906 and there change of names from IAA to NCAA. What distracted me but in a good way was that they didn’t only focus on the 21stcentury college athletes, but also they covered the 20thcentury and talked about its early stages changes in the NCAA core beliefs in student athletes.

Information regarding my tittle is not out of date because I use one of the tactics covered on class that was to not believe too much in wiki because every person can write an article or anything in Wikipedia even though if it’s not true. What could be added in this article is the minimum and maximum age you can have to be part of a college and play a sport in the NCAA.

What can be improved is to tell the benefits between different types of divisions and their benefits.

The tittle is pretty neutral because it focuses on the amauterism and the NCAA demands. Not going out of title focusing on the particular position or a reason of the article.

Views in demandings and court cases are overrepresented. Because they use to many examples of court cases and demandings because of the tittle called amauterism.

Yes, checked a few citations and it worked. It also didn’t went to far from the NCAA and the amauterism in focusing on the tittle and colleges.

Each fact is referenced with an appropriate reliable reference because it transition talking about the tittle and the sports that are at the NCAA. The information comes basically from scandals, demands, benefits, disadvantages of the NCAA. This sources are neutral because it focuses on the tittle and its consequences, disadvantage or advantage.

Proposal

Although student-athletes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) are not considered professionals, they face the same downstream demands as professional athletes do in the field and with their performance help the University to increase the prestigious, the athletic budget and the admission applications. These student athletes respond to the incentives given to them by their coach. NCAA is the agency that regulates the reward for college athlete. I summarized the talk page in detail through and in separate paragraphs. Since they recommend adding more information related to the article in order to improve the article with more information. I exposed my proposal considering the recommendation of the talk page of the article; there is not too much conversation or comments related with the article. I added information about the difference between athlete -amateur vs. professional and explained why and what of it.

The article presents the history, rules, and debates, of the amateurism in college sports. According to talk page this article is incomplete and needs further development.There are some topics in” to do list “of the document that public recommended including; more articles of sports, woman association, statistics, picture, translate rating is missing, templates front sizes and spacing. Public asked to receive more information and I included. The NCAA, is the agency that regulates the grand’s or reward for college athlete with a sport talent. This agency recommends the right of the students to having their room, board, covered by athletic scholarship. There are some rules so; student should qualify for the scholarship. Depend of the division is the benefit, for example division 1 give $2,000.00 or more stipend at the top of their cost of attendance.

There are some debates, one group consider that is good to receive the benefits of the amateur collegiate others consider unjustifiably. For years there is a debate whether or not student athletes should have the right to receive financially.Finally, the courts determine that student athletes have the right to receive scholarship.Amateur can receive a stipend or a sport grand, meanwhile Professional that can receive   a salary of millions per seasons depending the sport. In NBerage salary for the season 2016-2017 is $6.2 million.

A sport’s governing bodyis a sport organization that can take disciplinary action for rules infractions and can sanctioning function. This body can decide change in the sport at an international label. The National federations like National Olympic Committees and National Paralympic are responsible for national’s teams.

Talent Woman athletes can apply for a college scholarship. Since 1893 Women has an association of football, which standardized rules.

After reading and analyzing the article, note that the difference between an amateur and professional athlete is not discussed in detail.I think it is very important to add more information because as an athlete, I know the subject well and identify myself, and I know that not all athletes know the difference between an amateur and professional athlete. Not all athlete wants to play professional, many only want to get a scholarship sports, others use the exposure that gives them play as an amateur as a trampoline to reach the professional. There are many players who out of ignorance have lost the athletic scholarship in college because at the same time pretend to play professionally.

What is the difference between an athlete that we can call a professional and an "amateur athlete"? Professionals are those players who are also talented, go through some try outs and if finally, they are selected by the coach, a formal contract is made with the economic offer, and a job description of what the team manager and coach expect from the performance of that player.

Amateur athletes are also talented players who go through some tryouts and if selected, the coach of the university or college makes an offer of scholarship for their studies. It also depends on the division in which the university plays. When the university has division 1, 2 and 3. The higher the division in which you play, the more sports scholarship benefits you have, but you are never received monetarily remuneration. As athletic expenditures are rising, which is occurring more quickly than general university expenditures, this creates an increase in fringe benefits for athletes. Fringe benefits include more and better coaches, pay tuition cost, dorm, meals, better training facilities, increased access to academic support, etc. Because student-athletes cannot be explicitly paid, these increased benefits are implicit forms of payments for the student-athletes.

Amateur collegiate athlete should be student first and second athlete. They are also required to take a minimum number of credits per semester and maintain a certain GPA to remain eligible to play their sport.Student-athletes have been shown to ranking their college with theirs performance and bring in large sums of money for their college, or more specifically their athletic departments.

There are also players who consider themselves amateur belong to a club; practicing sports for passion, talents, but without receiving any salary in return. Many players use the youth club for the exhibition in the competition and to be able to aspire someday to make a sport try out for either a college or university, in the least of the cases, that a professional club sees it play and sign it with a contract of thousands of dollars. Many amateur players strive with their discipline and represent their country in the Olympics without receiving any economic rewards, with that exhibition some talent hunting can see that player and offer to play professional. I would pass from amateur player to professional, your confidence comes from know who you are, and your commitment to acting on that knowledge. Amateurs practice as much as they have to. Professional never stops. You have to practice even, when it hurts. Amateurs want to be noticed. Pros want to be remembered.

Many professional players if they are good enough start earning thousands of dollars but end up winning millions of dollars, not only in salary for playing, but also in television commercials. They became famous and fans follow it.

Some people do not agree with the existence of professional athletes, since some do not have studies just because of the sport talent, they earn millions of money; reason why it has been said that sport has become a business.

Being an amateur collegiate athlete allows many students an opportunity to attend good University and to study a professional career. I added the article with my proposal: the difference between an athlete amateur vs. professional. Even though, NCAA student-athletes do not have a right to receive receiving any salary in return, they received others good benefits. It is  a win/ win situation:  Higher levels of performance generate  ticket revenue for the University, increased television exposure, and potential championships; which can lead to increased athletic budgets and impact the academic side of the university: more applications for the University. Student-athletes in profit generating collegiate sports are amateur in title only, that they are actually professional athletes in all accounts for their actions.

1)Amateur Athletes and the NCAA

Although student-athletes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) are not considered professionals, they face the same demands as professional athletes with their performance. This helps their universities to increase their prestigiousness, their athletic budget and amount of admission applications they receive every year. These student athletes respond to the incentives given to them by their coach and of their teachers alike, so they should be able to receive the money they have worked for. NCAA is the agency that regulates the reward for college athletes and controls what they do publically.

The articles I have read present the history, rules, and debates, of the amateurism in college sports. According to talk page this article is incomplete and needs further development. There are some topics in” to do list “of the document that public recommended including; more articles of sports, women's associations, statistics, and pictures.

Public asked to receive more information and I included the following information. The NCAA, is an agency that regulates the grants or rewards for college athletes. This agency recommends the rights of the students to having their room and board, along with tuition covered by athletic scholarship. There are some rules to avoid students going against the rules the NCAA in for them. Starting with the students having to be qualified for scholarships in their chosen universities. The NCAA put in a rule that states depending on which division the student applies in depends on the bit of extra money they allow athletes are allowed to have. For example, division 1 give $2,000 or more at the top of the funds they already cover. There are some debates over the values they NCAA imposes, on one hand people consider that is good to receive the benefits that the NCAA offers and other people consider the rules unfair and they should get so much more than they are getting. Meaning whether or not student athletes should have the right to receive more financials like sponsorships and financial aid loans.Finally, the courts determine that student athletes have the right to receive scholarship, but that the rules of the NCAA should still apply.

A sport governing body is a sport organization that can take disciplinary action for rules infractions and can sanctioning function. This body can decide change in the sport at an international label. Which is what the National Collegiate Athletic Association is within universities and colleges. They control the contact and careers of amature student athletes.

Talented woman athletes can apply for a college scholarships in their respective sports such as softball, gymnastics, basketball, among others. they would also have to follow the NCAA’s rules and regulations about their public presence and their income outside what they offer them.

After reading and analyzing many articles, the difference between an amateur and professional athlete is not discussed in detail. This has to do with the NCAA believing that any athlete under their control is an amatuer and cannot be treated or rewarded as a professional. I think it is very important to add more information because as a student athlete, I know the subject well and identify myself as not just a student, but an athlete above all else, and I know that not all athletes know the difference between an amateur and professional athlete and the rights they are entitled to. Not all athletes wants to play professional sports, many only want to get a sports scholarship to further their education, and want to use the exposure that gives them to skyrocket them to reach the professional league. There are many players who out of ignorance have lost the athletic scholarship in college because at the same time pretend to play professionally and lose track of their true purpose.

What is the difference between what we call a professional and an "amateur athlete"? Professionals are those players who are also talented, go through some try outs and if finally, they are selected by the coach, a formal contract is made with the economic offer, and a job description of what the team manager and coach expect from the performance of that player.Amateur athletes are also talented players who go through some tryouts and if selected, the coach of the university or college makes an offer of scholarship for their studies. It also depends on the division in which the university plays. When the university has division 1, 2 and 3. The higher the division in which you play, the more sports scholarship benefits you have, but you are never receive outside compensation or funds. As athletic expenditures are rising, which is occurring more quickly than general university expenditures, this creates an increase in fringe benefits for athletes. Fringe benefits include more and better coaches, payment of tuition costs, dorm costs, meal costs, better training facilities, increased access to academic support, etc. Because student-athletes cannot be explicitly paid, these increased benefits are implicit forms of payments for the student-athletes.

There is a belief that amateur collegiate athletes should be a student first and second athlete. They are also required to take a minimum number of credits per semester and maintain a certain GPA to remain eligible to play their sport. Student-athletes have been shown to ranking their college with theirs performance and bring in large sums of money for their college, or more specifically their athletic departments.There are also players who consider themselves amateur athletes that belong to a club; practicing sports for passion, talents, but without receiving any salary in return. Many players use the youth club for the exhibition in the competition and to be able to aspire someday to make a sport try out for either a college or university, in the least of the cases, that a professional club sees it play and sign it with a contract of thousands of dollars. Many amateur players strive with their discipline and represent their country in the Olympics without receiving any economic rewards, with that exhibition some talent hunters can see that player and offer to play professional. I would pass from amateur player to professional, your confidence comes from know who you are, and your commitment to acting on that knowledge. Amateurs practice as much as they have to. Professional never stops. You have to practice even, when it hurts. Amateurs want to be noticed. Pros want to be remembered.

Some people do not agree with the existence of professional athletes, since some do not have studies just because of the sport talent, they earn millions of money; reason why it has been said that sport has become a business.

But, this is stified for athletes under the contracts of the NCAA and they don't get as many freedoms and they must deal with the corruptness of these organizations. In the article I read about O’Bannon vs the NCAA it can be seen that being az professional while studying isn't an option for most player because they will not be satisfied with the lack of freedom and financial gain.

Being an amateur collegiate athlete allows many students an opportunity to attend a good university and to study a professional career. Even though, NCAA student-athletes do not have a right to receive receiving any salary in return, they received others good benefits. It is a dangerous dance that they must have with their contract and their future. Higher levels of performance generate ticket revenue for their universities, increased television exposure, and potential championships; which can lead to increased athletic budgets and impact the academic side of the university: more applications for the university. Student-athletes in profit generating collegiate sports are amateur in title only, that they are actually professional athletes in all accounts for their actions. But, they aren’t able to benefit as one. They must deal with the hardships and lack of money to do what they love and play their sports.

There are scandals and lawsuit completely surrounding the NCAA making them a topic in the college sport world. According to one of my articles there were fraud scandals that have recently been heard about the benefits of the NCAA. Many coaches in exchange for money enter the athlete who has no athletic talent or wish to play sports. Recently, an investigation of a Miami booster, Nevin Shapiro, provided improper benefits to at least seventy two University of Miami student-athletes. Shapiro stated that he gave money, cars, and other gifts to the athletes in exchange for keeping their relationship a secret and to deceive the university into handing out scholarships and funds to them all just to make money.

The main lawsuit that is associated with the NCAA is the 2009 case with O’Bannon. This case truly depicts the form of amateurism that the NCAA enforces or chooses to regonzie. They claimed this violated the Sherman Act that protects the rights of these student athletes. The students claimed this was unfair due to the NCAA’s ability to make money off them using their name and images, but the athletes see nothing of the money. The only argument the NCAA had was them trying to ensure “the preservation of amateurism” (Steele 520) The NCAA is so strong that they ended up winning the battle and not changing their rules and continuing their abuse of power over amatuer student athletes in colleges and universities.

Amateurism and the NCAA has a lot of growing to due, but still shows they are not going to change their views or values for the sake of the athletes.

References:

Evan Daniels, Kanter Turns Down Millions for US Experience, SCOUT (Aug.

18, 2009), http://scouthoops.scout.com/2/889671.html

Enes Kanter, ESPN, http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/6447/enes-kanter

(last visited March 20, 2013)

See History, NCAA, http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/public/ncaa/

about+the+ncaa/history (last updated Aug. 13, 2012)

NCAA, 2011.–12 NCAA DIVISION I MANUAL, art. 12.02.4 (2011)

https://wp0.vanderbilt.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/78/Roth-FINAL.pdf

Afshar, Arash. COLLEGIATE ATHLETES: THE CONFLICT BETWEEN NCAA AMATEURISM ...willamette.edu/law/resources/journals/review/pdf/volume-51/51-1-afshar.pdf.

Steele, Michael. “O’Bannon v. NCAA : The Beginning of the End of the ...” Marquette Law Review, 2015, scholarship.law.marquette.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5281 context=mule.

NCAA Amateurism and Athletics: A Perfect Marriage or a Dysfunctional Relationship? -An Antitrust Approach to Student-Athlete Compensation – PDF

2) AB NCAA Amateurism and Athletics: A Perfect Marriage or a Dysfunctional Relationship? -An Antitrust Approach to Student-Athlete Compensation – PDF

The article makes a comparison between the amateur and athletics as a perfect relationship or a marriage or a dysfunctional relationship. It presents a true case occurred on August 28, 2013 in Texas team, a player Johnny Manziel, who was suspended in the first half of his game because he allegedly received improper benefits in exchange for his autograph. According to rules of NCAA it considered a violation. Immediately, the question arose about whether athletic students should receive any compensation from their participation in the league. The NCAA receives large amounts of money through what it charges for licensing, commercial, television, marketing the image of athletes. The most reasonable thing is that athletes also receive a small extra compensation, be it a scholarship or an incentive.

The idea is good but it is not functional, because on the one hand they have a relationship of win / win situation, since the athlete has its compensations and the NCAA of the University, with the athlete participation and championships; increases its prestige and  profits for the universities are in  constant increase.The NCAA and its member institutions generate billions of dollars. Some   new students want enroll at the   university, because of the standings and ratings of the games during the seasons. When the athlete receives some additional compensation, the rules of the NCAA apply quickly.But universities do not have a profit limit.Students who are athletes do not have time to work, they just have to focus on studying and studying or playing with a team.

Fraud scandals have recently been heard about the benefits of the NCAA. Many coaches in exchange for money enter the athlete who has nothing athletic. Recently, an investigation of a Miami booster, Nevin Shapiro, provided improper benefits to at least seventy two University of Miami student-athletes. Shapiro stated that he gave money, cars, gift  from  the athletes.

Definitely this article fits with my research. The purpose of this article is to establish the relationship that exists between NCAA amateurism and athleticism, illustrate with real-life examples the situations that have sometimes presented disparity between the NCAAand the economic benefits of athletes. Sometimes athletes are at a disadvantage because they are scholarships for being athletes have to play and practice and do not have time to work.

This article was very important because it presents the cruel reality of the coaches who accept money in exchange for entering an athlete that has no talent and offers a scholarship in exchange for money. My way of thinking widens because I did not know about the corruption in some universities in the NCAA.

Reference:

“NCAA Amateurism and Athletics: A Perfect Marriage or a Dysfunctional Relationship? -An Antitrust Approach to Student-Athlete Compensation.” PDF, docplayer.net/46475813-Ncaa-amateurism-and-athletics-a-perfect-marriage-or-a- dysfunctional-relationship-an-antitrust-approach-to-student-athlete-compensation.html.

3) Amateur Athletes and the NCAA

Although student-athletes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) are not considered professionals, they face the same demands as professional athletes with their performance. This helps their universities to increase their prestigiousness, their athletic budget and amount of admission applications they receive every year. These student athletes respond to the incentives given to them by their coach and of their teachers alike, so they should be able to receive the money they have worked for. NCAA is the agency that regulates the reward for college athletes and controls what they do publically.

The articles I have read present the history, rules, and debates, of the amateurism in college sports. According to talk page this article is incomplete and needs further development. There are some topics in” to do list “of the document that public recommended including; more articles of sports, women's associations, statistics, and pictures.

Public asked to receive more information and I included the following information. The NCAA, is an agency that regulates the grants or rewards for college athletes. This agency recommends the rights of the students to having their room and board, along with tuition covered by athletic scholarship. There are some rules to avoid students going against the rules the NCAA in for them. Starting with the students having to be qualified for scholarships in their chosen universities. The NCAA put in a rule that states depending on which division the student applies in depends on the bit of extra money they allow athletes are allowed to have. For example, division 1 give $2,000 or more at the top of the funds they already cover. There are some debates over the values they NCAA imposes, on one hand people consider that is good to receive the benefits that the NCAA offers and other people consider the rules unfair and they should get so much more than they are getting. Meaning whether or not student athletes should have the right to receive more financials like sponsorships and financial aid loans.Finally, the courts determine that student athletes have the right to receive scholarship, but that the rules of the NCAA should still apply.

A sport governing body is a sport organization that can take disciplinary action for rules infractions and can sanctioning function. This body can decide change in the sport at an international label. Which is what the National Collegiate Athletic Association is within universities and colleges. They control the contact and careers of amature student athletes.

Talented woman athletes can apply for a college scholarships in their respective sports such as softball, gymnastics, basketball, among others. they would also have to follow the NCAA’s rules and regulations about their public presence and their income outside what they offer them.

After reading and analyzing many articles, the difference between an amateur and professional athlete is not discussed in detail. This has to do with the NCAA believing that any athlete under their control is an amatuer and cannot be treated or rewarded as a professional. I think it is very important to add more information because as a student athlete, I know the subject well and identify myself as not just a student, but an athlete above all else, and I know that not all athletes know the difference between an amateur and professional athlete and the rights they are entitled to. Not all athletes wants to play professional sports, many only want to get a sports scholarship to further their education, and want to use the exposure that gives them to skyrocket them to reach the professional league. There are many players who out of ignorance have lost the athletic scholarship in college because at the same time pretend to play professionally and lose track of their true purpose.

What is the difference between what we call a professional and an "amateur athlete"? Professionals are those players who are also talented, go through some try outs and if finally, they are selected by the coach, a formal contract is made with the economic offer, and a job description of what the team manager and coach expect from the performance of that player.Amateur athletes are also talented players who go through some tryouts and if selected, the coach of the university or college makes an offer of scholarship for their studies. It also depends on the division in which the university plays. When the university has division 1, 2 and 3. The higher the division in which you play, the more sports scholarship benefits you have, but you are never receive outside compensation or funds. As athletic expenditures are rising, which is occurring more quickly than general university expenditures, this creates an increase in fringe benefits for athletes. Fringe benefits include more and better coaches, payment of tuition costs, dorm costs, meal costs, better training facilities, increased access to academic support, etc. Because student-athletes cannot be explicitly paid, these increased benefits are implicit forms of payments for the student-athletes.

There is a belief that amateur collegiate athletes should be a student first and second athlete. They are also required to take a minimum number of credits per semester and maintain a certain GPA to remain eligible to play their sport. Student-athletes have been shown to ranking their college with theirs performance and bring in large sums of money for their college, or more specifically their athletic departments.There are also players who consider themselves amateur athletes that belong to a club; practicing sports for passion, talents, but without receiving any salary in return. Many players use the youth club for the exhibition in the competition and to be able to aspire someday to make a sport try out for either a college or university, in the least of the cases, that a professional club sees it play and sign it with a contract of thousands of dollars. Many amateur players strive with their discipline and represent their country in the Olympics without receiving any economic rewards, with that exhibition some talent hunters can see that player and offer to play professional. I would pass from amateur player to professional, your confidence comes from know who you are, and your commitment to acting on that knowledge. Amateurs practice as much as they have to. Professional never stops. You have to practice even, when it hurts. Amateurs want to be noticed. Pros want to be remembered.

Some people do not agree with the existence of professional athletes, since some do not have studies just because of the sport talent, they earn millions of money; reason why it has been said that sport has become a business.

But, this is stified for athletes under the contracts of the NCAA and they don't get as many freedoms and they must deal with the corruptness of these organizations. In the article I read about O’Bannon vs the NCAA it can be seen that being az professional while studying isn't an option for most player because they will not be satisfied with the lack of freedom and financial gain.

Being an amateur collegiate athlete allows many students an opportunity to attend a good university and to study a professional career. Even though, NCAA student-athletes do not have a right to receive receiving any salary in return, they received others good benefits. It is a dangerous dance that they must have with their contract and their future. Higher levels of performance generate ticket revenue for their universities, increased television exposure, and potential championships; which can lead to increased athletic budgets and impact the academic side of the university: more applications for the university. Student-athletes in profit generating collegiate sports are amateur in title only, that they are actually professional athletes in all accounts for their actions. But, they aren’t able to benefit as one. They must deal with the hardships and lack of money to do what they love and play their sports.

There are scandals and lawsuit completely surrounding the NCAA making them a topic in the college sport world. According to one of my articles there were fraud scandals that have recently been heard about the benefits of the NCAA. Many coaches in exchange for money enter the athlete who has no athletic talent or wish to play sports. Recently, an investigation of a Miami booster, Nevin Shapiro, provided improper benefits to at least seventy two University of Miami student-athletes. Shapiro stated that he gave money, cars, and other gifts to the athletes in exchange for keeping their relationship a secret and to deceive the university into handing out scholarships and funds to them all just to make money.

The main lawsuit that is associated with the NCAA is the 2009 case with O’Bannon. This case truly depicts the form of amateurism that the NCAA enforces or chooses to regonzie. They claimed this violated the Sherman Act that protects the rights of these student athletes. The students claimed this was unfair due to the NCAA’s ability to make money off them using their name and images, but the athletes see nothing of the money. The only argument the NCAA had was them trying to ensure “ the preservation of amateurism” (Steele 520) The NCAA is so strong that they ended up winning the battle and not changing their rules and continuing their abuse of power over amatuer student athletes in colleges and universities.

Amateurism and the NCAA has a lot of growing to due, but still shows they are not going to change their views or values for the sake of the athletes.

References:

Evan Daniels, Kanter Turns Down Millions for US Experience, SCOUT (Aug.

18, 2009), http://scouthoops.scout.com/2/889671.html

Enes Kanter, ESPN, http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/6447/enes-kanter

(last visited March 20, 2013)

See History, NCAA, http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/public/ncaa/

about+the+ncaa/history (last updated Aug. 13, 2012)

NCAA, 2011.–12 NCAA DIVISION I MANUAL, art. 12.02.4 (2011)

https://wp0.vanderbilt.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/78/Roth-FINAL.pdf

Afshar, Arash. COLLEGIATE ATHLETES: THE CONFLICT BETWEEN NCAA AMATEURISM ...willamette.edu/law/resources/journals/review/pdf/volume-51/51-1-afshar.pdf.

Steele, Michael. “O’Bannon v. NCAA : The Beginning of the End of the ...” Marquette Law Review, 2015, scholarship.law.marquette.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5281 context=mule.

NCAA Amateurism and Athletics: A Perfect Marriage or a Dysfunctional Relationship? -An Antitrust Approach to Student-Athlete Compensation – PDF

4) AB Steele, Michael. “O’Bannon v. NCAA : The Beginning of the End of the ...” Marquette Law Review, 2015, scholarship.law.marquette.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5281 context=mule.

This article tells us about the court battle of O’Bannon against the NCAA. He was a basketball player for UCLA back in 2009 that brought charges against the NCAA for restricting the financial gain of student player in both the sense of endorsements and financial aid from their respective colleges.

They claimed this violated the Sherman Act that protects the rights of these student athletes. They claimed this was unfair due to the NCAA’s ability to make money off them using their name and images, but the athletes see nothing of the money. The only argument the NCAA had was them trying to ensure “ the preservation of amateurism” (Steele 520) As the courtroom fight progressed the NCAA provided evidence that was deemed insufficient to prove that what they are doing is justified. This provoked the downfall of the NCAA’s claim against O’Bannon’s lawsuit. But, after the claim was reviewed against many committees like the Ninth Circuit they judgement was overruled and the NCAA claims win against the argument of O’Bannon.

The fact that the NCAA ended up winning the lawsuit shows that the corruption runs deeper than just them. This is due to the fact that I think O’Bannon had a strong case and evidence that shows the NCAA abusing their power over student athletes and what they can do with them. Any athlete should be able to be rewarded that they deserve and this matter would be revisited in present day courtrooms and used as a reference to how amateurism in the NCAA has many flaws and need to be corrected and more in favor of the benefits of the athletes and less on the corporation taking money that does not apply to them.

This article supports my feelings that the NCAA is corrupted and it furthers that belief that something needs to be done to protect the athletes and amateurism with college and universities’ sport departments.

References:

Steele, Michael. “O’Bannon v. NCAA : The Beginning of the End of the ...” Marquette Law Review, 2015, scholarship.law.marquette.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5281 context=mule.

5) AB Afshar, Arash. COLLEGIATE ATHLETES: THE CONFLICT BETWEEN NCAA AMATEURISM ...willamette.edu/law/resources/journals/review/pdf/volume-51/51-1-afshar.pdf.

This article talks about the origin on what a student athlete is and how the rules of the NCAA are in place to protect them and their values reflected by their colleges.

They states that a student athlete is an amature and they sign away their rights of publicity when they agree to be called that and perform as that. Therefore they are not entitled to any compensation for the use of their name or images. This also raises questions against the NCAA and if they should label certain athletes as amateurs and why they do that. The NCAA could be calling certain athletes amateurs to avoid them finding loopholes in their contracts to have the access to the money that is entitled to them. This helps the fight of the thought why should student athletes be labeled students when most of their academic career is based on their ability to play the sport that allowed them into the college or university in the first place.

Most of this article is in defense of the NCAA and its rules regarding compensation. Expressing such points as that the NCAA does pay the athletes iust in the form of what they need the most like college tuition and fees. Saying that this point defends the rules due to an amature althete being a student first so the student part of the relationship should be put first and not the athletic part of the agreement.

Many lawsuits and claims have been filed against the NCAA, but their corruption and unfairness that run so deep that every claim is overruled or dismissed over small conditions and faulty evidence that they present to the court. The future of this organization is still striving with the many ways they can manipulate their rules to fit their agenda.

This article just shows me that there needs to be change in the NCAA and universities that support these rules. The change is to ensure the fair treatment of student athletes and how they consider themselves as athletes first and students seconds so they should be treated that way.

Reference:

Afshar, Arash. COLLEGIATE ATHLETES: THE CONFLICT BETWEEN NCAA AMATEURISM ...willamette.edu/law/resources/journals/review/pdf/volume-51/51-1-afshar.pdf.