Should The National Ncaa Be Paid - 1581 Words

Is it fair for an organization to make $912 million in revenue and not pay the employees that bring in all that money? This only sounds right if the organization being discussed is a circus and the employees not being paid were the performing animals. The National NCAA is a fully commercialized multi-billion dollar industry that regulates players to the point of exploitation. Every staff member from the NCAA, universities athletic staff, and the event staff are paid from the television revenue, ticket and jersey sales, likeness promotions and other sources of income. The ones who are left out, the athletes, are the ones who actually create the value. In March of last year, The National Labor Relations Board in Chicago ruled that football†¦show more content†¦(http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/11328442/judge-rules-ncaa-ed-obannon-antitrust-case) The decision stated that if an institution sold anything with players names, images, and or likenesses the compensation will be paid into a trust fund. However, if a school does not try to sell anything with such, there will be no money to pay into the trust fund resulting in a player only receiving his/her cost-of-attendance scholarship. Problems As the governing body over collegiate sports, the NCAA demands athletes to maintain an amateur status while competing throughout their collegiate career. With global recruiting becoming more common, determining the amateur status of prospective student-athletes can be challenging. All student-athletes, including international students, are required to adhere to NCAA amateurism requirements to remain eligible for intercollegiate competition.(NCAA) To maintain amateur status, student athletes must not obtain contracts with professional teams, salary for participating in athletics, prize money above actual and necessary expenses, benefits from an agent or prospective agent, agreement to be represented by an agent, nor delayed initial full-time collegiate enrollment to participate in organized sports competition. They are also unable to tryout, practice, or compete with a professional team.(NCAA) â€Å"Maintaining amateurism is crucial to preserving