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Name: Matt Rayos

Instructions: Now that you have proven that there is a problem, you must research possible solutions to the problem. You must turn in this research sheet completed with two articles attached that show possible solutions and why they would work

III. The main solution to this problem is that college student athletes should be paid. There are millions upon millions of dollars that go into the school from mulitiple sources, and the players that help promote all that money are not getting a cut of it. As it states in a ESPN by Rod Gilmore, he states,"Texas earned a reported $42 million profit from football during the '05-'06 fiscal year. Michigan earned approximately $37 million, while Florida earned $32 million during that same period. Where does all the money come from? You already know. Just like in the NFL, it comes from television, marketing and media rights, tickets and luxury box/suite income." If schools are making millions of dollars just from marketing and advertising, just from football, imagine basketball. As Mr.Williams states from [|uponfurtherreview.kansascity.com], " The numbers are staggering. The NCAA just cut an $11 Billion (with a B) deal for the NCAA tournament. Not the regular season, just the tournament – and that’s just basketball. Here’s a stat for you. There are 346 DI schools in basketball. If each one of them has 13 players, that’s 4,498 players. Divide $11 Billion by 4,498 and you get… over $2 million per player!" As you can see, this is just from one tournament, imagine over the course of a whole season of play with all the advertising and marketing that comes from basketball.

IV. The solution I propose is that college athletes should be paid atleast $1,000 a month to help pay for their basic financial needs. If student athletes get $1,000 a month, that is $33 a day. This will be paid by the college or university that the student athlete attends, and this will be enforced by the NCAA, but only for division 1 (one) schools throughout the country. This law will be effective August 1, 2011 (8-1-11).

V. I think this solution will work because with all the money the schools make, the have enough money to pay their student athletes atleast $1,000 a month. (You must use factual information to prove your solution will work)

Works Cited  Gilmore, Rod. “College football players deserve pay for play.” Editorial. //ESPN College Football//. ESPN, 17 Jan. 2007. Web. 17 Feb. 2011. .  Manley, Martin. “Should College Athletes Be Paid?” //KansasCity.com//. Upon Further Reveiw, 24 Sept. 2010. Web. 15 Feb. 2011. .  Sturgill, Stephanie. “Should Student- Athletes Get Paid?” //United States Sports Academy//. America’s Sports Academy, 2010. Web. 16 Feb. 2011. .

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