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Position Paper – Part Four

Name: Christian Simanonis

Instructions: Please use this form as an organizer for writing your portion of your group position paper. You will be writing the conclusion to the paper. You should clearly and thoroughly summarize your groups problem and your solution. Be persuasive and convincing in your conclusion why you believe that you have identified the best solution to your problem. Be sure to follow the MLA citation format that you used when completing your JRP. You will also complete the Annotated Bibliography – gather all sources from your issue group members and compile into one annotated bibliography

VII. Conclusion: Be sure to restate the problem and why you think your solution is the best possible course of action.

I propose that college athletes in both men's and women's division one athletes should receive money for the hard work that they give to their universities sports programs both on and off the field. Based on the large amount of student-athletes that are competing at the division one level, the amount of money given to each athlete should not be so much that it causes the school to lose money, but enough that the athlete can have some spending money. The main problem on the topic of paying college athletes is the issue of exploitation. College athletes feel that they are being exploited for their participation in sports and are not receiving any compensation. The National Colligate Athletic Association will enact a law that enables athletes that compete at the division one level to be paid. Payments for athletes will differ from program to program based on how much money each program makes. The payments will be paid either annually or monthly. To start this new law, the NCAA will pre-determine a payment that every college athlete must receive. The solution I propose is that college athletes should be paid at least $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).

VIII. Annotated Bibliography: Collect all the sources from your fellow issue group members and compile one ANNOTATED Bibliography.

Deford, Frank. “It’s Time to Pay Revenue-Earning College Athletes.” //Sports Illustrated// 2 Jan. 2008: n. pag. //Sports Illustrated//. Web. 16 Feb. 2011. <[]‌2008/‌writers/‌frank_deford/‌01/‌02/‌paid.athletes/>. According to Derrick Brooks "NCAA rules prohibit athletes from working during the school year. Financial aid packages cover dormitory, tuition and book costs only". Gilmore, Rod. “College football players deserve pay for play.” Editorial. //ESPN College Football//. ESPN, 17 Jan. 2007. Web. 17 Feb. 2011. <[]‌ncf/‌columns/‌story?columnist=gilmore_rod&id=2733624>.

Rod Gilmore one-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."

Kline, Sam. “NCAA Debate: Why We Need to Start Paying College Athletes.” //Bleacher Report// 15 Oct. 2010: n. pag. //Bleacher Report//. Web. 24 Feb. 2011. <[]‌articles/‌492382-ncaa-debate-why-we-need-to-start-paying-college-athletes>. Manley, Martin. “Should College Athletes Be Paid?” //KansasCity.com//. Upon Further Reveiw, 24 Sept. 2010. Web. 15 Feb. 2011. <[]‌?q=node/‌2536>.

Riffle, Keith. “Paying College Athletes - Why It Should Be Done and How to Do It.” //Associated Content// 20 July 2007: n. pag. //Associated Content//. Web. 17 Feb. 2011. <[]‌article/‌312434/‌paying_college_athletes_why_it_should_pg3.html?cat=9>.

According to Keith Riffle, who speaks on possible solutions for paying college athletes, "Even if this amount was a small amount like $1,000 PER YEAR, per player (which totals $125,000 per year for a college football team with 125 players), paid every month during the school year, it would be a lot more fair to the athletes"(Riffle, Paying College Athletes-Why it Should Be Done and How to Do it).

Sturgill, Stephanie. “Should Student- Athletes Get Paid?” //United States Sports Academy//. America’s Sports Academy, 2010. Web. 16 Feb. 2011. [[[]‌archive/‌article/‌should-student-athletes-get-paid]].

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!

Whiteside, Kelly. “College athletes want cut of action .” //USATODAY.COM//. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Feb. 2011. <[]‌sports/‌2004-08-31-top-ten-number-7_x.htm>.

"Players have an absolute right to be envious and feel exploited. the age-old rationale that the student-athlete's "free education" is equivalent in value to his atheletic labor doesn't wash anymore."(Rod Gilmore, //College Football Players Deserve Pay for Play//.)

As Mr. Williams points out in article, "The NCAA just cut an $11 Billion deal for the NCAA tournament, Not the regular season, just the tournament – and that’s just basketball. For an example think about this: 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, in basketball alone, a player can make over two million dollars from the NCAA.