Tuesday, April 8, 2014

NCAA Player Goes To Bed "Starving" -Gloria Jones

In the heat if the NCAA, a player has come out saying that some nights he goes to bed "starving" because he cannot afford food. Initially this is shocking; then it is brought to attention that millions of dollars are being made off of this player and his commercialization, yet he is still unable to fully support himself.
This bring about two points. First, should student athletes be seen as employees of their university? This way they would be entitled to some benefits and compensation from the money and legacy they bring to the school. And second, should unions form? And would they be effective?
I'm lacking on insight into sports culture, so personally I think compensation is a very reasonable idea, but maybe not straight up employing them.
What do you think? It's obviously appalling that the college isn't doing more to support their players when all their time is spent in practice or at games making them unable to hold a job.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/07/us/ncaa-basketball-finals-shabazz-napier-hungry/index.html?c=us&page=2

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5 comments:

  1. Emily Gray - 5th periodApril 8, 2014 at 3:38 PM

    I think that this is crazy. I believe the school should be able to provide these types of things for what the athletes do for their school.

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  2. UnknownApril 8, 2014 at 7:35 PM

    I don't think it's fair that so much money is made off of him yet her can't even support himself. This is also totally unexpected-- you'd think players would be set.

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  3. Meg MickelsenApril 8, 2014 at 9:34 PM

    It does seem ridiculous that a student who is spending all of his or her time in a sort of service for his or her school has no money to pay for food. This perceived injustice would suggest that compensation for athletes is necessary. Yet, students who spend all their time rigorously pursuing academics also add prestige and make money for their school. Furthermore, sports scholarships are quiet common. Honestly, I know too little about this particular subject to form a firm opinion, but I wonder if this articled reflects an isolated issue instead of a broken system.

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  4. UnknownApril 10, 2014 at 12:59 PM

    This is totally unfair. You'd think that for someone having loads of money made off of them that they'd be better taken care of.

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  5. Camille VigilApril 10, 2014 at 3:33 PM

    I think that the fact that he wasn't provided with food is terrible. I'm really undecided on whether students should be paid or not, but I think that food should definitely be provided. I will say that getting paid for the athlete's hard work would help them pay off college debt and would reward them for their hard work.

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