The_Over-_Commercialization_Of_Student_Athletes

The Over- Commercialization Of Student Athletes College athletes in this country are being over-commercialized right in front of us and they are not getting compensated in any way. Universities are using the cover of calling the athletes amateurs when in reality they are “big-time, big-money entertainment, with professional trappings, financed by a plantation mentality and slave labor” (Lyon par.3) and then the colleges say that the scholarship given to them is considerable reimbursement. The reality is that these athletes are going to school full-time and are essentially working-full time jobs for no pay. Not only that, but athletes can’t accept gifts of any kind, even if it is just something necessary like money for food or toiletries. These kids worked hard in high school to get these scholarships, but now that they have them, their lives are harder. Although a scholarship is a good way to recruit athletes to a school to make that school money, big time athletes who are being commercialized should be getting a share of the large sums of money that the schools and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) are making. In 1997, star running back for Penn State, Curtis Enis was invited to a year-end award ceremony for his team to athletes, ncaa, money, time, enough, working, universities, sports, share, school, scholarship, given, college, basketball, bagnato, athlete, tournament, right, people, pay, par, o’toole, one, off, need, men’s, making, makes, make, just, job, hard, don’t, being, year