Amateurism in College Sports

Amateurism in College Sports
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The article suits my study purpose that is "amateurism in college sports". It provides vital information regarding amateur athletes in colleges, which is among the topics of interest relevant to my study. The article proved and in-depth outlook of the unfortunate struggles that college athletes who depend on their scholarships have to undergo in order to fulfill stipulations within these scholarships to avoid losing them. The article unveils the apparent corruption that sports governing bodies engage in and "short change" athletes by underpaying them and denying them their deserved benefits which are central among college athletes.
The article contains well-investigated and detailed information regarding the part role of the coaches in collaboration with the governing bodies in the current poor welfare of these athletes. The coaches are protecting their position and, therefore, engaging with power struggles with the athletes. To protect their position, they ensure that the athletes do not receive their full benefits as they continue enriching themselves with large salaries. The greatest fear is that if these athletes receive the full benefits as per required, they will be richer hence more powerful than the coaches hence the power struggles. The article provides a historical overview to these factors hence providing good insight regarding the origins of these struggles in amateur athletics. This article, therefore, covers a unique area in amateur athletics in colleges.
The article is appropriate to my study as it gives pertinent information regarding the financial struggles inherent among amateur athletes in colleges. Apart from this, it highlights other struggles for these athletes. Therefore, it allows the presentation of full detailed information regarding amateurism in college sports. The article considers compensation struggles and background of these struggles. Moreover, it provides mathematically computed financial values and cases examples of cases including their proceedings and their verdicts. The article provides information of the present disputes and recommendations on how to handle them. The article, however, in its calculations does not utilize the true market value for the athletes hence placing doubts on the validity and relia...