In this conversation about college athletes being paid I hope none of you are holding on to the illusion that college athletes are amateurs. Even if they don’t receive cash money, they are organized around a schedule that demands professionalism. In-season training, off-season training that includes some type of summer training or competition or both [...]
In my most recent blog post I talked about the movement by collegiate athletes to get paid for their services. I don’t know the right and wrong or the good and bad of this. However, I am concerned about the process and the ultimate results and effects of this. I know we can’t keep selling [...]
In the world of intercollegiate athletics the current “hot conversation” is should the athletes receive compensation for their participation? It seems their $40,000 a year scholarships aren’t sufficient, so there is a lot of talk about a players union. Given my personal bias regarding unions I will just leave it at that. There will be [...]