{"id":3754,"date":"2016-08-24T11:49:57","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T15:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/?p=3754"},"modified":"2018-05-13T18:46:06","modified_gmt":"2018-05-13T22:46:06","slug":"paying-student-athletes-hot-topic-at-colleges-everywhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/paying-student-athletes-hot-topic-at-colleges-everywhere\/","title":{"rendered":"Paying student athletes hot topic at colleges everywhere"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Mackie Chandler
\nSpecial to In Motion
\nMoney is tight for college students, especially student-athletes, who have a hard time handling a budget. And in the United States, about 10 percent or 450,000 are student athletes, as estimated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
\nBased on the sheer numbers of student-athletes and how much money many of them contribute to their college or university, critics say they deserve to get paid for their performance since they can\u2019t hold a job. Not that they can\u2019t get a job. NCAA rules prohibits them from working while playing a sport.
\nAccording to U.S. News & World Report, in 2013 the NCAA made $6 billion annually from the Final Four men and women\u2019s basketball tournaments.
\nCoaches who don\u2019t necessarily make it to the championship, but were in the tournament, are paid for their participation. Proponents of paying student-athletes argue that it is not just basketball players, but all athletes who risk injury, as well as coaches. But athletes jeopardize their future sporting careers any time at any given day. With the enormous amount of money pouring in to both the NCAA and individual colleges, come questions from those within the athletic industry as to why student-athletes are not being paid?<\/p>\n

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Daytona State baseball player Brian Brooker, 20, has his own perspective.
\nBrooker said, \u201cI would consider baseball as a job absolutely. Just because baseball is just a sport and I am passionate about the game does not mean it isn\u2019t hard work. The people that say baseball isn\u2019t a job, it\u2019s just a game, don\u2019t realize all the behind-scenes work that goes into it.
\n\u201cIn the fall season we spent around seven hours a day on baseball-related things such as 6 a.m. lifting, school between the hours of 8 to noon, and practice from two to six.\u201d
\nBrooker further explained that the average person does not realize how much time per week is put in by college athletes trying to better themselves at their sport, as well as in the classroom, especially those seeking difficult degrees.
\nFrom a coaches\u2019 point of view, yes student-athletes put in a lot, but they get a lot in return.
\n\u201cSome college sports create a lot of revenue, for instance football and basketball,\u201d said DSC head softball coach Sabrina Manhart. \u201cThese two sports are on prime-time television bringing in the excitement and money. Other sports such as rowing or lacrosse might not have the same opportunity.\u201d
\nAs a head coach on campus and a former collegiate athlete, she knows both sides of the story. Manhart believes being a student-athlete is equivalent to having a job because technically, the College is paying for athletes\u2019 education through its scholarship program.
\nIt doesn\u2019t stop there either. Two years ago, the Congressional Quarterly Researcher took on the topic. Founded in 1923, the CQ Researcher looks at controversial issues in the United States through a panel of experts who examine the pros, cons and future outlook for such dilemmas.
\nIts in-depth report concluded that high rates of return on college sports programs for the NCAA are such that many say they are getting rich, while college athletes\u2019 scholarships fail to cover the true cost of school. Even New York Times columnist Joe Nocera has campaigned against the \u201cglaring, and increasingly untenable discrepancy between what football and basketball players get and what everyone else in their food chain reaps.\u201d
\nThe NCAA counters that 90 percent of revenues goes to its member institutions. A large share is returned to schools and conferences participating in the March Madness tournament, but other programs support athletes more directly. In 2013, the article says, that included $73.5 million for a Student Assistance Fund, which makes money available to Division I athletes for costs associated with family emergencies, academic supplies, uncovered medical expenses, clothing and other expenses. The NCAA also provided another $25 million for academic support programs at Division I schools.
\nOne of the largest revenue-sharing programs returned $188 million to schools in Division I for scholarship funds. The NCAA also spends another $63 million to support grants and services for college athletes at the Division II and III levels.
\nAt DSC, assistance varies from athlete to athlete, but most get some sort of scholarship tuition reimbursement. Some teammates get tuition and books, while others get that, plus housing and meals. Scholarships come from the DSC Foundation, as well as the Falcon Athletic Association, which solicits donations ranging from the platinum ($500) to the bronze level ($50.)
\nWhether or not DSC\u2019s players, or student-athletes in general, ever get paid, no one can argue with the success of the program, which focuses on academics as much as athletics. The cumulative GPA of the student athlete cohort is consistently high, reaching 3.4 in the 2014-2015 academic year and 3.34 in 2015-2016.
\nAs Athletic Director Will Dunne points out, last year, \u201cOur athletes proved once again that Daytona State’s philosophy of putting academics first is helping to prepare tomorrow’s leaders on and off the field. \u201c
\nAmong those academic honors were: National Academic Team of the Year (9th time) \u2013 Baseball (3.62 team GPA); National Academic Team of the Year (4th time) \u2013 Women\u2019s Golf (3.90 team GPA, the highest in the NJCAA across all sports offerings); and FCSAA Male Academic Team of the Year \u2013 Baseball (10th consecutive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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