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Do not discuss what the article is saying but how you feel abou the article, Do you think college athlees students should be considered employees or students or vis versa?? Dp you feel students after signing a letter of intent should be allowed to move to another school if the orginal coach is no longer going to be there and they are no longer getting the benefits that were verbally promised .....??
Sports Law Blog Decision Time in College Athletics: Are College Athletes Students or Employees?
Deservedly, college athletics has been under assault the past several years. Most of the criticism has been directed at calling out the hypocrisy of this multi-billion-dollar industry in allowing all associated with it the opportunity to extract every penny they can, except the college athletes producing the product.
Lawsuits, boycotts, unionization efforts, and advocacy groups call for greater compensation—be it salaried or merely the rights of athletes to control their own names, images, and likenesses. And while the compensation issue isn’t going away anytime soon (see O’Bannon v NCAA and Jenkins v NCAA) another more disturbing debate is now the topic du jour this year—NCAA transfer rules. The spotlight is on these rules as word leaked that the NCAA is considering modifying the existing guidelines for transfers.
The NCAA places significant restrictions on the ability of college athletes to move from school to school. Once a student signs a National Letter of Intent to attend an institution, they are bound to that school. This contract of adhesion is deeply flawed for the students—who can neither negotiate the terms nor, for the most part, compete without signing one. And while this commitment is something schools and coaches who enforce these contracts hold in high regard, it is not reciprocal. Coaches make promises to recruits about their loyalty to an institution all the time and then, even under contract, jump to other schools deemed to offer better career prospects.
There is no shame in moving from one opportunity to another—we all do it. More money, higher profile, it’s part of the “American dream.” However, if a student wants to leave one school for another, coaches and college administrators are swift and vocal in their claims of betrayal and breach of contract. And, let’s be clear, in the end the vitriol against students’ transferring is based not on some version of loyalty but on the ability of management to control labor’s movements
Explanation / Answer
I feel the article presents a clear picture about the present situation of American students who have difficulties to even transfer schools even though the coach can do that for better opproitntiies. It has been well presented and well written which brings the issue to the fore front and rolls the discussion.
I feel that college students bring so much of reputation and so much of money for the colleges. It has been turned into a multi billion dollar industry with the strong involvement of the college athletes. It would be unfair to take away the rights from the college athletes and making different rules for the coach. It is important that even they get to explore and maximize their opportunities without any unfair excuse of breach of contract.
Yes I do feel that the college athletes should be allowed to move to another college for better opportunities. If better coaches can be roped in and they can be allowed to explore their opportunities for their career then even the college athletes should be allowed to do so.
The college athletics has become a huge industry with profit and involvement from profitable unions. It is only fair to not treat the college athletes as students but as employees. They should be given rights and should be allowed to have the freedom and rights that athletes go on a professional level as it has become anyway an industry. Only the college and others involved should not benefit from it but the major strength of this which are the college students also need to benefit from this.