Week 7 – Assignment: Analyze Paying College Athletes Beyond Scholarships

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Instructions
With the millions of dollars generated by college athletes, the questions arise: How should they be compensated? Is a full ride scholarship enough when schools are making millions in television revenue and other revenue streams such as video games?

There has been discussion in recent years on the subject of student-athletes being paid beyond their scholarships at the intercollegiate level. This week’s assignment is to use the perspectives of a school administrator, athletic director, and coach to evaluate the developments in intercollegiate athletics on a national level and assess the possible transformations regarding student-athletes being paid beyond their scholarships. Utilize a multimedia platform of your choice and create a presentation for school administrators, athletic directors and coaches, or student-athletes about the pros and cons of paying student-athletes beyond a scholarship.

Please address the following in your presentation:

Is paying student-athletes an ethical and/or moral situation?
Will beliefs be changed about college sport if athletes are paid beyond scholarships?
What type of framework should be included when making decisions such as this?
Be sure to review this week’s resources carefully. You are expected to apply the information from these resources when you prepare your assignment.

Length: 8-10 slides, not including title and reference slides

Resources: minimum of 3 scholarly sources