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Legal Issues of the NCAA

            A huge issue in the world of sports is the debate of whether or not NCAA College athletes should be paid. Those who support the idea of college athletes being paid point out the amount of money the NCAA is making because of the performance of the players. On the other side of the debate, people argue that paying college athletes will take away the passion of college athletics. Both of these sides have many other argument. In this paper I will explore these different opinions. .
             The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a "non-profit" association that governs student athletes of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations, and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. There are more than 450,000 college student-athletes who compete annually in college sports through the NCAA. There are three divisions of the NCAA divided mainly by competition levels. Division 1 is the highest while division III is the lowest. Typically Division I schools Have the largest student bodies and the largest athletic budgets. This is the division that makes the most money for its schools and for the NCAA. The most profitable sports in the NCAA are College football bowl series (FBS) and Division I college basketball. .
             One of the main principles of the NCAA is that its student athletes are amateurs. This means that players may not be compensated monetarily in any way for their performance as athletes. Players must maintain this amateur status over there whole career as a student-athlete in order to remain eligible to compete in athletic events and practices. Student- athletes are also required to maintain a certain grade point average as a student in order to remain eligible. Student-athletes are also held to high standards of a clean lifestyle and are subject to random drug tests through-out the year. These drug tests not only test for performance enhancing drugs but for illegal drugs such as marijuana and stimulants such as Adderall and cocaine.


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1. College Athletes - Slaves to the NCAA

... offered as another perk in going to the big schools, just as the most successful schools offer scholarships to attend. Solutions for the system do not have to be this involved, but it should not be controlled solely by the NCAA. Solutions to the current system are spread across a wide range of opinions and legal issues, but to take some hands out of the pot may not be a bad idea. Perhaps ... a voice for those who perform on the field wouldn't be a bad idea. In support ... of these players being compensated, some simple and concise rules need to ... ...

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2. Legalities of Performance Enhancing Drugs

... person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation". This can also be applied to anti-doping law, as it would protect violating athletes in the sense that the athlete should be granted a process for a hearing and appealing a positive drug test result. NCAA Regulation Anti-doping laws ... legal consequences, the use and abuse of these drugs can have severe impacts on the health of the person that is using them. In far to many cases, this ultimate consequence has resulted in deat...

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3. The Coaches Playbook

... emotions along with their self-worth. Those are things that a coach needs to keep an eye out for. If the athlete does not feel confident enough to compete and meet the standards of the team, is where the issues arise. A coach should always keep in mind the importance of winning or striving to win is never more important than athletes' well-being. When winning is kept in perspective ... like being banned by the IOC, NCAA, or USOC. This is all because of the athlete cheating and is likely to be harmful to their health which is something a coach or parent would never want for their athlete...

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4. Gambling

... athletes are very accessible. Fixers try to gain access to manipulate them or pay a commission to them for information related to their team (i.e., injury reports, morale, game plans, and discipline issues). The profile of the typical "athlete gambler- is someone who believes he can control his own destiny, someone who is willing to take risks, and someone who believes he possesses ... but are not lost on the law enforcement community (NCAA, 2002). The problem that the NCAA and professional sports face is making sure that illegal gambling does not compromise the integrity of the sport. ...

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5. Gambling

... playing for mony and they are no longer an amateur. Even though the NCAA tries to pin all of the problems they have with gambling on Nevada the truth shows that it is definitely not all Nevada's fault. "Nevada's legal sports books bring in about $2.3 billion in bets each year estimated to be a mere 1% of the total organized gambling on sports nationwide," (Hamburger, A1). This shows that only ... ). This quote clearly shows that by paying these amateur athletes amounts of money they have never seen, they become greedy. One of the most famous gambling issues in all of sports is the Pete R...

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6. Tort Liability in Baseball

... of the hazards their own home presents. When a guest comes to a person's home and they are not warned of hazards, they do not assume the same risk the homeowner does and the homeowner can be liable for any injuries these hazards may have caused to the guest (Law, 2012). There are a huge number of lawsuits that occur everyday as a result of issues with assumption of risk. Of ... , 2012). During the early 1990's several governing bodies and manufacturers had been discussing the regulation of bat performance (Russell, 2012). After the 1998 season, the issue was brought to a head, and the NCA...

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7. Anonymous

... you increase what you are able to lift thus increasing strength over an extended period of time. If you were to take the Ephedrine based product Xenadrine to lose weight then the recommended dosage is two capsules twice a day. Ephedrine Legal Issues The NFL and the NCAA are the two organizations that have banned the use of Ephedrine. However, no substantiated statistics have been published that show that Ephedrine is a harmful ... supplement. Muscle Development Magazine says, "There have been no death or heart related problems due to ephedra supplements."(Venuto) The NFL was the first t...

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8. Drug Testing In Sports

... an artificially induced advantage, so that no one participant might be pressured to use chemical substances in order to remain competitive, and to safeguard the health and safety of participants."" The National Center for Drug Free Sport administers the drug-testing programs for the NCAA. The NCAA Executive Committee developed a list of banned drugs and a drug-testing program, which involves urine collection and laboratory analyses, for these substances on ... , and protection against unreasonable searches and seizures are at issue. One of the most prominent issues raised by drug testing...

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9. Hazing

... Bonding Or The Abuse and Endangerment of An Athlete's Rights? Current issues have forced NCAA athletics to deal and confront the dangerous acts of team hazing. On January 14th, the University of Vermont men's hockey season was forced to a sudden halt. With thirteen games left, the team's 23 remaining players were read a litany of their sins by the state's attorney general, William Sorrell. He stated the schools handling of the hazing incident(s) ... . Universities will have to simply not tolerate poor behavior and hold coaches accountable for not allowing any form of hazing to go on, with...

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