The three people that I interviewed are people who are working on the business side of sports whether it is a minor league team for the MLB or just working in the ticket office for a local college. All of them have been around college athletes at some point and understand the blood, sweat, and tears that go in to playing the game everyday.
The people that I interviewed are around my age (mid 20s) and have friends that are playing college sports at this very moment and who have friends that are coaching college sports. They all agreed that at some point their close friends who play college sports have admitted that they are suffering when it comes to having money to eat, drink, or just survive. All of them are aware of the image that these athletes are putting out to the NCAA and are not getting any compensation for it. They believe that there should be some type of money coming in to the athlete that should allow them to survive. When discussing the money management process, one of the interviewees discussed a possible savings account or investment account that these athletes should have to put a certain percentage away into. Of course, they all agreed that there has to be some type of knowledge when it comes to the deals. The athletes cannot go into them blindsided and need to be educated on how to go about it. The people I interviewed agreed that there should be some type of money management class and that these athletes should receive some type of money.
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This article shows a more deeper understanding about your potential project. I like that thanks to these interviews, you have more information to develop and improve your project. For example, it is important to educate athletes about money managements which is paramount nowadays.
ReplyDeleteNicole, it seems like your idea of paying players has broad support from the California legislature and several high profile athletes who came out with very strong support. It also seems that the money management aspect has strong support as well but I don’t know that I agree with a forced savings account. I agree that the athletes should be consoled on what to do with the money though.
ReplyDeleteHey Nicole!
ReplyDeleteGreat job on your post. It is definitely a struggle financially for these athletes when it comes to eating and drinking. A lot of these athletes go to college on scholarship because of their ability to play a specific sport. I really like your idea and I think it will be helpful.
Kylie Curtis