Research Blog #2 Scouting the Territory

After researching my topic, and with the help of Professor Goeller, I have realized that there are tons of underlying factors that play into the question of "Are College Athletes Employees?". I've centered my focus of this research on the legal and moral aspects of the question. After reading and analyzing a few sources, i've realized that this is the big issue regarding the student-athletes and how they are viewed and treated. I've found a few sources that discuss these issues and where the NCAA and the student-athletes stand on it.

Sources:

Title: Schooled: The Price of College Sports

Schooled: The Price of College Sports. Dir. Ross Finkel, Trevor Martin, and Jonothan Paley. N.p., 16 Oct. 2013. Web. 6 Nov. 2016.

Title: Many College Athletes Say They Want More Time Away From Sports

Wolverton, Brad. "Many College Athletes Say They Want More Time Away From Sports." The Chronicle of Higher Education. N.p., 12 Jan. 2016. Web. 12 Nov. 2016.

Title: Penn State's "Success With Honor": How Institutional Structure and Brand Logic Disincentivized Disclosure

Proffitt, Jennifer M., and Thomas F. Corrigan. "Penn State's "Success With Honor": How Institutional Structure and Brand Logic Disincentivized Disclosure." Penn State's "Success With Honor": How Institutional Structure and Brand Logic Disincentivized Disclosure (2012): n. pag. Web. 1 Nov. 2016.

Research Blog #1 Topic Idea

Since my last post, I have decided to change the focus of my paper from "Outside Factors That Influence College Education", to a much more specific and centralized topic which is "Are College Athletes Employees".

There were plenty of ways to begin my research, but a few questions kept striking me:

1) If they are considered "employees", should they be paid/compensated? And if so, how?

2) From a legal standpoint, what rules and regulations does the NCAA have that limits players from recieving any type of gift or grant that has some sort of monetary value?

3) The term student athlete is used very commonly now-a-days. The confusion comes when the line between "student" and "athlete" becomes grey. The biggest question to be asked, not only towards the university but to the students as well, is how they view the term student athlete and what truly comes first to them?

4) Is scholarship award money equal to the amount of stress put on these student athletes, as well as the time and effort put in by these student-athletes? 

          a. Spending money?

          b.  No time for Job