Competitive Instinct: New Orleans Saints Bounty Scandal

The first time this rule really was brought to national attention was in the early 1980’s. According to an ESPN 30/30 documentary, SMU or known as Southern Methodist University had dealt serious money to now hall of fame running back Erik Dickerson. Dickerson had been a top prospect in the nation and had no intention to play at SMU originally.... ... middle of paper ... ...because he sold his won college memorabilia for Tattoos, further proving the stubborn rules from the NCAA. The NCAA needs to find a way to have its athletes profit off their play. With the NCAA still keeping the rule on banning athletes from profits, problems will keep occurring every season.

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“Specialization leads to the playing of the sport year round. That means not only an increase in risk factor for traumatic injuries but a sky-high increase in overuse injuries”(Briggs). This means that young children are picking a sport they love to play, and playing it year round for the rest of their life or until they burnout, which is occurring more and more frequently and at a younger and younger age. Children should not have to choose between two or more sports they play just so they can become good at only one. “Professionalism is taking these kids at a young age and trying to work them as if they are pro-athletes, in terms of year round activity”(Briggs).

To prove, a little girl told her dad when the dad thought that she would stop playing soccer if she didn’t have talent, “'Well, Daddy, I'd just have to try harder,'" (Were you born to be a Sports Star?). This shows that if you don’t have a lot of talent, it doesn’t matter because as long as you work hard, you can become great at anything. In addition, no one is able to become great without challenging practice because even “Many great athletes are legendary for the brutal discipline of their practice routines. Michael

They just need to play well in high school, then accept an athletic scholarship to a university, and excel in that sport while getting airtime on television. More often than not, the kids do not value their education, and they do just enough in order to qualify to play on their team. The NCAA is failing student athletes because it prioritizes athleticism over academics by changing the rules, which now allow subpar academic students onto college teams. All too often, the students see the dream of stardom more so than the reality of needed education. The love of the game usually resonates in student athletes from an early age.

The schools should not be paying them a salary, but rather allowing their athletes to receive money for their likeness, and/or time. Now not every player is good enough to be promoted like others, it would raise the playing field in college football. It’s very selfish of the NCAA to promote these players and making money off of them with compensating them. When you look at it; it’s si... ... middle of paper ... ...d working North Americans. Works Cited "College Athletics Revenue."

This hurts the team financially, and economically, when thinking of opportunity costs. After the players still have the money, and frequently get into trouble with the law with offenses dealing with drugs, or other illegal activities. However, not every draft bust breaks the law; some have other career paths as football analysts, or get away from football completely and find other jobs outside sports. Back when the Raiders were in Los Angeles in the 1990s, the organization drafted Todd Marinovich with the 24th overall pick in the draft. Marinovich signed a 3 year, $2.25 million dollar contract, which by today’s standards is low, but in 1991, the average NFL player was making $422,149 which was an all-time high at the time.

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