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Document Type

Article

Abstract

This paper examines the amateurism debate that has surrounded collegiate athletics since their inception in the 1800’s. The NCAA brings in enormous revenue from Bowl Games and “March Madness” without paying the student-athletes who help generate them. Large disparities in budgets and profits among Division I conferences and different sports make it almost impossible for the NCAA to create a system that would fairly compensate all student-athletes based on productivity. I conclude that student-athletes should be able to accept endorsements deals that allow them to monetize their value without costing students or colleges additional money.

Publication Date

Spring 2018

Journal Title

Major Themes in Economics

Volume

20

Issue

1

First Page

1

Last Page

47

Copyright

©2018 by Major Themes in Economics

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Included in

Economics Commons

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