June 9, 2010, the NCAA The University of Southern California with a two year bowl game probation and a loss of twenty football scholarships. This ruling came after allegations surrounding former basketball and football stars: Oj Mayo and Reggie Bush (Klein). Both players supposedly took money from agents and event planners illegally and landed their school in big trouble. This controversy had raised the question: if college athletes were paid by their schools and the NCAA, would this illegal activity still take place and get schools on probation. The fact of the matter is, paying college athletes would not solve this problem; it would ruin the world of college sports, and schools and the NCAA simply do not have the money and funds to pay all of the athletes in college sports.
June 9, 2010, the NCAA penalized The University of Southern California with a two year bowl game probation and a loss of twenty football scholarships. This ruling came after allegations surrounding former basketball and football stars: Oj Mayo and Reggie Bush (Klein). Reggie Bush was caught by taking money and an apartment that his family lived in during his tenure at USC. The school was forced to return their copy of Bush's heisman trophy. While Mayo took money from NBA agents while in high school. This controversy had raised the question: if college athletes were paid by their schools and the NCAA, would this illegal activity still take place and get schools on probation? The fact of the matter is, paying college athletes would not solve this problem; it would ruin the world of college sports, because now the richest schools and teams could pretty much buy championships like the Yankees.
On June 9, the NCAA penalized The University of Southern California with a two year bowl game probation and a loss of twenty football scholarships. This ruling came after allegations of questionable activity surrounded former USC basketball and football stars, OJ Mayo and Reggie Bush (Klein). Reggie Bush was caught taking money from XX, as well as an apartment that his family lived in during his tenure at USC. As a result, the school was also forced to return their copy of Bush's Heisman trophy. Likewise, Mayo was caught taking money from NBA agents while he was still in high school. (Why is taking money from the NBA in HS relevant to USC's penalization? Include a sentence here).
ReplyDeleteThis controversy ultimately raised the question: if college athletes were paid by their schools and the NCAA, would this stem such illegal activity? The fact of the matter is, paying college athletes would not solve this problem. In fact, I would argue that it would actually ruin the world of college sports, giving wealthy teams an unfair advantage.