To answer the first question, I most definitely think government intervention should be allowed and even encouraged in the sports world. This is because it is necessary to keep it regulated and original. However, sometimes I feel as if the governments actions are not justified. This article is a great example of what I mean. For years, I personally think it was obvious that certain players were getting paid to be persuaded to attend certain colleges over others. While it was always a big issue the government believed it was not true. However, as shown here, once they began to investigate they found compelling evidence...and much more information than they believed. Secondly, I believe most teams methods of recruiting is fine the way it is now. However, if there is money involved (which their most likely is), they should be penalized. I feel this way because players should be making decisions on what is best for their education and future, not by how much money they can get for one year. Also I believe this is unfair because it is not a level playing field. Some organizations with more money will be able to get better players and stay at the top while mediocre organizations stay at the bottom with their mediocre players.
I do think that government intervention is justified in the sports world. This is necessary because cheating and misconduct cannot be tolerated. For example, these college coaches cannot keep paying players to come play for them because it is against the rules. This is a time where the government needs to come in and prevent this from happening. The recruiting process should not involve incentives, it should just be where the player truly wants to play. If the government needs to come in to regulate this, so be it. Secondly, most teams methods for recruiting are fine right now, there are just a couple bad apples. For the teams that pay their players, they should get them to play for them by showing off their facilities, and tradition. They should try to get the player to feel like they can play at that certain school. They could also show off their academics and show the player that they can not only benefit on the court, but be prepared for life after basketball.
I think the government is justified in the sports world. I think that they should be able to intervene because cheating is not allowed. The way that the government decides to go about it however could be handled other ways then how it was in this situation. It also comes down to the question who's fault is it? I'm unsure if the coach has any knowledge of their players actions but in this case I think that the government did the right thing. I feel that the recruiting process right now for most teams is good and has worked well. It should continue to go as it is, and I don't think there needs to be any changes as of now.
The government has the full right and justification to intervene in the sports world. The NFL, NBA, and NCAA are all billion dollar industries, and deserve to be watched and regulated by the government. However, what makes the NCAA interesting is that the athletes are under no contract besides being students at their respective institutions. When a recruiter or college offers financial promises besides demonstrated aid or scholarships, that is a violation under college rule. The FBI therefore has the right to find teams, coaches, and athletes who are illegally accepting bribes, which creates an advantage for universities. For example, if Duke, Kentucky, or Arizona offers $100,000 and a full-ride scholarship for each recruit, there is a less likely chance that such a recruit will take an offer at a less esteemed institution. This creates a wider gap in the playing field, and puts more spotlight on the respective universities. This in response allows for more revenue for the schools through simple marketing and team success. There should be no change to how a school recruits an athlete. The existing method is already successful, legal, and fair, while the article mentioned above only highlights extreme examples in violation of the NCAA rulebook.
The NCAA has been long known to be a corrupt league, with many college teams sneakily paying their star players to reel them into their sports program. Just recently there has been a new report that many of the top teams in NCAA division I basketball have been apart of bribing certain talented players to their teams. With current rules in college athletics not permitting pay, additional to the scholarship they receive (sometimes), there needs to be enforcement from the leaders of the league. If they truly believe in the rules they hold, there needs to be action, or they should just remove the rule. If they would like to give consequences for the men involved, they need to bring in the government. There are clear rules inside the league explaining that no player shall be bribed with money, so they have the right to find whos guilty of breaking these rules, and report them to the government. It is not the government's responsibility to oversee the league, however they should respond to league officials when need be. If league officials want to continue the corrupt ways, they can, or they can take action against the men. In the future however, if there is a day when there is no more corruption in recruiting, teams should have to work harder at obtaining their newest recruits. Instead of showing them the money, which appeals to everyone in the world, they will need to show off the perks at attending their college. They will need to show off the area the college presides, where alumni get to go sometimes after their college career, and many other factors. It should be a exciting contest, who gets to recruit the next best athlete; not a bidoff.
I think government intervention is justified in the sports world because if teams are cheating and finding ways around the system, it should be noted and dealt with by the government. In the NCAA there have been many incidents where colleges have been violating the recruiting rules. The article states that, “at least six players were identified in the documents as receiving payments exceeding $10,000”. The government should be stepping in and preventing this from happening. Many high school athletes who plan to continue playing their sport in college should not be influenced by any college when making their decision. However, I feel that there should be no change to how teams should recruit high school athletes. Although there are many problems with the current system, not all parts of it are bad. With the right help from the government, the existing system can only improve.
I do indeed believe that government intervention is justified in the sports world. Sports is one of the biggest influences on our people currently today. I think it's safe to say that more people are impacted by the outcome of the Super Bowl than the outcome of a foreign environmental treaty with Pakistan. Enjoyment and leisure mustn't be skimmed as an important aspect of one's life, and often the world or sports provides that enjoyment and leisure previously alluded to. When a team tries to gain an unfair advantage over another team or program, through illegal means, I more than think it's a worthy enough cause for the government to get involved. Well at least as worthy as some non majorly impactful issues in our country that seem to get pushed to the center of attention today. Without leaving the boundaries of the question and ranting upon whether or not athletes should be paid, my short answer would be that schools need to pick a side. What I mean by this is that schools should either commit to being athletic institutions that groom players for professional sports (like The University of Alabama for football and The University of Kentucky for basketball) or commit to being elite level academic institutions, for example Georgetown University. Recruits coming out of high school usually have their hearts set on either making it professional, or gaining a good education, with sports as a catalyst to make that dream come true. I believe if schools adjust their pitches to recruits to either highlight that they can take them to the next level in sports, or to the next level in life and beyond through academics they will find much more success rather than staying somewhere in the middle.
I have to agree with my classmates and believe that the government should intervene in the sports world. When something is against conduct then it should be stopped, no matter if they are an athlete or not. The rules are the rules and shouldn’t be changed just because the athlete is insanely good at their sport. The recruitment process is fine the way it is. Athletes should be going to schools where the sport they are playing is helping them get into a better or perfect academical level for them. I agree with Russell and his point of “the recruiting process should not involve incentives, it should just be where the player truly wants to play”. These types of incentives aren’t the way athletes should be going to schools. There are other ways that schools could help out which is give scholarships, loans, room/board and book money but not bribes. If so, then the government should be involved and stop it.
I believe that government intervention is justified and extremely important in regards to the sports world. Cheating is known to be unjust, unfair and not tolerated in any scenario. The rules state that college coaches and workers may not pay potential players to come to their school and sports program. The recruitment process has strict rules against bribing high school athletes. Also, the recruitment process should allow incentives to attract the student to the program. If schools can not follow the basic rules given to them already then the government should step in. Although this is not the case for most school, some have decided to disregard the rules they are supposed to follow. Players should have full control on where they play based off of their financial status, love for the school, community and athletics program. Their facilities, tradition, players and academics should be emphasized during recruiting. Rather than bribing players, coaches and administrators should show why their school is the best fit and gives the best opportunities to each player visiting/thinking about the college.
I think government intervention is justified in the sports world because I think it's important for teams not to cheat and I think this will make teams think twice about cheating. If the FBI gets involved, sports teams will be more cautious about cheating. I think the method of recruiting now is fine the way it is because it has proven to be successful in the past. For example, in the article it talks about how players are being illegally payed by their college teams but they're already getting scholarship money. Although these methods aren't perfect, I still don't think they need to be changed.
I think government intervention is definitely necessary in sports when significant amounts of money are at stake. In the NCAA and professional sports especially, I think its important for the the government to enforce fair play and eliminate any illegal activity. In college basketball, this means stepping in to enforce legal recruiting tactics and issue punishments to those who violate the rules (or at least pressure the NCAA to do so).
As far as changing the ways teams recruit players, I think the current system is a great idea, but overall there are too many holes for teams to use illegal tactics (as seen in the recent news of college basketball layers being paid sums of over 10k). I wouldn't mind seeing college athletes be paid because i think it would allow for programs who typically cant attract top recruits to incentivize their commitments (such as ivy league schools). If the system doesn't change, i think its necessary to input even more severe penalties.
I think the government intervention is justified when this much money is being used in order to cheat. For years now, there have been reports of major universities paying their players or buying the player or that players family cars, houses, food etc. I think the use of legal intervention is fine when we need to find a way to stop this since nothing has worked up to this point. In regards to recruitment, I dont think there is much to do to change the system. I think as of now it works fine if we can eliminate the incentivizing and illegal bribing that occurs. Other than that, the process works well. I do believe in order to eliminate the use of money in the process, there should be tough repercussions to those who continue to use money as a form of recruitment.
I think government intervention is necessary to keep teams actions fair. There has been a lot of stories about match fixing and universities paying their players to come to their school. This is where the government can intervene and put a stop to this but sometimes the intervention is unnecessary. With recruitment its fine how it is since it hasn't really changed except for the bribing and paying off players. I feel the punishment should be more severe to eliminate the recruiting process in order to stop the bribing of players.
Even though it might not be ideal, I feel it is necessary for the government to step in when there is ongoing corruption going on in the NCAA. Everyone knew colleges were offering incentives to players in the recruiting process, and the amounts of money has gotten so big that someone had to step in to fix this corrupt system. If this keep on happening, I think there will have to be changes to the NCAA to make sure they don't have to rely on the government to fix their problems. When it comes to the recruitment system, I think the current system is good but it is just too easy for colleges to use illegal methods to get players. The NCAA has to input more rules, restrictions, and repercussions. Once the NCAA stop all the cheating and illegal incentives, this recruiting system will be a great system.
I think that it is necessary for the government to intervene in the rules of the ncaa. there is hard evidence that colleges are offering insentives to athetes and there familys to come to their school. I personaly think its unfair and should be revised. If a student is going to a school because the college is paying them, the student should reconcider. I dout that would be their first choice. It also shows what they value more and makes the athlete look bad. I think the ncaa should implement rules to stop paying players.
I think the government intervention is justified in the sports world when teams are using money in order to cheat. Teams have been paying athletes unnecessary amounts of money in hopes of them staying with the team. I do however feel it is okay for sports organizations to pay for small things such as food, housing, and uniforms. College sports have always been just as fun to watch for me as professional sports and not because the players are on the same level because they obviously aren't but because they play for the love of the game. They play because hey want too not because they are getting paid like the pro's. I understand that schools would have trouble competing with the big schools if they have nothing to offer but that is just how sports work.
I think government intervention is justified in the sports world because so many teams are getting away with illegal recruiting, so the government needs to step in to help and enforce the rules. It is very necessary for the recruiting rules to stay regulated, so the government needs to help regulate these rules. Bribing kids is very illegal, and as a teenage kid you are obviously going to take the money, so I think it is the schools fault. NCAA teams should change their methods of recruiting by not talking to students until they are done with their freshman & sophomore years. I know that in NCAA lacrosse they made this rule, and it has helped slow down the recruiting process giving student athletes time to make the right decision and develop as an athlete.
I beleive that government intervention is justified and should get more involved in the sports world. There are many unfair/unjust problems in the world of sports, it would be nice if we can get someone to stop them, especially when there's so much money on the line. The NCAA has always been a corrupt league, and we should get people to find and punish those who break the rules. As punishment, i believe they should be thrown out for the rest of the season, if it's the beginning of the season. If it's already half of the season they would sit out for the rest of that season and at least the first half of the next. For changing the recruitment of the NCAA, I believe their isn't anything good to change, it's a great system already. I believe we need to focus more on stopping them from cheating more than anything else.
Do you think government intervention is justified in the sports world? I don't think that government intervention is justified in a private league, like the idea that this is bribery isnt true, its only bribery because of the rules of the NCAA if they were changed then students could be paid. Also this is a private organisation that is making millions of dollars, so the fact that taxpayer dollars are going to a multimillion organisation that has nothing to do with any threats to american life is ridiculous, the FBI should be working on stopping terrorists and crims, not worrying about basketball.
How should teams change their methods of obtaining recruits? They shouldn't, the NCAA should make it so they can pay athletes rather than trying to change the system.
I think the government intervention was completely justified. Sports teams still need to be held accountable for their actions and they should not be exempt from rules. It is not fair to teams who have less funds if the higher funded teams are paying athletes to commit to their colleges. Without the government’s intervention, there could be a serious issue with equality in recruitment. Teams should focus on the community they can offer for the student and giving them the best possible environment to succeed later on in life. If a school shows how they can help a student succeed academically or further into a professional sport, then they are more likely to commit to a school. A student athletes voice should be made due to a connection made with the school and coaches not a monetary bribe.
I think that government intervention is justified in the sports world. In so many instances, such as recruiting, way too much illlegal activity occurs. Part of this reason this illegal activity occurs is because the Government is not doing enough to prohibit this. Without Government intervention, college sports will be gone before we know it. As mentioned in the article, "These allegations, if true, point to systematic failures that must be fixed and fixed now if we want college sports in America." It is evident that stricter regulations and restrictions must be placed in order to keep college sports alive in America. I do not think that coaches should be able to talk with recruits without some sort of supervision. In so many instances in college sports, so much bribery occurs that nobody is aware of. "Other teams with current or former players who allegedly received payments were South Carolina, Louisville, Utah, Xavier, Wichita State, Clemson?and Alabama." If someone were to manage the relationship between athletes and coaches, I believe that this type of illegal activity would decrease and college sports would be in better hands.
To answer the first question, I most definitely think government intervention should be allowed and even encouraged in the sports world. This is because it is necessary to keep it regulated and original. However, sometimes I feel as if the governments actions are not justified. This article is a great example of what I mean. For years, I personally think it was obvious that certain players were getting paid to be persuaded to attend certain colleges over others. While it was always a big issue the government believed it was not true. However, as shown here, once they began to investigate they found compelling evidence...and much more information than they believed. Secondly, I believe most teams methods of recruiting is fine the way it is now. However, if there is money involved (which their most likely is), they should be penalized. I feel this way because players should be making decisions on what is best for their education and future, not by how much money they can get for one year. Also I believe this is unfair because it is not a level playing field. Some organizations with more money will be able to get better players and stay at the top while mediocre organizations stay at the bottom with their mediocre players.
ReplyDeleteI do think that government intervention is justified in the sports world. This is necessary because cheating and misconduct cannot be tolerated. For example, these college coaches cannot keep paying players to come play for them because it is against the rules. This is a time where the government needs to come in and prevent this from happening. The recruiting process should not involve incentives, it should just be where the player truly wants to play. If the government needs to come in to regulate this, so be it. Secondly, most teams methods for recruiting are fine right now, there are just a couple bad apples. For the teams that pay their players, they should get them to play for them by showing off their facilities, and tradition. They should try to get the player to feel like they can play at that certain school. They could also show off their academics and show the player that they can not only benefit on the court, but be prepared for life after basketball.
ReplyDeleteI think the government is justified in the sports world. I think that they should be able to intervene because cheating is not allowed. The way that the government decides to go about it however could be handled other ways then how it was in this situation. It also comes down to the question who's fault is it? I'm unsure if the coach has any knowledge of their players actions but in this case I think that the government did the right thing. I feel that the recruiting process right now for most teams is good and has worked well. It should continue to go as it is, and I don't think there needs to be any changes as of now.
ReplyDeleteThe government has the full right and justification to intervene in the sports world. The NFL, NBA, and NCAA are all billion dollar industries, and deserve to be watched and regulated by the government. However, what makes the NCAA interesting is that the athletes are under no contract besides being students at their respective institutions. When a recruiter or college offers financial promises besides demonstrated aid or scholarships, that is a violation under college rule. The FBI therefore has the right to find teams, coaches, and athletes who are illegally accepting bribes, which creates an advantage for universities. For example, if Duke, Kentucky, or Arizona offers $100,000 and a full-ride scholarship for each recruit, there is a less likely chance that such a recruit will take an offer at a less esteemed institution. This creates a wider gap in the playing field, and puts more spotlight on the respective universities. This in response allows for more revenue for the schools through simple marketing and team success. There should be no change to how a school recruits an athlete. The existing method is already successful, legal, and fair, while the article mentioned above only highlights extreme examples in violation of the NCAA rulebook.
ReplyDeleteThe NCAA has been long known to be a corrupt league, with many college teams sneakily paying their star players to reel them into their sports program. Just recently there has been a new report that many of the top teams in NCAA division I basketball have been apart of bribing certain talented players to their teams. With current rules in college athletics not permitting pay, additional to the scholarship they receive (sometimes), there needs to be enforcement from the leaders of the league. If they truly believe in the rules they hold, there needs to be action, or they should just remove the rule. If they would like to give consequences for the men involved, they need to bring in the government. There are clear rules inside the league explaining that no player shall be bribed with money, so they have the right to find whos guilty of breaking these rules, and report them to the government. It is not the government's responsibility to oversee the league, however they should respond to league officials when need be. If league officials want to continue the corrupt ways, they can, or they can take action against the men. In the future however, if there is a day when there is no more corruption in recruiting, teams should have to work harder at obtaining their newest recruits. Instead of showing them the money, which appeals to everyone in the world, they will need to show off the perks at attending their college. They will need to show off the area the college presides, where alumni get to go sometimes after their college career, and many other factors. It should be a exciting contest, who gets to recruit the next best athlete; not a bidoff.
ReplyDeleteI think government intervention is justified in the sports world because if teams are cheating and finding ways around the system, it should be noted and dealt with by the government. In the NCAA there have been many incidents where colleges have been violating the recruiting rules. The article states that, “at least six players were identified in the documents as receiving payments exceeding $10,000”. The government should be stepping in and preventing this from happening. Many high school athletes who plan to continue playing their sport in college should not be influenced by any college when making their decision. However, I feel that there should be no change to how teams should recruit high school athletes. Although there are many problems with the current system, not all parts of it are bad. With the right help from the government, the existing system can only improve.
ReplyDeleteI do indeed believe that government intervention is justified in the sports world. Sports is one of the biggest influences on our people currently today. I think it's safe to say that more people are impacted by the outcome of the Super Bowl than the outcome of a foreign environmental treaty with Pakistan. Enjoyment and leisure mustn't be skimmed as an important aspect of one's life, and often the world or sports provides that enjoyment and leisure previously alluded to. When a team tries to gain an unfair advantage over another team or program, through illegal means, I more than think it's a worthy enough cause for the government to get involved. Well at least as worthy as some non majorly impactful issues in our country that seem to get pushed to the center of attention today.
ReplyDeleteWithout leaving the boundaries of the question and ranting upon whether or not athletes should be paid, my short answer would be that schools need to pick a side. What I mean by this is that schools should either commit to being athletic institutions that groom players for professional sports (like The University of Alabama for football and The University of Kentucky for basketball) or commit to being elite level academic institutions, for example Georgetown University. Recruits coming out of high school usually have their hearts set on either making it professional, or gaining a good education, with sports as a catalyst to make that dream come true. I believe if schools adjust their pitches to recruits to either highlight that they can take them to the next level in sports, or to the next level in life and beyond through academics they will find much more success rather than staying somewhere in the middle.
I have to agree with my classmates and believe that the government should intervene in the sports world. When something is against conduct then it should be stopped, no matter if they are an athlete or not. The rules are the rules and shouldn’t be changed just because the athlete is insanely good at their sport. The recruitment process is fine the way it is. Athletes should be going to schools where the sport they are playing is helping them get into a better or perfect academical level for them. I agree with Russell and his point of “the recruiting process should not involve incentives, it should just be where the player truly wants to play”. These types of incentives aren’t the way athletes should be going to schools. There are other ways that schools could help out which is give scholarships, loans, room/board and book money but not bribes. If so, then the government should be involved and stop it.
ReplyDeleteI believe that government intervention is justified and extremely important in regards to the sports world. Cheating is known to be unjust, unfair and not tolerated in any scenario. The rules state that college coaches and workers may not pay potential players to come to their school and sports program. The recruitment process has strict rules against bribing high school athletes. Also, the recruitment process should allow incentives to attract the student to the program. If schools can not follow the basic rules given to them already then the government should step in. Although this is not the case for most school, some have decided to disregard the rules they are supposed to follow. Players should have full control on where they play based off of their financial status, love for the school, community and athletics program. Their facilities, tradition, players and academics should be emphasized during recruiting. Rather than bribing players, coaches and administrators should show why their school is the best fit and gives the best opportunities to each player visiting/thinking about the college.
ReplyDeleteI think government intervention is justified in the sports world because I think it's important for teams not to cheat and I think this will make teams think twice about cheating. If the FBI gets involved, sports teams will be more cautious about cheating. I think the method of recruiting now is fine the way it is because it has proven to be successful in the past. For example, in the article it talks about how players are being illegally payed by their college teams but they're already getting scholarship money. Although these methods aren't perfect, I still don't think they need to be changed.
ReplyDeleteI think government intervention is definitely necessary in sports when significant amounts of money are at stake. In the NCAA and professional sports especially, I think its important for the the government to enforce fair play and eliminate any illegal activity. In college basketball, this means stepping in to enforce legal recruiting tactics and issue punishments to those who violate the rules (or at least pressure the NCAA to do so).
ReplyDeleteAs far as changing the ways teams recruit players, I think the current system is a great idea, but overall there are too many holes for teams to use illegal tactics (as seen in the recent news of college basketball layers being paid sums of over 10k). I wouldn't mind seeing college athletes be paid because i think it would allow for programs who typically cant attract top recruits to incentivize their commitments (such as ivy league schools). If the system doesn't change, i think its necessary to input even more severe penalties.
I think the government intervention is justified when this much money is being used in order to cheat. For years now, there have been reports of major universities paying their players or buying the player or that players family cars, houses, food etc. I think the use of legal intervention is fine when we need to find a way to stop this since nothing has worked up to this point.
ReplyDeleteIn regards to recruitment, I dont think there is much to do to change the system. I think as of now it works fine if we can eliminate the incentivizing and illegal bribing that occurs. Other than that, the process works well. I do believe in order to eliminate the use of money in the process, there should be tough repercussions to those who continue to use money as a form of recruitment.
I think government intervention is necessary to keep teams actions fair. There has been a lot of stories about match fixing and universities paying their players to come to their school. This is where the government can intervene and put a stop to this but sometimes the intervention is unnecessary.
ReplyDeleteWith recruitment its fine how it is since it hasn't really changed except for the bribing and paying off players. I feel the punishment should be more severe to eliminate the recruiting process in order to stop the bribing of players.
Even though it might not be ideal, I feel it is necessary for the government to step in when there is ongoing corruption going on in the NCAA. Everyone knew colleges were offering incentives to players in the recruiting process, and the amounts of money has gotten so big that someone had to step in to fix this corrupt system. If this keep on happening, I think there will have to be changes to the NCAA to make sure they don't have to rely on the government to fix their problems.
ReplyDeleteWhen it comes to the recruitment system, I think the current system is good but it is just too easy for colleges to use illegal methods to get players. The NCAA has to input more rules, restrictions, and repercussions. Once the NCAA stop all the cheating and illegal incentives, this recruiting system will be a great system.
I think that it is necessary for the government to intervene in the rules of the ncaa. there is hard evidence that colleges are offering insentives to athetes and there familys to come to their school. I personaly think its unfair and should be revised. If a student is going to a school because the college is paying them, the student should reconcider. I dout that would be their first choice. It also shows what they value more and makes the athlete look bad. I think the ncaa should implement rules to stop paying players.
ReplyDeleteI think the government intervention is justified in the sports world when teams are using money in order to cheat. Teams have been paying athletes unnecessary amounts of money in hopes of them staying with the team. I do however feel it is okay for sports organizations to pay for small things such as food, housing, and uniforms. College sports have always been just as fun to watch for me as professional sports and not because the players are on the same level because they obviously aren't but because they play for the love of the game. They play because hey want too not because they are getting paid like the pro's. I understand that schools would have trouble competing with the big schools if they have nothing to offer but that is just how sports work.
ReplyDeleteI think government intervention is justified in the sports world because so many teams are getting away with illegal recruiting, so the government needs to step in to help and enforce the rules. It is very necessary for the recruiting rules to stay regulated, so the government needs to help regulate these rules. Bribing kids is very illegal, and as a teenage kid you are obviously going to take the money, so I think it is the schools fault. NCAA teams should change their methods of recruiting by not talking to students until they are done with their freshman & sophomore years. I know that in NCAA lacrosse they made this rule, and it has helped slow down the recruiting process giving student athletes time to make the right decision and develop as an athlete.
ReplyDeleteI beleive that government intervention is justified and should get more involved in the sports world. There are many unfair/unjust problems in the world of sports, it would be nice if we can get someone to stop them, especially when there's so much money on the line. The NCAA has always been a corrupt league, and we should get people to find and punish those who break the rules. As punishment, i believe they should be thrown out for the rest of the season, if it's the beginning of the season. If it's already half of the season they would sit out for the rest of that season and at least the first half of the next.
ReplyDeleteFor changing the recruitment of the NCAA, I believe their isn't anything good to change, it's a great system already. I believe we need to focus more on stopping them from cheating more than anything else.
Do you think government intervention is justified in the sports world?
ReplyDeleteI don't think that government intervention is justified in a private league, like the idea that this is bribery isnt true, its only bribery because of the rules of the NCAA if they were changed then students could be paid. Also this is a private organisation that is making millions of dollars, so the fact that taxpayer dollars are going to a multimillion organisation that has nothing to do with any threats to american life is ridiculous, the FBI should be working on stopping terrorists and crims, not worrying about basketball.
How should teams change their methods of obtaining recruits?
They shouldn't, the NCAA should make it so they can pay athletes rather than trying to change the system.
I think the government intervention was completely justified. Sports teams still need to be held accountable for their actions and they should not be exempt from rules. It is not fair to teams who have less funds if the higher funded teams are paying athletes to commit to their colleges. Without the government’s intervention, there could be a serious issue with equality in recruitment. Teams should focus on the community they can offer for the student and giving them the best possible environment to succeed later on in life. If a school shows how they can help a student succeed academically or further into a professional sport, then they are more likely to commit to a school. A student athletes voice should be made due to a connection made with the school and coaches not a monetary bribe.
ReplyDeleteI think that government intervention is justified in the sports world. In so many instances, such as recruiting, way too much illlegal activity occurs. Part of this reason this illegal activity occurs is because the Government is not doing enough to prohibit this. Without Government intervention, college sports will be gone before we know it. As mentioned in the article, "These allegations, if true, point to systematic failures that must be fixed and fixed now if we want college sports in America." It is evident that stricter regulations and restrictions must be placed in order to keep college sports alive in America. I do not think that coaches should be able to talk with recruits without some sort of supervision. In so many instances in college sports, so much bribery occurs that nobody is aware of. "Other teams with current or former players who allegedly received payments were South Carolina, Louisville, Utah, Xavier, Wichita State, Clemson?and Alabama." If someone were to manage the relationship between athletes and coaches, I believe that this type of illegal activity would decrease and college sports would be in better hands.
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