Interesting article on salary cap limit placed on scholarship student/athletes regarding how much outside employment they are allowed.
Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski challenges NCAA to do something for 'student-athletes'
While the NCAA, and the universities can make as much money as they wish, athletes are limited:
You can only pay that athlete up to $2,000 a year, anything more and that athlete risks losing his or her scholarship. The National Collegiate Athletic Association, an organization that runs commercials talking about how much they care about "student-athletes" and education, is so concerned about the welfare of athletes that they impose a limit on an athlete's wages during the calendar, not the school year from any line of employment.
If someone in the school band, who is attending a college on a band scholarship, wanted to work during the school year and was able to pick up paying gigs or got a job giving music lessons there would be no cap on earned income.
The stars of the sports shows, the athletes — who play the games and get a scholarship which pays for school, room and board and incidentals like books — cannot even get a part time job that pays more than an average of $40 a week during their years of sports eligibility. On the other hand, big time college sports programs have invested huge sums of money for tutors and academic advisors to keep the students eligible with a minimum of a 2.0 GPA.
Those are the rules and Duke University's Men's Basketball Coach Mike Krzyzewski cannot even let his players coach and speak at his basketball camp unless they make under $2,000 in salary for the year.
Everyone gets a shot at big money at big time college sports schools except the athletes.
The stars of the sports shows, the athletes — who play the games and get a scholarship which pays for school, room and board and incidentals like books — cannot even get a part time job that pays more than an average of $40 a week during their years of sports eligibility. On the other hand, big time college sports programs have invested huge sums of money for tutors and academic advisors to keep the students eligible with a minimum of a 2.0 GPA.
Those are the rules and Duke University's Men's Basketball Coach Mike Krzyzewski cannot even let his players coach and speak at his basketball camp unless they make under $2,000 in salary for the year.
Everyone gets a shot at big money at big time college sports schools except the athletes.
But oddly enough this limits the average kid who could get paid to work with high schoolers in his particular sport during the summer, or a kid who is trying to help the family back home (and might have worked a part-time job during high school.)
If you think the scholarship money received covers everything and leaves a little in the bank for our student athletes, you might have an inflated idea of how much the student/athletes monthly stipend really is. A $2000 annual cap on additional money is ridiculous for those students who have expenses they are trying to meet. Unless mom and dad bought your car and pay for insurance for example, money is going to be tight, or you'll be on the RTD.
Krzewski wanted to be able to pay his players a nominal fee to speak at his summer camps. A win/win for the student athletes and a positive for most college programs to have active athletes involved.
Krzyzewski said: "A kid cannot actually work during the school year. We should not have it where kids try to make money during the school year because going to school and doing your sport is work enough. But during the summer months and sometimes you have as many as four months, you can make some money and get good experiences."
College athletes on verge of key legislative victory
Their activism cuts to the core of a debate that has roiled college sports since the Indianapolis-based NCAA was created more than a century ago: Is a mostly free education sufficient compensation for a commitment to athletics or do students who generate millions for their schools and coaches deserve more — from "pay for play" compensation to more basic legal protections in the workplace?
One study estimated that the average scholarship player must still come up with about $2800 annually to cover expenses.
Huma and his allies measure their gains in incremental steps. They note that despite the 2008 settlement with the NCAA, Division I scholarship athletes are still on the hook for an average of $2,763 a year, according to a 2009 NCPA study.
That shortfall represents the difference between educational expenses covered by grants-in-aid — typically tuition, student fees, room and board — and ancillary costs not paid for by scholarships, which can range from campus parking fees and laundry money to computer disks, memory cards, calculators and other items required for class.
That shortfall represents the difference between educational expenses covered by grants-in-aid — typically tuition, student fees, room and board — and ancillary costs not paid for by scholarships, which can range from campus parking fees and laundry money to computer disks, memory cards, calculators and other items required for class.
It doesn't even matter if the student athletes are trying to help each other out. USC quarterback Matt Leinhart's dad got an apartment for Matt and a teammate, Dwayne Jarrett. Matt had to move out of a place he'd had previously because of too much fan interaction there. Each student athlete (Matt and Dwayne) paid about $650 per month out of their respective $1200 monthly stipend (which also covers food and other miscellaneous but necessary expenses) while the dad made up the difference. (Try to imagine what a nice place costs in LA, near the USC campus. In this case, the apartment was $3866 per month.)
USC's compliance office requested the NCAA's assistance in determining whether a violation had occurred because Jarrett paid less than half of what Leinart's father said was a $3,866-per-month lease.
"We're aware that the NCAA has deemed this to be a violation of the extra benefit rule," USC spokesman Tim Tessalone said. "This summer, USC will apply for Jarrett's reinstatement of eligibility and hope for a decision prior to the start of the season."
USC officials began investigating the matter following a published report in late April that a possible violation had occurred.
Leinart's father, Bob, put the two players on the lease at a secured apartment complex downtown after Leinart moved out of his former residence near campus, where he was being hounded by fans.
Leinart and Jarrett each paid $650 a month, with Leinart's father paying $2,566 -- the difference of the monthly payment.
"We're aware that the NCAA has deemed this to be a violation of the extra benefit rule," USC spokesman Tim Tessalone said. "This summer, USC will apply for Jarrett's reinstatement of eligibility and hope for a decision prior to the start of the season."
USC officials began investigating the matter following a published report in late April that a possible violation had occurred.
Leinart's father, Bob, put the two players on the lease at a secured apartment complex downtown after Leinart moved out of his former residence near campus, where he was being hounded by fans.
Leinart and Jarrett each paid $650 a month, with Leinart's father paying $2,566 -- the difference of the monthly payment.
But he's not allowed to work during the summer so he can afford something better.
Student-athletes at work: NCAA work rule will be 'difficult to monitor.' - National Collegiate Athletic Association
Full athletic scholarships pay for tuition, books, plus room and board, but not other costs. Under the new rule, athletes' earnings may not exceed what their school calculates as "incidental expenses" for the academic year, which range from $1,200 to $2.500.
Proponents of the change argued that in an age when many major colleges are making money hand over fist in football and basketball, it's only reasonable that the athletes who play the games have the opportunity to earn some cash to go on a date, put gas in their car, or buy a burger and some fries.
Proponents of the change argued that in an age when many major colleges are making money hand over fist in football and basketball, it's only reasonable that the athletes who play the games have the opportunity to earn some cash to go on a date, put gas in their car, or buy a burger and some fries.
