Is It Fair For College Athletes To Be Paid and Receive Compensation?

Lesson Plan

Tyler Stringer

 

Objectives:

 

           1) Students will understand athlete compensation

           2) Students will have their own opinion on athlete compensation and be able discuss why

 

Lesson:

   A) Identifying Players (Hook)-

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1. Students will be asked their opinion on student-athlete compensation

2. Students will be asked to write down what they know about college athlete compensation

 

Open discussion question:  Is it fair for college athletes to receive compensation while playing at their school?

 

  B) Introduction- A better understanding of athlete compensation

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1. What is athlete compensation?

2. Fact about athlete compensation: 

           i) Athlete compensation is when student-athletes get paid for their name, image, and likeness.  The name, image, and likeness rule (NIL rule) is a law that allows students to earn money through autograph signings, endorsements, and advertising. 

• Talk about the amount of time athletes put in

• Talk about the amount of money athletes bring to school

• Talk about how much money the NCAA makes just from March Madness

  • ​Ask students to give any opinions or ask any questions they might have

 

    Activity One: Split the class in half and have a debate between the pros and cons of paying college athletes

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• Each side will get a sheet of paper that lists the pros or the cons of athlete compensation, depending on which side they are on, and will use what is on their paper to discuss their side

• Mr. Zontine will be asked to be the judge of the debate

• Quote 1: “Colleges, universities, the NCAA, and others generate substantial revenue from the labor of student-athletes. Not paying them amounts to theft and exploitation” (Compensation”).

• Quote 2: “Many schools are using their money earned from collegiate sports for re-investments and balancing their budgets. If they had to start paying players, the most probable result would be other programs suffering. They might risk cutting certain campus needs and degrading campus quality” (Miller, Brandon).

 

    C) Video on College Athlete Compensation

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• 5 minutes of a Youtube video will be played discussing the college athlete compensation problem

• Students will discuss what they learned from the video

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Materials:

 

-        Youtube video discussing athlete compensation

-        Debate sheet showing pros and cons of athlete compensation

-        Personal survey

 

 

Bibliography:

 

Miller, Brandon. “12 Primary Pros and Cons of Paying College Athletes.” Green Garage, 16 Dec. 2019. Accessed 12 Jan. 2022. 

 “Compensation for College Athletes.” Gale Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection, Gale, Farmington Hills, MI, 2021. Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints. Accessed 19 Jan. 2022.