Summary Of Game On By Tom Farrey

Tom Farrey, author of Game On, argues in chapter 6 that the NCAA creates scholarships to benefit themselves more than it does the students who receive them. Notably, the students cannot receive four year education deals; more often, they can only receive partial scholarships that only last for half of their college life, and while there are full rides for some, the full rides only cover college costs and not many of the lively expenditures students face. These scholarships incentivize aspiring players as a way to pay for college, even though this option comes with flaws. The myth of athletic scholarships has spread like an epidemic and parents start their children younger to get these scholarships. I agree with Farrey because of the abuse

Collegiate football players spend between 20 - 50 hours per week on football according to the National Labor Relations Board in a review of Northwestern football players as possible employees. In comparison, this is more time than college students would put into a part time job and definitely more than students are putting into other non-athletic extracurriculars. Since scholarships only cover tuition most of the time, the players struggle to accumulate enough money to live decently. It is evident that scholarships lack the coverage that students need. The NCAA limits the price of scholarships for colleges to make more money off of the students. They neglect to treat the students with decency and the scholarships favor the NCAA membership

According to NCAA guidelines, collegiate players cannot sign contracts for brand deals or take any money in their name. However, this is not the case for coaches. Coaches have the free will to make brand deals, make a profit at training camps, along with making millions as a collegiate coach. The power balance is tipped heavily in the favor of the coaches. The NCAA exploits their players, reaping the rewards from their prime crop. The players lack free will, the greatest luxury in college life. Their souls are in a binding contract, where the NCAA wrote the rules with mal intent. Many supporters of the NCAA would say their players are amateurs and therefore to keep them safe from other powers, it is best the schools do not pay them. Ordinarily, this would only be true if they treated them as amateurs in any way. The players, as previously stated, spend nearly as much time playing their sport as a job and the NCAA makes about $900 million, according to the NCAA. Players receive none of the revenue yet it is their skill and expertise that has been put to show. The irony would be laughable if it did not have such a huge impact on the future of their