Literature Review #2

Lit Review 2

Vanderford, Ryan. “Pay-For-Play: An Age-Old Struggle for Appropriate Reform in a Changing Landscape between Employer and Employee.” Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal. (2015), Vol. 24 Issue 3, p805-838. 34p. National Collegiate Athletic Association. Web 22 Feb. 2016. 

Summary: This article focuses on athletes in college that are playing revenue generating sports. It goes into detail regarding NCAA laws and how they affect college athletes in terms of pay. It has many good facts about big time schools and the revenue gained from their athletics. The main point the author wants to drive home is that there is a need for a pay-for-play system in big time athletics.

Author: Ryan Vanderford writer for Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal


Key Terms:
Student-Athlete- The writer explains how the term "student-athlete" came into play originally, and how this term is what allows college athletes to be seen and labeled as "student-athletes" instead of "employees". Student athletes can not receive any money for their athletic efforts because they are primarily students.

Employees- Vanderford likes bringing up the differences between being labeled as a "student-athlete" verses an "employee". Vanderford sees being an "employee" as having a right to form a union and receive compensation for use of an athletes name, image, and likeness. 

Quotes:

"In 2012, the National Collegiate Athletic Association "NCAA" reported $871.6 million in revenue."(805)

"In sum, major college football and basketball can hardly be considered amateur athletics."(806)

"The NCAA required the use of the term (Student-athlete), and embarked on a long, fervent public relations campaign to persuade the public that these athletes were students not employees" (808)



Value: This article was a major help for me because it brought up the history of why the NCAA is how it is, and how certain policy's came about. It also has many real examples to make its point which helps me because I am arguing for the same point; to pay college athletes. Overall this article has a ton of helpful information and it will greatly assist me with this paper.