College Sports

Film Poster for Miracle, Copyright 2004, Walt Disney Film

This week, I went to two events of theme; on November 13th, I went ‘Showing of Miracle with an introduction by John U. Bacon’, and on 14th and 15th, ‘Values of College Sport Conference’.

The 2004 film, Miracle, directed by Gavin O’Connor, spotlights the story of the 1980 US Olympic Men’s ice hockey team. Herb Brooks, a main coach, trains a team in order to beat the Soviet team, and eventually brings a gold medal.

The conference mainly dealt with benefit and problems of college sports. Especially, Amy Perco, Executive Director of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Atheltics, gave a lecture; she stated that despite financial conflicts and risk of injury, college encourages sports program.

Also, Taylor Branch, Pulitzer Prize and MacArthur Fellowship winning author, gave a lecture and spotlighted the conflict between sports and academic he insisted that students should be students, and priority task should be studying.

SALARY FOR COLLEGE ATHLETES?

Johnny wants Money!

Should student-athletes be paid to play in college? If so, would the NCAA set a salary cap? Should athletes of all sports be paid or just specific ones? These are a few of the questions the NCAA must consider when deciding to compensate student-athletes for their performance on the field/court/rink.