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          What this image tells us is that the NCAA has regulations that prevents them from giving college athletes any form of compensation besides the scholarships, or any other benefit, they have received when being chosen to play for a school. If these college athletes did receive anything more than it'd violate NCAA regulations. However, the "real" violation is that college athletes pour every ounce of energy they have into playing the sports to only generate revenue for the NCAA. None of it going to the athletes. The NCAA can only give these athletes funds that are the bare minimum to keep them going for their education. I feel like these athletes aren't being compensated enough for all the hard work they put in. The NCAA should increase the value of their scholarships to help cover a majority of the college fees in the four years these athletes attend college. The NCAA makes billions from what college athletes do, yet they got nothing or else it would be a violation.

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What is being seen her and what is always constantly brought up is unpaid student athletes. As most student athletes who join a division 1 sport it is rare for all of them to have a full scholarship. The reason is because the school or coach say often times that they do not have enough money. This meme in a way is mocking how hypocritical coaches are as they say they do not have the money, yet their salaries consume half that money that they could use. I feel as though it is a perfect example capturing the concept of underpaid and unappreciated student college athletes.

Reflection

          The challenging part about this whole issue was where I would take my stand and what kind of solutions are there that can be seen as something that are realistic. In my opinion, I believe that college athletes should be compensated for all the work they put into what they do and all the time that is sacrificed to do so. The realistic solutions I mentioned  are the solutions that I think are something that can be applied in the near future. For example, rather than giving these college athletes paychecks worth thousands of dollars, the NCAA and the colleges should help make their scholarships have more value so that these scholarships can get the athletes through the four years of being in college, or if the athletes choose to go for a master's or doctorates degree then the scholarship should be able to cover a majority of the expenses. The NCAA and the schools themselves rake in billions of dollars in revenue so why not give a very small percentage of it to the players? When given to the player it shouldn't be in cash at least but it should be used to cover some of the college fees that all athletes have to pay. The important part to notice is that these college athletes take time away from their studies, personal time, and even sleep to play the sport they love. The schools should provide a way to show how much they appreciate these players for all the hard work they've been doing.

Reflection

What I found that was difficult when taking a stand in whether college athletes should get paid or not is many outside sources that affect this topic. For example, the NCAA, FAFSA, and commercial advertisement. What I would like to know more about is how or why this rule came to be established. The reason is because I do not truly believe in paying a college athlete because then what's the point of going to the professionals, but what I do believe is that their hardwork and time should be repaid by bettering the athletic programs, scholarships, and living situations, such as meals. What I have discovered that kind of shocked me was at how this topic is constantly pushed under the rug. Many choose to ignore what is happening but yet are big college sports supporters.

Recreate

College athletes have been mocked made it as if they were slaves. In one of the political cartoons there was a movie that one an emmy 12 years of slave which is about a slave that worked on a plantation for 12 years and for athletes its 4 years they work for the school playing the sport working hard for championships and won't be set free until they graduate.  In another cartoon it shows how an average worker,works 40 hours a week while athletes invest 44 hours a week and make nothing. The point over all is that student athletes work hard for what they do and make nothing. What they do is seen ad a joke there coaches are out making million of dollars off them yet the athlete doesn't get anything. It is said that the fact that the bare minimum of the tuition is covered is enough reward for the athlete.

Student athletes seen as slaves script

The phone rings Dean Carter a man from another prestige institution is here. Mr. Howard walks in a

Mr Howard :"well I'm well respected in the slave trade"

Dean Carter: Sighs while looking puzzled " in the what! "

Mr.Howard: My Lord what a mighty beautiful office you have yourself

takes off Cowboy Hat "My Dean Carter you have yourself a very lucrative Business
*Pulls out a Cigarette

Mr Howard: Let me get down to business like you i am also i  the slave trade but as in the moment I'm dealing with legal issues would you mind sharing some secrets

Dean Carter  looking completely puzzled

Dean Carter : I have no idea what your talking about ?

Mr. Howard approaches a picture of the Universities Foot ball team

Mr.Howard: Mighty fine workers you have here Ill offer you $40 dollars for two white ones and $50 for the blacks

*Mad Dean Carter : EXCUSE ME ARE YOU REFERRING TO OUR STUDENT ATHLETES!

Mr. Howard very intrigued: Student athletes ohhh that is brilliant sir
when we get to selling them for lavish cars how do we get around to paying the slave oh "student athlete"  then

Dean Carter know furious: Look there are really good reasons why are student athletes do not get paid

Mr. Howard: Im not arguing if they get paid how are we making all our money

Dean Carter: We do not own Slaves?  *puzzled  we have no desire to own slaves

Mr.Howard of course you own slaves because ohh right of course you don't have any desire to own slaves and if any government officials are happening to hear this i have no desires either

Mr. Howard approaches Dean Carter : *whispers so tell me how do you get around from playing your slaves

Dean Carter: Get Out I am not answering anymore questions!!!

Mr. Howard: You think you can do whatever you want because your corporation is a University

Mr. Howards approaches door: The constitution states that no one corporation couldn't hog up all the slaves while others suffer in poverty

Summary and response-blog post

        While researching articles I came across a blog that adressed the issue on whether college ahletes should get paid. The article,"The NCAA Makes Billions and Student Athletes Get None of It", written by Greg Johnson,was originally published in the student-run Daily Targum at Rutgers University. In this article Johnson informs the audience of the revenue that the NCAA is comissioning off of what these athletes are providing. He argues that it is unfair and believes that student athletes "should simply be allowed to operate within the free market like anyone else in America".He feels as though these student athletes should get some sort of recognition. Lastly Johnson comes up with a soltution that "schools can pay what they want, and athletes should be able to sign endorsements for their own likeness and image". Johnson is not really angered by this unfairness but believes that there should be an end to this unjustice. 

       In this blog article I believe that Johnson did a good job at bringing the issue to light without trying to sound so bias. Although his diction is seen throughout the article as he addresses the unfairness he does also bring up why and how the NCAA works. Although I do not agree with him completly by letting atheles sign what they want, I do agree with the fact that these athletes hardwork should be repaid or at least not go unnoticed. Johnsons use of outside research and then putting in his personal obeservation helped me look at this issue from a different perspective. What I woul have liked to see more is Johnson use more direct examples instead of just vagualy summarizing the problems. What I really liked though was when he was able to compare similar topics to maybe those that are not so familiar with the sports world for example he compared if one was  an English scholar and they write a novel that becomes a best seller, but have to forfeit any profit to the school because youre expenses are already taken care of. This article helped me see the issue from a different perspective but failed to convince me fully because he made it seem as though just getting money would be simple and failed to bring up what and how would that money be used.