Summary and Response - News Article

          I recently read this article from the Los Angeles Times called "Lawsuit could give college athletes cut of NCAA deals" the author, David Warton, explains how former UCLA basketball star, Ed O' Brian Jr., is leading a lawsuit against the NCAA. O' Brian is leading this lawsuit because the college athletes, who are a part of a multibillion-dollar industry, are no shares of all the money the NCAA can rake in. He also argues that college athletes should also receive shares that comes from video game endorsement deals and television contracts. College athletes not only generate funds for their schools but it also helps the NCAA become richer. These players put in hard work and receive nothing out of it. Warton explains that from video game revenues alone can bring in around $10 million dollars a year while CBS Sports and Turner Broadcasting pay the NCAA more than $10.8 million dollars so that men's basketball tournaments can be broadcast on television until 2024. There are NCAA regulations where a student-athlete must sign a waiver to allow the NCAA and the school to use the player's name, image, etc. While the NCAA uses the player's name and image they bring in billions of dollars while the player gets nothing. Warton continued on to explain how O' Brian pushed for other lawsuits on video game revenues and to enlarge the scholarship deals given to the student-athletes. Instead of receiving money the student-athletes should be given scholarships that not only covers the tuition, but to cover for meal plans, boarding, books, and other university fees.

          O' Brain's argument is something that can be understandable. I mean it would seem fair to basically pay these student-athletes with some shares that the NCAA generated from revenues, but a university is a place where student-athletes come to learn and that trying to be successful should be important. enlarging the scholarship deals though is something I can agree with because it can possibly cover everything a student-athlete would need in college. In the article O' Brian also explained his reason behind leading the lawsuit against the NCAA from personal experience of how he would see a character that would look in video games and while the video games are being successful, O' Brian gets nothing. With that personal experience in hand he was able to communicate his main idea because it he has been there. This is an issue that has become controversial because it deals with these student-athletes doing so much for their schools and for the NCAA yet they get nothing. I agree with O' Brian about compensating the student-athletes for their hard work but not with money. College athletes put a lot of effort into representing their schools but it goes unappreciated. When Warton wrote this article, he got the story from someone who has been down that road which makes his point clear that college athletes should be receive a form of compensation that rewards their hard work while playing in a multibillion-dollar industry.