{"id":928,"date":"2016-10-03T22:04:13","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T02:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsenterprise\/?p=928"},"modified":"2016-10-04T05:31:26","modified_gmt":"2016-10-04T09:31:26","slug":"jenkins-v-ncaa-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsenterprise\/jenkins-v-ncaa-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Jenkins v NCAA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The case centers on the issue of paying student athletes. This is obviously an issue that has been prevalent for a long time. It\u2019s even more so now because of TV deals. The argument is that the players are basically signing on to the stipulations of the universities profiting off athletic ability. However this violates antitrust laws.<\/p>\n<p>The compliant said that the NCAA makes billions off the hard labor of college football and basketball players who perform \u201cservices\u201d for the University. The notion that players are exploited has been well documented. Only a slim percentage of college athletes actually are worth what colleges provide for them.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Possible Stories:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At what point are college athletes worth more than the benefits they receive from scholarships? How many athletes actually reach this threshold?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How do non-revenue producing athletes feel about this issue?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If more athletes attempted to unionize, how would they go about doing it differently than the Northwestern football players did?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If college athletes got paid, how does this change the integrity of collegiate sports?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The case centers on the issue of paying student athletes. This is obviously an issue that has been prevalent for a long time. It\u2019s even more so now because of TV deals. The argument is that the players are basically signing on to the stipulations of the universities profiting off athletic ability. However this &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsenterprise\/jenkins-v-ncaa-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Jenkins v NCAA<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":208,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[24,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-module-4","category-module-5"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7MY21-eY","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":925,"url":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsenterprise\/jenkins-vs-ncaa\/","url_meta":{"origin":928,"position":0},"title":"Jenkins vs. NCAA","author":"nicolech","date":"October 3, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm no legal expert, but it seems to me the root issue of the Jenkins vs. NCAA case is the classic argument that the NCAA is exploiting its athletes. The four athletes who serve as plantiffs in the class-action lawsuit claim that they should be compensated because they generate an\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Module 4&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Module 4","link":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsenterprise\/category\/module-4\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":906,"url":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsenterprise\/jenkins\/","url_meta":{"origin":928,"position":1},"title":"Jenkins","author":"morganainslie","date":"October 2, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The\u00a0Jenkins, et al. v. NCAA case brings to light the issue of paying student-athletes. The case is in light of the rise in schools profiting off of student-athletes' success such as video games, apparel, etc. It is an issue that is very prevalent in my life as a student-athlete but\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Module 4&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Module 4","link":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsenterprise\/category\/module-4\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":922,"url":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsenterprise\/jenkins-v-ncaa-and-potential-stories\/","url_meta":{"origin":928,"position":2},"title":"Jenkins v. NCAA and potential stories","author":"Jordan Hill","date":"October 3, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The Jenkins v. NCAA case centers itself on the hot-button issue of compensating student-athletes for their participation. Early on in the complaint, Jenkins brings up the point that these athletes, such as UTEP's Kevin Perry, have their remunerations restrained by \"artificial restraints\" that are dependent on the athletes' school of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Module 4&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Module 4","link":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsenterprise\/category\/module-4\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":924,"url":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsenterprise\/jenkins-v-ncaa\/","url_meta":{"origin":928,"position":3},"title":"Jenkins v. NCAA","author":"Glenda Dowdy","date":"October 3, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Summary: Martin Jenkins, Kevin Perry and William Tyndall are suing the NCAA and it's conferences based on the claim that college athletes are being exploited and not compensated for the amount of money they're bringing to the school and athletic program. They are not seeking damages, but rather an injunction\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Module 5&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Module 5","link":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsenterprise\/category\/module-5\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":902,"url":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsenterprise\/jenkins-case-and-possible-stories\/","url_meta":{"origin":928,"position":4},"title":"Jenkins case and possible stories","author":"Emily Giambalvo","date":"September 30, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The Jenkins, et al. v. NCAA case centers around the idea that the value a student-athlete brings to the school is capped at the amount of his or her scholarship, and the amount of money they bring into the school far exceeds this amount. Jenkins argues that this is illegal\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Module 4&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Module 4","link":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsenterprise\/category\/module-4\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":931,"url":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsenterprise\/on-jenkins-ncaa\/","url_meta":{"origin":928,"position":5},"title":"On Jenkins, NCAA","author":"Bryan Marseille","date":"October 3, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The gist: A\u00a0group of college student athletes filed an antitrust suit against the NCAA\u00a0to challenge\u00a0the limits placed on athletics aid. The players:\u00a0\u00a0Former\u00a0Clemson football\u00a0player\u00a0Martin Jenkins\u00a0and two current Wisconsin athletes: basketball player\u00a0Nigel Hayes\u00a0and football player Alec James (and they're\u00a0\u00a0reppin'\u00a0football and men's basketball players in the power conferences).\u00a0The group scooped\u00a0antitrust\/labor lawyer Jeffrey Kessler\u00a0--\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Module 5&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Module 5","link":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsenterprise\/category\/module-5\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsenterprise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsenterprise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsenterprise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsenterprise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/208"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsenterprise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsenterprise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/928\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsenterprise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsenterprise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsenterprise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}