Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Research Blog #3: How might Privatization connect to your topic?
Privatization, as discussed in class, definitely ties into my topic of what motivates a college athlete who has a scholarship. Increased tuition and the student loan bubble absolutely relates to scholarships given to student-athletes. It cancels out their issue of tuition, but what if that scholarship is revoked under certain circumstances...will that student pay tuition or take out student loans in order to remain at a higher education institution? The idea of outsourcing, noted by the NEA, also plays a role with sports. The amenities, like planes, buses, Gatorade jugs, vending machines, etc. that student-athletes have access to part are in all likelihood part of this outsourcing that a university partakes in through privatization.
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Several students last semester looked specifically at the question of whether or not student athletes should be paid since the colleges are increasingly making money from sports and, in any case, exploiting student athletes as part of their marketing. And now, suddenly, student athletes ARE being paid at Rutgers, though many would say they are hardly paid enough. But privatization definitely changes the relationship between students and the school, as the question of how much money schools are making off of sports becomes central.
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