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One impact on student athletes would be that their athletic scholarships would be subject to income tax. Additionally, student athletes would have to navigate varying state taxes. Some critics argue that because of these complications, student athlete compensation wouldn't be beneficial overall. [16]
“An athlete given use of a car for one year from a local dealership for appearing in their commercials must report the value of that usage as income,” according to a post written by Katie ...
The deal would set aside nearly $2.8 billion in backpay to thousands of current and former college athletes while also setting up a system that would allow schools to pay up to $20 million per ...
A settlement being discussed in an antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA and major college conferences could cost billions and pave the way for a compensation model for college athletes.. An ...
College athletics have been criticized for diverting resources away from academic studies, while unpaid student athletes generate income for their universities and private entities. [3] Due to the passage of Title IX in the United States, universities must offer an equal number of scholarships for women and for men.
A sliding-scale combination of grades in high school core courses and standardized-test scores. For example, if a student-athlete earns a 3.0 grade-point average in core courses, that individual must score at least 620 on the SAT or a sumscore of 52 on the ACT. As the GPA increases, the required test score decreases, and vice versa.
Leanne Wong, a senior on the University of Florida's gymnastics team, is not only a Division I athlete, but a pre-med student, an Olympian, an author and a business owner.
The national average high school GPA for athletes was 2.99, while it was 3.31 for non-athletes. The national average college GPA for student athletes is 2.56 with a national graduation rate of 34.2%; non-athletes average GPAs are slightly higher at 2.74 with a national graduation rate of 46.8%. [23]