College Athletics

The idea of amateurism borrows a lot from these na kind of victorian england feelings about who should be participating in sports. I don't think it was an accident that the leading powers of college football came from places like harvard and yale, and not a florida a and m or kent state right? These were not land crant universities. The other big thing is the term student athlete came about o through the nc bl trying to get out of paying workers compensation for injured athletes during the course of play. If are regular students who are engaging in an amateur intercollegiateat now events, then they're not employes an they wouldn't be liable