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General Research Guide All these articles are great starting off points, and will give a solid background of the discourse surrounding the resolution. Majority of these discuss the court cases, and the outcomes. N.a. "Law Review: Are College Athletes Employees?." Americanbar.org. n.d. Web. 12 Nov. 2017.<https://www.americanbar.org/publications/insights_on_law_andsociety/16/spring- 2016/law-review--are-college-athletes-employees-.html> Malcolm Lemmons. "College Athletes Getting Paid? Here Are Some Pros And Cons." HuffPost. 29 Mar. 2017. Web. 12 Nov. 2017. <https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/college-athletesgetting-paid-here-are-some-pros-cons_us_58cfcee0e4b07112b6472f9a> Ian Crouch. "Are College Athletes Employees?." The New Yorker. n.d. Web. 13 Nov. 2017. https://www.newyorker.com/news/sporting-scene/are-college-athletes-employees Jean Murray. "Does Your Business Comply with Fair Labor Standards Act?." The Balance. n.d. Web. 13 Nov. 2017. https://www.thebalance.com/the-fair-labor-standards-act-how-it-affectsemployers-398269 Cmaadmin. "Debate Persists Over Pay for NCAA Athletes." Diverse. 19 Jan. 2017. Web. 13 Nov. 2017. http://diverseeducation.com/article/91499/ N.a. "NCAA Athletes Aren t Employees Or Are They?." Mcguirewoods.com. n.d. Web. 13 Nov. 2017. https://www.mcguirewoods.com/client-resources/alerts/2017/1/ncaa-athletes- Arent-Employees-Or-Are-They.aspx Graham Watson. "NCAA declares student-athletes are not employees and will fight unionization." Sports.yahoo.com. 28 Jan. 2014. Web. 13 Nov. 2017. https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/ncaa-declares-student-athletes-not-employeesfight-unionization-192353896--ncaaf.html Belkin, Doug. "Should College Athletes Be Allowed to Unionize?." WSJ. 16 Sept. 2015. Web. 13 Nov. 2017. http://www.wsj.com/articles/should-college-athletes-be-allowed-to-unionize- 1442368889 Paul Solman. "Is the NCAA failing its college athletes?." PBS NewsHour. 21 Mar. 2016. Web. 13 Nov. 2017. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/is-the-ncaa-failing-its-college-athletes
Affirmative Research Guide Stephen L. Willborn. "." Repository.law.miami.edu. 19 Nov. 2015. Web. 12 Nov. 2017. <http://repository.law.miami.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1343&context=umlr> Robert A. McCormick & Amy Christian McCormick, The Myth of the Student-Athlete: The College Athlete as Employee, 81 Wash. L. Rev. 71 (2006). <https://digitalcommons.law.msu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1240 &context=facpubs> Justin C. Vine. "." Cplpej.org. 16 Aug. 2015. Web. 12 Nov. 2017. <http://www.cplpej.org/wpcontent/uploads/2015/08/vine-justin.pdf> Lee Goldman, Sports and Antitrust: Should College Students Be Paid to Play, 65 Notre Dame L. Rev. 206 (1990). <http://scholarship.law.nd.edu/ndlr/vol65/iss2/3> These studies go into detail about how student athletes aren t being paid, but how what they do for the schools, make them deserve compensation. They discuss how legally they should fall under the FLSA. Jay Bilas. "Bilas: College sports has a real money problem." ESPN.com. 28 Sept. 2017. Web. 12 Nov. 2017. <http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/20841877> Focuses in on college basketball, and how there are many scandals within the sport with the NCAA, and how the only way to solve these issues is paying their athletes. Gurdus, Jason (2001) "Protection Off of the Playing Field: Student Athletes Should be Considered University Employees for Purposes of Workers' Compensation," Hofstra Law Review: Vol. 29: Iss. 3, Article 4. http://scholarlycommons.law.hofstra.edu/hlr/vol29/iss3/4 Like the studies above, it discusses how they should be employees, but focuses specifically on workers compensation. It states that courts need to recognize student athletes as employees, and that it s unfair to keep them from this title because they then have no way of getting workers comp. even though there is a high potential for injury. Peter Jacobs. "Here's The Insane Amount Of Time Student-Athletes Spend On Practice." Business Insider. 27 Jan. 2015. Web. 13 Nov. 2017. http://www.businessinsider.com/collegestudent-athletes-spend-40-hours-a-week-practicing-2015-1 Goes into detail on the amount of time student athletes spend on their sport. Zachary Y. Kerr. "College Sports Related Injuries United States, 2009 10 Through 2013 14 Academic Years." Cdc.gov. n.d. Web. 13 Nov. 2017.https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6448a2.htm This study talks about different college sports related injuries, and it can be used to explain how the athletes give a ton to their sport, and should be labelled as employees in order to receive better care when it comes to injuries.
Marc Edelman. "21 Reasons Why Student-Athletes Are Employees And Should Be Allowed To Unionize." Forbes. 30 Jan. 2014. Web. 13 Nov. 2017. https://www.forbes.com/sites/marcedelman/2014/01/30/21-reasons-why-student-athletes-areemployees-and-should-be-allowed-to-unionize/ Like above articles, it shows that NCAA athletes are employees, and they need to be so they can exercise their rights like the right to unionize. This would create an equal playing field when the athletes have the ability to express their wants/needs without being destroyed by the giant organization that is the NCAA. Solomon, Jon. "NLRB counsel: Football players at private FBS schools are employees." CBSSports.com. 2 Feb. 2017. Web. 13 Nov. 2017. https://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/news/nlrb-counsel-football-players-at-private-fbs-schools-are-employees/ Looks specifically to how this situation is handled at private schools. Negative Research Guide Allen Smith. "Student-Athletes Aren t Employees." SHRM. n.d. Web. 12 Nov. 2017. <https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/legal-and-compliance/employment-law/pages/studentathletes-aren t-employees.aspx> Relates the position of student athletes specifically to the FLSA, and how they haven t been identified as employees in the courts. John R. Thelin. "Here s why we shouldn t pay college athletes." Money. n.d. Web. 12 Nov. 2017. <http://time.com/money/4241077/why-we-shouldnt-pay-college-athletes/> Discusses how NCAA student athletes are compensated in other ways, and goes into detail on how taxes would affect the athletes to create a worse scenario. Jared Walch. "Should athletes be paid to play?." USA TODAY College. 20 Oct. 2016. Web. 13 Nov. 2017. http://college.usatoday.com/2016/10/20/should-athletes-be-paid-to-play/ This article should be taken with a grain of salt because it is from Auburn University s student newspaper, but we decided to include it because debaters will more than likely use it as a source, so it s important that we realize the impacts shouldn t be weighed as heavily. This can be used as a good explanation piece of the negatives side. Matthew J. Mitten. "Why and How the Supreme Court Should Have Decided O Bannon v. NCAAThe Antitrust Bulletin - Matthew J. Mitten, 2017." Journals.sagepub.com. n.d. Web. 13 Nov. 2017. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0003603x17691383 Goes into the why and how the Supreme Court should have ruled on O Bannon v. NCAA Labor & Employment Law Perspectives. "Fight On? Student-Athletes Press for Employee Status Despite Seventh Circuit Rejection Labor & Employment Law Perspectives." Labor &
Employment Law Perspectives. 27 Dec. 2016. Web. 13 Nov. 2017. https://www.laboremploymentperspectives.com/2016/12/27/fight-on-student-athletes-press-foremployee-status-despite-seventh-circuit-rejection/ Goes into detail on the Dawson v. NCAA case Craig Thompson And Tom Burnett Guest Commentary. "College athletes are students, not employees." The Denver Post. 8 Sept. 2017. Web. 13 Nov. 2017. http://www.denverpost.com/2017/09/08/college-athletes-are-students-not-employees/ Focuses on the fact that college athletes shouldn t be paid for their sports because they are students to begin with. Discusses how college shouldn t exploit athletes by paying them, and how they need to focus on them being students, not players. David J Santeusanio. "Court Rules That Student-Athletes Are Not Employees Under the FLSA." Hklaw.com. n.d. Web. 13 Nov. 2017. https://www.hklaw.com/publications/court-rules-thatstudent-athletes-are-not-employees-under-the-flsa-03-01-2016/ Goes into detail of all the court cases siding with the NCAA Michael A. Curto. "Repeat After Me: College Athletes Are Not School Employees Under the FLSA." The National Law Review. n.d. Web. 13 Nov. 2017. https://www.natlawreview.com/article/repeat-after-me-college-athletes-are-not-schoolemployees-under-flsa Defines student athletes as participating in extracurricular, and because of that, they should not be compensated for it. Addresses the court cases surrounding as well. Jonathan Chait. "Fixing College Sports: Why Paying Student Athletes Won't Work." The Sports Section. 29 Nov. 2011. Web. 13 Nov. 2017. http://nymag.com/daily/sports/2011/11/chait-whypaying-student-athletes-wont-work.html Explains how paying athletes isn t going to fix the problems with the NCAA and college sports in general. This article responds to affirmative articles giving the negation some more ground. Solomon, Jon. "NCAA, conferences: Scholarships would be cut if players are paid." CBSSports.com. 1 Jun. 2015. Web. 13 Nov. 2017. https://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/news/ncaa-conferences-scholarships-would-be-cut-if-players-are-paid/ Explains how scholarships are going to be cut if colleges have to start paying their athletes. Impacting this out, you re going to see more harms to student athletes who rely on the scholarships to get them through college.