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 * Guiding Question:** SHOULD COLLEGIATE ATHLETES BE PAID?

Our topic is about the payment of college players and whether it is fair to keep them from taking their piece of the college athletics pie.

Oscar: editor Eli:researcher Andree:researcher Teague:editor Sean:director (not really he just wants to sound cool) Interviews:

Skype interview w/ Vermont Law Professor & Sports Illustrated Columnist Michael McCann media type="custom" key="12702328"

Interview w/ College Sports Journalist Brad Wolverton media type="custom" key="12702348"

Archival Footage
[|Don't pay college athletes] [|Paid with education] [|chronicle.com/blogs/players]
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 * Research (Divided into your main ideas)**
 * The NCAA should allow athletes to exccept endorsments**
 * Shouldnt be paid:**
 * If College Athletes are paid only the rich schools will be able to afford to participate
 * This will sway players to the better richer schools
 * Out of the 120 FBS schools, only twelve broke even or made a profit last year.
 * Should be paid:**

[|Let’s Start Paying College Athletes]
 * the combined salary of the highest paid college coaches is 53.4 million in 2011
 * the players made absolutely nothing
 * both the ncaa football and basketball make 6 billion a year
 * the players know that they dont get anything but they feel they cant do anything

[|Many Athletes Unknowingly Sign Away Rights to Profit From Their Images]
 * Almost half of 300 students that responded to a survey said that they didn’t understand that they were signing away their rights to advertise
 * in the same survey 97 percent said they liked being represented in video games,but only 33 percent belived that a scholarship was enough

[|Time To Strike Against The NCAA]
 * Pultzer prize winner calls college football modern day plantation
 * the ncaa was going to pay athletes but schools revolted and the ncaa cancelled the idea
 * first idea to ask for something came from syracuse players in 1961. They wanted nice wrist watches for playing in a game they did not want to be in.

Recently college athletes have been making millions of dollars for their programs without making a cent of it for themselves. The question you must ask yourself is this. Do college athletes deserve a cut? Colleges are educational institutions so why do they make a majority of their money from athletics. Many athletes only go to college for sports on a full scholarship and some say that they still deserve money even though they are reciving around 50000 dollars a year in scholoarships. Some say that since college athletes are making the money for the school they deserve a cut. However you still go to college to learn and it is a stepping stone to a carier wheather it be in the normal working world or in professional sports. [|Ed O'Bannon Class Action Lawsuit]
 * Script For Informal Video**

[|Taylor Branch]
 * Skype interview set up with Brad Wolverton on Thursday at 10:30. You guys need questions!**
 * Experts:**

[|Brad Wolverton]
Joe Nocera (nocera@nytimes.com) Ed O' Bannon info@taylorbranch.com taylor branches email [|Michael McCann- Professor at Vermont Law School]

[] NCAA Spokesman- Erik Christianson- Director of public & media relations 317-917-6117

SCRIPT FOR INTRODUCTION
Outside, BasketBall Court Clips of college sports Eli/Teague Personally I love watching college sports. These athletes are making money for everyone except......themselves.Out of over 13,000 division 1 athletes do you know how many even made a penny from their performance? not even one.*pause* The top NCAA coaches all toghether made over 53 million and the coaches are only one part of the team.(Can you believe that Taylor Branch can,a pultzer prize winning author, calling the NCAA "A MODERN DAY PLANTATION"............. can you believe that a modern day plantation.) Now ask yourself do you think these athletes, these modern day slaves, deserve soemthing for all they do? Well now you can find out.

==HEY GUYS- WHEN YOU TRANSCRIBE TRY TO PICK OUT 15 TO 30 SECOND CLIPS. YOU NEED PARTS OF THE INTERVIEW WHERE THE PERSON STATES AN IDEA AND THEN ELABORATES ON THE IDEA SOME. SOME OF YOUR QUOTES BELOW FOR MAIN IDEA ONE ARE TOO SHORT- MRMAYO==

MAIN IDEA ONE:MONEY
(TRANSCRIPTION OF INTERVIEW) 4:30-4:35 "I dont think paying athletes would ruin college sports" 1:13-1:18 "Is college sports a buisness? Yes it is a buisness. 5:20-5:27 i do worry though that if we do pay college athletes only certain players will be paid and that would create a culture of stars V.S those who aren't stars 5:27-5:37 you also have to wonder, if we pay college athletes will only male basketball players and football players get paid 6:20-6:34 when a player goes to college in order for him/her to get a scholarship they have to sign a form which says that they give up their right to license themselves. the form doesn't state when that giving up ends. 6:46-????????? sorry forgot Etle Banon is saying look i'm forty years old you including me in video games,including me on espn classic,why can't I get compensated for that. 7:05-7:10 that form doesn't state when it(not being able to market themselves) ends, if it ends

2:51-3:06 "You often have players form difficult financial situations who are woorking 40 to 50 hours a week on basketball or for football players football are supposed to compete with other students" 3:15-3:24 "I couldn't work more than i think 20 hours a week but A.I and other players on the team he was really working 40 to 50 hours a week on basketball"
 * MAIN IDEA 2:SCHOOL AND WORKLOAD - YOU SHOULD JUST TRANSCRIBE EVERYTHING FROM 2:51 TO 3:24. MRMAYO**

=Main Idea 1= Money, that is what it's all about. You would be suprised at how much schools make off of college athletics. According to the NY Times the NCAA march madness tournement alone makes over 700 million dollars. That figure does not include the 32 game season. The athletes also contribute by causing the boosters to donate even more money to their alma moder, they donate this money because they want to see their former schools do even beter. You cant forget about all the massive money made from TV deals, merchandising.

But what about marketing rights "when a player goes to college in order for him/her to get a scholarship they have to sign a form which says that they give up their right to license themselves. "The form doesn't state when that giving up ends." That was Michael McCann a law professor at vermont university saying that these college athletes have to release any sponsorship offers they get before entering the NCAA.

There is a lawsuit going on now about a man named Etle Bannon. We talked to Mike McCann for more information. Etle Banon is saying, "look I'm forty years old and your including me in video games and on espn the classic, why can't I get compensated for that."

That is also a big point in our argument. So really, why can't those athletes get a piece of that pie. =**Main Idea 2**= Now supposedly the most important thing to colleges is education, sadly its money. These athletes are being completely over worked. With 40-50 hours of practicing a week coupled with the demands of their school work it is amazing that some are able to pass.

We talked to ...... for more information and he said: "You often have players form difficult financial situations who are working 40 to 50 hours a week on basketball or for football players football are supposed to compete with other students". As Mr....... said a lot of these athletes are coming from difficult financial situations they have to work for necessities, such as a winter coat ,and that these students are expected to compete with other students which is insane.

Now some universities have come up with a solution. Easy Majors. We talked to......... for more inforttion........ To simplify it he is saying that these athletes are Being cheated out an education so they can be eligible and have more time to practice. With this huge workload i for one believe the NCAA should cut athletes some slack and give them a regular stipend.

=Conclusion (MRMAYO 8-> IF POSSIBLE OFFER ONE OR TWO POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS) = As you have seen these atletes have a ridiculous work ethic, an insane amount of practice time on top of their school work and the occaisional side job. So do you think these athletes with all they do, deserve something for their services, that is up to you. We hope this documentary has helped you formulate an opinion about this great topic.

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Credits Director: Eli Script Writers: Sean and Eli Cinematographer: Oscar Editor: Oscar Researchers: Andree and Teague Comedy Relief: Andree Photo credits Ncaa logo: []

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