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38 S. Tex. L. Rev. 1081 (1997)
Pay for Play for College Athletes: Now, More than Ever

handle is hein.journals/stexlr38 and id is 1093 raw text is: PAY FOR PLAY FOR COLLEGE ATHLETES: Now, MORE THAN EVER C. PETER GOPLERUD III* I. INTRODUCTION .......................................... 1081 II. INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS AND COMMERCIALISM .. 1083 A. Overview of the NCAA and Relevant Regulations... 1083 B. Commercialism in Collegiate Athletics .............. 1087 C. The Proposal ....................................... 1089 III. LEGAL ISSUES WHICH ARISE FROM THE PROPOSAL .... 1089 A. Antitrust Questions .................................. 1089 B. Workers' Compensation Issues ...................... 1094 C. Other Legal Issues Arising From the Proposal ...... 1100 1. Gender Equity .................................. 1100 2. Labor Law Issues ............................... 1100 3. Taxation Issues .................................. 1102 IV. PRACTICAL FINANCIAL CONCERNS AND WHY IT WON'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT .................................... 1102 I. INTRODUCTION Imagine a large group of employees in a company working long hours, some of them far from home, going to school full-time, and helping bring in millions of dollars to their employer. Does this sound like a sweat shop making Reeboks or Kathy Lee Gifford clothing? Actually, this describes the typical athlete in a revenue producing sport at a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) member institution. Approximately one year ago this author wrote an article advocat- ing a change in the Constitution and Bylaws of the NCAA to provide for the payment of stipends to some athletes at some of its member * Dean and Professor of Law, Drake University Law School. The general concept and several portions of this article were originally published in C. Peter Goplerud, Stipends for Collegiate Athletes: A Philosophical Spin on a Controversial Proposal, 5 KAN. J.L. & PUB. POL'Y 125 (1996). The author gratefully acknowledges the permission granted by the Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy to use significant portions of the earlier article in this article. 1081

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