The definition of an indentured servant is a person under contract to work for another person for a definite period of time, usually without pay but in exchange for free passage to a new country. During the seventeenth century most of the white laborers in Maryland and Virginia came from England as indentured servants. (Definition from Dictionary.com)
The players at the top 100 or more Division 1 schools who play football and basketball are likened to indentured servants. They work without pay and their free passage is the so-called free tuition to the school. The tuition is not even guaranteed for four years or upon graduation. It can be canceled or revoked on a yearly basis. It is based on your production as a player.
Indentured Servitude is illegal in the United States of America. The laws are mainly used to protect migrant workers. The players at these schools face similar dilemmas when it comes to pay. In the case of the schools, millions, hundreds of millions of dollars are being generated and the players see none of it. Without the players, the revenue would not be generated. That is a matter of fact.
The argument of the schools are that they do not want to classify the players as employees. The problem here is that the business of sports is generating staggering amounts of money. The generation of the income is due to employees such as coaches, assistant coaches and staffs at every level. These persons tend to the "student-athlete." Guess what, the student athletes are also employees regardless of what one wants to classify them as. These schools are some of the oldest institutions in our nation. They have business centers and are more than capable of figuring out a way to pay these athletes.
The players at the top 100 or more Division 1 schools who play football and basketball are likened to indentured servants. They work without pay and their free passage is the so-called free tuition to the school. The tuition is not even guaranteed for four years or upon graduation. It can be canceled or revoked on a yearly basis. It is based on your production as a player.
Indentured Servitude is illegal in the United States of America. The laws are mainly used to protect migrant workers. The players at these schools face similar dilemmas when it comes to pay. In the case of the schools, millions, hundreds of millions of dollars are being generated and the players see none of it. Without the players, the revenue would not be generated. That is a matter of fact.
The argument of the schools are that they do not want to classify the players as employees. The problem here is that the business of sports is generating staggering amounts of money. The generation of the income is due to employees such as coaches, assistant coaches and staffs at every level. These persons tend to the "student-athlete." Guess what, the student athletes are also employees regardless of what one wants to classify them as. These schools are some of the oldest institutions in our nation. They have business centers and are more than capable of figuring out a way to pay these athletes.
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