This books discusses the definitions and ideas of amateurism. It elaborates on the meaning of amateurism in the NCAA's eyes while also establishing the traditional idea of what an amateur athlete represents.
"Shropshire serves as Special Counsel at the global law firm Duane Morris LLP,working primarily on sports related matters. Shropshire’s blend of legal and business consulting clients include the National Football League and Major League Baseball."
Key terms include amateurism and "NCAA's vision on Amateurism". Amateurism is the idea of someone playing a sport without compensation and only out of joy and love. NCAA is defined as the organization that runs college athletics and their idea of amateurism is much more strict and serious.
"Ironically, if these student athletes cannot find time to earn money from working within the framework of NCAA rules, they are forced to ask their families for extra money in order to pay for things that range from clothes, to expenses for a date, to a stereo system like the one possessed by the student in the dorm room ext door," (Shropshire 118)
"By the early twentieth century, there was probably no college in America which was able to preserve amateurism in men's sport, as competition for money and non-money prizes, contests against professionals, collection of gate receipts..." (Shropshire 122)
"The societal desire to retain the oldest forms of amateurism is one of the strongest impediments to cleaning up the sports agent business," (Shropshire 127).
This literary source helps to elaborate on my research involving amateurism. I want to discuss the origins of amateurism dating back to when it was originally involved in the NCAA and point out how times are changing.
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