29A Venture Concept 2

1. My Venture Concept is a service to get College athletes the compensation that they have deserved for a long time. I believe that there should be a system to where Student athletes should be able to market themselves and allow them to receive compensation from companies that use them as endorsers. After NCAA championships, the NCAA puts out advertisements for merchandise and uses the players as those who are on the commercials and the ads to buy the official gear. The players get used but to not see any of the money that the NCAA and the schools are making. I think this would be a good way to get the schools and the NCAA along with the athletes involved to find a solution to this problem. People want to point to scholarships as forms of compensation, yet most teams do not have full scholarships. Baseball is a sport where there are 35 players on the roster and 11.7 scholarships to hand out. There needs to be a plan in place that allows these athletes to get as much out of their worth as they can. Not every Student athlete gets the chance to play professionally. This would allow those who do not go to the next level to maximize their worth at the collegiate level.


2. The feedback that I received was that the readers could tell I am very passionate about this subject. Thy also noted how there will be some difficulties that will come about with dealing with each athlete individually and helping them be able to properly work with the companies that they will be marketing with. I believe that this plan will gain traction and will continue to be at the forefront of the media sports debates for a while.


3. I changed this by noting how there are athletes who do not go pro and do not receive full athletic aid to help with school. I think that it will be important to get the lawyers and the NCAA and the companies involved to be able to hold up the standard and make sure it is ethical in what they are doing. I think working with the major media companies will be something that can help me out and bring this to fruition.