Recruiting

Like the poor quality of education provided, the NCAA’s tradition of regarding its athletes as amateurs needs changing. That is to say, college degrees should not be the sole reward student-athletes receive for their services to schools. Having a college degree is not nearly as valuable as it once was (Siebold, par. 4). Bachelor’s degrees are now quite common, which devalues them dramatically. For too long, the NCAA has refused to regard sportsmen as employees of schools. College leaders dismiss the idea of classifying student-athletes as employees by saying it would ruin the educational experience (Staples, par. 8). The educational experience is already in shambles, so how will this change anything? Also, players must be differentiated based on their talent levels. In the current system, a college is experiencing the same cost for signing a top-talent player as it is for any other player: one scholarship (Staples, par. 4). The NCAA’s model creates little financial motivation for players to improve. Although it is vital, education does not equal financial wealth. The NCAA is legally a non-profit organization, but it should be regarded as a for-profit business. Interestingly, the NCAA and its schools make billions of dollars on the backs of student-athletes. According to Marc Edelman, a law professor and a writer for Forbes magazine, “This year, the University of Alabama reported $143.3 million in athletic revenues--more than all 30 NHL teams and 25 of the 30 NBA…

For many, the concept of athletics and education seem to be a flawless pairing, a coupling that has seemed to simply be the way things were for as long as anyone can remember. In today’s society, it is so relevant, that certain colleges are immediately recognized because of their outstanding achievements in either athletics or academics, much like the way Harvard is known to be a tough, academically driven law school, whereas Pennsylvania State University is vastly well known for its football…

At most colleges, athletics are a key source of income and contribute to attracting new students to their schools. Colleges depend on their athletes to go out and make a name for their schools, to represent the institution and programs so well that every student in the country will want to attend that particular university. Some people believe that giving an athlete a paycheck every month is ridiculous considering the fact that most of these athletes are already receiving full scholarships. What…

They have worked their whole lives, since they were able to walk, to run, some even before they knew what all this work was even worth. Many college athletes put in work from a very tender age, then continue to work their entire lives to have the opportunity to play in college and one day possibly have the opportunity to play the sport they do not only love, but something that they sacrifice for on a daily basis thought-out their lives. The on-going debate of college athletes being compensated…

The long time debate of whether or not to pay student athletes for their work on the field has been battled for years. Currently the NCAA is providing resources to aid in the success of 460,000 college athletes that make up 19,000 teams (NCAA.org). The resources they are providing, include: compensation for room and board, tuition, and books. To give money beyond those things: has the potential to ruin the authenticity of college athletics, will produce unfairness throughout each of the sports,…

Mark Emmert alongside a female Indiana Law Professor talked to a small group of students, teachers, coaches, and adults. The conversation started with a few basic questions. The first being, “How are rules made and what is the process?” Emmert went on to talk about self-governance and how the universities themselves make their own rules and make their own decision on finances. The NCAA however, is broken down into 3 divisions and a collection of university presidents with sub-committees that…

Diversity is an important factor in the recruiting process and the burden of insuring that there is diversity within an organization is usually the responsibility of the company’s “HR and the president/CEO” (Giardina). Because of this, many HR professionals participate in surveys offered by the ‘Society for Human Recourse Management’ or SHRM, in order to collect data of hiring practices (1). This data can then be used as a tool by recruiters to help increase diversity in the workplace. These…

Some of the problems and trends that are contributing to Army recruiting challenges today are many young people not meeting the suitability health threshold required; the Army states they will not lower the standards. The overall economy has been improving with several states increasing the minimum wages to levels of basic pay that a new Soldier receive. All recruits now must pass the Occupational Physical Assessment Test (OPAT) that controls which, if any, military professional specialty…

Marines, I'd like to thank you all for the hard work, perseverance and keeping up with the ever changing battlefield known as recruiting. Summer and PCS moves are on the horizon. I wanted to touch base on a couple of topics prior to everyone exiting stage left. The reason is to ensure that everyone is aware of expectations. The expectations listed below are the minimum the command group expects and your SNCOIC may need to add additional requirements. MCRC assigns mission based on T/O…

The New frontier of Recruiting Talent Acquisition Gradually, talent acquisition is being creased as one element of a wider talent management strategy, devoted from other basic HR disciplines. Organizations are frequentlycontrolled with the task of making quick lets and that too in a market with great lack of talent. For managers to get the exact talent at the right time, they will need to partake in proper recruitment activities and systems. Recruiting corporations want more scientific…