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Understand how to determine when ‘voluntary’ workouts qualify as truly voluntary
Author(s) -
O'Brien Timothy
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
college athletics and the law
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1943-7579
pISSN - 1552-8774
DOI - 10.1002/catl.30242
Subject(s) - internship , professionalization , turnover , athletes , psychology , medical education , public relations , political science , medicine , management , physical therapy , economics , law
As concerns mount regarding the professionalization of collegiate sports and the treatment of student‐athletes, questions inevitably arise during the offseason about how and why sports became year‐round commitments. This development becomes all the more real when the possibility of a student‐athlete having a paid job or internship at home is replaced with the apparent need to remain at school and attend what many consider to be “organized” preseason workouts.