NCAA student-athletes risk losing scholarship money

The NCAA is a §501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization organized for the charitable purpose offostering national amateur sports competition. Additionally, the NCAA assertsthat it was founded “as a way to protect student-athletes.” The recent injurysuffered by University of Louisville basketball player and NCAA student-athleteKevin Ware, however, may alert people as to the NCAA’s potential shortcomings.

The NCAA doesnot require member institutions to provide guaranteed multi-year scholarshipsto student-athletes. While member institutions are free to do so on their own,many schools elect not to. This means that each year many NCAA student-athletesrisk losing scholarship money. Further, if a student-athlete attending a schoolthat has decided not to offer guaranteed a multi-year scholarship is injured, his/herathletic scholarship may be, and often is, revoked.

http://www.salon.com/2013/03/31/will_ware_be_stuck_with_the_bill/ 

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