Paying Intercollegiate Athletes to Play: A Legal Quagmire

By Matthew J. Mitten   Professor of Law and Director, National Sports Law Institute and LL.M. in Sports Law Program for Foreign Lawyers Marquette University Law School   The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), a non-profit association whose member colleges and universities make the rules, currently limits the economic value of a full athletic scholarship to the costs of room, board, tuition and fees, and books, which vary by academic institution. The value of an athletic