Athletic Scholarship Debate
The Athletic Scholarship Debate This year, 1,800 athletes have made their way to U. ... schools on National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) scholarships, some worth as much as $50,000 a year. (Macleans Magazine) Many do for one simple reason, the CIAU forbids granting athletic scholarships to students with an average below 80% and at that, they only receive about $1,500 per year. ... There have been many heated debates regarding the status of athletic scholarships to Canadian universities over the past few years and no conclusion has been reached. ... They argue that athletic scholarships can too often lead to recruiting violations, phoney grade scores and other afflictions that have sometimes plagued U. ... on scholarships are given false or misleading promises and they are unaware of the downsides of the scholarship when accepting it. ... It can be seen that the athletic scholarship debate, regarding universities in Canada and the U. ... The first factor that Canadian athletes should consider before accepting a scholarship to the U.S is the taxes that they will have to pay on their scholarship. ... When accepting a scholarship, athletes seldom are aware of this fact because recruits are reluctant to bring it up. Students returning home to Canada upon graduation will have to pay ridiculous taxes on a scholarship as long as they have remained a Canadian citizen. Any grant or scholarship money received for past, present or future services is taxable and must be included in income, even if the services are a condition of receiving the grant or are required of all candidates for the degree. ... “Jane” was offered a scholarship to study at the university, contingent upon playing on the women’s varsity hockey team. ... Upon her return home, she was pursued by Revenue Canada to pay income tax on her scholarship. ... This seems like a major problem for “Jane” considering that she earned her scholarship through academic and athletic talent and through hard work. ... ” For each taxation year, the first $500 of any scholarship is exempt from taxation, and an additional $2,500 per year after that is exempt from taxation in connection with programs for which the student is entitled to the education tax credit. ... scholarship upon their return to Canada. ... If an athlete accepts a scholarship to a U. ... If a school grants an athlete a scholarship of $40,000 a year, then they expect something form that athlete in return. ... Well the athlete can either hope that they do not pull his/her scholarship the next year and be stuck as a backup member on the team. Or his/her scholarship will be pulled and they will be faced with the decision to either stay at a university that they probably are only attending because of that scholarship or to head home, disappointed after wasting a year of their life. ... (Langston) Although the athletes are usually not required by rule to practise during the off season, if they don’t then they face the possibility of not being in top shape for next season, thus they might loose their scholarship.