The Pros And Cons Of The NCAA Scandal

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Illegal or iniquitous? That is the question many are asking in regards to current news of NCAA. Decades of indistinct unethical and deceitful behavior from the NCAA has come to a halt as of September 26, 2017 when charges were announced, light is being shed on the NCAA scandal that not only involves college athletes and their families but also coaches, financial advisors and executives. The scandal deals with corruption, fraud, and bribery schemes. It is known that 25 percent of the teams ranked in the top sixteen are linked to the ongoing corruption investigation led by the U.S attorney’s office in New York. Out of those top 16 teams is their coaches the ones making headlines, such as assistant coach Chuck Person, from Auburn University (former NBA player). He is accused of handling a total of one hundred and forty one thousand and five hundred dollars. He is one of four …show more content…

They are manipulating them. They lack seeing these players with dignity, due to the fact that they are offering them capital to have the ability to use them as they like. These coaches and advisors fail to acknowledge these basketball players as autonomous and rational human beings. People are capable of making rational decisions, and by offering bribes you're disrespecting their ability to do so. Acting in such a way that everyone in that situation will do the same as you did, is another categorical imperative. We must be able to make it a universal law the action we took upon the situation. It is clear that NCAA coaches and financial advisors involved in this case were not following any of these imperatives nor were they following any ethical decision making guidelines. Kant believes that good will comes from right reason. There was no right reason for the events that are taken place to occur, which can

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