After this week of law I am certain the only reason I didn’t become (or haven’t yet become) a lawyer is because both of my parents are lawyers. If I hadn’t been so determined to stand against their chosen career path I may have discovered the joy of the law long ago.
While some of the definitions of legal terms learned this week may not stick in my head in a few years, I will certainly remember our discussion of the NCAA Division I manuel and the entirely arbitrary nature of intercollegiate athletic law. The members of the NCAA have become overly paranoid about other members cheating. The result of this paranoia is an oversized manual that very few people fully understand. Intercollegiate athletics is constantly changing and thus the law must change right along with it, but at what point do we say we have just gone too far? At what point has the idea of protecting the student athlete experience been overlooked?
I truly enjoyed this law class and if my career as an athletic administrator doesn’t work out I could strongly consider going back to school once again to then become a lawyer. Right now, I am glad there are compliance departments within athletics departments and I imagine, during my internship, I will become good friends with the compliance directors. Best to not try and interpret the NCAA law yourself and instead, turn to those who are sure they know what they are doing.
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