The New NCAA: The Impact of NIL Deals and Alston Benefits on Distributive Justice

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Abstract: The changing compensation rules in the NCAA regarding both NIL and Alston reflect a significant departure from traditional amateurism norms. While these changes aim to address long-standing concerns about fairness and exploitation, they also introduce new challenges and complexities. I attempt to draw a relationship between institutions’ values and objectives, their athletic and academic reputations, and the extent to which they exploit the new opportunities such changes bring. More specifically, I closely examine the different approaches institutions of all demographics have taken concerning the NIL and Alston spaces. Furthermore, using different liberal theories of justice, I seek to better understand the implications of the changed compensation rules for student-athletes on economic welfare. I find that the new regulations had two effects – a “pecuniary” effect (redistribution) and a “real” or “efficiency” effect (causing an increase in aggregate economic welfare). Moreover, I argue that the new rules are improvements as they benefit the least well-off.

Type of resource	text
Publication date	June 12, 2023; June 2023

Author	Flynn, Lily
Advisor	Noll, Roger

Subject	Student-Athlete Compensation, Cost - Benefit Analysis, Strict Egalitarianism
Genre	Text
Genre	Thesis

DOI	https://doi.org/10.25740/vn846gk7618
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/vn846gk7618

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Preferred citation: Flynn, L. (2023). The New NCAA: The Impact of NIL Deals and Alston Benefits on Distributive Justice. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at https://purl.stanford.edu/vn846gk7618. https://doi.org/10.25740/vn846gk7618.

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