Argument for Paying College Athletes

A college education is the most valuable education that most only dream of, a dream not made reality due to not being financially fit to pay for college. Instead of paying full tuition, students are able to pay for college with an athletic scholarship. Whether it be a full ride or the scholarship paying part of it students can play sports while their studies are being covered. But a scholarship doesn't cover necessities like living, food, and travel expenses, but the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) overlooks the problem that college athletes face everyday. “The governing body of big-time college sports, the NCAA [National Collegiate Athletic Association], is caught in a huge contradiction—trying to reconcile a multibillion-dollar industry while claiming it is really an amateur activity. That it is a huge money making industry is beyond dispute” (Stanley).

In the article titled "Enough Madness: Just Pay College Athletes" by Allen R. Sanderson, John J. Siegfried say that the school gains large amount of revenue from television for football and men's basketball, a new football playoff system and seven-figure compensation packages for college coaches all attest to the financial vitality of the college game. Most universities have various men's and women's sports teams and the athletes on the team receive their scholarships and grants that greatly reduce the amount of money they have to spend on college tuition. However, the NCAA sets a limit on how much money in scholarships and grants an athlete receives. With all the work and hours spent by the athletes for a scholarship that doesn't offer an amount that seems reasonable for the amount of work that is put in. The revenues flowing to NCAA members and the relative low amount going to the players, who are the people most responsible for generating those revenues, has caused a growing unease in public opinion if college athletes should be paid.

The NCAA and the universities represented by it are now making more money than ever through their athletic programs than ever before. However, due to amateurism regulations set by the NCAA, the college athletes that generate the massive revenue the NCAA receives are not paid at all. The article opens with the argument that college athletes should be paid for their play. The argument is supported through information proving that the NCAA undervalues athletes through the money they generate for their school versus the amount of scholarship money the school provides them with. The article also discusses how the NCAA also prevents athletes from marketing their own image and

Why college athletes should get payed There are many reasons on why college athletes should be paid, not only because it’s a “ free ride “ to a spot in the nba, The private life of college players are so busy that some actually need that money. All ride scholarships don’t really accomplish some things that people need, like food costs and in some occasions living costs. From my opinion I think it’s only fair to give a certain pay to a person who represents you in a sport. The easiest question would be why not pay them because it would make the sport way more competitive and fun to see, already we have people doing the most to get scouted and seen by people… imagine if they get payed by rushing yards, touchdowns, goals, three pointers, everything would rely on the stats.

College athletes have much more responsibilities to worry about than pros, and scholarships don 't help athletes that much and they often don’t even finish college. The problem is college athletes don 't get paid when they have twice the responsibilities of pro athletes. college athletes have to juggle their sport practices and games, being on the road a lot of the time, going to classes everyday, and going to work so they can have money to eat. The solution would be to take out of all the money college athletes make from games, and memorabilia. NCAA is a billion dollar organization and they don 't pay the very people who make them the

When it comes to college basketball, it is basically the same thing. This sport alone generates large amounts of money because it is a popular sport in the United States. The real money is made in the month of March when the most anticipated college basketball tournament is played. Multiple businesses work with the NCAA to have their commercials shown during nationally televised games, the deals are made between them for large amounts of cash. According to an article from the NPR website “ Our athletic program at the University of Miami is subsidized by the university - millions of dollars, in fact - and I would argue that most of the programs in this country are in the same situation she says”( “Staff”). When all of these factors are put together it is very possible to pay college athletes since it is proven that the NCAA and universities make millions of dollars with ease.

The author also raised questions about choosing which athletes to pay, how much to pay them, and also brought up Title IX. I didn’t know what Title IX was, and looked it up. For those of you who do not know, it is

Should we pay college athletes? That is a big topic in NCAA sports right now. People think that college athletes work hard and that they deserve to get paid. Michael Wilbon is one of these people. At first he was against paying college athletes, but now he is all for it. He says that he is interested in seeing the people that make revenue share a little piece of it. Then you have people like a reporter from the Daily Evergreen. He is against paying the athletes. He states that when you are a student athlete it is student first and athlete second, and that if you start paying college athletes it will put being an athlete first. I strongly think that

College sports are big money makers now a days. For most universities, the athletic department serves as one of the main sources of cash flow. Athletes are used to create millions of dollars for the NCAA and the schools that they participate in, and never receive a penny. If we are talking about profit, if all bonds with the university were removed, an athletic department representing itself could compete with some of the most successful companies. So, why does the most important parts of the machine, the players, do not receive any money for their training and participation? The answer lies in the NCAA which keeps all the money and their practice of keeping all the revenue for future use. College athletes should be paid for their

Some may say student – athletes have it easy because they get to go to school for free and live the life of a college athlete when that is not the case in most situations. College athletes are in the business of marketing at a young age without playing professional sports which is a business. Which is why I believe student – athletes should be paid to play college sports. My reasons for this argument are that the student athlete may need spending money and money to support their families, secondly the schools along with their sport profits off of the students athletes names, and lastly for big events some student athletes are required to miss schools due to these events.

The System for college athletes isnt perfect, and needs to be worked on, a big problem we cannot seem to agree is how to compensate the student-athletes who drive the NCAA. I would like to start off with a question. Are college athletes being compensated enough for the effort they put forth today? Every Day they wake up early and represent their university whether they are putting in work in class or on the field. Each student-student athlete generates tons of money for their university and they don’t see a dime other than their scholarship that may or may not been renewed every year. Keep that question in mind while reading this essay, and form your own opinion.

An athlete scholarship covers room, board, and tuition. Universities estimate the cost of attendance runs between $1,500 and $2,500 a year beyond the basics covered by athletic scholarships. (Looney 2) Some of the athletes that are participating in the NCAA are not from wealthy backgrounds. Their families cannot afford to give them $1,500 to $2,500 a year. In this case the athletes will have to work to survive in school. Until recently college athletes were not able to work during the season according to NCAA rules. Now that athletes are permitted to work, there are limitations that make it hard for athletes to find a job. One of the limitations that the NCAA has is that college athletes are not able to work for companies that are owned by alumni of the school. In some places this is difficult cause in college towns everyone one has some kind of tie to the school. Another limitation to an athlete working is his or her schedule. Student athletes have very limited time due to attending classes, schoolwork, practices, and games (which include traveling all over the country). After a student athlete does all of this, they hardly have time left to spend with

Over the last few years there has been renewed controversy about whether college athletes should be paid. The idea of paying college athletes goes back to the early 1900s with one of the first inter collegiate competitions between Harvard and Yale. The modern position of the National Collegiate Athletic Association is that athletic scholarships provide a free college education in return for participating on the university team. Many college athletes dedicate more than forty hours of training per week. College is expensive. How can we expect college athletes to pay for books and other basic necessities if they are busy practicing or participating in home games or traveling to away games? The NCAA needs to start paying these athletes to supplement

Cooper, Josh. "College Athletes Should NOT Be Paid." BDL Sports. N.p., 19 July 2011. Web. 10 Nov. 2015. .

Opponents against paying student-athletes say that they should not be paid because through scholarships, they're already being paid. Yes, a scholarship is a form of payment. A scholarship is nice, but it is not enough. A scholarship will not pay the bills. Moreover, unlike ordinary students without athletics, student-athletes must also many times care for families and spouses. Actually, approximately 24% of student athletes are married, and of that 24%, about 62% have children. Of the students without their own spouses or children, many must care for parents and siblings.