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College athletes should be paid because of the hard work, dedication and effort they put into their respective sports. These athletes are a major source of income for their schools and they are not receiving a penny for it. These college athletes deserved to be paid, colleges are using these athletes to get money and they are never given anything but a pat on the back and a good job. College athletes work and train extremely hard to perform at the highest level possible. In most cases, they spend more time training and preparing for their sport than they actually do learning and studying. They put so much on the line to play and they get nothing in return. These college athletes literally make their schools millions of dollars every

A question that has been rising to the surface lately is “should college athletes be paid a salary?” One cannot get on the internet now a day and not see some kind of college sport headline. The world of college sports has been changed greatly the past decade due to college athletes. These athletes make insurmountable amounts of money and an unbelievable amount of recognition for the universities. The athletes that provide and make a ton of revenue for the colleges also spend a huge amount of their time practicing and staying committed to sports, and have to maintain good grades in school which requires quite a bit of overtime. Because college athletes generate massive amounts of revenue and put in massive amounts of personal time for

The world of sports has grown larger than life over the past century, especially in college. Being a collegiate athlete is, without question, the hardest athletic profession in the world. Not only are students devoted to their sport, which requires an obscene amount of time of preparation, but they are also devoted to their school work. And the award they receive for their hard work? Of course there are the great memories, friendships made, “free education”, or national championships, but are theses students receiving their fair share? Should college athletes be paid? It is a question that has been asked, but never truly answered. College athletes should be paid for their work. I even have the perfect system to see

College athletes, especially division 1 athletes have tremendous talent in whatever sport that they play in college, this is why college coaches recruit them and make sure that they attend their university. There is some speculation as to whether or not a college athlete should be paid while attending any university. The answer is no. College athletes are not professional athletes and this is one of the main points and they should not get paid due to the fact that some are not ready for that privilege and it defeats the purpose of them going to college. College athletes are labeled as student-athletes and the first term in that name is “student”. This is for a specific reason which is that not all college athletes are going to end up playing in a professional league and attending college

College athletes should not be paid because college is for learning not a job. Students go to college to advance on their learning not to go to work. Paying college athletes would also go against the point of the NCAA and people already have scholarships so why would they get

”The college sports industry generates $11 billion in annual revenues.”(Case for Paying College Athletes). College athletes should get paid due to the substantial income a school makes from each game, a higher education, and more benefits for health problems.

Should college athletes be paid? They should because athletes have been raising millions and millions of dollars for there school and they don't receive near as money as they raise for the school. College athletes practice more than than the average american works. College athletes raise millions of dollars in revenue for there school and they don't profit for all the hard work and money they raise for there school. While the NCAA a billion dollar industry take advantage of the young college athletes. College athletes should be paid for all the hard work they put into their sport and all the money they earn for their school.

I think college athletes should get paid because many college athletes bring in a lot of money for their schools. Not to mention coaches already get paid millions of dollars in college sports. Being a college athlete is a full-time job and a big time commitment. Sometimes college college athletes put in 40 to 60 hours a week for practice, travel, and games. Not to mention they still have to complete their work and get good grades to stay eligible to play so they are left very tired. "The NCAA will make millions of dollars to sales of tickets and merchandise"(Should college athletes be paid). So many people go to the events and they pay for food and drinks and other merchandise.

Collegiate sports have been a huge American pastime. Since the beginning of college level sports people have debated if college athletes should paid. College athletes should be paid because there sport requires them to work year round, therefore they do not have time to get money from a normal job. Also the hardwork and dedication it takes to be a college athlete should be rewarded because not a lot of people can go that far in their career. While it may be true that college sports are run through a school however the school gets money from these events and put elsewhere.

How would you feel if you worked 40 hours a week but didn't make any money? This is how college athletes feel right now. Since college athletes give up endless amounts of time, bring attention to the schools, and will prepare the athletes for the pros, college athletes should be paid.

An article on the website ListLand.com lists multiple reasons college athletes should get paid. These examples include an athlete spends 43.3 hours on average working on their sport per week, it could help students better manage their money and could also make ends meet such as food and winter clothes.

College athletes are finally getting attention on the fact that they are not paid. I believe that whether or not it is college or pro sports they deserve a salary. These players put their heart and soul on the field and get nothing in return. In the articles “Athletes New Day” by Paul Marx and “College Athletes Should Not Be Paid” by Warren Hartenstine, the reasons for college athletes to be paid are very evident. No matter the case, if the students move on to pro sports or not after college, they should be entitled to some pay for their contributions. College athletes deserve to be compensated for their playtime in these sports, sales of products with their name on it, and even compensation for their injuries.

Branch stated "We are imposing amateurism on these students". I think this is very important because it makes it clear what is really going on in the world of collegiate athletics. Athletes are not given a choice, they are told what to do and how to do it; with no option to object. Before some rules came into play really talented athletes went straight to the professional level without going to college. Now athletes have to go to college for at least one year or so depending on the sport they play. This in turn helps bring in the millions of dollars for the schools. So why can't the athletes that make this all possible receive some form of compensation?

The ongoing debate of the idea whether or not college student athletes should get paid has been dated back to the first intercollegiate competition. This occurred during a series of boat races between two major Ivy League schools, Harvard and Yale University. Similar to today’s world of entertainment, one of the main objectives was to please a sponsor of the boat races. By doing this, Harvard used a non-student as a steersman of the boat to participate in the regatta (Parent, 2004).

College sport programs are beginning to have more of a negative effect on education for numerous reasons. Some of those reasons are that athletes are not able to participate in games due to ineligibility, other people are doing the athletes homework, and athletes do not study or do their homework do to games being on the same day or the following day. Now every student-athlete has to meet the requirements of passing all of their classes to be able to participate in their sporting events. The required grade point average (GPA) that a college student-athlete has to maintain is a 2.3. As a former student-athlete, I know the struggles of trying to keep your grades up to par and to be completely honest, I found it is very easy to keep my grades at the eligibility requirements during high school. Even in college it is not the hardest of thing to keep your GPA at the passing requirement because the athletes are able to use tutors whenever they need the help. However, even the most gifted of athletes may not be the