College Athletes Should Be Paid

The NCAA has been around and evolved since the beginning of college sports. This organization is a non-profitable organization, but ironically makes more than millions of profit per year. Branch states “that money comes from a combination of ticket sales, concession sales, merchandise, licensing fees, and other sources—but the great bulk of it comes from television contract”(pg. 228). Meanwhile, the student-athletes do not receive any of this money. This is the start of an unsubstantial business between universities built around amateurism.

In the recent past, college athletics has gained massive fame in the United States. The immense fame of the college athletics has developed over the past twenty years. The massive development and fame of the college athletics have resulted in improved incomes for the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA). Due to increased revenue received by the NCAA, the participates in athletics in the colleges has fuelled the argument of whether the college athletes need to be paid and rewarded more than just the athletic scholarships. In this research paper, I will take a stab at to respond the question whether they should be paid by delving the explanations for and against the payment of the college athletes (Adams and Becky 108).

One of the most important reasons why college athletes should not be paid is that most schools just simply can not afford to pay their athletes. Maxwell Strachan from the Huffington post reported that spokeswomen Meghan Durham from the NCAA stated that only about twenty colleges make more money on athletic programs than they spend on athletic programs. This shows that most colleges are not making any money off of their athletic programs and even if a college makes a

College athletics for some schools are what brings in the most revenues in terms of category. These college athletes that attend these schools are able to generate millions to billions of dollars from viewers, sponsorships, and fans. “The 231 NCAA Division I schools with data available generated a total of $9.15 billion in revenue during the 2015 fiscal year. But while there are 24 schools that make more than $100 million” (Gaines,Cork). This data provides the evidence that the top generating schools has the capabilities to pay their athletes, yet they do not. John Bill an expert believes the NCAA should pay college athletes. Bill explains, “The promise of a free education is not enough anymore if the NCAA wants to act as a money making business, and not reward those who help make it profitable” (Bill,John). The NCAA has evolved to be a professional league on its own. For the amount of revenue they will be earning it is comparable to the

Every year in the United States, thousands of collegiate student-athletes participate in a variety of different sports, and currently they do not receive paychecks for their performances. College athletics have attained an extensive popularity increase among Americans over the past few decades. This has resulted into increased revenues for the National Collegiate Athletic Association [NCAA] and the participating colleges, which has fuelled the debate of whether or not college athletes should collect an income. College athletes should not be paid to play because it will negatively affect their college experience. Rather, they should be compensated for their dedication to the sport. Many student athletes accept scholarships to play at a

Athletes are dominated, managed, and controlled. They do not receive a wage compensation for their contribution to economic returns. Athletes are sometimes mistreated physically and mentally; and denied rights and freedoms of other citizens. The debate over whether or not to pay collegiate athletes, specifically Division 1, has increased greatly. Many people believe college athletic associations; such as the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Associations) treat college athletes unfairly. College athletes have been dedicating time, hard work, and much more to their schools' athletic departments. People are making millions of dollars off of these athletes while, they are living in poverty. Things need to change; these players need to

One of the most popular pastimes in America is watching college sports. Whether it’s football, baseball, or basketball, these student-athletes bring fans, money, and sponsorships to their schools. So why shouldn't these athletes be paid? The answer is that student-athletes should not be paid, because they have the ability to earn scholarships or financial aid, college athletes are paid in other ways than financially, and not all schools have the money to pay them. Ultimately, paying college athletes would ruin the current culture and competitiveness of college sports.

Asking wether to pay college athletes or not is one of the most heated debates in NCAA history. Although it may sound good to the students, it will arise devastating effects on society. The discrimination that might occur if we decide to pay athletes could initiate public riots or violence. The idea of college athletes being paid should be put to rest based on the consequences that would arise (Bokshan).

Collegiate athletes should be getting paid for the work they do because of how profitable college sports is to the schools. During the last twenty years, college sports has gained a lot of popularity which has resulted in a large amount of revenue for the NCAA and the schools that they represent. The athletes who perform on the field and court see none of that money. This paper will explain some of the main reasons for college athletes should get paid. College athletics is a billion dollar industry and has been successfully operating for years.

Within the last week you've received multiple scholarship offers from several NCAA Division I schools to play basketball, namely the University of North Carolina. Your dream of playing college basketball for a major program finally came true. Full scholarships generally cover all of the fees for tuition, books, room and board; however, they do not cover any out-of-pocket expenses. In fact, there are many instances where college athletes are unable to afford food, close or anything else that normal young adults relish. As a result, countless numbers of college athletes receive money from boosters, alumni, and agents, or illegally sell signed memorabilia to survive. A key point differentiating typical college students from student athletes is students have the opportunity to work and earn income in addition to scholarships, grants or loans they receive while pursuing a college degree; athletes cannot. Also, college athletes must participate in

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.

You were just shown some of the many reasons why college athletes should be paid but opponents of this will say that that if the athletes were paid that it would make lower level colleges more undesirable for the players. But the reality of that is that the lower level colleges are always, and have alway been less desirable for college athletes. They have smaller facilities and less attention. The reason athletes go to lower level schools is because they were denied by the higher level colleges(Wall Street Journal,2016,p.1). Another reason why lower level collages won’t suffer from paying the athletes is the NCAA is a nonprofit so the money made off of sports is supposed to be spent on sports so if that can be enforced they can definitely

In the United States, sports are seen as an escape from the real world and have become a huge entertainment industry. One of if not the most popular and profitable sports in the country is college football. In every state across the country, thousands of people pack into stadiums on Saturday to see their favorite team play. For many universities, one of the departments that makes the most revenue is the athletic department. Even here at Coastal, which is not a big time college football program, the university makes large amounts of money off of the football team and the players are not compensated monetarily. A majority of the time, the atheltes

Also, athletes would not have enough time between their sports and education to hold jobs. College athletes usually dedicate about 50 hours per week to their sport (Nocera 2). Because athletes do not have enough time for jobs, 86% of college athletes that are covered by full scholarships live below the poverty line (College 1). Shabazz Napier, the star point guard of Connecticut, complained of hunger after leading his team to win the March Madness men’s basketball tournament. “I just feel like a student-athlete, and sometimes, like I said, there’s hungry nights and I’m not able to eat and I still got to play up to my capabilities. … When you see your jersey getting sold — it may not have your last name on it — but when you see your jersey getting sold and things like that, you feel like you want something in return.” (Phillips 1). The NCAA and the colleges earn enough money made by college athletes, to get the athletes out of poverty.

During the past couple years , all college sports have gained a lot of fans in the country. Weather it is football, baseball or basketball ever since the NFL lost some popularity, college sports have racked in an intense amount of money in their college Universities, some may even say they amped up the amount of popularity the College’s received from the public. For instance a study that was carried out by the Orland Sentientnel, it says it estimated the University of Texas long horns Program received the highest revenueof any college with $240,134,862. Even with an large anount of money on there hands, athletes that play in college arent compensates at all for the hard work they put in. When it comes down to the rules of the NCAA it says