Games Being Won, But Classes Being Dropped

College scholarships, the attraction of every devoted sports player out there. Earning scholarships brings players together not only to step up their game, but to be enthusiastic about exceeding their academic goals. Colleges put down an amount of money to attract top athletes from high schools all over their state. Athletic meaning all sports, like golf, fencing, and water polo. Tons of schools and families support the aid colleges grant in their athletic scholarship programs, while others are against it, saying that it has too few people who are accepted and that it takes away money that everyone else has to pay for their classes. They don’t realize that players will be encouraged to do great academically, so that they may do great

College athletes are just like us. They want to buy things and enjoy fun outgoing activities just like the rest of us out here. Being able to make money for themselves would be helpful in that case. I did with a football player and personal friend a NC State he said that "At times I want to shop for extra stuff like clothes and go out" Moore, Isaiah. Telephone interview, 28 November. 2017 when asked about if he ever finds himself in need of money. He also said when asked what does your scholarship covers? Said "It covers books, housing, dining." Moore, Isaiah. Telephone interview, 28 November. 2017. As told by a NCAA college football player himself scholarships cover a majority of things academic wise, but as for buying and doing things they want and would like to do they can't and would like to have that extra money to do so. As for more the reason that NCAA

What comes witht that is paychecks. A lot of people get paychecks and think it is okay to spend it on whatever they want when they want. In some ways that it is okay but in a lot of ways it is not. This is a very global issue that us people need to try and change. What the people need to learn as well as the college athletes is, they need to know how to manage their money. So by paying college athletes, things they can learn from the money is not to spend it on everything and show them how life will be after college so they do not come into their next chapter not knowing what to do. Also what paying college athletes will do is make the NCAA even more competitive than it is today. Paying student athletes will more NCAA more competitive because when money is involved with college, people will want to start attending college to play and a sport.

After high school, some students decide to make the decision to go to college to further their education, earn a degree, have fun, and some, to play sports. College sporting events bring in money through tickets, jerseys, shirts, and other gear. The money made for all of these items and expenses go to paying coaches, the school, charities, utilities, and other expenses a school has to pay to have a sports team. Most college athletes are given scholarships to allow them not to have to pay for college or anything that comes with the college experience. Some athletes, that are good enough athletically, do not ever pay for tuition, living expenses, meal plans, books, and everything else a normal student would have to pay for. For some college athletes that is not enough. Some college athletes believe that they should get a paycheck based on the money that the school makes on putting on sporting events that these athletes are participating in. Other college athletes are satisfied with the scholarship given to them and do not seek additional money.

Athletics are a big attraction to many students when looking at colleges. When college sports programs have success, research done by Pope and Pope show that there is a boost in applications that the colleges receive from students. “Applications [after] a Championship add 7-8 percent, with a big effect in the immediate year and little effect after one year.” It was found that when colleges have winning athletic teams get more applications sent in from all levels of student and not just athletes. This is found true for basketball and football. Not only increase in applications is found but also found after success in football there is a growth in enrollment, this is not found true for basketball (Getz and Siegfried “What Does Intercollegiate Athletics Do…”). “David Schmidly the president of the University of New Mexico said “One of the most effective ways to market your university nationally is to have a really quality athletic program. It helps recruit faculty, students, and donors. It helps with the image of the whole university.” (qtd. in Getz and Siegfried “College Sports: The Mystery of the Zero-Sum Game.”)

Athletes do, however, help to create substantial revenue for colleges, including indirectly through advertising money. One possible solution to this might be to allow athletes to have their own endorsement deals, personally. In this scenario, the money would flow to the athlete not from the college, but from a major corporation. This would be only slightly different in principle from a college

One benefit of paying college athletes it provides a needed income for athletes. College athletes spend a total of 90 hours a week, with their sport and schooling. (Anderson, “Top 10 Reasons College Athletes Should Be Paid”). That is the equivalent of working two full time jobs and a side job on the weekends (Anderson, “Top Ten Reasons College Athletes Should Be Paid”). So these student

The NCAA made roughly 11 billion dollars this year alone. The University of Alabama brought in 143.3 million dollars of that revenue from their college athletes. That is more than all of the 30 NHL teams and 25 out of 30 NBA teams make. Most of the money received due to college athletes doesn't even go to the college. Colleges bring in money for their athletic programs every year totaling between 100 thousand dollars and millions of dollars. These college athletes are symbols for the college they are playing for. They bring in revenue through donations from others, tickets, the media, and advertisement

Throughout history the big question surrounding the college athletic industry is if college athletes should get paid for the participation in the sport. It has recently over the past few years been brought up as a huge topic in college athletics, a lot of people have their views in if they should or shouldn’t. The big picture everyone has to look at and get an understanding to be the economic aspect of it. There are a lot of factors that people fail to realize that involve paying these athletes such as the supply, demand elasticity, taxes and equity vs efficiency, all of these play a minor role in the impact of the answer people are waiting to get. In my opinion I feel as an athlete myself I feel we should get paid for playing sports. But

As the debate of whether or not athletes should be paid grows, it is understandable why some people would say they shouldn’t. For example it would basically be an unfair playing field as you will have teams such as Alabama worth approximately $683 million dollars compared to a much smaller college like a Missouri State at $66 million. This will cause a major problem and only further the uneven gap that bigger schools already have over smaller ones. Another argument is the benefits the athletes receive from scholarships. Some will argue that athletes who are attending school on scholarships will say that they are basically getting a free education, including free books, and sometimes free or reduced living through the dormitory system provided by the universities

Research from “College athletics programs make a lot of money, send little to academics” the University of Texas at Austin brings in a average of 184 million dollars each year through athletics. The question that floats everyone's mind is why are the athletes not getting paid . Some believe paying them will no longer show value of the game. However others believe they should be paid because they dedicate their lives to the sport. The NCAA must recognize the benefits of compensating college athletics because, college athletics work hard everyday , makes the sport more competitive and helps players support themselves financially.

Contrary to the belief that athletes being used for profit, the NCAA provides extensive benefits for those who participate. The organization provides anything from student financial assistance (including scholarships) to health care and insurance (Student-Athlete Benefits). These believers are all for giving more benefits and money to collegiate athletes.

College athletics is a big time money maker for universities. Universities sell memorabilia, tickets to games, and great tailgating gear. The games are also aired on television were millions of people watch. Universities bring in tons of revenue every year, but where does it go? Not to the stars of the show. Athletes work hard to make their schools proud, but work so hard on their athletic skills; they have no time to actually work for extra money. Because college athletes have no time to support themselves, the school they attend should provide additional funding.

Most student-athletes playing a sport in college are there on an athletic scholarship. The scholarship is granted to them by their respective schools and is worth anywhere from $50,000 to $200,000. According to Edelman, the football program alone at University of Alabama brought in roughly 143.3 million dollars of revenue. In perspective, that’s about 2 million per player. Even though Alabama is an elite program and brings in more than the average football program, the NCAA brought in nearly $845 billion in 2011 per Sonny. Now it is obvious there many ways a university brings in revenue, but it is safe to say that a player is worth more than that $100,000 scholarship. In fact, a substantial share of college sports’ revenues stay in the hands of a select few administrators, athletic directors, and coaches. Now think about what college athletics would be without the world class athletes it has today, or without any athletes at all. If a school didn’t “award” athletes these scholarships, there would be

According  to Forbes The typical Division I college football player devotes 43.3 hours per week to his sport which is 3.3 more hours than the typical American work week. College athletes have to devote 43.3 hours to sports every week and generate an absurd amount of welth and don't get paid at all while a person who flips burgers for 40 hours a week gets 320 dollars each week. When you look at how much money you get from athletic revenue it is preposterous. The University of Alabama reported $143.3 Million in athletic procedes, which is more than all 30 NHL teams and 25 of the 30 NBA teams (Forbes). Most professional teams have to pay millions of dollars to their players each year, while Alabama can probably pay college athletes like they are professional athletes. The reason these universities have so much money is because of all the popularity that some of these student athletes bring. Having a good sports team at colleges is believed to improve the application rates and caliber of admitted students at some of these universities. A good example of this is when Doug Flutie, an alumni of Boston College, won the Heisman Trophy, Boston College’s undergraduate admissions increased by 25 points and its average SAT score of admitted freshmen jumped up by 110 points