Sports Is A Huge Part Of Our Society

Abstract: Society is affected every day by many different kinds of sports.  These sports often govern society's way of life.  People all over the nation turn their TVs to sporting events, such as golf, during the weekends.   Scott Stossel states that "more than six million Americans enjoy watching golf on the weekends."  Parents  use sports as a teaching tool for their children.  Kids learn teamwork and discipline from team sports programs and  sports have also helped many students with their grades.  Kids who want to compete in school sports are taught to keep their grades up or they won't be able to play, but the greedy coaches and schools often look around grades to keep their "star athletes" in the games.  Adults have

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

We often forget that playing a sport is not the only way to earn a scholarship. Many students are accepted for exceptional grades, involvement in the band, clubs, or being well rounded. Most of these students just have to study to keep their scholarship, while the athletes have to work hard and be a student. In a competitive market, “workers” are paid according to the value of the output they produce (Heath). It does not seem right that the college journalist can sell their piece to a paper for extra cash, or the local band can play for a few dollars at the bar Saturday night, or the biology major that takes an internship at the school lab can be profitable yet college athletes cannot. Under the NCAA they are not allowed to make any money of their skill. Any college student should be able to endorse products (Wilbon). This is why the idea of going to school for free should not be an argument against paying athletes, because that is not the case and they have earned it.

In our society sports are a very important social construction. As sports continue to grow, they are becoming more integrated into the major spheres of social life. Sports have become an entity, due to the fact that they not only create entertainment and jobs; sports have become a huge platform for various causes. Sports are extremely important to our society and have very powerful influences. Though experiences vary from person to person, most people have some sort of experience with sports. I personally have experienced sports more from the spectator and participant stance, and have been impacted from each perspective a great deal. Compared to sophomore safety, Jamal Adams my sports experience has been very different from impact and perspective.

One view point in this issue is the view point of the higher up people at universities and the NCAA. College athletics are fully commercialized and is also a huge money making business. The benefactors of this largely successful corporation are the

So all the other sports, which are just as good or even better and actually win games and championships do not get a lot of money to give away. All of the money that the schools want is for football and basketball because those are the most popular sports, which is not fair at all. The only way a soccer coach would give a male soccer player a full ride scholarship, is if he is definitely going to play professionally and has good grades and a very high grade point average. Although college athletics do bring money to the school and even in to the community, the players should not be paid at all. The only thing that should be paid for them is their education, books, and meals.

In the United States, college athletics have been immensely popular since the early 1900’s. Ever since then, the three major sports -- football, basketball, and hockey-- have brought in major cash and popularity for colleges around the US. The revenue college sports bring in today is mind boggling. For example, in 2011 the Houston Sentinel found that the University of Texas’ Athletic Program was bringing in $120,288,370. The Longhorns were the the most profitable team in college sports that year; however, the numbers still speak for themselves. The problem I have with Texas making millions and millions is that not a single . According to NCAA rules, “You are not eligible for participation in a sport if you have ever: Taken pay, or the promise of pay,dime outside of scholarship goes back to the players who are making them this money. Whether Texas would be willing to compensate their players is not the main issue however. The problem is with the NCAA and there rules about having to be an ameteur to compete. Because of such harsh rules, athletes are struggling to pay rent and afford to eat, leading to them ultimately cheating and breaking such rules. I believe these rules also hurt the college. With no pay, a lot of the best athletes are extremely to make their fortune in the professional leagues after just one year of college, not getting degrees and lowering the level of the college game. While some argue that college athletes should not be paid because they are only

Imagine getting up at 6 a.m. for a morning working, going to class from about 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., having practice from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., and then going to study tables for about two hours after practice. This is just a typical day in the life of a college athlete. During the seasons they are putting in upwards of 12 hours a day into their school work and sport, and have only a reduced tuition and the pride of representing their university to show for it. College athletes are working full time jobs and providing universities with billions of dollars, its time that these athletes should have the opportunities they deserve. Whether that is to either go directly in professional sports, or be paid by the NCAA. This topic is often brought up in the world of college sports and is continuing to pick up steam as college athletics gain popularity. While these athletes do sign letters of intents stating that they are still amateur athletes and must remain amateurs throughout their years of competing in college, that it goes against our American belief that allows everybody a chance to pursue their dreams. The system in place now requires these young athlete to sacrifice a year of their professional careers to go to college and without any intentions of graduating with a degree.

At a time when colleges all over the country are having to cut back on educational expenditures, justifying spending additional amounts of money on collegiate sports, as well as the players, has become a very hot pressed topic in which the collegiate athlete is losing out on much of the money generated by their performances either on the field or the court. Because many of these players help bring in money to the university, they believe that a portion of that money should be given back to them. Millions of dollars are made each year in collegiate sports but few of those dollars have been given back to the players, who are the one’s actually playing the sports colleges participate in. Merchandise with players names, video games using a player’s likeness, and all the obligations involving media interviews, as well as maintaining ones grades can cause a collegiate athlete to believe that their efforts are not being rewarded in a monetary sense. Now colleges and universities around the country are rebutting that argument by having all of the college athletes expenses paid for. They believe giving them a free education should be enough. Colleges believe that being a student should trump all other obligations, including sports, so helping a young adult pay for college is something universities hold in high regard. Universities are a place for higher learning, not a place where athletes are supposed to come and make money. Also, many colleges would have a burden paying their

While apart of the university students can not promote themselves and can’t accept anything from professional or commercial brands. In trying to protect the students from being exploited i believe the colleges in return are exploiting them. “One problem cannot be tackled without the other:the same system that spends so much on revenue-generating sports and is the stage of the sports world’s most egregious scandals, from Notre Dame to Penn State, also exploits athletes to a degree that renders such scandals inevitable (Zirin 202)” There’s no time for these kids to get a job when the majority of their time is invested in their sport. I think the students should be compensated so “boosters” don’t have the power that they do over where top prospects go to. Universities do a great job of spending money on the programs but the students should so some of the funds they in turn helped create. “Full ride” scholarships in turn aren’t actually covering the expenses of being at school full time and being an athlete. Many students are borderline poor and are starving this type of stuff go unnoticed since so much media attention is put on the student-athletes.”These are young men and women that are still findingtheir way in the world. And as much as the NCAA, colleges, and universities want to deny, they do take advantage of them (Ajmani 209)” Despite

However, “intercollegiate athletics programs are necessarily composed of many sports, many of which generate significant expense over revenues” (N.C.A.A.). Therefore, most sports don’t actually bring profit to colleges, and even those that create a revenue don’t bring large sums into the treasury, as most of that money “helps 400,000 student-athletes at more than 1,000 member institutions learn and compete in 23 sports and 88 national championships” (N.C.A.A.). Consequently, most colleges don’t even have the money to pay athletes. Some offer that sports that don’t bring a revenue should be eliminated and then colleges will be able to pay the other athletes, however that will completely transform college sports into a commerce. Sports in college just don’t bring in enough money to give athletes a

Almost every kid grows up with some sort of dream of playing a professional sport. Some of these kids have worked hard every day, week, and year from elementary school to the end of high school. All of this hard work could possibly lead to a Division 1 college scholarship, which in most cases is one step before the fame and glory of professional sports. Today, sports are no longer fun and games; sports are a business, and college sports are no different. Paying College athletes would result in improved student life, removal of the double standards athletes face, and fair compensation to the athletes for the money they generate.

The argument that college athletes should be compensated is invalid in that colleges currently award their athletes through a variety of ways. In return for their athletic ability, colleges give full and partial scholarships to the student athletes. “Athletic scholarships enable many students to attend college who would otherwise be excluded by economic factors” (Gerstein 51). So, athletes who lack the competence to attend college would scrape by acceptance with their physical ability. And, athletes that would otherwise be unable to receive benefits would then be awarded with scholarships that very intelligent students would miss out on. Such an privilege should be taken seriously by any athlete no matter what the expense. Unfortunately, many still feel a sense of entitlement to money and perks while in college.

College athletics have always been popular across the United States. In recent years it seems to have escalated tenfold. Football and basketball being at the top of everyone’s interest. Collegiate sports have brought in a large sum of revenue to their Universities, in addition to increasing the overall popularity of the college. For example, in an article from Forbes website, “that the University of Alabama’s Athletic Program had the highest revenue of any other University in 2014 at $81,993,762” (Jessop). Even though the college made a large sum of money, no college athletes were legally rewarded for their work. According to NCAA rules you must obey their rules

They should have more freedoms to do what they want. (Stanley) I personally do not believe students are financially stable enough to be a college athlete and not being paid. Not all students have parents willing, or capable of taking care of their needs while they’re playing college sports. The competitive academic environment is a lot to take in without a full schedule, just imagine being a college student, with a vigorous game, and practice schedule, and still trying to find a way to make money.