Summary: College Athletes Should Be Paid

In her article she emphasizes the fact that paying college athletes would be completely unfair to other students that attend school. She argues that the student athletes have almost everything provided for them in college and how regular students don’t have some of the opportunities that they do. She also goes on to say that the scholarship that the school provides for their athletes is payment enough, whether it is a full or partial scholarship. She also hints on the fact that being broke and having no money is all a part of the “college experience” and that everybody is struggling to make ends meet and that it everybody is working hard to make money and that a majority of the people who attend college cannot afford to go out and overindulge and spend money on the things that they want, so college athletes should not have this privilege either. Also, smaller colleges would not be able to shell out money like larger colleges could so a large school would be able to pay more for a player than a smaller college would, therefore putting the smaller college at a disadvantage.

Scholarships are inadequate to fulfill the full cost of the college experience, As a result they find themselves struggling financially but do not have enough time to find a part time job as they are busy 80 hours a week between school and their sport. They bring in billions of dollars in revenue for the NCAA but they do not see one dime of it as it is distributed back to the schools to pay for the coaches and staff. Even though a coach has a significant impact on the success of the team , the players are the ones that actually risk their bodies day in and day out.These students are being pulled away from their homes to be exploited while their coaches are making a six figure salary. It is not fair that the star player of a university, can struggle to even afford to eat a piece of pizza outside of school. That being said division 1 college athletes, who are making millions of dollars for their schools should get an allowance teach them financial responsibility which can ultimately help the players more in their

With the universities pulling in more than twelve billion dollars, the rate of growth for college athletics surpasses companies like McDonalds and Chevron (Finkel, 2013). The athletes claim they are making all the money, but do not see a dime of this revenue. The age-old notion that the collegiate athletes are amateurs and students, binds them into not being paid by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). This pay for play discussion has been talked about since the early 1900s but recently large steps are being made to actually make a change. There are many perspectives on the payment of collegiate student athletes coming from the NCAA, the athletes themselves, and the university officials.

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

The NCAA states that the student athletes are paid in the form of an education, but this is not always true. There have been many instances in which student-athletes have graduated with grade school reading levels or never graduated because they were not directed to pursue any specific degree path (Marquette sports law journal). The emphases of winning in collegiate sports use to be for moral. College sports now are a very lucrative business and a lot of it comes from being on television and through sponsorship. Nike is going to endorse the teams that win over the teams that lose. College athletics has been estimated to be a $60 billion industry (McCormick). Universities are all too willing to try and get a piece of this huge industry.

I understand why the NCAA doesn't allow players on getting paid because they are trying to keep it amateur and it will cost the school a lot of money and it will bring athletes to schools who don’t have what they want to study for which can be a problem. But I'm not saying to pay them tens of thousands or millions but at least help take care of your players by giving them at least 100 dollars or something. There are a majority of students who live in poverty can't afford a lot and for some students the scholarship was their breakthrough to become an athlete who makes millions and takes their family out of being poor but they have a long way there and already have one road block in it.

By only increasing the value of athletes’ scholarships you maintain the integrity of the game while not putting too much extra financial stress on schools. This extra cash also allows athletes to truly and fully have their college expenses taken care of.

The NCAA needs to protect the overall well being of the athletes because they are the bread and butter of the school and NCAA’s income. The NCAA needs to start paying the athletes, allow the athletes to receive money from an outside source, provide a stable living environment for athletes who qualify, provide the proper nutrients the athletes need in order to excel on the field, and the NCAA needs to ban colleges from pulling the athletes scholarship after an injury. The athletes can’t get decent jobs due to their overload schedule, and the food proportion the athletes receive isn’t nearly enough for their bodies to be healthy and run properly. Many student athletes don’t come from the best backgrounds, which means financial support from the families aren’t always there. Student-Athletes attend big colleges to get an education while playing a sport they enjoy. Regular college students have the opportunity to get a job that pays decent because they have much more time on their hands, and sometimes that isn’t enough. Now imagine how hard it is for athletes who have to

Money, money, money; getting more money seems to be the only thing anyone ever seems concerned with. And now that they have made progress they want to push it, some may feel that if the NCAA is gaining more and more revenue through T.V. broadcasting, that they should give the athletes more. Although most people want what they deserve, there is a point where one may pass what is just and become selfish. College athletes are receiving a just amount of benefits and should stop trying to change the organization.

They should get paid because of all the hours of hard work they put in each week. They should be paid because it’s against the law to not let them earn any type of money from people other than family and relatives. They should be paid because they lose the value of education for the NCAA to earn money. Student-athletes put in so much work and their coaches, administrators, athletic directors, the NCAA and its affiliates earn billions of dollars off of them every year. From using their image, televising and marketing them. They do all this for money and don’t even care about these players except for if they started losing money because of the players. They promise education and then give no-show fake classes, to keep you eligible and able to focus on training for your sport. They claim you don’t need money from your sport to survive because they pay for your tuition and sports equipment. But how would you feel if you were treated like a slave day in and out and then someone claims that you don’t need money for your hard earned

Paying college athletes can have a lot of positive effects, it can teach these young athletes how to handle money, it gives them some form of income especially if some of the athletes do not have job, during the football/ basketball season etc. And they can kind of see what it will be like in the pros as far as being paid to play, I’m not saying pay them like the pros like $5,000 a game but I’m saying like pay them $100 a game, just something, and a lot of people will say isn’t a scholarship enough, well sometimes it’s not. Most athletic scholarships only cover a portion of the cost and you are supposed to cover the rest on your own. And if you don’t have a job during the season or your barley are able to work, it can be hard for athletes to make ends meet obviously. Like in the case of this basketball player Shabazz Napier stated, "I don't feel student-athletes should get hundreds of thousands of dollars, but like I said, there are hungry nights that I go to bed and I'm starving,". I mean there are players that are really struggling just to be able to eat, and colleges want these same athletes to be at their very best at all times, but how can they, when they cannot even meet their own nutritional needs.

Scholarships are awarded to students to help further their education without the worry of having to pay out of pocket for their schooling. A large proportion of student athletes receive scholarships to attend the university of

College athletes are explicitly what their name applies: college students, and athletes. With money involved, the sport turns into a game of fame. Undoubtedly, athletes are worked to death and expected to keep up an ordinary life after leaving the field, track, quart, pool, or rink, but paying athletes turns it into a system about money and not education or athleticism. Without turning the college athletes into rich students, I believe the players need to be getting more than a free education with all of the hard work they are doing. With all of the intense work that these Division 1 athletes are leaving out on the field, and the millions of dollars the department is making per year, on top of their scholarships, the

Student athletes commonly go to school for one reason: their love for the sport they participate in. These student athletes get scholarships from large Division 1 schools, which means things such as schooling, board, and food will be paid for by the school so the student athletes do not have to pay for these benefits themselves (Patterson). If college athletes are to be paid, it will cause unfair compensation between players who are valued or played more than others. When student athletes are rewarded with a scholarship, they have nothing school related that they would need to pay for. This can lead them to blow all of their income on unnecessary or dangerous things such as drugs and alcohol which could get them removed from the team they

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