Summary: Collegiate Athletes Should Not Be Paid

Many believe that college athletes should not be paid. The main debate against compensating college athletes is that they are at the university for educational purposes and playing sports is a benefit. The NCAA states, “Student-athletes are students first and athletes second. They are not university employees who are paid for their labor” (McCauley 10). Universities get all the financial benefits of the money earned from sports played from things such as team jerseys, sports passes and tickets, etc. Many argue that it is only fair to give a portion of the profit to the players that earned the money. It is very important when arguing for or against paying college athletes to not take into fairness, but to hold

In recent years the question of college athletes being exploited or supported has arouse quite often. When this situation comes up most people are quick to say they are obviously being supported for the simple fact that they are getting to go to a university for free. However once you take a deeper look into things, views and thoughts of this situation may change slightly if not totally. Last winter NCAA president Mark Emmert was asked a simple question. If he thinks college athletes should or ever will be paid? “We can never move to a place where we are paying players for playing sports for us” (Miller). Those comments sparked something that will be debated for years to come. Are college athletes being exploited? Are they getting all the things that they need and are working so hard for? Or is it a supportive gesture?

These people think this because athletes are already being given a free ride to college. An athlete may be given a full paid scholarship; however, if they begin to fail a class they will lose their scholarship. It is hard for athletes to keep their grades up when they’re always on the road and have so much work responsibilities on their backs. This unneeded responsibility can affect them in many ways. One way is that if they are always stressing out about loosing their scholarship they will not play as well as they should. Athletes are not only worried about losing their scholarship, but they could possibly lose their sports job. An athlete trains for 45 hours a week, that’s more then a full time job. A full time job is 40 hours. Training for 45 hours a week is hard work and then trying to manage schoolwork on top of that is even more difficult. The main reason why people think they should not be paid is because they have no way of doing so. College athletes are undoubtedly some of the hardest working people in the world. Not only are they living the life of an average student, they also have a strenuous schedule with their specific sport. One of the most discussed topics in the world of college athletics is whether or not student-athletes should be paid money for playing sports. The people who disagree with the idea have some good arguments to make. Primarily that the athletes get to go to school for free for

Division 1 college sports like men 's basketball and football bring in an astronomical amount of money every year and the players that help bring in these revenues are not monetarily compensated. Over the years many people have been arguing that college athletes should be paid for playing. Although athletes are not compensated monetarily these players are compensated with an education which is the equivalent of thousands of dollars. Also, many schools can not afford to pay their athletes,the majority of schools barely make any money from their athletics programs, and even if they could afford to pay players it would cause several problems. Remember that a college is established to provide an education, colleges are not established to

Whether college athletes should or should not get paid has been a controversial topic throughout the Collegiate Athletic Association for many years now. According to the article “My Priceless Opportunity” by Bill Walton , he believes that NCAA student athletes should not get paid because “the players entering the game know the rules going in and that they have been given a chance to make something of their lives in exchange for the privilege of being a student athlete”. Others like Michael Wilbon, author of “As Colleges’ Greed Grows, So Does the Hypocrisy”, thinks student athletes should get paid due to their hard work and labor. While I respect and admire the diligent task of being both a student and an athlete, I strongly agree with Bill Walton and the many others who support college athletes not being paid.

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

In college sports today there is an occurring issue on whether or not college athletes should be paid to play. This issue has been disputed since the NCAA was established in 1906. These athletes have made money for everybody involved with these schools, but they themselves have made nothing. The main reason these players have not acquired pay is because of the NCAA and their rules and regulations. College athletes should get paid because they are the main source of revenue for colleges. Also they should be paid, because some might be poor or have been injured and they need money to help their lives stay on track.

Playing college sports is a full time job and should be a paying one at that considering how much effort and hard work is put into the game. There has been an ongoing controversy about if college athletes should be paid or not. College athletes should be paid because they put a lot of heart into the game. This passion, that they put into the game, brings in a lot of money for other people yet they can’t see any of the money that they’re making for other people. Some of these athletes have a scholarship to play, but these scholarships don’t cover everything that is needed to survive and thrive in a college atmosphere. Some of these thoughts have surfaced about not paying college athletes because some people deem college sports an amateur playing field. This causes some athletes to take things into their own hands because they are not properly financially taken care of due to the money hungry thoughts of others. Surviving in college is an enormous problem, but it is not as extensive as having lifelong health problems due to playing in college.

There are stacks of reasons why people think athletes should be paid. The athletes claim is, they put all their work into a sport so they do not have time to get a job. Another reason is that the NCAA has plenty of money to pay athletes. When an athlete commits to a school for a sport, it is their choice to give up their time during the season to play the event they compete in. Sport seasons do not last all year; they are about a quarter of the year. While you still have yearly workouts, athletes have time outside of their sports season, to get a job or earn money somehow. The National Collegiate

These college athletes are in a sense already receiving payment for their commitment to the team, due to the high tuition rate in colleges. For many big ten schools, the tuition are ranging from $35,000 to $55,000, with these being said, these college athletes are at a much greater advantage. These college athletes receive full scholarships and that should be enough. They are ahead of the game because they will not have to pay off loans, compared to the average student that attended the same school.

College athletes do not get paid, but they put such a high amount of effort into their sport, when they do not get rewarded for it. Yes you can say that college is all about education, but that's not the situation for everyone. If you were to look at the numbers, the school and other programs/companies are making so much money off of these athletes. College athletes should be paid because they generate profit for their school and they are the ones who put forth the hard work and effort. College athletes should be paid because they make so much money for not only their school, but also companies and programs.

I understand that the main priority of all colleges is to educate its students and allow them to graduate and start a career. I agree that education is the most important thing in college, but people believe if these athletes were to get paid, that they would worry less about studying for their next test and more about the big game coming up. This is not the case because if these students had even just a little extra financial benefits for playing a sport and being talented, then it would help them in life by allowing them to stay in school and further their education. These students are putting their bodies on the line just to participate in something they enjoy that requires many long hours away from studying and still force them to get passing grades in their

Many college athletes receive scholarship money, however the average amount of funding in an athletic scholarship does not cover all of a student's tuition” (Birkenes/Bagaria 1). They make a good point. Scholarships only cover a certain amount of things such as books, tuition of course (where most of the money goes), and of course whatever the athlete needs for their games. At Division 1 schools tuition is extremely expensive, so once the athletes get their books… that’s it. What about their food expenses?

The NCAA is a billion-dollar industry these players earn a free bachelor's degree, but after college most of these players will never earn close to a billion dollars. The NCAA consider these athletes amateurs but one injury to an athlete could disable him or her for the rest of their life. This would prevent them from being able to enter the work force to earn a decent living, so the free bachelor’s degree is useless. The heated discussion that athletes are just amateurs isn't an excuse anymore, especially with the risks these athletes take each time they enter a game or practice. This alone is a good enough reason for these athletes to be paid and money has been discussed yet. Some sports are more physically demanding than others and these athletes should be paid accordingly. Money earned from athletics is not

Of course there are those who do not believe that these college players should not be paid for their sports. According to Jeffery Dorfman an author from Forbes magazine he does not believe that college players should be paid. He states that D1 colleges already pay them up to 125,000 in tuition a year. He says “Some people are aware enough to realize that student athletes on athletic scholarship are essentially paid already because they receive free tuition, room, meal plans, and some money for books and miscellaneous expenses.” At the bigger, more successful universities such as Syracuse, UCONN,