Why College Athletes Should Get Paid

Some may say student – athletes have it easy because they get to go to school for free and live the life of a college athlete when that is not the case in most situations. College athletes are in the business of marketing at a young age without playing professional sports which is a business. Which is why I believe student – athletes should be paid to play college sports. My reasons for this argument are that the student athlete may need spending money and money to support their families, secondly the schools along with their sport profits off of the students athletes names, and lastly for big events some student athletes are required to miss schools due to these events.

The magnitude of the controversy to pay college athletes has intensified over the past few years. It might be due to the prevailing economic atmosphere causing everyone, including aspiring athletes, to look for new ways to make money. It might also be due to many higher educational facilities giving the public access to their annual budget, causing outsiders to focus on the profit of specific athletic programs. However, it might also be due to the coaches’ outrageous salaries and the money that universities make from bowl games and basketball tournaments. Regardless, this has intensified the fact that athletes see none of these profits and this is what implores the simple question of “where is my portion?”

Keeping the student in school wins on multiple fronts but most importantly a better educated student. So if they are getting paid it will motivate the athlete to stay in college for a longer period of

Which can be hard for some athletes like basketball players who play in like major tournaments like National Collegiate Athletics Association tournament or commonly known as March Madness that starts on March 17 and ends April 6.

Now granted college student athletes usually have scholarships which covers tuition, housing, fees, and course related books. That’s what a lot of people argue about, when someone says “college students should get paid.” College student athletes don’t have time for a job at all. The schedule of an average college student athlete consists of going to classes, practicing for 2-3 hours, going to a mandatory study hall to do homework or study. These athletes spend up to 44.8 per week on their sports (Hartnell) . It's almost nearly impossible for college athletes to even have time to have a good paying job. Colleges should pay their athletes' in some payment, not saying that they should get $1 million but $2500 wouldn't kill anything. People claim that the NCAA couldn't afford to pay college student athletes, but the NCAA is a multi-billion company. Nevertheless college student athletes need some extra pocket change to help them make things meet, and to help college athletes learn to manage their

That is more than The National Basketball Association and The national Hockey League. With all of that money made a large portion doesn’t go back to the classroom. The NCAA states that paying college athletes would ruin the competitiveness of the the sport which doesn’t make any sense, because the NFL pays its players based on their rankings and performance. Suggesting that payment destroys the competition then the NFL is incredibly misinformed. If the NCAA paid its athletes the students would not have to add extra stress worrying about where they will get their money from. If students did not have to worry about their finances, they could spend more time focusing on their game and class. This helps prevent tired and burnt out athletes from underperforming when it’s

Did you know that 86% of college athletes come from families in poverty? Those families will stay in poverty until their college athlete makes it to the professional league. In all college sports, less than 2% of college athletes make it to the professional league (Hayes). This means that those poor families spent most of what little money they had left, to find out that they will never get their money back. However, if college athletes were paid, no family would have to lose their money to never acquire that money again. College athletes should be paid because the athletes will be able to provide for their families earlier in life, and athletes will stay to play at the college longer.

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With debate on whether or not to compensate the college athletes in monetary terms due to the students’ sports talents help their various colleges to receive awards both rewards and cash money, it is important to look at criticisms of the National Collegiate Athletic Association with regards to the association’s advertisement deals of approximately more than a billion shillings profits yet no athlete is being compensated for his or her hard work. That according to Zimbalist (2013) is because the critiques are using the very developments to argue in favour of the payment of the student athletes since the opportunity for education and exposure to earn a professional contract is enough compensation since the cost of paying the student athletes would be too high.

The issue of paying college athletes has become increasingly debated recently— in the past not paying the

There are some who say professional athletes do not play as hard because they have already made it to the highest level, and they do not want to risk getting an injury if a game is not for a national championship. Paying student athletes could stop them from their passion and make them less motivated to play hard to get to the next level. They might just think of the money they're getting instead of keep trying so they can get to the professional athletic level and get

Throughout history college athletics has been a source of revenue. As a result of this revenue, it’s always been debated if student-athletes should get paid a salary. According to the NCAA collegiate athletics revenue add up to some $10.6 billion a year (NCAA…). Unfortunately, some colleges claimed that they can’t afford to compensate the student-athlete for their performance. The NCAA states they are student’s first, athletes second. The term student-athletes implies that all enrolled students who play college sports are engaged in secondary, extra-curricular activities that enhance their education (Gutting). Even though the time required to put in, for practice and games can exceed over 50 hours a week. It’s a bad idea paying student-athletes a salary, but I do believe they should be able to receive some sponsorship money. Their scholarship money is towards college academic fees; it’s almost impossible for a full time student-athlete to obtain a job. A financial reward for their efforts could be very helpful to cover living expenses, medical bills and everyday necessities.

Sports have been an integral part of leisure time for America since the early 1900s, when listening to sports, especially baseball, on the radio was a beloved pastime for many families. Lately, college sports, primarily men’s basketball and football, have become more popular. Now that college sports have grown to such a high popularity level, people are asking, “Should these kids get paid?” Though many believe these athletes should be paid, I do not. Collegiate athletes should not be paid because they are not going to school for sports but for an education; they are not professionals, and therefore, should not be paid as such; and paying them would take away funding all other smaller sports and the overall funding of the school.

Schools pay a load of money on Athletes each year. According to NCAA Football “On average about 71,000 high school kids go to play college football”. They pay on average $163,931 per athlete. They don’t need it because they don’t have to pay for their dorm room,Food,And classes, the college pays for you. It is too much money and they are not mature enough to have it. They could spend it on terrible things like drugs

Picture this, you’ve been working the same job for 21 years and you’ve been promised a promotion to CFO of the company. This new promotion will come with a yearly salary of $2,000,000. Then one day, you’re on your way to work and you get into a car accident and break your leg. You spend the next year recovering and going through rigorous physical therapy, finally your recovery period is over and you feel great. You go back to your boss ready for your promotion, except he says to you that they’ve found someone new and won’t be giving you the promotion that you were promised. In fact, the company won’t even need you working anymore and have laid you off. This turn of events leaves you with no plan B because your whole life has been working towards