Why Do Better Than Student Athletes Be Paid Better Than Students?

Division 1 and Division 2 colleges provide over 2.9 billion dollars a year in scholarships to student athletes. Student athletes should not be compensated for participating in college sports. College athletes can receive full ride scholarships for playing their sport of choice. Is the 40,000 dollars they are receiving in scholarships not compensation; thus prompting the question is the top tier education they are being provided with, not compensation enough? Most of the thousands of students that participate in college sports compete for the love of the game, not for a paycheck. Furthermore, college athletes understand that they may not compete at the pro level, in fact, only 2 % of college athletes go on to play professionally. The main part of the term student-athletes is student. Students do not go to college expecting a check at the end of every month or to land a spot in the first round of the draft, instead the purpose is to receive an education. All things considered, student athletes should not receive compensation for playing sports in college because it would be almost financially impossible, some are already provided with money from scholarships , and finally they are being provided with an excellent higher education.

Playing sports or even having the knowledge of them can result into happier and more social students. In the video Notebook: Kids and Sports, Katie Couric states, “Playing sports cannot only give kids more confidence, it can also give them more rewarding friendships” (Notebook). This implies that our school can be more successful if we have greater variety of sports kids can join. Although being happier and more social isn't the only benefit of being in sports.

A topic that is very controversial for everyone is, should student-athletes in college be compensated? There numerous evidence that supports in favor and many against the proposition of paying student- athletes who play sports for their university. As a college athlete, students are putting their bodies on the line each game they play. There’s possibility of suffering a traumatic brain injury or being paralyze after physical contact. These athletes are sacrificing their bodies and physical health at an opportunity to play a game which they love, and hopefully play it in the professional level. While that’s taking place, college football and basketball are big business that keep expanding. College sports bring in a large amount of revenues. The result is that many of them fail to graduate. Paying college athletes would not ruin amateur sport because even though most college athletes do get scholarship and should focus on their education it doesn’t help them if most of the time they are not attending classes to be in practice or games. College sports do make a high-income and athletes deserve a portion of the revenue they bring their programs.

The idea of paying college athletes to compete is not new, unlike most people think. This debate has been around since the 1800’s. The college sports industry makes about $11 billion in annual revenues. Fifty colleges report annual revenues that exceed $50 million. Nationally in 2010-11, the top 15 college basketball programs generated roughly $293 million, less than a third of what the top 15 football programs generated, baseball makes very little money compare to basketball and football according to Jeffrey Dorfman. These revenues are coming from multiple sources, such as ticket sales, sponsorship, and broadcasting rights. The National Collegiate Athletic Association recently sold broadcast rights to its annual men 's basketball tournament for upwards of $770 million per season. At the University of Alabama, the head football coach, Nick Saban, recently signed a contract paying him $7 million per year; more than 91 times the average wage of an Orange County public school teacher. However, the facts I have mentioned so far concerns football only. Football and basketball are the biggest sources of athletic revenues in the majority of universities. So with all this money involved, should student athletes get a percentage of the revenue their sport brings to the university?

The NCAA is an organization, founded by Theodore Roosevelt in 1906, led by a group of board members who’s goal is to have college players succeed both athletically and scholarly; coined the term ‘student athlete.’ The sport of football was having many problems in the late 1800’s/early 1900’s and President Roosevelt said, “reform the game or it will be abolished.” Thus, the birth of the NCAA was formed and rules were set to make the game safer to the athletes. The NCAA currently has three different divisions: Division I, Division II, and Division III. Each division has its own set of rules on what restrictions are placed. Division I is said to be the most competitive division where the top talent goes and where a lot of professional teams pull from. The NCAA is the main headline for all college sporting events and “runs the show” telling what people can, and cannot, do. The

How would you know what you are really good at if you don’t try everything? You would never know what you are really good at until you have tried everything. Although some people believe that limiting extracurricular activities will help you to stay on track, I think it is better if I decide how I want to spend my time because no one knows what I am really capable of better than myself and because some people are looking forward to getting athletic scholarships for college.

Lamar Jackson, John Elway, Julius Peppers, Tim Tebow, Herschel Walker, and Bo Jackson. What do all these guys have in common besides the fact that they were college football players? It’s simple, they never got paid. They’d go out and play football on Saturday for all of us to watch on ESPN, but they never got one dime from the television company or their colleges. All they received was a scholarship, but is the scholarship really worth enough anymore. This has split college athletes and colleges forever due to the impact of the value scholarships, the effect on little schools and the potential ways pay the athletes.

Jake martin was a student athlete in college. He are ready pay thousands of big bucks to get to college and his barely getting by.Jake play football and was getting a lot of hype!He needed money. He´s in magazines, jersey sales, commercials and etc and not getting an penny! Many athletes like Jake should get pay in college in these reasons.They should be paid to take care of expenses, because they worked hard on the court to earn the money and because the colleges are making a lot of money off of them.

Around eight million high school students participate in athletics within the United States, and more than 480,000 will progress to compete as NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) athletes during college. However, a study from ESPN found that male basketball and football players at a major university who were deemed criminal suspects were either not prosecuted, had charges dropped, or never faced charges at all– 56 percent of the time. These players were treated better than others and therefore have an advantage over them, thus is preferential treatment. Many coaches and athletic administrators believe that athletes are treated equally compared to their peers, but that is not true. Athletes receive preferential treatment by receiving higher grades in school along with

College is the most elite of all education, bringing together the most intelligent people to become the next generation of citizens. Out of all the people who go to College; athletes have worked the most to get there, countless vigorating hours of practice and dedication to a sport. Along with getting a scholarship to go to college, they should receive a check for playing for the college of choice. Though you may say that they get money in the scholarship what other money do they get to rent or buy other essentials.

Recently, the NCAA and CBS signed a $10.8 billion television agreement over 14 years (Hartnett). So why would it be a problem for student athletes to be paid? Most people that is close to the discussion believe student athletes should not be paid because they are not mature enough at the time and can be easily exploited by the people around them. “Should student athletes get paid?” has been a major topic of discussion, and with so many lives affected in the decision no decision has been made.

Being a native of West Virginia made last class really interesting. That is of course because, especially in southern West Virginia, WVU and Marshall are the equivalent of pro-teams to the fan bases. An Dr. NAMEHERE's lecture was almost exclusively about paying college athletes.

How the Universities can pay college athletes? It is a very complicated question. Athletes earn their schools hundreds of thousands of dollars, and increase the enrollment. Top NCAA executives are getting $1 million per year, for example Mike Kryzewski, Duke’s basketball men’s coach is making $7 million a year. There are a billion dollar television contracts for NCAA tournament s, while an athlete can't earn $50 from signing a few autographs. Still paying college athletes are not that easy and there is many problems needed to be addressed before example, where would the money come from? How could you pay college football or basketball players but not soccer players or members of the women's golf team? And how can anyone pay men in a way that

Finally, high school students that play sport are more involved in engagement to the community. “Notional Youth Survey of civil engagement show that sport participants, compared to those who do not participate in sport, are more likely to register to vote ( 66 percent versus 44 percent) (41 percent versus 27 percent)” (Ripley, 36). They also participate in more community service, and fundraise. For example, when something happen in the community they live they are the first to voluntary to help. When I was in high school the football team always sale tickets to raise money for help people in need. Young players are better able to gain emotional control, and all social skills that can contribute to a better community.

They are held to a higher academic standard, resulting in higher grades (Logos). In most cases, if a student does not meet the grade requirement, they are not allowed to participate. This motivates students do not care as much about academics to work harder and get better grades. Schools that have strong athletic programs also have higher test scores. Participating in sports can help students find a place where they fit in It has been proven that student athletes have higher self-esteem, which leads to higher academic achievement. Sports are a great way to burn off steam and relieve stress after a long day of school. Not to mention, involvement in sports is a great way to make long lasting friendships and it makes school more enjoyable. Athletes are more involved in school activities and in the community. This helps bring the community together. Sports enrich and contribute to education.