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whether college athletes should be compensated for their athletic participation at universities. Under current NCAA policy, college athletes are compensated via scholarships. Scholarships are payments that are placed towards a student’s education. These provide athlete’s food, board, and cover all education expenses. The NCAA provides approximately 1380,000 scholarships to Division I and II sports each year (US News).The majority of athletic scholarships must be renewed each year. In other words

grants because of their ability to be successful on the playing field. Thus, college athletes should not be paid because they are receiving a free education through scholarships and earning countless other benefits for being part of the university’s athletic program. For this informative essay a college athlete from Colorado State University was interviewed about weather or no he though college athletes should receive pay. For personal reasons he decide to remain anonymous. He first began by explaining

I think college athletes should get paid because many college athletes bring in a lot of money for their schools. Not to mention coaches already get paid millions of dollars in college sports. Being a college athlete is a full-time job and a big time commitment. Sometimes college college athletes put in 40 to 60 hours a week for practice, travel, and games. Not to mention they still have to complete their work and get good grades to stay eligible to play so they are left very tired. "The NCAA will

Competitors as of now have their educational costs paid for, also their food and housing. Most of their lives is paid for by the school but they do have a 3,000-5,000 dollar few at the end of every year that they owe the school. This implies those athletic divisions utilized the surplus cash earned by football and men 's basketball very wisely in order to keep a profit for the year. If athletes were to be paid how much would sports such as women’s water polo be paid or would this start controversy

franchise was valued at $1.4 billion and the average professional basketball franchise was valued at $1.1 billion so it’s no wonder why athletes can be paid such high sums of money.(Forbes.com) Besides professional sports American’s love college athletics, college football in particular. Drawing in an average of 44,997 fans per game

dedication in the field. Having a poor academic achievement, consuming drugs and steroids, and living with stress. First of all, college athletes are not getting paid for playing at universities. Many universities believe that students who receive athletic scholarships do not need any financial support because throughout these scholarships, students-athletes are able to receive the academic support programs they deserve as well as covering paid tuition. This benefit student athletes because they receive

The National Collegiate Athletic Association also known as the NCAA is one of the most popular Athletic Associations in the entire nation that regulates over 1,281 universities, conferences, and organizations. Some of the top conferences in the NCAA are the SEC, ACC, PAC 12, and Big Ten (Tomlinson,2010.) The NCAA is a non-profit association that brings in over 871.6 million dollars in revenue a year. The NCAA also awards 89 national championships a year in football, basketball, softball, gymnastics

In the recent past, college athletics has gained massive fame in the United States. The immense fame of the college athletics has developed over the past twenty years. The massive development and fame of the college athletics have resulted in improved incomes for the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA). Due to increased revenue received by the NCAA, the participates in athletics in the colleges has fuelled the argument of whether the college athletes need to be paid and rewarded more

amateurs therefore they should not be paid. This debate has been going on for many years and there has not been a consensus on what to do. College coaches receive sky high salaries while the booster clubs donate millions of dollars to the university 's athletic program, but those who are actually competing do not get paid. As a former athlete, I do not think college athletes should be paid. The NCAA recently ruled that athletes can receive more than just a full tuition scholarship, they can now also get

“The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), formed in 1905, set laws requiring college student-athletes to be amateurs in order to be eligible for intercollegiate athletics competition. According to the NCAA, requiring college student-athletes to be amateurs protects them from being exploited by professional and commercial enterprises” (Schneider). College sports is a business, and a booming one at that. With ticket sales, merchandise, and booster funding, universities can bring in huge