College Athletes Many people disagree on the argument whether or not college athletes should receive compensation. For starters college athletes shouldn’t be paid because there are no other scholarships or college activities that offer compensation. College athletes are not professionals they’re still just amateurs competing against other amateurs. “The NCAA’s position is that they are amateurs, people who play for the love of the game, not for personal gain. The players’ first priority, the NCAA says, is receiving a good education” (“Compensation for College Athletes”1). If a student goes to college their main focus should be on educating themselves and in a way college athletics is their lesson preparing them to make money with that profession. College athletes should not gain monetary compensation because they already receive …show more content…
Only a select few student athletes are skilled and competitive enough to entertain a large audience of fans. Most people would rather spend their money watching professional athletes over amateurs. Most college athletes can’t afford to attend college so they should be grateful and gladly accept the benefits they are already rewarded. “Another major argument is that athletes do receive compensation for their work in the form of full scholarships worth up to $60,000 a year. Without this benefit, some athletes could not afford college. Leaving college without student loan debt relieves athletes of a major burden” ("Compensation for College Athletes" 2). People are acting like there and no other students in other programs that work just as hard as student athletes that don’t get paid. If you pay college athletes other school programs would start to cause problems and demand
In trying to decide what research topic I wanted to use, I took many ideas into thought. I decided that the one idea that interests me most is whether student athletes should be paid or not. This is very intriguing to me since my master’s program is sports management. In order to do this research there must be many ways to use research as well as ideas from other people. This project is a very big topic in today’s discussion amongst sport fans, college administrators, and student athletes themselves. Media has recently put more pressure on this topic as well with the Northwestern decision to unionize as well as pointing out an athletic director gaining an $18,000 supplement for a wrestler at their school winning a national
“The NCAA admits that a "full scholarship" does not cover the basic necessities for a student-athlete”(NCPA). In the playing of college athletics the NCAA bans the paying players for all college sports activities. In the past many colleges have gotten in trouble and have gone on probation for paying their players. College make a lot of money off of endorsements and the selling of merchandise. When a college sells a impactful players jersey or put their picture or name somewhere the college is making money off the jersey or picture and the player is making no money at all. When a college sells a impact players jersey or put their picture or name somewhere the college is making money off the jersey or picture and the player is making no money
Imagine being full-time student working a full-time job helping the company assembles millions of dollars, but not getting paid for the job. As a college athlete playing sports is a full-time job. The average D1 football player spends 43.3 hours per week on football (Michelle). Some NCAA tournaments require students to miss somewhat six classroom days. This paper is going to explain some reasons why college student athletes should be paid.
One of the most controversial subjects we as individuals hear about this day in age is whether or not college athletes deserve to be paid. Many people argue that these athletes do intact, deserve to be paid for their time and hard work. NCAA athletes create a name for themselves by playing and performing well on their college teams. The better these athletes perform, the more publicity the school revives. This then leads to higher ticket sales and stores around campus selling jerseys and other clothing items with athletes names and numbers on the back. NCAA schools have become comfortable with using athletes’ names to bring in a revenue for the school, and yet the athletes never see any of that money. On the other hand, many people believe that these athletes do not deserve, nor should they expect to receive payment in return. They believe that these scholarships and the education are payment in itself. Some even bring up the question on if it is affordable or even realistic to pay college athletes.
Imagine this you wake up at 7:45 am Monday morning so that you can make it to work (in this case practice) by 8:30 am you start your day with demanding labor. That ends around 1:30pm after you head to the weight room for an hour and a half to better yourself. You’ve trained your body now it is time to train your mind so you study for 2 hours. Your day began at 7:45 so you’re exhausted you decide to grab some dinner and go to bed. This is the routine college athletes go through every day and that is not accounting for their schooling. Let’s face it there is no time for work in that already packed schedule, so how do college athletes get money to survive. They can’t work, many come from rough backgrounds, and nobody cares, which is not acceptable when you look at the amount of money college athletes bring to their respective universities. Big time college athletes deserve to be paid in compensation for their time and abilities that they give to colleges. When you look at the capital that is generated from division 1 sports there is room to pay the athletes something to help them get through college.
College athletes being paid to play, good or bad? This would be for the athletes that are going to be competing at the Division 1 level. According to NCAA’s official website a study was done and the stats showed that the highest percent of all athletes that would play D1 was 12.3% which was for lacrosse. The highest percent that the students would go play at the highest level which is Division 1 is .7% which is for volleyball. This is a very small amount of student athletes that get to go n to the next level of play and maybe to the professional league. So it would make sense that the athletes that are able to play at the highest level should be paid to do whatever sport it is that they are playing. People argue that the D1 athletes kinda get paid by the full ride scholarships that they receive. Well the athletes who play in the pros make money so why shouldn’t the players who play at the highest level be paid in the lower bracket of competition.
Have you ever noticed how college athletes work their hearts out to play sports but do not get paid for what they do? In my opinion, that is just crazy. There is no way that I would do all of the hard work they put in and do not get any pay for return. They do get their college classes and materials paid for. That is a plus, but when they go out there and play sports for these schools, they are putting their bodies at risk because of all of the contact and rough housing they go through in each game that they play.
According to the NCAA regulations, a person is not eligible to participate in any sport if they take pay or promise of pay for competing. This does not only sound unjust, but is actually an extremely complex problem when it comes to college students. Compensation of college athletes is not only a necessity because of the competition level or
People are debating many controversial issues around the world today. One controversial issue is whether or not college athletes should be paid or not. Many argue college athletes should be paid although others argue why they should not be paid. Some people believe that a scholarship should be enough payment. A scholarship can be worth $15,000 - $25,000 or more per year, plus millions if the athlete goes on to play in professional leagues. Student athletes also receive all kinds of benefits while they are in college, like staying at fancy hotels, living in the best residence halls, being seen on national television, and all of the popularity that goes with being a star athlete. It’s hard to put a price tag on all of that. I believe student
Kids grow up loving to play sports in their free time. They never get paid to play when they are at a young age. They do it for the love of the game and for the need for competition. This is the way that it is in college right now. College athletes compete with all their hearts to be the best they can for their schools. They don’t get paid a cent. It has been a common debate if that is the right way to do it. Should it be that college athletes do not deserve to get paid for playing a sport? It should not be this way. College athletes certainly should get paid to play.
The argument that college athletes should be compensated is invalid in that colleges currently award their athletes through a variety of ways. In return for their athletic ability, colleges give full and partial scholarships to the student athletes. “Athletic scholarships enable many students to attend college who would otherwise be excluded by economic factors” (Gerstein 51). So, athletes who lack the competence to attend college would scrape by acceptance with their physical ability. And, athletes that would otherwise be unable to receive benefits would then be awarded with scholarships that very intelligent students would miss out on. Such an privilege should be taken seriously by any athlete no matter what the expense. Unfortunately, many still feel a sense of entitlement to money and perks while in college.
Both sides of this argument have a strong case for why student athletes should, or should not be compensated. The problem might not be what it looks like at first. The main problem is the amount being spent on college athletes and the rising tuition costs for these universities. Duke University 's golf team spent an estimated $20,405 per player (Branstetter). The amount of money being spent on one player on their golf team is represented in the insane amount of tuition which is 60,000 dollars a year at Duke. This is a huge reason as to why colleges are so eager to get a cut of a 60 billion dollar industry. The issue of paying student athletes is not so one sided as athletes work very hard between school and sports, or that
College athletes should not be paid. “ They argue that the main purpose of going to college is to get a education, not to make money” (“Should college”...1). College is not a job, it is a place to learn. Also many college athletes receive scholarships to attend that school. “The value of the scholarships athletes receive during four years of college can be well over $250,000” (Weiss et al.1). Therefore, athletes
Student athletes should be compensated for their work, as they are the sole reason for the Athletic Program’s success. These athletes are working hard and risking their health to bring money to the University every day, yet are not rewarded with any monetary compensation. These athletes are working for the schools and are doing a service to the college that seems to go unnoticed. This lack of pay is not seen anywhere else in the work place and should not be seen here either. Everywhere else athletes are paid, so why shouldn’t college athletes too? Some critics may argue that these student-athletes are amateurs, and if paid then are becoming professional athletes. This statement could be made true if it weren’t for the fact that these college athletes are risking their futures for the benefit of the colleges. Defining College athletes as amateurs creates another problem in addition to not being paid by the university: athletes can’t promote themselves. The NCAA states “student-athletes shall be amateurs…and should be protected from exploitation by professional and commercial enterprises” (NCAA). However, with this statement it seems that colleges and universities are the people that exploit them. The NCAA has rules that “Student- Athletes can make up to $2000 in a given school year” (Bedinger). This would hardly cover educational costs, especially if not on scholarship. Also with all the time practicing and working in the classroom, how many athletes have time to
To begin with, people bring up the idea of student athletes not getting any sort of compensation. People believe that with the scholarships they get, that is more than enough compensation for the student athletes. In the huffington post article by Lesley Ryder “Don’t Pay College Athletes” Ryder wrote a great article on college athletes not getting paid. Ryder who used to play college ice hockey at Hamilton College had some valid points. Ryder mentioned that if student athletes would to get