Summary: Should Student Athletes Be Paid

Joe Johnson attends the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA). He is a straight A student and dedicated football player who earned a scholarship because of those virtues. Last year, he averaged 171 passing yards, 42 touchdowns, and helped his team win the championship game. If asked, his teachers and coach will have nothing but great things to say. After practice, Joe goes home to a two bedroom apartment where he lives with his single mother and two younger brothers. Hungry from practice, he sits down to eat the meals that his mother so lovingly prepares for her children but struggles to make because of the lack of income. College athletes like Joe should be compensated because legally college players cannot make money from their

There are also many stories of kids who go to school for free, but can not afford a new pair of dress shoes because they have no extra spending money. This is not just one player either, Kareem Abdul - Jabar, Richard Sherman, Michael Bennet, AJ McCarron, and many others also speak out about how they had a tough time getting enough money to buy a snack. Basically, a scholarship gives you the basic education but nothing else. “The point of this is that a scholarship does not equal cash in a player’s pocket,”

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

The argument of whether or not the NCAA should pay its athletes has been debated for around 8 years now, and right when it seems like there may be a breakthrough another reason comes up for the issue to be put on hold. College athletic programs are multimillion dollar programs and the athletes who make this revenue possible are getting the bare minimum to make it by in these college programs. Last year the Texas A&M athletic program was at the top of the NCAA revenue list bringing in $192,608,876. A third of that revenue comes from ticket sales alone, which leaves the rest to television rights, licensing and other donations. In the NCAA there are 26 colleges which are bringing in over 100 million dollars in NCAA revenue (USA Today 1). But still, Horace claims that “there is a misconception that athletic programs in general are profitable and are making hand-over fist. While truly most operate at a cost to the institution”.

In this society, many people get paid for services rendered who normally would not receive pay. One of the great debates has been whether or not college athletes should be paid. Some feel college athletes should be paid and others believe they should not. College athletes should not be compensated because many athletes already receive scholarships to attend college; they receive goods and services that money would otherwise purchase, and non-athletes who are learning professions at the same university are not paid.

In other words not all of the colleges and universities earn the same amount of money from college sports during a season, because as an example there are universities such as Kentucky, Duke, Syracuse, Notre Dame and Yale that have a strong athletic program, and therefore they classify every single year to the national championship of college football or college basketball. As there are strong athletic programs, there are also weak athletic programs that might not be able to be self-sufficient or that might not have the potential to win a national championship. To continue, If college athletes would earn a payment some of the

If a college athlete is injured during a game and is done for the remaining of the season, they do not know for sure if their scholarship will be kept until the next year coaches or universities may take it back. So if that student athlete comes back the following year as a walk on and makes the team again, they would have no time to pick up a job or anything because they are still full time students, and full time athletes.So it is like they are already working a job, they plan out their schedules everyday, this is preparing them for life if they make it to a professional league, paying will add on to their internship. Teaching them responsibility and financial budgeting. Critics argue it is the responsibility of the parents or guardians to provide for the basic needs of the student athlete (youniversitytv.com, 2014). Many student athletes are in great need of the full scholarship because of the economic status of their family and the dream painted by college recruiters is the hope students and their families are relying on

In the article “student athletes should be paid,” she notices with all the money that comes in, none of the athletes receive any payment. Over the years it seems like this issue has occurred numerous times, but it seems like the NCAA industry always throws this situation under the bus. In her article she says, “Examples that come to mind are Stanford, who provided an “easy class” list for athletes, and UNC, subject of 18 years of academic fraud that had athletes taking fake classes to boost their GPA’s” (Deutsch, 2016). She explains that the colleges supported students by giving them a poor education by giving them easy classes. Now we are aware that a big D1 college that are popular in the sports and media industries brings them a lot of money,

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 playing sports. Another argument is that if student-athletes were to get paid then it would ruin the amateurism of college sports. People who are against paying the athletes do not want to see the young people become focused on money. “Paying student-athletes

What has become a reoccurring topic of debate within sports, is whether or not college athletes should be paid. When referring to college athletes the main focus is on basketball and football athletes. The sports of both basketball and football in the NCAA generate the most revenue amongst all other college sports. The combined profit of these two sports go through a trickling down process, in which the income is distributed amongst the other sports teams of the university. The ideal thing to expect is to pay all college athletes, the reality is that only football and basketball players will be paid.

People think that these athletes should not be paid and should only receive scholarships. If you really think about it though, giving a student a scholarship is paying them. The university is giving the athlete a portion or the whole price of tuition just to attend and play for them. That is paying the athlete because the athlete doesn’t have to pay for school whereas some who just chooses to go there and pay. The athlete has earned their spot by working hard and the university is rewarding them by paying for there

College-athletes, especially from D1 universities, are there to help their school make money. A huge part of a school’s profit is coming from the athletic department and they are even saving money too. Athletic departments are considered part of the educational system and do not have to pay taxes on sponsors, tv broadcasting, and season tickets (Eitzen). For example, March Madness is a huge event that is televised every year; some teams have even created their own broadcasting systems. Universities and coaches are bringing in enough money that the athletes could receive some pay as well.

Athletes spend countless hours practicing and perfecting their crafts to be able to entertain the public, all while making money for the NCAA, school, and the town that they are located in. The reason that seems to keep people from thinking college athletes should get paid is the question, “where would the money come from?” While some people will say this is a simple answer, that it would come form the schools themselves, such as, Auburn which made $124,657,247 total revenue off of athletics alone last year, other people will argue that for other schools that are not SEC or D1 and not generating as much money it is harder and almost impossible for them to be able to pay their athletes.

One other argument that paying college athletes should be done is that because of the large profits that they generate, they should see some of the money. To give an idea of just how much the NCAA alone makes, “The NCAA had $60,908,876 in net assets for the year ending Aug. 31, 2013, bringing its total net assets of $627,325,275. It distributed nearly $504 million to Division I members” (Doyle). Later, I will discuss individual programs and how much individual schools can make in a year off

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.