Why College Student Athletes Should Be Paid

Rebecca Lobo once said“Athletes who take to the classroom naturally or are encouraged to focus on grades should be able to do well in the classroom. I believe the reason you go to college is to get your degree. It's not a minor league or an audition for the pros.” many athletes should read these and apply it to their life because college isn't about trying to play in the pros if you're an athlete sure you can have a dream, but you need to also get a degree that should be the main focus not getting a tryout or an audition for the pros. Every year around one hundred seventy-seven thousand athletic scholarships is given out to those that stood out in their sport, whether it was basketball, football, or even baseball. The kids receiving these scholarships are given a free

People claim that if these students have to work on their game all the time, then they deserve a reward. On average, college students spend 10 hours a week in class and 4 hours of studying for each class, so that means students spend 90 hours a week between class and sports(“Top 10 Reasons College Athletes Should Be Paid.”). If these kids work so much and take so much time to focus on their game, how are they going to finish their homework and study for tests. But that is what these kids signed up for when they committed themselves to a college to play a sport. During interviews when deciding to go to that college, coaches tell you that you will be doing that sport day in and day out and there will be little time for extracurricular activities.

College Athletes should not be paid to play because the scholarship they are receiving is enough. (Dayton Daily News) College Athletes are not professional this is not their career .(Dayton Daily News) The statements are all very true but the college athletes are practicing the same amount of time as the professionals but they aren't getting paid anything for their hard work and dedication. College Athletes are the main ones that are on a trip out of town for tournaments, ect. So that means that they need traveling,eating,and extra expenses for their journey

Being an athlete is hard enough but when you add the “student” it gets twice as difficult that’s why they need extra money so they don’t need a separate job and have more time for school.

One of the biggest controversial topics of modern day collegiate sports is deciding whether or not college student athletes should get paid. College athletes deserve to be paid due to the fact that they work all summer to get ready for the season. So, they have little to no free time to find a way to make money. The players are the main source of income for most NCAA schools. So it’s about time they get something in return for their hard work.

Collegiate sports have turned into a billion dollar industry and are probably just as popular, if not more popular than professional sports. College athletes put their bodies on the line to play a sport they love, many with hopes and dreams to one day make it to the professional leagues. Athletic facilities are the major money makers for all universities. Colleges bring in billions of dollars in revenue annually, yet athletes do not get paid. Some fans believe athletes should not get paid due to their sports level being “amateurish.”; however, this is far from the truth. There is much more to being a college athlete than just practicing and playing games. These student-athletes must practice, weight lift, go to meetings, travel, go to tutoring and study groups, all the while maintaining sufficient grades. This is very tedious work and is very time consuming. College athletes have a high standard to live up to (Frederick Web; Huma Web; Patterson Web ).

college athlete is almost like having a real job. A lot of time and effort goes into everything that

The student athletes at most universities can be compared to employees, yet receiving no wages (Cooper 12). Along with time in the classroom and being a full-time student, athletes are expected to spend just as much time on their respective sport. In an article “Top 10 Reasons College Athletes Should Be Paid,” Dave Anderson explains that a college athlete spends just over 43 hours a week devoted to their sport. Those hours are spent with mandatory lifting workouts, conditioning workouts, watching film, position meetings, and practice. As I stated earlier, all this time that is spent on their sport is in addition to the time spent in the classroom with homework and studying. All of that added up well surpasses the time of the average work week at 40 hours and these athletes can quite honestly be looked at as workers for their universities.

College students have plenty to deal with just schoolwork. On top of being college students, athletes have to practice constantly. Athletes have practice schedules that resemble a full-time job on top of schoolwork. Text 2 states, “...top men’s basketball and football players spend 40 hours per week on their sports, easily” (line 10). These athletes work very hard, and should receive a reward.

As you can see, athletes are more worried about their sport than school, and they spend way more time on sports than school in a week. In the Time Cover Story: It’s time to pay College Athletes, Richard Samuel said he was an “athlete-student” not a “student-athlete”(Samuel3). This proves that athletes spend way more time on sports than they do on school. For college athletes sports are the main reason why they are going to school, and they are usually hoping to go pro. Which mean they will want to spend more time on their sport than school.

College athletes have a very busy schedule 24/7, they wake up and workout then go to school all day then in the afternoon they have practice until very late hours of the night and have to wake up and redo it all over again the next day. These guys spend so much time doing sports and school they don’t have enough time to get a job to buy food or other things that they

Every year, millions of people sit down and watch college athletes play the sport they love. These players are some of the best in the nation, and even the world. They do their jobs on the court or field, while their schools rack up the money. These players practice almost two times every day, go to class, and at the end of the day still have homework. An average student athlete spends about forty hours a week on athletics (Jacobs).

A. On average, College Athletes spend at least 30 hours a week practicing, with many spending more than 40 hours a week at practice alone. Although, the NCAA is supposed to have a rule that limits practice to 20 hours a week in-season, many athletes have reported that it isn’t enforced.

(Attention Getter) What if I told you that for decades, students have worked over 40 hours a week and received absolutely no pay. College athletes are expected to balance the immense workload of school work and represent their school well in athletics.

Many people believe that college athletes should be paid for how much revenue they bring to their school. However, there are also people who think they should not get paid because they already have numerous advantages that other students do not have. Student-athletes at the Division 1 level that play men's basketball and football should not necessarily be paid a salary but should be able to make money off of their accomplishments, especially if we hold them on a high pedestal as we do now.