College athletes get scholarships from colleges to play sports. The athletes put in a lot of time and energy to play on a college level team. Weather they should be paid or not is the question. Pro athletes get money to play sports, so why shouldn’t the college athletes. A lot of college athletes get hurt playing sports which end up hurting their chances of going pro. The controversial topic of paying student athletes has been brought up many times by both the schools and students. The corporate sponsors, broadcasters, and even the NCAA are the ones that get all of the benefits of these kids playing their hearts out. During the NCCA basketball tournament the major broadcasting stations make more than one billion of these games. They can charge
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This leaves the student with less or no college loans. The athletes can get text books paid for, money for on or off campus living, and meal plans. That is quite a bit of money that they don’t have to spend. Not all the athletes would get paid the same. It really doesn’t seem fair that some students would get paid more for a sport that is on television, but is the same level of athlete. The women’s sports do not attract as much attention as male sports do. Kieran McCauley said in College athletes shouldn’t be paid, “The NCAA reported that 28.3 million viewers watched the 2015 NCAA Men’s Division I National Championship between Wisconsin and Duke. They also reported there were 3.1 million viewers for the 2015 NCAA Women’s Division I National Championship between Notre Dame and UConn.” Would that mean that you should pay the women less? This would bring problems because the women would feel mistreated even though they do not bring in as much money as male sports do. If the college players got paid it would make professional sports not as big of a deal because they are already getting paid. Students would care less about their education because they are already making money playing sports and may think that they don’t need to go to class. A lot of people watch college sports because to these kids it is not about the money, but more for the love of the game. The competition is better because it is …show more content…
They would have to perform athletically and academically to the school’s expectations. The students would have consequences if they didn’t abide by the rules of the contract. The colleges would have to pay the students by the revenue of the sports and the skill of the athlete. The contracts would have to state that they can terminate them if they do anything that would be stated as grounds for termination. They could use contracts anywhere from one to four years. They would have to be open for negotiation if the student wants to go to the next level or if the student is not performing as well. If they would pay the athletes the college should be responsible for financially advising them. This would help fix the problems that could arise with all the money the students are
This leaves the student with less or no college loans. The athletes can get text books paid for, money for on or off campus living, and meal plans. That is quite a bit of money that they don’t have to spend. Not all the athletes would get paid the same. It really doesn’t seem fair that some students would get paid more for a sport that is on television, but is the same level of athlete. The women’s sports do not attract as much attention as male sports do. Kieran McCauley said in College athletes shouldn’t be paid, “The NCAA reported that 28.3 million viewers watched the 2015 NCAA Men’s Division I National Championship between Wisconsin and Duke. They also reported there were 3.1 million viewers for the 2015 NCAA Women’s Division I National Championship between Notre Dame and UConn.” Would that mean that you should pay the women less? This would bring problems because the women would feel mistreated even though they do not bring in as much money as male sports do. If the college players got paid it would make professional sports not as big of a deal because they are already getting paid. Students would care less about their education because they are already making money playing sports and may think that they don’t need to go to class. A lot of people watch college sports because to these kids it is not about the money, but more for the love of the game. The competition is better because it is …show more content…
They would have to perform athletically and academically to the school’s expectations. The students would have consequences if they didn’t abide by the rules of the contract. The colleges would have to pay the students by the revenue of the sports and the skill of the athlete. The contracts would have to state that they can terminate them if they do anything that would be stated as grounds for termination. They could use contracts anywhere from one to four years. They would have to be open for negotiation if the student wants to go to the next level or if the student is not performing as well. If they would pay the athletes the college should be responsible for financially advising them. This would help fix the problems that could arise with all the money the students are