Paying College Athletes

College scholarships, the attraction of every devoted sports player out there. Earning scholarships brings players together not only to step up their game, but to be enthusiastic about exceeding their academic goals. Colleges put down an amount of money to attract top athletes from high schools all over their state. Athletic meaning all sports, like golf, fencing, and water polo. Tons of schools and families support the aid colleges grant in their athletic scholarship programs, while others are against it, saying that it has too few people who are accepted and that it takes away money that everyone else has to pay for their classes. They don’t realize that players will be encouraged to do great academically, so that they may do great

The ugly truth behind the money machine that is college sports is that, every year, college athletes are deceived by the institutions the compete for into making them millions of dollars, with relatively little in return. Athletes are said to be given a chance to attend college and to attain a free college degree. However, research has shown that this is not completely true for two reasons. For one, the student athlete will spend most of their time in preparation for competition. Secondly, what education the student athlete does receive hardly serves them outside of maintaining eligibility just so

In Joe Nocera’s article, “Let’s Start Paying College Athletes”, he argues that college athletes should be paid for playing sports. Nocera begins his article by providing an example of how some athletes will receive money that is perfectly fine while other athletes cannot accept any money or else that player will be in violation of NCAA rules. It’s evident that there are large amounts of money involved in the college sports. Top college coaches can make as much or more than professional coaches. Together with men’s basketball, College football have become huge commercial enterprises generating huge amounts of annual revenue (Nocera, 2011).

Some may say that paying college athletes is a poor idea considering they have the reputation for being cheaters or only interested in what they want. “...The argument against allowing pay to student athletes arises mainly from greed and self-interest” (Text 1 lines 41-42). Regardless this is not always the case as some students need money and that the greedy ones are actually the coaches. Scholarships can be taken away, forcing students to look for jobs and struggle to find a balance between school and work. Last, The NCAA has an awful reputation for going against the law and not giving financial assistance to students for impractical reasons. It should be noted that by these reasons athletes should be paid for their participation in sports.

Even though college athletes bring in a very good amount of money every year, there would be no reason to pay them because they are already receiving assistance that most students at the university have to pay for. Kieran McCauley argues that “Athletes don’t have to worry about student loans, textbooks, on-campus living, and meal plans” (McCauley). Kieran is arguing that the athletes do not have to agonize about expenses that the other students are having to pay for. One of the biggest predicament students face going to college is affording the student loans. Yet, college athletes catch a tremendous break by getting some of these benefits for free.

Student-athletes have highly active training schedules and therefore have no time to get a job and support themselves with a steady income. “While regular students are able to have part-time jobs to help fend for their expenses in school, college players do not get to have this kind of luxury” (Green

Also, the NCAA is a 11.5 billion dollar industry. College athletes deserve some of that. I do think college athletes should be paid, but one thing that questions me is, they already are getting their college paid for or partly paid for, which is basically their payment, but I think they deserve just a little payment for playing and representing their team, sport, and college would make a difference in their upcoming lives.

It's very clear that college is very expensive, many families do have trouble paying for college, but there's always a solution to this. There are many reasons on how you can pay for college like, loans, grants etc. Yet, there are still more solutions to pay for college, scholarships. Here are some important statistics involving scholarships, there are 12:1 odds to earn a scholarship, you also could earn $19,557 on average, per year, earning scholarships. Working hard for your money to earn a scholarship if better than getting paid ‘freely.’ I strongly disagree with paying college athletes for various reasons, you can work harder to earn a scholarship, if you have a “poorer,” family there is still alternative solutions. There is many ways to

The ugly truth behind the money machine that is college sports is that, every year, college athletes are deceived by the institutions the compete for into making them millions of dollars, with relatively little in return. Athletes are said to be given a chance to attend college and to attain a free college degree. However, research has shown that this is not completely true for two reasons. For one, the student athlete will spend most of their time in preparation for competition. Secondly, what education the student athlete does receive hardly serves them outside of maintaining eligibility just so

This couldn’t be further from the truth in many cases. One thing everyone must remember is that nothing in life is absolutely free. Even the athletes who do receive full rides still have to pay anywhere from $3000-$5000 per year for expenses (O’Shaughnessy, Lynn). Full rides aren’t given out like lollypops, only a percentage of division 1 athletes receive one. The only division one sports that have the ability to offer full rides are: football, men and women's basketball, and women's gymnastics, volleyball, and tennis. A shocking and more surprisingly fact is that in these Division I sports, athletes receive a full ride or no money at all. Schools are only allowed so many scholarships. This means not all the athletes get a scholarship, much less a full ride, and they sacrifice time that could be used for school, on the their given sport and still have to pay tuition. On average a division 1 athlete will receive $13,821 for men and 14,660 for women (O’Shaughnessy, Lynn). These values are much lower than the cost for any division one school’s tuition. It is clear to see that by no means all division 1 athletes receive a free education. But let’s take a look at the education they receive. An athlete’s education is greatly stunted by sports. Most people did some extracurricular after school in high school, imagine how it affected your studies

Scholarships are just not enough sometimes. “Scholarships do not cover all expenses and athletes do not have time to work to pay off their growing debt” (Griffin 18). Scholarships do not cover everything that there is to buy in college. Full scholarships cover tuition and fees, rooms, board and course-related book, but most student athletes only receive a portion of these costs. Many of the football players can not even afford for their parents to come to the stadium and watch the games. For example, in 2010, “Duke basketball players were valued at $1,025,656 while [the players were] living just $732 above the poverty line and a scholarship shortfall of $1,995” (The Price of Poverty in Big Time College Sports). With all of the publicity athletes get, it goes unnoticed that many of the players live near the poverty line. So boosters that represent schools offer the players anything they want, like money and cars in return get to go their appropriate university. An example of this would be that of Reggie Bush, the running back for the University of South Carolina from 2003-2005. He was paid by boosters to attend USC which violated the NCAA rules. The NCAA rule states that, “You are not eligible in a sport if you ever have accepted money, transportation, or other benefits from an agent.” (NCAA Regulations 1). Bush was criticized by everyone when the violation came out, for his

Over the recent decades, school games have picked up tremendous popularity over the United States. Whether it be football, ball, or hockey, since the time that the turn of the century, intercollegiate games have accumulated a surplus of income to their individual Colleges, and also expanding the notoriety of the School 's notoriety. For instance, in a study directed by the Orland Sentiental, it was evaluated that the College of Texas ' Sports System had the most astounding income of some other College at $120,288,370 (Robbins, Josh). Yet with this expansive whole of cash, no school competitors are lawfully made up for their work. As indicated by NCAA standards, "You are not qualified for support in a game on the off chance that you have ever. Taken pay, or the guarantee of pay, for contending in that game" (NCAA Regulations 1). Because of this law, not just are school competitors experiencing issues in paying off their school educational cost, additionally numerous players are generally paid under the table through underground markets. These novice competitors have no impetus to stay in school and completion their individual degrees, as numerous can 't bear to pay for the undeniably costly school experience. While numerous contend that school competitors shouldn 't be paid as they are simply novices speaking to their schools, I contend that players must be paid to spare the authenticity

Collegiate athletics have gained immense popularity among the public over the past twenty years. As a result, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and contributing educational institutions benefit from increased income, which has ignited the debate of whether college athletes should receive some sort of financial compensation outside of their athletic scholarships. Institutions depend on athletes to generate income and school reputation; therefore, several people consider a payment as necessary. However, the majority of athletes receive various benefits aside from their full-ride scholarships, which include gifts from sponsors, academic support, and enhanced professional opportunities. The debate continues to escalate with

But student athletes are taken to strip clubs by hostesses and to parties where drugs and alcohol are available. (College Recruiting: Are Student Athletes Being Protcted.”) That seems like a very unethical system to sway players towards your school. Young student athletes that are 18 and 19 years old are being pressured by recruiters to attend a certain school with promises of playing time and popularity, what would happen when you throw money into the mix?

          Imagine this; Mr. Perfect, a highly successful college football student-athlete, is shattering every record once held in the sport. He is on the cover of ESPN and SI magazine. His face is plastered on televisions nationwide. Everyone knows his face and name. He has all the fame that he dreamed of, but he has no money. NCAA rules state that no student-athlete can obtain a job. His full ride scholarship, after classes and books, barely leaves him with money to take care of necessities. An alumna of the school and huge fan helps him out and gives him $500 as a gift. The NCAA finds out and Bam! The school is hit with fines and can’t compete in any bowl games for two years, so