College Athletes Should Be Paid

Time and time again you hear the same things when discussing the importance of college athletes. They question often referred to is, should college athletes be paid to play their sport? Now me personally, I’m gonna have to agree and say that they should be paid for playing their sport. Vince Lombardi quoted and said, “The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.” Now there are hundreds of thousands of college athletes all over the world, and all of them do not make it professionally unfortunately. So for the ones who don’t, does that mean it was all for nothing? What about injury? Depending on the injury, players need medical treatment, and are sometimes
How do their hospital bills get paid? The argument can last a lifetime because they’re are valid reasons to both sides. Some say that they are already on full ride scholarships, but not all athletes are and for the ones that rent, its not fair to them. This may be one of those arguments that will go on for years to come. People often say that players play with more passion and energy in college because they’re not getting paid, but i completely disagree with that. With me being a college athlete, i feel like we play with more passion than professionals simply because we are trying to get to where the professionals are. If you are asking of my standpoint, I totally think college athletes should be paid if they are not on an athletic scholarship, or are on a partial scholarship because schools profit from sports teams, athletes are risking their bodies, and players gain financial awareness. But in this, I will give both the pros and the cons of paying college athletes. This way you get a little bit of knowledge on both