College Athletes Should Not Be Paid
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“There are approximately 176,000” (NCAA) student athletes currently playing sports in college. If you ask people whether College athletes should be paid, most would say yes, but most people don’t realize the factors that go into that decision. With that being said college athletes should not be paid because they receive more benefits than other people on campus by receiving free things like education, clothing/accessories, and the cost for the staff and for transportation. Not only that, but they also have to pay the coaches and everyone who contributes to the program. Overall there are many things that have to go into making sure programs stay up and running. Due to that, they should not be paid. In college sports there are many things that have to be taken into account when asking if a college athlete should be paid. One reason why that is, the university also gifts them …show more content…
When playing in a college sport, the team usually travels to another state to play. Taking that into account the university has to pay for flights because they can’t take busses everywhere, and even if they did they would have to pay a hefty amount of money. For example the University of Minnesota’s cost for travel last year costed 2.9 million dollars (charter flights for college) and that is not including maintenance and fuel. Now let’s take into consideration the staff pay, the staff has to be paid a reasonable amount to be able to provide for their families. The average major college program head coach makes 1.64 million a year (D1 coach earnings per year).Keep in mind that all these fees have to be paid by the university and partially by the NCAA. If the NCAA were to add college players to the conversation of getting paid it would put the university in great debt due to the many players that participate in
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“There are approximately 176,000” (NCAA) student athletes currently playing sports in college. If you ask people whether College athletes should be paid, most would say yes, but most people don’t realize the factors that go into that decision. With that being said college athletes should not be paid because they receive more benefits than other people on campus by receiving free things like education, clothing/accessories, and the cost for the staff and for transportation. Not only that, but they also have to pay the coaches and everyone who contributes to the program. Overall there are many things that have to go into making sure programs stay up and running. Due to that, they should not be paid. In college sports there are many things that have to be taken into account when asking if a college athlete should be paid. One reason why that is, the university also gifts them …show more content…
When playing in a college sport, the team usually travels to another state to play. Taking that into account the university has to pay for flights because they can’t take busses everywhere, and even if they did they would have to pay a hefty amount of money. For example the University of Minnesota’s cost for travel last year costed 2.9 million dollars (charter flights for college) and that is not including maintenance and fuel. Now let’s take into consideration the staff pay, the staff has to be paid a reasonable amount to be able to provide for their families. The average major college program head coach makes 1.64 million a year (D1 coach earnings per year).Keep in mind that all these fees have to be paid by the university and partially by the NCAA. If the NCAA were to add college players to the conversation of getting paid it would put the university in great debt due to the many players that participate in