College Athletes Should Not Be Paid

Today’s people strive to join the ranks of the greatest who ever played a sport, and college is the beginning of that dream. Kids dream of making a huge living in sports in the college and professional level and it’s growing rapidly growing. At this level athletes put a lot of their time to spend hours every day practicing. Right now, a college athlete cannot be given money for their effort or marketed in a way that could profit the school or themselves. A growing debate centers on whether these athletes should be able to make money for all their hard work.
Every year, the NCAA and other universities earn millions of dollars from their athletes that everyone loves to watch. For example, the University of Southern California (USC) made a few
Whether its football, basketball, or hockey, college sports have brought in a ton of money to their own Universities, and they have been increasing the status of the College’s reputations. For example, “in a study conducted by the Orland Sentientnel, it was estimated that the University of Texas’ Athletic Program had the highest revenue of any other University at $120,288,370” (How Much Revenue). Somehow with all this money, no college athletes can legally be paid for their work. According to NCAA rules, “You are not eligible for participation in a sport if you have ever: Taken pay, or the promise of pay, for competing in that sport” (NCAA Regulations 1). Because of this law, college athletes are struggling with trying to pay off their college tuitions, but also some athletes are being paid under the table through black markets. Most of these athletes have no motivation to stay in college and finish their degrees, due to many cannot afford to pay for the expensive college experience. Many people argue that college athletes shouldn’t be paid because their just “amateurs” representing the school they go to, I argue that athletes should be paid because they put all their time and effort into their sport they don’t have a lot of time to go out and work a job while they are playing their
These athletes are putting in their time and sweat bringing in money to their University every day, but they aren’t paid for their time that they worked. These athletes are working at the top of their game for their schools and are doing services to the college that seem to be overlooked. A fair day of work, a fair day pay, this lack of pay isn’t seen anywhere else in the work place and shouldn’t be seen here. Some even say, “College athletes are being exploited by their schools, which make millions of dollars off of intercollegiate athletics” (Should Student-Athletes Get Paid?). Colleges are using these athletes to increase their reputations and bring in lots of money, while not paying their athletes for their work. Everywhere else athletes are paid, so why college athletes shouldn’t be paid too? Some critics may argue that these “student-athletes are amateurs, and if paid then become professional athletes.” This statement is invalid; however, as “amateur” is a very broad and debatable term. Hockey players apart of the AHL (Amateur Hockey League) are considered to be amateurs but are paid for their