College Athletes Should Not Get Paid
College athletes should not get paid. You might think I’m crazy or selfish, but I am neither. College Athletes get so many great benefits until they really do not need a pay check. Most college athletes receive scholarships. Even more many college athletes receive “full ride scholarships.”
According to www.bigfuture.collegeboard.org Division I is the biggest and most competitive NCAA division. Colleges that compete in Division I must offer scholarships — many of them full — to their student-athletes. According to www.ncaa.com more than 150,000 student-athletes receive $2.7 billion in athletic scholarships each year from NCAA member colleges and universities. “Full ride” means the athletes get full scholarships which include, fantastic …show more content…
That’s the greatest incentive to a high school athlete. Once in college, they work around the clock to improve their skills in hopes of making it to the pros. That should be the greatest incentive for college athletes. If they were to get paid in college that might alter their motivations for going to college. The most important goal in college is to get an education in a chosen field and to establish a long term career. Athletes can not play professional sports forever. A lot of people like to argue that the university receives so much money from the athletic department that the players are entitled to some of that money. According to www.usatoday.com last year the University of Alabama football brought in a total revenue of $143,776,550. Now if you take this number and subtract the amount of a full scholarship for 50 players, it is easy to see that most of the money does go to the players. According to www.bbstate.com last year The University of Kentucky made
$86,570,576 just in men’s basketball. The money colleges make from sports does not sit idle in a bank account. The money gives them the opportunity to give out more scholarships, upgrade training facilities, acquire medical equipment, team supplies …show more content…
The NCAA has put millions into a fund for student athletes who are in need. The fund covers clothing purchases, emergency travel, and medical expenses. If the NCAA were to put more money into that fund and make it more accessible to athletes for their daily expenses, it would be a great help. Like Wilbon, I also agree that scholarship athletes should be allowed to use their likeness, name, and such to earn money. Even when an athlete is punished, for violating the rule, they usually don’t receive a great degree of punishment. Unlike Wilbon, I do believe there should be a limit on the number of deals and amount of money they can earn. There would have to be some kind of regulations put in place.
Molly Block, an opinion columnist with The University Star, makes many valid points in her opinion piece “College athletes should not receive payment for playing.” Many athletes seem to think they should be paid. They argue that they dedicate so much time to practice that they do not have time for a part-time job. So what if they are broke. Most college students are broke. Unlike the scholarship athletes, these poor students work just to pay for tuition, food, and
According to www.bigfuture.collegeboard.org Division I is the biggest and most competitive NCAA division. Colleges that compete in Division I must offer scholarships — many of them full — to their student-athletes. According to www.ncaa.com more than 150,000 student-athletes receive $2.7 billion in athletic scholarships each year from NCAA member colleges and universities. “Full ride” means the athletes get full scholarships which include, fantastic …show more content…
That’s the greatest incentive to a high school athlete. Once in college, they work around the clock to improve their skills in hopes of making it to the pros. That should be the greatest incentive for college athletes. If they were to get paid in college that might alter their motivations for going to college. The most important goal in college is to get an education in a chosen field and to establish a long term career. Athletes can not play professional sports forever. A lot of people like to argue that the university receives so much money from the athletic department that the players are entitled to some of that money. According to www.usatoday.com last year the University of Alabama football brought in a total revenue of $143,776,550. Now if you take this number and subtract the amount of a full scholarship for 50 players, it is easy to see that most of the money does go to the players. According to www.bbstate.com last year The University of Kentucky made
$86,570,576 just in men’s basketball. The money colleges make from sports does not sit idle in a bank account. The money gives them the opportunity to give out more scholarships, upgrade training facilities, acquire medical equipment, team supplies …show more content…
The NCAA has put millions into a fund for student athletes who are in need. The fund covers clothing purchases, emergency travel, and medical expenses. If the NCAA were to put more money into that fund and make it more accessible to athletes for their daily expenses, it would be a great help. Like Wilbon, I also agree that scholarship athletes should be allowed to use their likeness, name, and such to earn money. Even when an athlete is punished, for violating the rule, they usually don’t receive a great degree of punishment. Unlike Wilbon, I do believe there should be a limit on the number of deals and amount of money they can earn. There would have to be some kind of regulations put in place.
Molly Block, an opinion columnist with The University Star, makes many valid points in her opinion piece “College athletes should not receive payment for playing.” Many athletes seem to think they should be paid. They argue that they dedicate so much time to practice that they do not have time for a part-time job. So what if they are broke. Most college students are broke. Unlike the scholarship athletes, these poor students work just to pay for tuition, food, and