Pay to Play
Pay to Play
For a while now there has been a heated debate on whether to play college athletes or not. Some people believe that a scholarship should be enough. A thing to point out, a scholarship can be easily worth 15,000 to 25,000 dollars or more per year depending on what school he goes to or how many years he decides to stay in school. Additionally students receive all kinds of perks while they are in college, being the big man on-campus for some people, the ladies, staying at fancy hotels, being seen on national tv, lots more. Its hard to put a price tag on all of that. However, considering the fact that certain college sports generate millions for college athletic programs, many people believe the athletes are being used. If the average football, basketball, etc. scholarship is worth around roughly 20,000 dollars per year, yet the university gains 70,000 dollars per year in revenue per scholarship player. That is an estimated of nearly 50,000 dollars the university will profit per year, ok it's only 50 thousand. If the scholarship athlete stays 4 years in school, that is 200,000 dollars over a four year period. Wow. To put things is perspective, that is the average price for a median size home in Austin, Texas. It is very difficult to put an exact numeric value on how much an athlete is worth to a college. Another example, a star quarterback will not only help sell tickets but will bring in plenty of merchandise memorabilia sales as well and perhaps a new STADIUM that is worth millions. Robert Griffin III won the heisman a few years ago, he went to the University of Baylor, he won so many games, sold an extraordinaire amount of his memorabilia that the school is now able to have a football stadium that is
For a while now there has been a heated debate on whether to play college athletes or not. Some people believe that a scholarship should be enough. A thing to point out, a scholarship can be easily worth 15,000 to 25,000 dollars or more per year depending on what school he goes to or how many years he decides to stay in school. Additionally students receive all kinds of perks while they are in college, being the big man on-campus for some people, the ladies, staying at fancy hotels, being seen on national tv, lots more. Its hard to put a price tag on all of that. However, considering the fact that certain college sports generate millions for college athletic programs, many people believe the athletes are being used. If the average football, basketball, etc. scholarship is worth around roughly 20,000 dollars per year, yet the university gains 70,000 dollars per year in revenue per scholarship player. That is an estimated of nearly 50,000 dollars the university will profit per year, ok it's only 50 thousand. If the scholarship athlete stays 4 years in school, that is 200,000 dollars over a four year period. Wow. To put things is perspective, that is the average price for a median size home in Austin, Texas. It is very difficult to put an exact numeric value on how much an athlete is worth to a college. Another example, a star quarterback will not only help sell tickets but will bring in plenty of merchandise memorabilia sales as well and perhaps a new STADIUM that is worth millions. Robert Griffin III won the heisman a few years ago, he went to the University of Baylor, he won so many games, sold an extraordinaire amount of his memorabilia that the school is now able to have a football stadium that is