Money gives food, money gives water, money gives life, but money is not given to collegiate football athletes. The National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA, made a billion dollars on the games during March Madness and even after the nets were cut and a champion was crowned not a single player was give any money. Collegiate football players, or any collegiate player for that matter, should be paid for each game based on how hard they work and how dedicated they are to their sport. The athletes are the basis and the main reason the NCAA makes their millions. In addition, it can give these athletes a financial education and better prepare them for their future. Money is the reason people thrive.…
Have you ever been walking and you hear in the he say she say around the hallways and they cause a fight or a controversy. Well I have and I think it needs to be put to a stop…
"Should College Athletes Get Paid To Play" Forget about the game-winning touchdown, forget about the cheerleader girlfriend, and forget the pageantry. What about the hard earned money college athletes will never see and earned? In the world of college sports its win or go home, and to the winners go the spoils. Most successful college sports teams rake in millions of dollars in revenue. Steve Spurrier, the coach for the Florida Gators signed a six year contract where he would make a little over 2.5 million dollars a year not including certain benefits like a free car for his wife. So with the institutions and coaches getting rich off their player who is to say that the player does not deserve a share of the wealth? Most college athletes get around 200-250 dollars a month for living expenses and spending money, this is very small compared to the student who has time to work. Some people say that athletes get paid by having a scholarship but if you look at the ulterior motive behind scholarships I think people would change their minds. Coaches try to get players who they think have the talent to make them win and to persuade them to come to their school they try to give them scholarships. So the whole idea behind a scholarship is to lure the student to come to your school. Scholarships are just a recruitment tactic. Don't confuse what I am saying though I don't think college players should be making millions of dollars but there should be a set salary for all players no matter if they make the highlights everyday or ride the pine. The players should make at least what a person who works making eight dollars and hour would make in a year, and that is a modest salary too. Every player of a college sport puts in countless man-hours of work to their sport instead of going out and getting a job they have to devote all their time to this. A huge debate is should players have the right to their likenesses? If you go to a bookstore…
Should we pay college athletes? That is a big topic in NCAA sports right now. People think that college athletes work hard and that they deserve to get paid. Michael Wilbon is one of these people. At first he was against paying college athletes, but now he is all for it. He says that he is interested in seeing the people that make revenue share a little piece of it. Then you have people like a reporter from the Daily Evergreen. He is against paying the athletes. He states that when you are a student athlete it is student first and athlete second, and that if you start paying college athletes it will put being an athlete first. I strongly think that college athletes shouldn’t be paid for playing sports in college. Paying players to play sports in college can cause players to ruin their career, cause the NCAA to be one sided, and would take away scholarships.…
“It’s Time for College Athletes to Get Paid”, an article written by AJ Enno, examines college athletics are a key source of income, and they attract students to their colleges. The article states, universities depend on their athletes to produce and maintain the popularity of their school's name. He acknowledges college athletes are supposed to be the best of the best on that level, so this is why they should get paid. Enno also states, college athletes make enough money for universities that it would not hurt to give some back. So while the coaches get paid more than the President of the United States does, players sit back and have to be content with the sweat off their back as payment. He identifies, without the players coaches would not get paid as much as they do, and nobody goes to see a college game to see the coach in action, they go to see the players. Enno discusses, these athletes are practicing one half of the day and going to school the second half; there is no extra time for them to hold a job. It’s sad that people play video games with these players’ in the games, but they can’t collect any type of paycheck from game publishers; but the NCAA does. “It’s Time for College Athletes to Get Paid”, concludes that college sports will always be a big money maker for big time universities and colleges and they should take better care of their athletes by paying them for their…
Wilbon, Michael. "College Athletes Deserve to Be paid." ESPN. ESPN Internet Ventures, 18 July 2011. Web. 14 Nov. 2012. .…
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) claims to be a nonprofit organization. Athletes enter the NCAA to play out their dreams of furthering their high school sports career to the next level. They receive scholarships that cover all or most of their school tuition and other fees but end up wanting more for their dedication. They expect more because they are hardworking athletes. To keep high ranked players from attending other colleges, coaches and other college faculty pay players under the table. Additionally, it is well-known that the organization pays many of its players to bribe them into attending certain college campuses to play. Besides the fact that paying money out of the nonprofit corporation is obviously against the rules, other extra-curricular activities do not get this type of opportunity, and the money going to these players could be used…
The average scholarship is worth $25,000 a year and over four years that totals just $100,000. While $25,000 may sound like a large amount of money for a college student, but there are many things that money has to cover in order for the athlete to attend college. The average tuition and fees for an in-state four year university is $22,261 per year; which does not include multiple textbooks that cost hundreds of dollars each. What happens to that scholarship if they’re released from a team? How is the athlete supposed to continue paying for college if they’re from a low income family? Tyson Hartnett, writer for the Huffington Post and former college student, says “For a little extra money to see a movie or go out to dinner once a week, my freshman roommate worked a job at the university, earning about $7/hour. He would work his butt off all day, with two or sometimes three basketball training sessions, plus classes and homework, and go to that job for a few hours late at night. He would come back exhausted, but he needed whatever money they would pay him”(Hartnett). This example sheds light on a common challenge student athletes face. Many athletes who are barely squeaking by while working a minimum wage job. It is unreasonable to expect student athletes to consistently be required work harder than the average student and not…
Specific Purpose Statement: By the end of my presentation, I hope to convince you on the fact that college athletes should not be paid to play their sport(s).…
The Topic I decided to debate was should college athletes be paid a salary? The side that I decided to pick was the pro side. To begin, every year new college athletes are drafted, they are excited to play a college sport and represent their school.”Journalist Michael Wilbon has written that seeing the $11 billion deal between the NCAA and CBS/Turner Sports for March Madness between 2011 and 2024 prompted him to change his mind about paying student-athletes. First of all, this deal shows the amount of money the NCAA is bringing in over the course of one month alone. March Madness is one of the most watched sporting events in history. Not to mention the money being made off this event is not trickling down to the players, who are the stars of the tournament.”…
“Paying athletes would force many schools to make tough choices and field fewer athletic teams.” (Williams 23) Williams goes on to argue that robbing other potential college athletes of the learning experience in college sports is not the way to go. “The NCAA is committed to fairness and helping all student athletes achieve their dreams.” (Williams 23) Furthermore, he even recognizes the NCAA has work to do, and that there is no simple answer to this problem.…
There are some people that believe that student athletes should not be paid for many different reasons. One reason is that they think that the athletes will focus more on earning money instead of the real reason they are there, which is to get an education (Paying College Athletes Pros and Cons). This is unrealistic because many athletes are at college as a stepping stone to the professional leagues. They really don’t have a desire to gain an education; they are just waiting for their chance into the professional leagues. These athletes would choose to go directly to the pros if they were able.…
There has been much debate over the past year or so as to if college athletes should be paid, independently of their scholarship, for their hard work and dedication to their school and team. The life as a student-athlete is not easy because of the time dedicated to athletics and the time they need to dedicate to their studies. For example, the life of a Division 1 athlete might include waking up, going to class, going to workout and practice, staying after for film sessions, and then only getting to do their homework. This commitment is huge. Based upon that type of true dedication, it is a legitimate request that the college athletes should be paid for their work.…
With his example he comes to a conclusion that the athlete would only make $100, after paying for taxes and school fees, and says that the scholarship method is not so bad after all. Using $100,000 is just an example for a possible star athlete, and not all athletes may be worth that much, so he states that it is better for college institutions and the players themselves to continue to work with the scholarship method. Taking his points into consideration, he fails to take into account that colleges can pay for the athlete and their college fees as well.…
Student-athletes would be more responsible if they earned a salary for playing their desired sport. First of all, it would make them more financially stable. Student-athletes would acquire more knowledge in how to handle money if they were able to make it while in college. As college athletes go from playing at the collegiate level to the professional level, they are going from acquiring no income to being payed millions. Many of these players do not know how to handle their money so they can spend it wisely. “According to Sports Illustrated story, as many as 60 percent of NBA stars go broke or face serious financial hardships after only a few years of retirement.” One player in the NBA star that is a part of these 60 percent is Allen Iverson. It was said that that he hated luggage so much that he would buy new outfits every time he went on a road trip (National Public Radio NPR, 2015). The reason why these stars are going bankrupt after retirement is because they do not know how to handle their money correctly. If they were received an income in college, it would give them an insight on how to spend money wisely before they make the big bucks in the pro’s. Student-Athletes would also have to take on responsibility by having a costlier discipline action for going against any NCAA rules. College Athletes who get in trouble often have to pay the price of being…