The NCAA is in charge of several sports from basketball and football to wrestling and golf. The NCAA is in charge of three various divisions, which are based on the size and success of the school. With this issue, many sports analysts have started to make their very own statements on it. Michael Wilbon is a sports analyst for ESPN, when debating about whether college athletes should be paid or not, Wilbon wrote in an article, “The best college athletes in the two revenue-producing sports have always been worth much more than tuition, room, board and books. … Yet, no player can benefit from that work. The players have become employees of the universities and conferences as much as students -- employees with no compensation, which not only violates common decency but perhaps even the law” (Wilbon). People need to understand the great amount of unfairness that college athletes have been enduring. The NCAA is making millions of dollars off of these college athletes, and these college athletes are simply not receiving one penny of it. The NCAA is not treating their college athletes right in the slightest bit, but could arguably be violating the law, as well. Therefore, college athletes should be paid because of their diligent efforts for the
The NCAA is in charge of several sports from basketball and football to wrestling and golf. The NCAA is in charge of three various divisions, which are based on the size and success of the school. With this issue, many sports analysts have started to make their very own statements on it. Michael Wilbon is a sports analyst for ESPN, when debating about whether college athletes should be paid or not, Wilbon wrote in an article, “The best college athletes in the two revenue-producing sports have always been worth much more than tuition, room, board and books. … Yet, no player can benefit from that work. The players have become employees of the universities and conferences as much as students -- employees with no compensation, which not only violates common decency but perhaps even the law” (Wilbon). People need to understand the great amount of unfairness that college athletes have been enduring. The NCAA is making millions of dollars off of these college athletes, and these college athletes are simply not receiving one penny of it. The NCAA is not treating their college athletes right in the slightest bit, but could arguably be violating the law, as well. Therefore, college athletes should be paid because of their diligent efforts for the