College Athletes Essay
Advertisement/endorsement deals for the athletes
College Athletes feel like that they should somewhat get a portion of the money that the colleges are making off of them, especially if companies and shoe brands are wanting to use them as the face of their brand. A lot of the athletes come from a background where they may not have a lot of money from their families to support to support the college athlete throughout college. Some of the athletes do not even get a full scholarship and ma only get a part scholarship, that may not pay for everything for the student. Colleges throughout the world make so much money based off of the athletes, for name brands such as Nike, Jordan, clothes and food brands. I feel like the NCAA should give the rights …show more content…
A good place to start is to make the sport scholarship a full scholarship.” (pg.3) Athletes are also prevented from making money off of their own names, which were used for jersey sales.” Supporters of paying NCAA athletes argue that large profits have permeated college sports to such an extent that it would be unthinkable to try to stop large companies from profiting from college basketball and football.” The athletes face consequences by the NCAA for doing such things as taking money off of autographs or even selling them to fans. Suspension comes into place there and eventually hurts the athlete’s. “Supporters of paying college athletes assert that players should be paid simply because their hard work makes money for other people. Boyce Watkins, a finance professor at Syracuse University in upstate New York, argues, "If what you do earns money, then you have the right to negotiate…for your share. When Tom Cruise makes a film, he gets paid quite well. He doesn't get the money because he's a nice guy, he gets paid because he is generating revenue for someone else. That's how capitalism works." Gambling is something that has caused athletes to be suspended off of the team and even kicked out of college. Gambling in Colleges is illegal and is a very serious situation that comes with consequences. “Some commentators have argued that, even if college athletes are not directly paid, they should receive a share of the
College Athletes feel like that they should somewhat get a portion of the money that the colleges are making off of them, especially if companies and shoe brands are wanting to use them as the face of their brand. A lot of the athletes come from a background where they may not have a lot of money from their families to support to support the college athlete throughout college. Some of the athletes do not even get a full scholarship and ma only get a part scholarship, that may not pay for everything for the student. Colleges throughout the world make so much money based off of the athletes, for name brands such as Nike, Jordan, clothes and food brands. I feel like the NCAA should give the rights …show more content…
A good place to start is to make the sport scholarship a full scholarship.” (pg.3) Athletes are also prevented from making money off of their own names, which were used for jersey sales.” Supporters of paying NCAA athletes argue that large profits have permeated college sports to such an extent that it would be unthinkable to try to stop large companies from profiting from college basketball and football.” The athletes face consequences by the NCAA for doing such things as taking money off of autographs or even selling them to fans. Suspension comes into place there and eventually hurts the athlete’s. “Supporters of paying college athletes assert that players should be paid simply because their hard work makes money for other people. Boyce Watkins, a finance professor at Syracuse University in upstate New York, argues, "If what you do earns money, then you have the right to negotiate…for your share. When Tom Cruise makes a film, he gets paid quite well. He doesn't get the money because he's a nice guy, he gets paid because he is generating revenue for someone else. That's how capitalism works." Gambling is something that has caused athletes to be suspended off of the team and even kicked out of college. Gambling in Colleges is illegal and is a very serious situation that comes with consequences. “Some commentators have argued that, even if college athletes are not directly paid, they should receive a share of the