College Athletes Should Not Be Paid

For many years there has been a huge discussion on whether college athletes should be paid. John Thelin wrote an article called “Here’s Why We Shouldn’t Pay College Athletes,” stating his reasons on why he believes that athletes should not be paid. He gives a general example explaining how the tax system would impact the players base salary of $100,000. After all taxes are taken into account, he states that the athlete would make about $65,100. He then compares this to the fact that many out of state all-star players receive scholarships to private institutions for about $65,000. 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.
Without these star players the colleges would not be making as much money or have as much attention. The players deserve to be paid for what they have done for them, and it does not have to a multi-million dollar deal. There are many options for the colleges to compensate their players outside of the scholarship method. Even if they were able to have sponsors and make money outside of the NCAA would help them financially. What does the players dealing with another company outside of the NCAA have to affect them with? Nothing, they just do not want the players to be apart of something besides the NCAA. This is completely wrong and the players deserve to be paid for what they bring to the fans everyday and the